FW V06.02.00/HAFM SW V08.02.00 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Release Notes (AA-RTDZF-TE, September 2004)
Table Of Contents
- Edge Switch release notes
- About this document
- Release notes information
- Intended audience
- Firmware version 06.02.00-22
- Other edge switch documentation
- CD-ROM directory structure
- Supported configurations
- Cable requirements
- Important information
- HAFM and firmware compatibility
- Prerequisites for installing and using firmware 06.02.00
- Upgrading from an earlier version of firmware
- Upgrading firmware on an edge switch from 04.xx.xx to 05.xx.xx
- Considerations for downgrading the version of firmware
- HAFM upgrade required for firmware version 06.xx.xx
- Second-generation switch support
- OSMS change
- Default zone is disabled by default
- Some IP addresses must be avoided
- Hard zoning
- Zoning change RSCN control
- SNMP changes
- Zoning limitations
- Using the same firmware
- Reinstalling feature licenses
- Disconnecting the null modem cable
- CTP controls port lights
- Ethernet switch support
- Full Volatility
- CLI threshold alerts
- CLI show.eventLog command
- MIHPTO value
- Route management-Preferred Path
- EWS enhancements
- Full-fabric capability for Edge Switch 2/12
- Hard zoning for Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24 switch loop ports
- Known issues
- Certain unauthorized devices may increase response time for fabric operations under specific conditions with the Edge Switch 2/24
- HSG80 transparent mode not supported with IBM AIX
- HSG80 transparent mode not recommended with controller in SCSI-3 mode with HP-UX operating systems
- ISL disconnect causes NOS error with the OpenVMS operating systems
- Support for speed Auto-Negotiate
- Ports may accumulate spurious events
- Possible switch reset after power failure or power off sequence
- Deleting a certain switch binding member using EWS may cause an error
- SNMP issues
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15HP StorageWorks Edge Switch release notes
Zoning change RSCN control
Normally, when a zone set is activated, a fabric format domain Register State
Change Notification (RSCN) is sent to all devices in the fabric. With firmware
05.00.00 or later, you can disable these RSCNs from being sent. This is done
using the Suppress RSCNs on zone set activations check box on the Configure
Switch Parameters dialog box.
This feature significantly changes the normal behavior of the fabric. Devices will
have no warning when zones change and will not automatically update their
zoning information. The ability to suppress RSCNs is disabled (check box is not
selected) by default. This feature can be configured through HAFM, EWS, and
CLI.
SNMP changes
Firmware 06.02.00-22 supports the following management information base
(MIB) versions on all products:
■ Fabric Element MIB: 1.1
■ MIB-II MIB: RFC-1213, non-implemented sections are not included
■ FCEOS MIB: 2.0
■ SNMP Framework MIB: RFC-2271 (1997/09/30)
■ FA MIB: 3.0
■ FA MIB: 3.1
SNMP requests can be received in either 3.0 or 3.1 of the Fibre Alliance (FA)
MIB, and the switch responds in the same version. The switch can also be
configured to use a specific version for traps generated by the switch.
Zoning limitations
With firmware 06.00.00 and later, you have the ability to configure large zone
sets, including up to 1024 zones and 1024 end ports in a single zone set. Table 2
shows the supported limits for the edge switches and directors.