HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.
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Version 6.3.1c NOTE: This software conforms to the Fibre Channel (FC) standards and accepted engineering practices and procedures. Description Fabric OS 6.3.0 introduced support for the following new hardware platforms. Fabric OS 6.3.1c continues this support, but provides no new hardware support.
• Adaptive Networking license supported on switches running in Access Gateway (AG) mode • Automatic Port Configuration (APC) Auto Rebalancing support for port groups; optional login balancing for individual port groups • Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when new N_Ports are detected • Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when fewer F_Ports are detected • Optional support for persistent Arbitrated Loop Physical Access (ALPA) assignment • APC auto detection of connection to M-series switch
• VLAN tagging (802.
Update recommendation All products supported by Fabric OS 6.0.x can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.3.1c, with the exception of the following switches: • • • • HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem If applicable, HP recommends that you upgrade to Fabric OS 6.3.1c as soon as possible to take advantage of the latest fixes and features.
of multiple 2,112-size FC frames (batch) into smaller IP frames, compared to single-frame exchanges (for example, FC frame generators). • FCIP Trunking—This is a new feature available on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade and 1606 Extension SAN Switch that virtualizes two or more TCP connections as part of a single FCIP tunnel. These connections, called circuits, are configured explicitly to be part of an FCIP tunnel.
where the offered load exceeds the rate at which the destination device can accept frames, a RASLog message is generated and the administrator can view historic statistics logs for the port to investigate the problem. This new capability is considered part of the Adaptive Networking feature set, but does not require a license. This feature is available on all 4-Gb and 8-Gb ports.
• • • • tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and tape backup/recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP Router and B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade. Fabric Watch—Monitors mission-critical switch operations, and now includes new Port Fencing capabilities. FICON Management Server (also known as the control unit port [CUP])—Enables host control of switches in mainframe environments.
SAN Switch and DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director for the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade on an individual slot basis. • 10-GbE FCIP—This new license enables the two 10-GbE ports on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade.
Standards compliance This software conforms to the FC standards and accepted engineering practices and procedures. In certain cases, HP might add proprietary supplemental functions to those specified in the standards. For a list of standards conformance, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com. The 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade conform to the following Ethernet standards: • • • • • • • • • IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE 802.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch (Brocade 4100) HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch (Brocade 5000) HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (Brocade 4900) HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4-Gb SAN Director Blade (FC4-16) HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4-Gb SAN Director Blade (FC4-32) HP StorageWorks 48 Port 4-Gb SAN Director Blade (FC4-48) HP StorageWorks Multi-Protocol Router Blade (Brocade FR4-18i) HP StorageWorks iSCSI Director Blade (Brocade FC4-16IP)
Access Gateway support Access Gateway is supported with Fabric OS 6.3.x for the following HP products only: • Brocade 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (Brocade 5480) • HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch (Brocade 300) • HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch (Brocade 5100). Support for HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (Brocade 8000) is introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.1a.
• McDATA switches: 2/12 (ES4300), 2/24 (ES4500), 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64 (ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, and Mi10K running EOS 09.07.02 with Brocade Fabric OS 6.1.0x • McDATA switches: 2/12 (ES4300), 2/24 (ES4500), 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64 (ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, and Mi10K running EOS 09.09.00, 09.09.03, and 09.09.06 with Brocade Fabric OS 6.2.0x, 6.2.1x, and 6.2.
IMPORTANT: The Fabric OS versions listed in the Earliest compatible version column in Table 1 are the earliest versions supported by HP for connection to switches running Fabric OS 6.3.1c at the time of the Fabric OS 6.3.1c release. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.
Table 1 Supported Fabric OS versions Model Earliest compatible version Recommended version HP StorageWorks 1-Gb Switch Not supported (support ended December 2007) N/A HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8 3.2.1c 3.2.1c1,6,7 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 Not supported (support ended September 2009) N/A 5.3.2b 5.3.2c 6.1.0h 6.2.2b 6.1.0h 6.3.
