HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise V10.1.
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Version 10.1.4 Effective date July 2009 Description HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) is HP's next-generation fabric management application and the successor to its legacy fabric management application, HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM). DCFM 10.1.
IMPORTANT: DCFM 10.1.2 or later is required in order to manage the B-series Encryption products with DCFM. Existing EFCM and FM customers with valid licenses and maintenance contracts that have not already migrated to DCFM are encouraged to do so. The migration path is from EFCM 9.6.x or 9.7.x direct to DCFM 10.1.4, or from FM 5.4.x or 5.5.x direct to DCFM 10.1.4. NOTE: New B-series switches introduced by HP will be supported in DCFM only (no support will be provided in EFCM or FM).
Table 1 Supported switches and firmware Switch firmware Switch/Director FOS 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 6.2.
Switch firmware Switch/Director M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8x, and 9.9 HP StorageWorks Director 2/64, 2/140 (Brocade M6064 and M6140) HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/16 (Sphereon 3216) HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32 (Sphereon 3232) HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12 (Sphereon 4300) Sphereon 4400 (Brocade 4400) Sphereon 4700 (Brocade 4700) M-EOSn 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x, and 9.9 Intrepid 10000 Director (Brocade Mi10K) 1 Requires FOS V5.1.0 or later 2 Requires FOS V5.2.0 or later 3 Requires FOS V5.2.
NOTE: Be sure to install the DCFM application on a dedicated machine that is not running any other server applications, such as another database server. Using M-EOSc switches with SNMPv3 enabled DCFM 10.1.3 or later does not support managing M-EOSc switches with SNMPv3 enabled. If SNMPv3 is enabled on M-EOSc switches, SNMPv1 is automatically disabled. DCFM 10.1.3 or later uses SNMPv1 to manage M-EOSc switches; therefore, the manageability link cannot be established if SNMPv3 is enabled.
DCFM Pro services do not auto-start on Linux and Solaris After a restart, DCFM Pro services need to be manually started on both Linux and Solaris. Until Pro services are started, the DCFM client will fail to launch. FC Address field displays incorrect in the Port Connectivity View The FC address is listed incorrectly when using the Port Connectivity View. The correct FC address is available in the Properties dialog.
Deleting Logical Switches with GigE ports causes errors When deleting a Logical Switch that has Gigabit Ethernet ports without first moving the GigE ports to the default Logical Switch, an error message may be displayed and the delete fails. Blank graph displayed for FCIP tunnels When FCIP tunnels are selected from the Picker dialog in the Historical Graph, the tunnels will initially appear as blank until the Apply button in the dialog is clicked.
FCIP/GigE Performance Graphs If there are no FCIP/GigE performance graphs shown for a switch, verify that the server IP address is properly registered in the SNMP trap registration table. To verify the IP address, enter the CLI command snmpconfig --show snmpv3 and verify that the SNMPv3 credentials exactly match the SNMPv3 user that the DCFM server is registered with for traps.
2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch zoning DCFM 10.1.4 only supports discovery for the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switches. To set up zoning for the CEE ports, perform the following steps: 1. On the CEE fabric, set the Connected End Devices option to Show All. 2. Set the Port Display option to Occupied Product Ports. 3. In the Zoning dialog box, move the FCoE device ports or FCoE devices from the Potential Members panel to the Zones panel.
DCFM 10.1.0 fixes Table 3 lists defects closed in the DCFM 10.1.0 release. Table 3 DCFM 10.1.0 closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Help dialog is not launched for Technical Support Data Collection dialog. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Location, Description, and Contact column details are not populated in the Product List. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—The user does not see any values for Location, Contact, and Description columns in Product list. Configuring NTP clockserver parameters fails from DCFM.
Closed defect summary Solution Even when no configuration is present on the rightpane of the PDCM dialog, various buttons remain enabled. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When the customer selects a configuration node on the left tree of the PDCM dialog without moving any configuration to the right pane, buttons like Activate, New, Save, Save As, Analyze Zone Conflict, and so on, remain enabled. In PDCM dialog, the columns Area ID, Port Name and Blocked Ports are not stationary.
