Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.2a Release Notes v1.0 May 9, 2014 Document History Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.2a Release Notes v1.0 Initial release May 9, 2014 Fabric OS v7.1.2a Release Notes v1.
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Contents Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Warning – Applicable only if upgrading from FOS v7.1.0: ..................................................................................... 5 Resolution of Important Defects ............................................................................................................................. 5 New Features & Support ..............
Port Mirroring ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Port Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Virtual Fabrics .......................................................................................................................................................
Overview Fabric OS (FOS) v7.1.2a is a patch release based on FOS v7.1.2. All hardware platforms and features supported in FOS v7.1.2 are also supported in FOS v7.1.2a. This release also contains fixes for many defects including those from the FOS v7.1.2 maintenance releases. Warning – Applicable only if upgrading from FOS v7.1.0: Before upgrading the firmware to FOS v7.1.2a from FOS v7.1.0, you must run the supportSave command to save any existing error log information.
Optionally Licensed Software Fabric OS v7.1 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally licensed software that is enabled via license keys. Optionally licensed features supported in FOS v7.1 include: Brocade Ports on Demand—Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports via license key upgrade. (Applies to select models of switches).
Encryption Performance Upgrade — This license provides additional encryption processing power. For the Brocade Encryption Switch or a DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4, the Encryption Performance License can be installed to enable full encryption processing power on the BES or on all FS8-18 blades installed in a DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 chassis.
Enterprise ICL (EICL) License – The EICL license is required on a Brocade DCX 8510 chassis when that chassis is participating in a group of five or more Brocade DCX 8510 chassis connected via ICLs. Note that this license requirement does not depend upon the total number of DCX 8510 chassis that exist in a fabric, but only on how many chassis are interconnected via ICLs. This license is only recognized/displayed when operating with FOS v7.0.1 but enforced with FOS v7.1.0 or later.
Supported Switches • Fabric OS v7.1 supports the Brocade 300, 5410/5424/5430/5450/5460/5470/5480/NC5480, 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch (BES), DCX/DCX-4S, 8000, 7800, 6505, 6510, 6520, DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4. Access Gateway mode is also supported by Fabric OS v7.1, and is supported on the following switches: the Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 8000, 5450, 5430, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480, M5424, 6510, 6505.
• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results • Serial console and Telnet session logs • Syslog message logs 2.
FOS Migration Considerations This section contains important details to consider before migrating to or from this FOS release. FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations DCX/DCX-4S units running any FOS v7.0.x or FOS v7.1.0x can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v7.1.2a. This upgrade is non-disruptive to both FC and FCoE traffic (when using FCOE10-24 blades). FR4-18i and FC10-6 blades are not supported on DCX/DCX-4S with FOS v7.1 or later.
Migrating from FOS v7.0.0x Any 8G or 16G platform running any FOS v7.0.0x firmware can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v7.1.2a. However, users must pay close attention to the following before upgrading the DCX 8510 platforms to FOS v7.1.2a: If the upgrade on a DCX 8510 from FOS v7.0.0x to FOS v7.1.2a is blocked due to the absence of the EICL license, users must first upgrade the DCX 8510 to FOS v7.0.
Important Notes This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release. Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility Brocade® Network Advisor provides the industry’s first unified network management solution for data, storage, and converged networks.
WebTools Compatibility FOS v7.1.2a is qualified and supported with Oracle JRE 1.7.0 update 25, update 45, and update 51. Launching WebTools with Oracle JRE 1.7.0 update 51 through Brocade Network Advisor is only supported on version 12.1.5 or later. With JRE 1.7.0 update 51, users could see some browser warning messages that can be ignored. SMI Compatibility • It is important to note that host SMI-S agents cannot be used to manage switches running FOS v7.1.
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade DCX/DCX-4S with FA4-18 blade(s) DCX requires v6.0.x or later 6, DCX-4S requires 6.2.x or later5 6 Brocade DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 FOS v7.0 or later Brocade 6510 FOS v7.0 or later Brocade 6505 FOS v7.0.1 or later Brocade 6520 FOS v7.1 or later 48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600 V6.2.