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8-Gb FC Blade (FC8-16) 6.1.0h 6.3.1c HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gb ISL Blade (FC10-6) 6.1.0h 6.3.1c HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch 6.1.0h 6.3.1c5 HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch 6.2.0e 6.3.1c HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800) 6.3.0 HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (Brocade 8000) 6.1.2_cee1 6.3.1c HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE10-24) 6.3.0 6.3.
HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com. 4 When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the fabric must have a Fabric OS-based product in order to configure the frame redirection zone information. 5 When directly attached to a host or target that is part of an encryption flow. 6 Products operating with Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.3.1b or 6.1.
DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 6.3.1c is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 3. Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix Director blade Number of blades FC8-16 Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades.
IMPORTANT: Director blades must meet the minimum Fabric OS levels to operate in the Director chassis. For example, the FC8-32 is not supported in the 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS 6.0.x. Table 4 Power supplies required for blades in Director chassis Director blade 4/256 SAN Director DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director Two power supplies Two power supplies1 Four power supplies Two power supplies2 Four power supplies Two power supplies.
Important notes This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release. New OUI Support on B-Series platforms Overview The OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) value is part of a Fibre Channel WWN that uniquely identifies the manufacturer of Fibre Channel products. The OUI values assigned to Brocade are used by Fabric OS to validate certain fabric interoperability support.
• DCFM Professional Plus—A SAN management application designed for medium-size businesses to manage up to four physical fabrics (Fabric OS, M-EOS, and mixed fabrics) and up to 2,560 switch ports. DCFM Professional Plus supports Brocade director products (for example, DC04 SAN Director and 4/256, but not DC SAN Backbone Director), FC switches, FCIP switches, FCR switches/Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, FCoE/CEE switches, and Brocade HBAs.
• WebTools tunnel and TCP graphs support tool tips only for the first enabled TCP connection graph. Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes Some Fabric OS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for deployment with M-EOS-based products. All HP StorageWorks models supported by Fabric OS 6.3.
Virtual Channels (VC RDY) Yes2 Yes2 FICON Management Server (Cascading) Yes No* FICON MIHPTO Yes No* Full Scalability (to maximum M-EOS fabric limits) Yes Yes Adaptive Networking QoS No No Adaptive Networking: Ingress Rate Limiting No* No* Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) No* No* APM: Top Talkers No* No* Admin Domains No No N/A N/A Fabric Watch Yes Yes Ports on Demand (POD) Yes Yes NPIV Yes Yes Timer Server Function (NTP) No No N/A N/A Broadcast Zoning No No
* FC10-6 to FC10-6 ISL Yes Yes RASLog Events on Duplicate WWNs Yes Yes Virtual Fabrics Yes Yes Logical Fabric using LISLs (XISLs in base Fabric) No No Port Fencing Yes Yes Bottleneck Detection Yes Yes The feature is available, but not tested or supported. 1 Requires M-EOS 9.7 or later for redirection between devices attached to Fabric OS switches, M-EOS 9.8 for redirection between devices attached to M-EOS switches, M-EOS 9.9 for use in McDATA Open Fabric Mode.
If migrating from Fabric OS 6.1.x, HP recommends that you use Fabric OS 6.2.2b as the migration path to 6.3.1c in order to reduce the risk of exposure to known issues at earlier 6.2.x levels. The DC04 SAN Director cannot be downgraded to a release earlier than Fabric OS 6.2.0a. All downgrades from Fabric OS 6.2.0a require a restart and are disruptive to traffic. Platforms supporting VF must have the feature disabled before downgrading to a release earlier than 6.2.0a.
NOTE: With the introduction of Fabric OS 6.1.1, certain features and functions were removed from WebTools (resident in the firmware) and migrated to the DCFM management application. This has been carried forward to Fabric OS 6.2.x and later. HP recommends that before upgrading to Fabric OS 6.2.x or later, if you are not running DCFM on your fabric, you review the “WebTools functionality moved to DCFM” on page 40 and note what has changed in order to assess the impact to your fabric.
