HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1b release notes (5697-7644, August 2008)

Closed defect summary
Solution
With large zones
et (over 1200 zones) API library crashes as the zone
library does memcpy that does not have terminating zero in the buffer.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Change made i n 5.2.0 to limit the number of FDISCs per unit of time,
caused timeouts of NPIV logins in some BladeServer configurations
with VC-FC.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0.
When FOS version prior to 5.2.0 is upgraded to a later version and
the fabric.ops.mode.pidFormat value was previously set to zero, the
switch will continually reboot.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
In extremely rare conditions when a particular timing window is hit
at the sam e time an internal end to end m onitor wraps its counter,
the standby CP can get stuck in a reboot loop. The condition is
that due to
a race condition, a partial HA update arrives before a
full updat
e from the active CP, resulting in standby CP going into
continuou
srestartcycle.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
When MS request issued with WWN that didn’t exist in the fabric,
the MS Daemon panicked.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
The 2/12 8 was forwarding PL OGI frames received with DID as
broadcast format which was causing issues with other devices in
the fabric.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0. No longer
forwards these type of frames.
For platf
orms running 5.2.0 and above with domain, port zoning,
there is a small window during which if a device sends it PLOGI
very fas
t, and before the nameserver information has been fully
propag
ated, the PLOGI may be dropped.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
CLI systemverification command incorrectly reports false
positive failure on FC4-16IP Blade. This diagnostic command is not
typically run by a customer.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
“Stats” menu option does not work when executing minicycle
command.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
In a FI
CON environment a Switch panic (in the Management Server
daemon) could be seen if the switch receives one of three FICON
specific frames (FICON GCAP, RLIR, RNID) and the fabric goes
"uns
table" (fabric being rebuilt such as when one of the switches in
the fabric is powered off) before a response is sent.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Traffic can’t be routed into backbone fabric from EX_Port on 400 MP
RouterwithdomainID7or12andfromFR4-18iBladein4/256
with various domain ID’s.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Rapidly issuing repeated supportsave command s can cause
switch panic due to out of memory condition.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Wh
en interop mode set to 1, “Disable NodeName Zone
Ch
ecking” parameter also changes from 0 to 1, but returns to 0
after switch reboot.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
DuetoraceconditioninRNID command from FICON channels,
FICON CUP daemon crashes and switch panics after switch comes
up then it starts processing the RNID command. Problem affects
FICON environment for Fabric OS 5.1 and later.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Web Tools error message provided when fmsmode setting fails is
not clear.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Web Tools is missing “Invalid CRCS” under Fabric Watch end to end
class pull down menu, due to missing “CRC Error” option.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
GUI component size squeezed due to lack of proper refresh after
resizing.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
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