HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2007)

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The following configurations will fail the spinsilk test; use the minicycle test instead:

• Mixed SAN Director 2 /128 Director (with either C P4 or FC4-16 blades)

• Pure 4/ 256 SAN Director, option 1

“P ure 4/256 SAN Director” refers to a Director with CP4 and FC4-16 blades

only.

LSAN zoning consi

derations

If a switch runni

ng Fabric OS 5.2.x is connected to the edge of a fabric with LSAN

zones configur

ed, any switch in that edg e fabric running a Fabric OS release prior

to 5.2.x will no

t be able to commit to any zoning transactions. If a fabric contains

switches runn

ing, for example, Fabric OS 4.4.0, 5.1.1 and 5.2.1b and LSAN zones

are configur

ed, all zone changes need to originate from the switch running the latest

Fabric OS release (in this case 5.2.1b ). This action is required whether or not the Access

Domain feature is enabled.

Workarounds

Table 3 lists important information and workarounds.

Tabl e 3 Important information and workarounds

Issue

Workaround

Not all Fabric OS services are available

when the prompt becomes available during

boot up.

Waitforalltheservicestocomeupbefore

using the switch or performing zoning

actions.

FW_FRU_INSERTED message displays twice

when a power supply FRU is inserted and

powered on.

No functional impact.

Scalabi

lity: MS Platform Database not

support

ed in la rge fabrics.

In large

fabricswithmorethan1,000

ports, i

t is recommended that the MS

Platfo

rm Database is disabled, it is also

requir

ed that the Platform DB be disabled

before

downgrading to previous versions

of Fabric OS. This can be done using the

msPLMgmtDeactivate command.

If the user tries to save move than

512 monitors using the perfCfgSave

command, some of the monitors may be lost.

Do not issue the perfCfgSave command

when running more than 512 monitors.

Scalability: When the cfgDisable

command is executed, access is enabled

between all devices. This can cause issues

with some HBAs.

Enable default zoning using the defzone

--noaccess command.

Fabric OS 5.1.1b