• • • • • • protocol Extension Blade. FCIP tunnels are not supported between the 1606 Extension SAN Switch/DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade and the previous generation HP StorageWorks 400 Multiprotocol Router and HP StorageWorks Multiprotocol Router Blade platforms.
• On the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade, GigE ports 0-9 or 10-GbE port 1 (xge1) correspond to VE_Ports 12-21, and 10-GbE port 0 (xge0) corresponds to VE_Ports 2231. • The CLI syntax for the 1606 Extension SAN Switch/DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade varies from the 7500/FR4-18i. See the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference document for Fabric OS 6.3 for details. • Both ends of a tunnel must be identically configured for the Compression, FastWrite, and Tape Pipeline options.
• Although the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch/DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade support the configuration of multiple CEE maps, HP recommends that you use only one CEE map on all interfaces connected to CNAs. Additionally, CEE maps are not recommended for use with non-FCoE traffic. QoS commands are for interfaces carrying non-FCoE traffic. • HP recommends that Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants be disabled on CEE interfaces that are connected to a server.
• When rebooting a DC SAN director or DC04 SAN director with DC SAN 10/24 FCoE blade, Qlogic CNA and LSAN zoning, the switch becomes unresponsive for a period of time. This is due to the CNA sending excessive MS queries to the switch. • A DC SAN 10/24 FCoE blade installed in the highest numbered slot of a DC SAN director or DC04 SAN director does not send out FIP unsolicitied advertisements. Therefore, it does not support FCoE functionality when installed in this slot. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.
Virtual Fabrics • On VF-capable platforms, the VF feature (initially supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0a) must be enabled in order to utilize the related capabilities, including logical switches and logical fabrics. Any switch shipped from the factory with 6.3.1a installed that is capable of supporting VF will have it enabled by default. • When creating logical fabrics that include switches that are not VF-capable, it is possible to have two logical switches with different FIDs in the same fabric.
NOTE: After upgrading to this firmware release, if users want to enable the Adaptive Networking QoS feature on 4-Gb platforms and on the Extended Fabrics E_Ports on both 4-Gb and 8-Gb platforms, they must do so explicitly through the available user interfaces. • QoS is supported on switches in Access Gateway mode with Fabric OS 6.3x. The fabric switches should be running Fabric OS 6.3 to support QoS. If the fabric switch is Fabric OS 6.2, QoS must be disabled on either switch or AG.
Switch EX_Port. To avoid this, ensure that the Mi10k is operating with MEOS 9.9.5 or later for this configuration. Integrated routing • To allow HCL on an 8/40 SAN Switch when using Integrated Routing, the edge switch connected to the 8/40 SAN Switch must be running Fabric OS 6.1 or later. • Integrated Routing EX_Ports are supported only in the base switch on a switch with VF enabled. To test Integrated Routing functionality, first disable the VF feature (fosconfig --disable vf).
FICON NOTE: For information about specific versions of Fabric OS support for FICON, see the B-series FICON Connectivity Stream. FL_Port (loop) support • The 8-Gb 48-port Fibre Channel blade now supports the attachment of loop devices in the DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director. • VF must be enabled on the chassis, and loop devices can be attached only to ports on a 48-port blade assigned to a nondefault logical switch operating with the default 10-bit addressing mode.
• The state-changes counter used by Fabric Watch in Fabric OS 6.3 has been updated to ignore any toggling of F_Ports due to planned internal mechanisms, such as throttling and trunking. There are some Fabric OS CLI commands, such as portcfgspeed and portCfgTrunkPort, that implicitly disable/enable ports after configuration. • Fabric Watch monitors state change for LISL ports, even though it is not displayed in Fabric Watch CLI commands.
