HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.0.
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Version 6.0.1a Effective date June 2008 Description Fabric OS 6.0.0b integrated many new features that are being carried forward with Fabric OS 6.0.1a, including: • New security features • 1MB security database • Active Directory support (all platforms) • Federal information processing standards (FIPS) compliance (certification in progress with Fabric OS 6.
To access the latest Fabric OS 6.0.1a firmware, configuration files, and MIB files, go to the following HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/san Supersedes Fabric OS 6.0.0b released in March, 2008. Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) support for 8Gb blades All 8Gb blades will function only with specific HP branded SFPs.
Unsupported product models • HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64, which operates with Fabric OS 5.0.x (Brocade 12000 Director) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 (Brocade 24000 Director) • HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8, which operates with Fabric OS 3.2.x (Brocade 3000 switch) • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V (Brocade 3250 switch) • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V (Brocade 3850 switch) • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16, which operates with Fabric OS 3.2.
Refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide available on http://www.hp.com/go/san for more information. Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics In addition to being supported in HP’s Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported for connectivity to the following switches: • McDATA 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64 (ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, M4700, & Mi10k • Cisco 9216, 9216A, 9506 & 9509 The applicable switch firmware information is as follows: • McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.00.
8Gb capable ports, allocates the largest portion of available bandwidth to high priority traffic and the smallest amount to low priority traffic. SID/DID flow pairs not explicitly set as having high or low priority automatically default to medium priority. Flow Based Prioritization can be configured by utilizing existing zones, allowing the user to quickly establish priority for specific application flows within a fabric.
Table 1 Current supported Fabric OS versions Model Earliest compatible version HP StorageWorks 1 Gb Switch Not supported, end of support (December 2007) HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8 EL, HPStorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16, MSA SAN Switch 2/8 3.2.1b 3.2.1c HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64, HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 in Chassis Config modes 3 and 4 only. 5.0.5d 5.0.5f HP HP HP HP 5.1.1b 5.3.
4/256 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 6.0.1a is fully qualified and supports the Director blades listed in Table 2. Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix with chassis option 5 Director blade Number of blades FC4-16 FC4-32 FC4-48 FC8-16 FC10-6 FC4-16, FC4-32 and FC4-48 require Fabric OS 5.3 or later with any mix (up to eight of each). No restrictions around intermix. FC8-16 and FC10-6 require Fabric OS 6.0.0b minimum.
Firmware upgrade instructions IMPORTANT: HP strongly recommends that users upgrade to Fabric OS 6.0.1a as soon as possible. Please note, upgrading to Fabric OS 6.0.1a is only allowed from Fabric OS 5.3.x or later. To access the latest Fabric OS 6.0.1a firmware, configuration files, and MIB files, go to the following HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/san Important notes Table 4 provides information you should know prior to upgrading to Fabric OS 6.0.1a.
Topic Description Fibre Channel Router (FCR) backbone Fabric ID change • Modification of backbone fabric IDs with 8Gb blades present on the 4/256 SAN Director with a FR4-18i requires the switch to be disabled. • If there is more than one backbone, then the backbone fabric ID must be changed on all but one backbone in order to keep the IDs unique. Fabric Configuration Server (FCS) switch Automatic Distribution • When using the FCS Automatic Distribution feature in Fabric OS 6.
Topic Description FC4-48 port blade for the 4/256 SAN Director • The configure command only gives a maximum login per port setting. The command allows over 127, where ports for the FC4-48 blade will honor that value as long as its share areas values are 127 or less. • Before replacing a FC4-32 blade with an FC4-48 blade, restore ports 16–31 of the FC4-32 blade if these ports are used for port swapping. Failure to do so will fault the FC4-48 blade.