Zoning Compatibility Note: Users are recommended to upgrade to the following versions of firmware when interoperating with a switch running FOS v7.0 or later in the same layer 2 fabric to overcome some of the zoning operations restrictions that otherwise exist: Main code level FOS v6.2 FOS v6.3 FOS v6.4 Patch code levels with full zoning compatibility FOS v6.2.2d or later FOS v6.3.2a or later FOS v6.4.
Fabric OS v7.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 noted in the table below. DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 Blade Support Matrix FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades Supported starting with FOS v7.0 FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade With any mix and up to 8/4 of each. No restrictions around intermix. Note: FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48 blades are not supported on DCX 8510 platforms FC8-32E, FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades Supported starting with FOS v7.0.
Power Supply Requirements for Blades in DCX/DCX-4S Blades Type of Blade FC10-61, FC816, FC8-32, FC 8-48, FC864 Port Blade FR4-18i1 FS8-18, FX8-24, FCOE10-24 DCX/DCX-4S DCX/DCX-4S @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) 2 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies Intelligent Blade Not Supported 2 Power Supplies Intelligent Blade Not Supported DCX: 2 or 4 Power Supplies Comments • DCX-4S: 2 Power Supplies Distribute the Power Supplies evenly to 2 different AC con
Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Configured Number of Ports2 Blades Type of Blade DCX 8510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 8510-8 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports FC8-64, FC16-32, FC8-32E Port Blade 4 Power Supplies 2 Power Sup
Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Configured Number of Ports2 336 8Gb ports Blades FC8-48E Type of Blade DCX 8510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 8510-8 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments Port Blade 4 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies 200-240VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110
Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-4 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Configured Blades Number of Ports1 Type of Blade DCX 8510-4 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 8510-4 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments 96 ports max FC16-32, FC8-32E Port Blade 2 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies 1+1 redundancy with 110 o
o Look for the Tech Note on Access Gateway Device-Based Mapping in VMware ESX Server. Brocade HBA/Adapter Compatibility • Brocade HBA/Adapter should be using driver version 2.3.0.2 or later when attached to 16G ports on Brocade switches. D-Port • FOS v7.0.0a and later support the execution of D-Port tests concurrently on up to eight ports on the switch. • Support of D-Port is extended to R_RDY flow control mode.
Encryption Behavior for the Brocade Encryption Switch (BES) and FS8-18 • • • SafeNet’s KeySecure hosting NetApp’s LKM (SSKM) is supported for data encryption operations with FOS v7.0.1 or later. • Use of SSKM with the Brocade encryption solution is only supported for SSKM operating in PVM mode. Please see SSKM documentation for operating in PVM mode for details. Operation in HVM mode is not supported.
overwritten. For the same reason, the “Key Life” field in the output of “cryptocfg --show -container -all –stat” should always be ignored, and the “Key life” field in “cryptocfg --show –tapepool –cfg” is only significant for native-encrypted pools. • The Quorum Authentication feature requires a compatible DCFM or Brocade Network Advisor release (DCFM 10.3 or later for pre-FOS v7.0 and Network Advisor 11.1 or later for FOS v7.0 or later) that supports this feature.
• FOS7.1.0 introduces a new KMIP keyvault type for Safenet KeySecure SW v6.1 KMIP server. Firmware downgrade will be prevented from FOS v7.1.0 to a lower version if key vault type is set to KMIP. Please refer to the KMIP Encryption Admin Guide for more details. • FOS 7.1.0 mandates regular zones for Hosts and Targets must be defined in the effective configuration before adding an initiator into a crypto container.
o Shared GE among Logical Switches o Auto-mode compression option o VE as XISL o 10GigE lossless failover o Modified QoS percentages o 10GigE ARL o IP Configuration where multiple GigEs have same subnet values o For a tunnel configuration on 1GE ports that has more than 4 circuits o Teradata emulation enabled o Circuits configured explicitly to be listeners or an initiators FCoE/DCB/CEE (Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24) • When upgrading a Brocade 8000 or DCX/DCX-4S with one or more FCOE10-24
v6.4.1_fcoe/v6.4.1_fcoe1/v7.0.0 or later, the following CEE map “default” will be created automatically: cee-map default priority-group-table 1 weight 40 pfc priority-group-table 2 weight 60 priority-table 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 • When upgrading from FOS v6.3.x or v6.4.x to FOS v6.4.1_fcoe/v6.4.1_fcoe1/v7.0.0 or later, the CEE start up configuration dcf.conf file will be incompatible with the FCoE provisioning changes implemented in v6.4.1_fcoe and later releases. Users can save the dcf.
switch:admin>fcoe –disable slot/port switch:admin>fcoe --enable slot/port • When a FCOE10-24 blade is powered off during configuration replay, the interface specific configuration won’t get applied. Later when FCOE10-24 blade is powered on, all physical interfaces will come up with default configurations. User can execute “copy startup-config running-config” command to apply the new configuration after powering on the FCOE10-24 blade.