The fabric parameter fabric.ops.mode.longdistance is now deprecated and should not be used. 8-Gb link initialization and fill words Overview The Fibre Channel Physical Interfaces (FC-PI) standard defines the requirements for a physical layer. It considers all aspects of transmit, receive, and cable-plant performance requirements for optical and electrical links. The FC-PI standard has been modified to support new physical-layer variants that operate at higher data rates than those specified in FC-PI-2.
• The following table provides a portcfgfillword summary. Fabric OS version All 8-Gb switches except 8-Gb SAN FOS version Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem cClass Any Fabric OS earlier than 6.1.2 All ports set to mode 0. No mode 1 capability existed. All ports set to idle. No mode 1 capability existed. NOTE: Fabric OS 6.1.2 was not supported on this switch. 6.2.0x prior to 6.2.0c The default setting for all ports is mode 1 and cannot be changed.
6.3.1a and later Implemented support for modes 2 and 3 as described below. The default setting for all ports is mode 0, regardless of what Fabric OS version was previously installed. However, ports previously set to mode 1 by the user via the portcfgfillword command are persistent, and will therefore remain at mode 1 after Fabric OS upgrade. • If version 6.2.0d or 6.3.1c was installed in the factory, the default setting is mode 1 for the internal ports and mode 0 for the external ports.
be unused and therefore contain invalid data, a CDR-1003 error message would be issued. Fabric OS 6.3.1b and later now reclassifies these messages as warnings, rather than critical errors. WebTools functionality moved to DCFM The functionality that was moved from WebTools 6.1.1 to DCFM applies to all versions of DCFM and also applies to 6.3.x. Table 6 describes these changes. Table 6 WebTools functionality in DCFM Function WebTools 6.1.
Function WebTools 6.1.0 DCFM GigE ports interface Port Admin Module > GigE tab Configure > FCIP tunnel GigE ports route Port Admin Module > GigE tab Configure > FCIP tunnel Zone Admin Non-local switch ports display in zoning tree Admin Domain Switch Admin > DCC policies Configure > Zoning Performance Monitoring Comments In WebTools, non-local switch port id/WWN can be added using text box.
Always ensure that any previously committed LUN configurations or LUN modifications have taken effect before committing additional LUN configurations or additions. All LUNs should be in an Encryption Enabled state before committing additional LUN modifications. • The cryptocfg -manual_rekey -all command should not be used in environments with multiple encryption engines (encryption blades) installed in a director-class chassis when more than one encryption engine has access to the same LUN.
which will in turn remove the associated frame redirection zone information. Make sure to back up all data before taking this action. • Before committing configurations or modifications to the CTC or LUNs on an HP Encryption Switch or HP Encryption Blade, make sure that there are no outstanding zoning transactions in the switch or fabric. Failure to do so results in the commit operation for the CTC or LUNs failing and may cause the LUNs to be disabled.
or commands (except node initialization) being available on the member nodes after the powercycle. This condition persists until the GL node is back online. • Workaround. In the case of a data center power down, bring the GL node online first, before bringing the other member nodes online. In the event of the GL node failing to come back up, the GL node can be replaced with a new node.
• • • • • must be clustered. Failure to cluster will result in key creation failure. Otherwise, register only one SKM on the Encryption SAN Switch/Encryption FC blade Encryption Group. When the tape key expires in the middle of write operation on the tape, the key is used to append the data on the tape media. When the backup application rewinds the media and starts writing to Block-0 again (and if the key is expired), a new key is created and used henceforth.
Link Net Mask : 255.255.240.0 Link MAC Addr : 00:05:1e:53:8a:86 Link MTU : 1500 Link State : UP Media Type : DISK System Card Label : System Card CID : Remote EE Reachability : Node WWN/Slot IO Link State 10:00:00:05:1e:53:77:80/0 10:00:00:05:1e:53:b7:ae/0 EE IP Addr 10.32.53.107 10.32.53.105 EE State EE_STATE_ONLINE EE_STATE_ONLINE Non-Reachable Non-Reachable • SKM FIPS Mode Enablement FIPS compliance mode is disabled in SKM by default.