Topic Description IPSec for FR4-18i blade and 400 Multi-protocol Router • IPSec implementation details: • Pre-shared key • Main mode (IKE negotiation protocol) • Tunnel mode in Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) • IPSec specific statistics not provided • No NAT or IPv6 support • Jumbo frames will not be supported on secure tunnels. • Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect is not supported for IPSec-enabled tunnels. • Only a single secure tunnel will be allowed on a port.
Topic Description Fabric Merge Do not try to merge fabrics with conflicting domain IDs over a VE_Port. Before merging two fabrics over FC-IP with VE_Ports at each end, it is recommended that all domain ID and zoning conflicts are resolved. Scalability • Support for Default Zoning policies have been added to Fabric OS 5.1.0. Typically, when you issue the cfgDisable command in a large fabric with thousands of devices, the name server indicates to all hosts that they can communicate with each other.
Topic Description FC fast Write • Only World Wide Name (WWN) zone (including normal zone and FC Fast Write zone) is supported on FC Fast Write enabled port. • Only single device loop port is supported. • N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) (example Access Gateway) port is not supported. • FCR backbone devices are not supported. That is FC Fast Write should not be enabled on backbone devices.
Additional Fabric OS 6.x enhancements Additional Fabric OS 6.x enhancements include: • Provides new Fabric OS commands to rename an alias, a zone and a zone configuration. Zone –copy copies the zone object to a new zone object. Zoneobjectrename renames the zone object. • Detects and handles a corrupted zone configuration [under /etc/fabos/zone*] gracefully instead of rebooting. The switch also logs the error in RASLog. • Adds a new command that provides both the WWN and serial number of the switch.
Closed defect summary Solution I/O fails when rebooting active CP. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 Running in a fabric with a non B-Series switch that does not support the ESS command, the B-Series switch eventually runs out of memory. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 Configdefault does not completely remove all the FCIP tunnels and GigE IP address information. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS 5.2.0a -- switch keeps rebooting itself. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.
Closed defect summary Solution GA_NXT returns VI PID and PWWN in FR mode. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 GPN_NN returns VI PID and PWWN in FR mode. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 FCIP tunnel gets deleted when swapping the tunnel IDs of two existing tunnels and one of the IDs fails to change. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 Documentation updated regarding minicycle command in system verification. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.
Closed defect summary Solution FCR: fcrlsanmatrix Help page content updates needed. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 IPFC: ping to broadcast address FAILS. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 portshow and portcfgshow Help page changes to support Fabric OS 5.3.0 additions. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 Man page for hadump - Example in the help page does not match the actual output of the command. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 SNMP: GET swEventDescr fails.
Closed defect summary Solution Example for setting IPv6 address in the help page of ipaddrset command needs update. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 Discovery Domain does not show all the DD’s that are members of DDSET when configured from usability wizard. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0 On the "Configure DD" screen, when adding a new Discovery Domain (DD) and adding VT and VI, it also adds VT and VI from the existing DD. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.
Fabric OS 6.0.0a fixes Table 6 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.0.0a firmware release. Table 6 Fabric OS 6.0.0a closed defects Closed defect summary Solution In some cases, frame loss is observed during normal FICON I/O. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0a Top Talkers counters are inaccurate when enabled on more than one Fx_port at a time. Workaround: Enable the Top Talkers feature only on individual Fx_ports.
Fabric OS 6.0.0b fixes Table 7 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.0.0b firmware release. Table 7 Fabric OS 6.0.0b closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Auto-negotiation with specific HBAs does not bring the ports to the correct maximum speed. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.0b Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem power-on-self-test (POST) failure on chassis power on. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.
Fabric OS 6.0.1 fixes Table 9 lists defects closed in the Fabric 6.0.1 firmware release. Table 9 Fabric OS 6.0.1 closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Device connected to embedded Access Gateway edge switch fails to see storage in a HP B-series fabric. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.1 400 MP Router sends wrong sense code (x80) during tape backup when pipelining enabled. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.0.1 Slow security sync dump caused Hot Code Load (HCL) to be disruptive on DC SAN Backbone Director.
