HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0c Release Notes (AA-RWEYG-TE, November 2007)

FICON support
With release 5.2.0 and later, the Switch Connection Control high integrity
requirement for cascading FICON is available in the standard base Fabric OS.
End users can now deploy new cascade FICON Directors without purchasing
a separate Secure Fabric OS license.
To add a new FICON Director into existing cascaded configurations already
running Secured Fabric OS, HP recommends that users continue to deploy
Secure Fabric OS on the new FICON Director instead of migrating to FOS ACL
configuration.
NOTE:
The FC4–48 port Blade is not supported to connect to System z environments
vi a FICON channels or via FCP zLinux on System z. To attach the Direct or
to the System z environment, use an FC4 –16 or FC4–32 Fibre Channel
port Blade.
Diagnostics backport test
Backport tests may be run only in the following configurations:
• ApureSANDirector2/128(onlyCP2andFC-16blades)
• A SAN Director 2/128 with no FC4–16 blades installed, using Option 5.
Do not run backport tests in any configuration other than the two listed above;
usetheminicycletestinstead.
Diagnostics spinsilk test
The follow
ing configurations will pass the spinsilk test:
• ApureSAND
irector 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades)
• Apure4/25
6SANDirector,Option5
• Apure4/2
56 SAN Director, Option 5 (with FC4–16 blades)
The follo
wing configurations will fail thespinsilktest;usetheminicycletestinstead:
• AmixedSA
N Director 2/128 (with either CP4 or FC4–16 blades)
• Apure4/
256 SAN Director, Option 1 (a pure 4/256 SAN Director refers
to a Dire
ctor with CP4 and FC4–16 blades only).
HP StorageWorks 400
MP Router
Fans operate at the correct speed; that is, at maximum on bootup. However, this
initial speed may trigger a n error message that indicates that the speed is too
high (Above threshold). Disregard this message.
4/256 SAN Director
• Before moving the slider UP on a Control Processor Blade that is being
activated, observe that the amber LED is not ON for the active CP for at least
5 seconds and that all LEDs display off on the n ew inserted CP.
• In a core-edge design, when a fully-populated 384–port 4/256 SAN Director
(populated with eight FC4–48 blades) is an edge switch in a large SAN, it
can experience high CPU utilization and may panic if it becomes a principal
switch. HP recommends deploying a high port-count switch as both core and
principal switch to reduce fabric stress and provide ease of management.
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