NOTE: When configuring multipath LUNs, care should be taken to add LUN 0 on all of the paths, subject to the following considerations: • If LUN 0 presented by the back-end target is a controller LUN (not a disk LUN; that is, not visible in the discoverLUN output), add LUN 0 to the container as a clear text LUN. Make sure all of the paths have this LUN 0 added for MPIO operation (EVA configuration, for example).
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 With McDATA default zone enabled, when numerous NPIV devices in the default zone come online at the same time, some devices were missing from the portcam table. Workaround prior to code change: This is due to multiple devices logging in simultaneously. So apply portdisable to all ports connected to the devices and apply portenable sequentially. This will resolve the issue. NPIV devices in Interopmode 2 default zone is not supported.
Occasionally during the firmware upgrade process, the 1250 processor is still rebooting when the FCR routes are being processed, resulting in missing FCR routes and an inability to route traffic across VEX ports. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 CUP Port present CU-Busy on one path and never sending CU-End to clear busy. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 In B2E routed environment, when user executes pathinfo command in BB querying for xlate domain, the switch may panic. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Pending Merge: While doing first time encryption to a LUN with more than 1 initiator active at the same time, rekey operations slowed significantly. Fabric Change Event (161) is not delivered from Fabric OS to B-series SMIA if proxy Switch is disabled. Workaround prior to code change: 1. Disable the target ports. 2. Remove one initiator from the container. 3. Start the rekey. 4. Add the initiator back. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Pending Merge: Repeatedly disconnecting and then reconnecting the ISL links between the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch in the HA cluster environment while rekey operations are in progress may cause data miscompare. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Encryption group does not automatically recover after it is split into 2 different islands. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Firmwaredownload failed on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Host detecting IFCCs errors to CUP Port. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Sshd allows admin login to execute root level Linux commands but not admin CLI commands. Workaround prior to code change: A workaround to facilitate execution of admin level CLI commands using ssh, is to use syntax similar to: ssh -l admin 192.168.1.12 "rbash --login -c 'switchshow'" Or if a command is needed that works on both older (correctly operating) Fabric OS and the newer/affected FOS: ssh -l admin 192.168.
Switch Kernel panics when performing VMware VMotion (vport migration). Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 While rekey operations are in progress, disrupting the I/O sync link causes rekey operations to hang. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 In an atypical test configuration, system reboot observed on one of two 2408 FCoE Converged Network switches configured as point-topoint FC connections. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Port Fencing - E_Port Class Link Resets are not fencing. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
ZONEd panic and VERIFYs due to shmInit: shmget failed: No space left on device. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: Reboot the switch. In IM2, mixed fabric with over 500 devices, name server counts do not match for Fabric OS and EOSc switches in the same fabric. EOSn count matches Fabric OS name server count. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 FCIP VE port: Fast recovery does not handle pure out of order packets. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
400 Multiprotocol Router VE port doesn't recover after WAN issues. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 In a large fabric (50+ switches), simultaneously disabling and enabling all switches could result in some switches stuck in F2 (unconfirmed) state. Workaround prior to code change: Disable and enable the switches that are stuck in F2 (domain ID not yet confirmed) state independently.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 FICON XRC Emulation error handling OOO Status Frames. Workaround prior to code change: Option 1: Deactivate all paths that utilize the same device ports and reactivate at the same time. Option 2: Disable FICON XRC emulation. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 HIL-1610 WARNING appeared on 8/40 switch units after power cycle. Workaround prior to code change: Ignore the warning - it is innocuous when seen right at boot up time.
If configdownload is performed via DCFM, switch authentication failure may occur. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: Issue hafailover or hareboot. Add FIP version 0 handling. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Address configdownload problems. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Due to race condition, daemons may panic during FID deletion and creating without significant time delay in between. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Cold-failover within Port group for F_Port did not happen on Access Gateway (AG).
