HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.3d Release Notes (5697-0493, May 2010 - includes all 6.3.0x versions)

8-Gb SAN Switch for HP

BladeSystem c-Class

All 8-Gb switches (except 8-Gb

SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem

c-Class)

Fabric OS version

0—IDLE for Link Init, IDLE for fill

word

1—ARB(FF) for Link Init, ARB(FF) for

fill word (NOTE: not supported with

XP storage arrays)

Mode:

6.1.2x was not supported on EVA4400 embedded switch module.

6.1.2x was not supported on this switch.

Updated command message

When executing the lscfg --create command with the following syntax:

switch_128:FID128:admin> lscfg --create 1 About to create switch with

fid=1. Please wait... Logical Switch with FID (1) has been successfully

created.

You should expect to see the following revised message:

Logical Switch has been created with default configurations. Please

configure the Logical Switch with appropriate switch and protocol settings

before activating the Logical Switch.

Miscellaneous

After changing domain offset followed by issuing an hafailover command on a DC SAN Backbone

Director, DC04 SAN Director, or 4/256 SAN Director running Fabric OS 6.3 in interopmode 2, the

console log may generate continuous Unknown LSR type messages. You must either reboot the

switch or issue another hafailover command to terminate the messages.

During non-disruptive firmware upgrades, E_Ports in R-RDY mode may cause some frame drops on

the E-Port links.

On the HP StorageWorks 8/8, 8/24, 8/40 and 8/80 SAN Switches with factory installed Fabric

OS 6.3.1a, the assignment of PIDs (FCIDs) is non-deterministic. The area field of the PIDs is assigned

the first time the switch is booted up based on the order ports are recognized and brought up by the

system. Switch PIDs area will be not equal to the port number, which may impact servers such as

FICON or static PID bind servers that need area equal to port numbers to log in to the fabric

successfully. To avoid this issue, customers can bind PIDs using the portaddress --bind

[slot_number/]port_number [16-bit_address] command prior to allowing devices to log

in to the switch. Once assigned, the PIDs are maintained across reboots and future Fabric OS upgrades.

This issue does not impact switches that do not have Fabric OS 6.3.1a factory installed. Field upgrade

to a later version of Fabric OS will not resolve this situation. For environments in which this will be

an issue, the specified workaround will need to be implemented until a future version of Fabric OS

is factory installed.