HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.3 Release Notes (AV-RVUUK-TE, March 2006)

3Fabric OS 5.0.3 release notes
About this document
This section identifies the audience of these release notes and provides a high-level description of
the information it contains.
Release notes overview
These release notes contain the following major topics:
• Fabric OS 5.0.3 closed defects, page 8
• Firmware upgrades, page 9
• Technical Support, page 9
• OS requirements, page 10
• Important notes, page 11
• Other notes, page 11
Intended audience
This document is intended for systems administrators and technicians who are responsible for
installing, operating, and maintaining Fabric Operating System (OS) 5.0.3.
Accessing future product updates
HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates
.
• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,
newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to
numerous other product resources.
• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then
Storage under Product Category.
Product documentation
Documentation, including white papers and best practices documents, is available on the HP web
site: http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html
.
To access current Fabric OS 5.x documents:
1. Locate the IT storage products section of the web page.
2. Under Networked storage, click SAN infrastructure.
3. From the SAN infrastructure web page, locate the SAN Infrastructure products section.
4. Click Fibre Channel Switches.
5. Locate the B-Series Fabric section.
6. Depending on your switch, locate the B-Series Fabric-Enterprise Class or B-Series
Fabric-Mid-range subsection. Click the the appropriate switch to access Fabric OS 5.x
documents.
7. Go to the Support section, located on the right side of the web page, and click Technical
documents.