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 WebTools Switch Admin: QoS: User defined priority group 0-7 does not show up in the drop down for priority group id. Workaround prior to code change: Use CLI to map user defined priority group to a CoS. 8/8 or 8/16 returned invalid value for swFCPortFlag MIB object from 8/8 or 8/16 on SNMP manager. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 MAC learning/flushing times are very slow on 2408 FCoE CN Switch Switch. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Switch crashed on sending LOGO from Finisar LT.
When Quality of Service (QoS) is enabled by default or not utilized, performance of the SAN drops. Disable QoS by default on 4 Gb platforms, 8 Gb long-distance and make portcfg values such as fill words, trunk information persistent across upgrade/downgrades. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Detected termination of 0.weblinker.fcg:1315. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 LUN state became disabled with reason "Key not in sync" after 12 hour run of stress test KV link failure/restore with online rekey.
"Enable Inactive port" tab in the EZmanager has to be disabled for the 2408 FCoE CN Switch. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 8/8 or 8/16 SAN Switch not responding to Link Reset primitives correctly. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 When a trunk master port is disabled, fabric watch incorrectly sets the new trunk master’s health to offline, and remote side to faulty even though port is online.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 HA Failover on DC SAN Director caused: Need to reboot the system for recovery, reason: System bring up timed out. Workaround prior to code change: Mannually block and unblock an E_Port to rebuild the fabric. In Access gateway mode,Port swap and Enable/Disable NPIV option is enabled in WebTools. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 As DCFM polling LUNs, the memory usage for weblinker is increased. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Enabled minimum Fabric OS support for DWDM-SFP port media. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Re-keys are getting stuck. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 DC SAN Director: configdownload: simple upload/download (switch enabled) complaining about FID 128 and will not download with switch enabled. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Switch Admin: CEE: NPE is shown in error message when user applies a new FCoE login group (with Login management disabled.
The Distribute Policy option is missing from the SCC and DCC tabs in web mgmt. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Supportshow cli command output should complete without having to hit CR several times. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 FVT: lun state never changed from write metadata to enable after GE port enable. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Urouteshow will lag for several seconds at a time while displaying the route info. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 FR zones cannot be created when defzone is set to "allaccess." Workaround prior to code change: Set defzone to "noaccess." The lfcfg command shows incorrect data. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Switch Admin: Policies which are not chosen are showned in confirmation page of ACL Policy configuration wizard. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 When attempting to swap ports from the GUI, the operation may fail due to HTTP 500 error. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Ipaddrset command to set Lance GE ports IP address is non-responsive. Must reboot active CP to activate IP. Optimized SERDES setting for Brocade 8 Gb SAN Switch for BladeSystem c-Class. Workaround prior to code change: The following should work. Following any removal or relocation of an encryption blade from any chassis slot, do an hafailover to cause the standby CP to become active.
While performing security related fabric wide operations if fabric becomes unstable, user might observe verify on standby. Setting the E-Net portname on the Primary CP does not get copied over to the standby CP. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: System will recover. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 NPIV devices on a single port are spread across effective and McDATA default configurations, only devices from default configuration can establish communication.
Detected termination of zoned observed running repeated multiple zone updates for several hours in different FIDs. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 FICON FCIP Acceleration error - FCCU LinkBusy from non-Busy CU in ReadStates. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Found 2 LUNs got disabled with "Rekey done with failure" after overnight manual_rekey finished. [CVLC-1001], 775/57, SLOT 2 | FID 128, Nept_74, Manual re-key failed, LUN SN. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: Re-enable LUN.
pending merge: fail to recover data with error: ERROR, SYS, FPGA timeout, DECRYPT_DECOMPRESS_TIMEOUT : Cmd 0x932b4000. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 FICON XRC times out on 400 multiprotocol router to DC SAN Director. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Need more info in configuration upload/download process. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Sfpshow displays incorrect values for current, RX power, and TX power.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 When running active/passive arrays with powerpath, if a subset of the LUNs are trespassed, I/O does not properly fail over. Workaround prior to code change: Avoid trespassing LUNs using powerpath. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Encryption blade went in to a faulty (79) state while running rekey operation in four node encryption group with 200+ LUNs. Workaround prior to code change: Slotpoweroff and slotpower on the blade to recover.
