Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.3f Release Notes v1.0

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Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.1b – GA March 2, 2011
This section lists the defects with Critical, High and Medium Technical Severity closed with a code change as of
March 2, 2011 in Fabric OS v6.4.1b.
Defect ID: DEFECT000283566
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Continuous SNMPd FFDC observed on switch during SNMP queries
Symptom: SNMPd FFDC will occur if a rare race condition is encountered
Feature: Field Escalation
Function: Management Embedded
Probability: Low
Found in Release: FOS6.1.1
Service Request ID: 421557
Defect ID: DEFECT000324135
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Frames received on shared area port trunks are improperly routed.
Symptom: Frame drop caused traffic issue when there are trunks configured on shared area ports on
a FC8-48 port blade in a DCX. It usually happens after the remote trunk master went offline
and comes back online.
Feature: Field Escalation
Function: FC Layer 2 Routing
Probability: Medium
Found in Release: FOS6.4.0
Service Request ID: 464647
Defect ID: DEFECT000324940
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Connectivity issues when 8G port is operating in FL mode
Symptom: In an 8 Gig Switch fabric, on a looped connection with several devices on the loop, user
may experience connection issues such as hosts not able to see its targets, timeouts on
GNN_FT/GA_NXT name server requests etc.
Workaround: Configure a FL port in such a way that the number of buffers > the number of devices in
loop.
Feature: Field Escalation
Function: Scimitar / Sabre Layer-2
Probability: Medium
Found in Release: FOS6.3.1
Defect ID: DEFECT000324969
Technical Severity: High
Summary: Unequal traffic load distribution when multiple tunnels of equal bandwidth are configured
on the Brocade 7800
Symptom: Data path throughput is not optimal
Feature: 8G Platform Services
Function: Routing
Probability: Medium
Found in Release: FOS7.0.0