HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2c release notes (5697-0150, October 2009)

Backport tests may be run only in the following configurations:
• A pure SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades)
• 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; use
the minicycle test instead.
Diagnostics backport
test
The following configurations will pass the spinsilk test:
• A pure SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades)
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 5
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 5 (with FC4-16 blades)
The following configurations will fail the spinsilk test; use the minicycle test instead:
• A mixed SAN Director 2/128 (with either CP4 or FC4-16 blades)
• A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 1 (a pure 4/256 SAN Director refers to a
Director with CP4 and FC4-16 blades only)
Diagnostics spinsilk test
When upgrading from Fabric OS 5.1.x to 5.2.x or 5.3.x, if two or more interfabric
links (IFLs) connect to an edge fabric, one IFL will stay online and the other IFLs will
go online and offline. This causes a temporary traffic disruption going from multiple
IFLs to one IFL and then back to multiple IFLs. This is due to the new front domain
consolidation feature in Fabric OS 5.2.0, where the IFLs connected to the same edge
fabric share the same front domain.
When downgrading from Fabric OS 5.3.x or 5.2.x, FC traffic will be disrupted if
there is front domain consolidation prior to the downgrade, even in the case of a
single IFL.
Upon firmware download the FC4-16IP Blade does not preserve disabled GE_Ports
in disabled state. If you want to retain GE_Ports in a disabled state across firmware
download, you must configure them as persistently disabled.
Firmware up-
grade/downgrade
Obsolete commands include slotOff and slotOn; use slotPowerOff and
slotPowerOn instead. The portLogPortShow command is also obsolete.
This release does not support underscore (_) as part of the name for dd and ddset
in the iscsicfg command.
When performing a configdownload, you may receive a message stating
configDownload not permitted. This indicates that an invalid parameter was
passed to the switch.
The invalid parameter could be from a switch security policy, such as the password
policy, or the NTP server address. This causes a partial configuration to be
downloaded onto the switch.
For example, when an NTP server address is invalid, configdownload fails and
all data processed prior to the NTP server address data had already been saved in
the switch and cannot be backed out. To fix the problem, correct the invalid parameter
and reissue the configdownload command.
Fabric OS — CLI com-
mands
Distance setting is not persistent. After a configuration uploads and downloads,
distance settings reset and the desired distance is shown as 0.
Distance mode
10