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

Fabric OS 5.3.0b
fixes
Table 5 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 5.3.0b firmware release.
Table 5 Fabric OS 5.3.0b closed defects
Closed defect summar y
Solution
With FC Tape Pipelining enabled on a 400 MP Router/MP Router
Blade FCIP connection, data written to tape using a block size of
greater than 128 KB will not be readable by some applications,
causing b ackup to be unreadable.
Backup application could be
configured to use less than 128 KB
blocksizetoavoidtheproblem,but
this is now fixed in 5.3.0b.
In rare cases, CRC errors can occur on Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for
HP c-Class BladeSystem internal ports when operating at 4Gb/s.
Fabric OS 5.3.0b addresses this
issue.
When supportsave is run in a continuous loop, certain types of
files are not detected which periodically generates the message:
SupportSave completed sh: /tmp/support-
Save_files/CONSOLE0: No such file or directory.
File name can vary.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0b.
When the SFP/XFP power and voltage readings are above or below
the range, an excessive number of aler t messages were reported.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0b.
Third-party application will not work with the 400 MP Router Fast
Write application (sends FCP_RSP without sequence initiative).
Fixed per Fa
bric OS 5.3.0b.
On the B-Series MP Router Blade or 400 MP Router, the proxy PID is
improperly converted to 000000 for an ACC to a REC extended link
requestwhenanEX_Portisconfigured for interop mode. As a result,
Tape backup may not work with devices in McDATA edge fabrics
across the Router due to an improper response to a REC extended
link request to a tape device.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0b.
Fabric OS 5.3.0c fixes
Table 6 li
sts defects closed in the Fabric OS 5.3.0c firmware release.
Table 6 Fabric OS 5.3.0c closed defec ts
Closed defect summar y
Solution
I/O Ops fa
ilure due to incorrect CUP Port PDCM bit for port 256 after
firmwareu
pgrade from FOS v5.1.x to FOSv5.2.x/5.3.x in FICON
environ
ment.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0c.
With McDATA edge switches in the fabric, 400 MP Router or FR4 -18i
router port receives periodic RRQ & ABTS frames due to the McDATA
switch sending unsupported CT command. Routers don’t respond,
which causes McDATA switch to retry indefinitely.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0c to reject
the unsupported CT command.
After switchdisable & switchenable ,all400MPRouters
or FR4-18i routers, proxydevices and nameserver entries no longer
match what was previously recorded. "fcrrproxydevshow -a" shows 0
devices and translate domains are missing from the edge fabric. This
is due to a timing issue while in open fabric interop mode with i10k
switch when 2nd I FL is connected to the same switch in the fabric as
the 1st IFL, and 1st IFL is fully up.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0c.
Hosts lose paths to targets due to FCR daemon failing to send
GA_N
XT response from 400 MP Router to host connecting to
McDATA switch in open fabric mode. Caused by incorrect domain
offset in its address translation.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0c.
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