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
About this document
22 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch release notes
ISL disconnect causes NOS error with the OpenVMS operating systems
When an ISL connection is physically removed between directors or switches, the
Fibre Channel Adapter model FCA2354 transmits a Not Operational Sequence
(NOS) error. This is observed as an entry in the HAFM appliance Link Incident
log for the port in which the FCA2354 is attached. The director’s Hardware View
also displays a yellow triangle icon over the port that detected this incident. The
fabric operation or data movement is not disrupted by these incidents, and you can
clear alerts from these incidences using the following procedure.
Workaround
Use these steps to clear the incident alerts.
1. At the HAFM Hardware View, click the port module to open the Port Card
View.
2. Right-click on the port with the yellow triangle icon, and choose Clear Link
Incident Alert(s).
Support for speed Auto-Negotiate
Auto-negotiate is supported. However, HP recommends that the port speed for
E_Ports (for Interswitch Links, or ISLs) be set to a specific port speed (1Gb/sec or
2Gb/sec, as appropriate for the speed of the directors or edge switches being
connected) instead of to Negotiate. Using a specific port speed decreases the time
for a fabric build in response to some perturbation event in the fabric. Similarly,
setting a specific port speed for N_Ports also decreases fabric build time.
However, setting a specific port speed for N_Ports is not required.
There are a few older HBA devices that do not always succeed in logging in to a
switch port when the port speed is set for auto-negotiate.
Workaround
If an older HBA has difficulty logging into a switch port that has its port speed
configured as Negotiate, configure that port speed to 1Gb/sec or 2Gb/sec
according to the operation speed of the HBA connected to that port.