Closed defect summary Solution Active Zone Config tab shows inactive zones that were added to existing active config. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When the user adds inactive zones to active zone config, the Active Zone Config tab shows inactive zones immediately. Compare/Merge: adding/merging zone or zone config not moving zone/alias to RHS zone DB in some scenarios. Workaround—Closing and relaunching dialog displays proper information. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Exporting aliases not converting {D,P} member into WWN as specified in the FS. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When the user export the alias with {D,P} member, the {D,P} member appears as it was in the Zoning dialog and no conversion to the switch port WWN occurs as specified in the FS. Need to include runtime library config for pcsc in DCFM script. Workaround—change {D,P} entries to the corresponding switch port WWN manually in the exported CSV file. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Error message is not displayed when Trace Route operation fails due to McDATA fabric mode. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Informational message is not appearing when the user tries to enable notification from the user dialog, when it is disabled from the main dialog(Monitor > Event Notification > Email). Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Incorrect values are displayed for GbE port traffic in real time graph. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When traffic of about 139 MB/s is flowing through a GbE port, the throughput value displayed is around 18 MB/s which is much less. The same issue is noted for TX RX % Utilization also. The entire tunnel IDs that are free are not displayed in the tunnel ID drop-down in the configure tunnel step of FCIP config wizard. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution FCping output is not displayed in Trace Route Progress/Fcping tab of Summary dialog on failure. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—The Trace Route progress dialog does not show fcping result. The Fcping tab in Summary Dialog is blank and does not display the result. Textual count of switches discovered does not match with actual physical count. Workaround—Ping Succeeded field in the Trace Route Summary dialog will display "No" when fcping fails. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Device Connectivity:Linux -3 of the results display "Index 0”. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—Three of the results displayed in the results dialog have "Index 0” displayed. The checks were for Device port check and Zone configuration. Tape Volume Label is not being displayed for tape LUNs in DCFM. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Tape Volume Label column does not display any data. DCFM causing many issues when a fabric is managed with a large zone DB.
Closed defect summary Solution Names fix duplicates produces an empty error message. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—This happens when the newly edited Name matches another Name (when Names are set to be unique), or when an invalid name is detected (such as an @ in a FOS port name. When editing names, edit device tree name and collapse item, the edited name gets moved to a new cell.
Closed defect summary Solution Help page cannot be launched from HBA server mapping dialog. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Clicking Help in the HBA server mapping dialog does not launch the corresponding Help page. Column headers for Targets dialog and LUNs dialog do not align when scrolling horizontally. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Column headers do not align when scrolling.
Closed defect summary Solution Fabric Binding Help refers to selecting SAN Router. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—User sees an option to select SAN Router in the online help and User Manual section for "Adding detached devices to the fabric binding membership list.” Option is not there in the application. Topology set as not persisted after client logout and server restart Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 A user account can not be created when an email address is added.
Closed defect summary Solution Deleting LSAN zones from the LSAN zoning scope does not work for a fabric that is in the “McDATA Open Fabric Mode”. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround—Manually delete all the LSAN zones from the fabric through EOS. Symptom—The customer see an error message which says "Unable to activate the zones in the McDATA Open Fabric Mode". As a result, the customer will not be able to delete the LSAN zones from the fabric.
Closed defect summary Solution In DCFM, the title bar of the online help shows incorrect header text. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—In DCFM, the header text of online help reads ***SANHelp.txt*** instead of the expected string: DCFM 10.0.0. In online help, the hyperlinks for Related Topics do not work in the PDCM Matrix section. Symptom—When a user launches the online help from the PDCM dialog, there is a set of related topics listed in this section.
Closed defect summary Solution Names import should support the format of the Zone alias export www,name. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Zone alias export will fail to import into Names. DCFM fails to launch online help for real time graph wizard. Symptom—The online help is not launched after clicking Help from the real time graph. Workaround—Add a comma at the end of each line such as wwn,namecomment. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround—Check the user guide for help with real time graph generation.