Using WebTools's HA tab, synchronize button and details button do not work as expected. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: Use "hasyncstart" from CLI. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Public/Private keys are not copied during hafailover.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Changing configuration using configure or configDownload when systemVerification is executed could lock out the systemVerification from being executed subsequently. Workaround prior to code change: Do not update the configuration when systemVerification is running. If user accidentally changes configuration when the command was executing, use "burninlevel 0" to recover from this situation. Channel definition errors; time out on QSA Response due to excessive link incidents.
"Cyptocfg --show -tapepool -all -stat" returns "Operation failed:" the first time it's issued but displays valid output when immediately re-issued. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 With virtual fabric enabled, when no EE is present, cryptocfg show localEE returns "EE detection aborted: IPC Failure". Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: Re-issue the CLI. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 A LUN with encryption mode: cleartext and encryption format: Brcd Native, fails to read DF_Compatible tape media.
During stress-to-fail testing of Cold Start/Recovery on a switch with multiple Logical Switches, the local Name Server misses some device entries. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Workaround prior to code change: Perform switchdisable/enable on the affected switches. Same device ( WWN ) is visiable in more than 2 fabric using VF function and VT not getting imported. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Port Auto Disable - Wrong message when disabling port auto disable. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Zoning fails with Transaction Commit failed. Reason code 2 (26) - Aca was rejected: Remote Switch Busy, Retry in a few seconds error when E_Port to neighboring Mi10k is lost during a zone push operation when in interop mode. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0a I/O traffic with 1606 Extension SAN Switch or Multiprotocol Extension Blade unable to run across edge-to-edge topology when compression and FastWrite are enabled in certain Virtual Fabric configurations. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0a Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Software verify error detected appears on console during upgrade to 6.3.0 from RC builds on HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch. This issue will not be seen in the field. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0a Retransmit and Out of Order counters displayed in the portshow fciptunnel command do not show correct values. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0a If the first circuit in the first tunnel is not numbered 0, portshow fciptunnel all -c displays incorrect value (adds line 16 0 unknwn Disable ---- 0s 0.00 0.00 0 0/0 0).
Closed defect summary Solution Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0b When Lossless DLS is enabled, WebTools incorrectly shows iodset off, but the CLI shows that it is enabled. Workaround prior to upgrade: Use the CLI to view the configured IOD state when IOD is enabled with the Lossless DLS solution. In a rare case, a buffer leak in the rekey daemon causes an HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch fault during rekey. A power cycle is required to recover. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Closed defect summary Solution Excessive internal messages cause a RASLOG flood condition and a weblinkerfcg message appears on FCIP switches in the fabric (HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch and Multiprotocol Extension Blade). This can lead to other important RASLOG messages being lost. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0b This condition occurs with IPSEC, which is not supported in this release. HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director panicks and reboots after anfwshow --disable --port command is issued.
Closed defect summary Solution When running a third-party host scan, the http daemon (weblinker.fcg) terminats and restarts several times, causing a temporary management service interruption. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0b HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director panics due to a termination of msd during fabric reconfiguration while executing a switchdisable—agshow—switchenable loop in a fabric with an Access Gateway device with more than 56 switches. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
The host failed to discover tapes due to a VI/VT (Virtual Initiator/Virtual Target) database mismatch between the switches that are part of the same Encryption Group (EG). Therefore, the host cannot discover tape devices that are part of the same EG. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0c Workaround prior to upgrade: Issue cryptocfg --commit again to sync up the VT/VI database across nodes in the EG.
