HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0a release notes (AA-RWEYE-TE, September 2007)

Important notes
Table 2 provides information relevant to the release of Fabric OS 5 .3.0a.
Table 2 Important release information
Topic Description
PKI certification If you have purchased and are running the Secure Fabric OS option, go
to the following web site for information on obtaining a PKI certificate:
http://www.hp.com/storage/go/secureos.
FICON support
With release 5.2.0 and later, the Switch Connection Control high integrity
requirement for cascading FICON is available in the standard base Fabric OS.
End users ca n now deploy new cascade FICON Directors without purchasing
a separate Secure Fabric OS license.
To add a new FICON Director into existing cascaded configurations that are
already running Secured Fabric OS, HP recommends that users continue to
deploy Secure Fabric OS on the new FICON Director instead of migrating to
FOS ACL configuration.
NOTE:
TheFC4–48portbladeisnotsupportedtoconnecttoSystemzenvironments
vi a FICON channels or via FCP zL inux on System z. To attach the Director
to the System z environment, use an FC4–16 or FC4–32 Fibre Channel
port blade.
Diagnostics backport test
Backport tests may be run only in the following configurations:
• ApureSANDirector2/128(onlyCP2andFC-16blades)
• A SAN Director 2/128 with no FC4–16 blades installed, using Option 5.
Do not run backport tests in any configuration other than the two listed above;
usetheminicycletestinstead.
Diagnostics spinsilk test
The fol
lowing configurations will pass the spinsilk test:
• Apure
SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades)
• Apure
4/256 SAN Director, O ption 5
• Apure
4/256SANDirector,Option5(withFC4–16blades)
The fo
llowing configurations will fail thespinsilktest;usetheminicycletestinstead:
• Amix
ed SAN Director 2/128 (with either CP4 or FC4–16 blades)
• Apur
e4/256SANDirector,Option1(apure4/256SANDirectorrefers
to a D
irector with CP4 and FC4–16 blades only).
HP StorageWorks 400
MP Router
Fans operate a t the correct speed; that is, at maximum on bootup. H owever, this
initial speed may trigger an error message that indicates that the speed is too
high (Above threshold). Disregard this message.
4/256 SAN Director
• Before moving the slider UP on a Control Processor blade that is being
activated, observe that the amber LED is not ON for the active CP for at least
5 seconds and that all LEDs are off on the new inserted CP.
• In a core-edge design, when a fully-populated 384–port 4/256 SAN Director
(populated with eight FC4–48 blades) is an edge switch in a large SAN, it
can experience high CPU uti lization and may panic if it becomes a principal
switch. SAN design best practice recommends deploying a high port-count
switch as both core and principal switch to reduce fabric stress and provide
ease of management.
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