Closed defect summary Solution Swapping contents in the Product Properties section of the Connection properties does not swap the corresponding Connections and Selected Connections Properties sections. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 nl Symptom—The user sees that the data in the Connections section and Selected Connections do not match the swapped contents of Product Properties connection. Online help and documentation for the Trace Route dialog needs to be modified. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Remote client cannot be used when a server has client viewing on a second screen. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Remote client will appear off the screen. Workaround—At the server, move the client to the primary screen and close the client. Download the remote client again. ISLs not showing. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution E_Ports in node descriptor. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Default should be to have E_Ports displayed. Default should be on and setting should be some place obvious. Delete, Change Seed Switch, UnMonitor, and Monitor buttons are enabled at any level of the fabric tree; fabric and switch. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Names import when unique preserves first entry, not the last entry as designed. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Will not have the Name expected on an entity.
Closed defect summary Solution DCFM displays a message for EGM license for Mi10k switch in performance port picker. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When a user chooses a Mi10k port along with another switch's port, an EGM license message appears. EWS Wrong User Name - Password Combination. Workaround—Use only one particular Mi10k switch at a time for performance monitoring and do not including ports from another switch. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Unable to remove a switch from Fabric Binding List without removing it from the fabric. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Fabric Binding failure. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—Fabric Binding failed because data cannot be populated to the switch. Workaround—While modifying the Fabric Binding members from Fabric Binding dialog, delete the SCC members and create a new SCC policy with a new membership list from the server side.
Closed defect summary Solution Exceptions and Null error occur while refreshing data from server to client. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround—Restart client. Symptom—When refresh is selected, the following error is displayed: Could not contact DCFM server Null. Zoning dialog shows a message banner for switch level changes in a fabric scope. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—A message banner appears in the Zoning dialog whenever FAS broadcast messages for the selected fabric scope.
Closed defect summary Solution Creating a multiple TI zone with the same member is permitted from the Zoning dialog. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—When a user adds a TI zone member that was already part of another TI zone, the new member is added without a warning. When a user activates with this configuration, an activation success message appears from the Zoning dialog but the TI zone with a shared member is not committed to the switch.
Closed defect summary Solution Unable to install DCFM Enterprise trial edition on Windows 2003 SP2 Server. The installer hangs while initializing the database. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—DCFM Enterprise Trial Edition cannot be installed in a Windows 2003 SP2 Server. Workaround—Manually add the default windows system32 path in environmental variables and then reinstall the application. Some of the Product events in the master log are incorrect and not easily understood. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution The parameters in the FICON emulation tab of Advance settings in the FCIP config wizard are not set by default. The steps regarding this must be removed from online help. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Symptom—The default values can easily seen by the user which is not necessary in the document. It may lead to incorrect information. Clicking Help in the FICON logs table launches the help page of the “Audit Logs” table. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Read-only (RO) privileges for storage encryption configuration enables the user to remove a smart card entry. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.2 A user without Storage Encryption configuration privileges is able to add targets. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.2 DCFM 10.1.3 fixes Table 5 lists defects closed in the DCFM 10.1.3 release. Table 5 DCFM 10.1.3 closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Email notifications are not generated for triggered events in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution The Port Optics dialog does not display information for nondefault logical switches. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.3 DCFM incorrectly allows assigning port numbers higher than 32 on a 48port blade to a logical switch if the 256 area limit is set with a port-based area assignment. It also allows setting the 256 area limit if the logical switch already has ports higher than 31. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.
Closed defect summary Solution Zones that contain a hyphen in the zone name do not appear in the zone database table after migrating to DCFM, and a zone configuration mismatch alert occurs. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.4 During switch discovery with DCFM, the message Specified seed switch already present in another managed fabric appears, even though the switch was not present in the topology of the discovery dialog. This specified switch was part of an unmonitored fabric when it was discovered.
Closed defect summary Solution Files loaded in the firmware library of M-EOS Element Manager appear to be lost after migration from EFCM V9.7.x, but the files were actually imported to the install directory/data/eos/em/_Raw/firmware file folder. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.4 Workaround prior to this upgrade: Manually load the firmware file after migration.