Some CNAs expect Unsolicited FIP Discovery Advertisements from the FCoE switch even when the D bit is set. Because the 2408 switch and 10/24 blade do not provide that information, they may log out of the switch after several seconds. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.0c After upgrade to Fabric OS 6.2.x, the 400 MP router, or multiprotocol router blade observes a credit problem on virtual channel 0, leading to frame drop on FCIP and FC FastWrite, and the host being unable to see the target. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
TI zones become disabled when Telnet times out following TI zone change. Cfgsave actually pushes the data, but should not do so, as due to session timeout, stale transaction is not properly terminated before processing new TI zone, which can result in erroneous TI zone properties list and lead to other fabric wide instability events. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 After a switch reboot with HP Storageworks 8 Gb SAN switches, switchshow shows all online port PIDs as being the same due to port to area map issue.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 RTWR (Reliable Transport Write and Read) messages get logged when more than 16 dynamic paths are set up to remote domains on HP 8 Gb switches. Customer may experience path loss and traffic interruption. When small read requests (low I/O rate traffic) sent via FCIP tunnel, a 2 - 4 ms delay can be seen between the time data arrives on the GE port until it's sent out the FC port, leading to >10 ms response time.
Fabric binding does not work in 239 domain mode in Interopmode 3 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 with FCR on 8 Gb switches. EX port rejects it. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 Auto-assignment of slot based licenses for the Multiprotocol extension blade not working correctly when adding more than 2. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 Fabric Watch sometimes logs messages with values above 100%. Most likely occurs during first Fabric Watch polling cycle after slotstatsclear command is issued. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
When power cycling an HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE switch, C25464/5465 errors can be observed due to logical port to FCoE virtual user port mapping error. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 Configuration back up on Access Gateway switch does not have the bottleneck configurations. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 ARB(FF) usage as fill words for 8 Gb connectivity does not abide by the Fibre Channel standards. Implement two new modes in addition to current mode 0 (idle) and mode 1 (arbff) to revise behavior.
Invalid zone name does not cause error message, and no enforcement of 64 character limit on cfg/zone name. Functional impact is zone is not enabled. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1 Test loop that continuously opens and closes Telnet sessions and does terminal configuration on the 2408 FCoE switch or 10/24 FCoE blade sometimes the configure terminal command fails and the config prompt does not appear. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
Fabric OS 6.3.1a fixes Table 12 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.3.1a firmware release. Table 12 Fabric OS 6.3.1a closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Under heavy CPU load, SFP laser fault condition may cause links to reset. New parameter added to Fabric OS 6.3.1a to allow adjustment of SFP polling interval to avoid laser faults. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
After upgrade from Fabric OS 6.2.x to 6.3.x, RSCNs are not sent to all devices the target is zoned with, so hosts are unable to see the target until all host ports are bounced. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1a Workaround prior to upgrade: Bounce ports to recover Fabric OS 6.3.1b fixes Table 13 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.3.1b firmware release. Table 13 Fabric OS 6.3.
Switch panic or inability to execute any command may be experienced after shared memory segments or memory shortage. It can be exposed via: • Creating and removing logical switch multiple times • Performing configdownload with a large configuration file or repeating configdownload • Running repeated perfresourceshow commands with option eeRes or fportRes Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.
After 1606 extension switch reboot, PLOGI aborts seen due to F_RJT for the ACCEPT frame. Host cannot see the target if PLOGI comes in before RSCN is propagated on the 1606 extension switch or multiprotocol extension blade VE ports due to backend port programming not completing in time. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.3.1b In a rare corner case, the encryption switch or encryption blade does not handle an error case correctly when key attribute retrieval from key vault fails, leading to a panic.
Fabric OS 6.3.1c fixes Table 14 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.3.1c firmware release. Table 14 Fabric OS 6.3.1c closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class requires SERDES changes to support future c-Class mezz card. Final SERDES values provided in Fabric OS 6.3.1c.