Licensing • The Fabric Vision license (included in some software bundles) is being introduced in 2013 to enable new functionality in FOS v7.2 and later releases. When installed on a switch operating with FOS v7.1.x, the licenseshow command will display this license as the “Fabric Insight license”. When running FOS v7.1.x or earlier, existence of this license does not affect any functionality on the switch. Native Connectivity (M-EOS interoperability) • A switch running FOS v7.
WebTools • • • WebTools since FOS v7.1.0 has a “SupportSave” interface. It only collects, however, information specifics to WebTools. It does not contain the same information as collected by supportSave initiated through CLI or Brocade Network Advisor. When launching WebTools on a computer without the Internet access, it could take upto 5 minutes to complete because the certicate revocation check performed for the WebTools application takes time to timeout.
• It is important to note that the outputs of slotshow –p and chassishow commands also display the maximum allowed power consumption per slot. These are absolute maximum values and should not be confused with the real-time power consumption on 16G blades. The chassisshow command has a “Power Usage (Watts):” field that shows the actual power consumed in real-time on 16G blades.
Defects Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.1.2a This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of May 9, 2014 in Fabric OS v7.1.2a. Defect ID: DEFECT000453711 Technical Severity: Medium Probability: Low Product: FOS Technology: Security Reported In Release: FOS7.1.0 Technology Area: Fabric Authentication Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.
Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS Defect ID: DEFECT000462091 Technical Severity: Medium Probability: Low Product: FOS Technology: Other Reported In Release: FOS7.1.0 Technology Area: Other Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.2a(Fixed) Symptom: ipfilter behavior varies depending on IPFC configuration Condition: This is a general issue, not on a specific switch, and can be reproduced by the following steps: 1. Set the ipfilter. 2.
Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS Defect ID: DEFECT000471135 Technical Severity: High Probability: Medium Product: FOS Technology: Traffic Management Reported In Release: FOS7.2.0 Technology Area: Trunking Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.2a(Fixed) Symptom: RTWR-1003 RASLOG messages: Loss of connectivity. Condition: This is a rare occurrence that may be encountered when both E-ports of a 2-E-port trunk go offline during hafailover/hareboot.
Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS Defect ID: DEFECT000477795 Technical Severity: Medium Probability: Low Product: FOS Technology: Management Reported In Release: FOS7.2.0 Technology Area: Web Tools Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.2a(Fixed) Symptom: Users will not be able to see the current data for SFP diagnostics. Condition: SFP tab on webtools not display the current data even after selecting “Refresh Now” option.
Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS Defect ID: DEFECT000485708 Technical Severity: High Probability: Medium Product: FOS Technology: Virtualization Reported In Release: FOS6.4.3_dcb Technology Area: NPIV Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.2a(Fixed) Symptom: 3rd party application fails when connected to a BR8470 FCoE switch running FOS v6.4.3_dcb in Access Gateway mode. Device re-FDISC on one of its logins is incorrectly rejected by the Access Gateway.
Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS Defect ID: DEFECT000490754 Technical Severity: High Probability: Medium Product: FOS Technology: Traffic Management Reported In Release: FOS7.0.2 Technology Area: BB Credits Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.2a(Fixed) Symptom: Switch ports connected to storage controller become unresponsive. Condition: This rare condition may occur with Fabric Loop (FL) port after many resets. The port may get into "Port failed due to busy buffer stuck error" state.
Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS Defect ID: DEFECT000492854 Technical Severity: High Probability: Low Product: FOS Technology: Traffic Management Reported In Release: FOS7.1.0 Technology Area: FC-FC routing Closed In Release(s): FOS7.1.2a(Fixed) Symptom: Following a planned device outage, many ports are displayed as “FC Disabled (Port Throttled)”. Ports do not come online for a long time.
