Brocade Fabric OS v7.2.1 Release Notes v1.0

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Defect ID:
DEFECT000470185
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
portcfgfillword's passive option does not work
Symptom:
The passive option in portCfgFillWord does not work. When issuing: "portcfgfillword <slot/port> 3
passive". The fillword immediately takes effect on the port, regardless of port speed.
Risk of Fix:
High
Probability:
Medium
Feature:
8G ASIC Driver
Function:
C2 ASIC driver
Reported In Release:
FOS7.2.0
Service Request ID:
,1190443
Defect ID:
DEFECT000470487
Technical Severity:
Medium
Summary:
Fabric watch not calculating VEX port packet loss correctly.
Symptom:
Erroneous FW-1190 error messages seen on different VEX tunnels:
Event: , VEXport#3/16,Packet Loss, is above high boundary(High=100, Low=0). Current value is
1176 Percentage(%).
Severity: Warning
Risk of Fix:
High
Probability:
Medium
Feature:
FABRIC WATCH
Function:
Other
Reported In Release:
FOS7.2.0
Service Request ID:
1197444
Defect ID:
DEFECT000471333
Technical Severity:
Critical
Summary:
Incoming corrupted Flogi frame triggered switch to panic in a Loop.
Symptom:
Switch starts rolling reboot. After it stops, type in any command, it will show: "fabos not yet
initialized". Further investigation shows device FLogi has certain Vendor Version Level (VVL) bits
set unexpectedly
Workaround:
Keep the port connected to the misbehaving device in disabled state
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FOS Software
Function:
Fabric Services
Reported In Release:
FOS7.0.0
Service Request ID:
1213514
Defect ID:
DEFECT000471723
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
FLOGI ACC not being sentfrom switch in AG mode during N_Port offline/online
Symptom:
redundant HBA port fails to come online when N_Port is offline/online
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FOS Software
Function:
Access Gateway
Reported In Release:
FOS7.0.0_pha
Service Request ID:
1208458
Defect ID:
DEFECT000471755
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
Flow monitor does not work on internal ports on embedded platforms in access gateway mode
Symptom:
Flow monitor is not supported on internal ports of access gateway embedded platforms.
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
High
Feature:
Network Patroller
Function:
ASIC interfaces
Reported In Release:
FOS7.2.0
Defect ID:
DEFECT000471823
Technical Severity:
High
Summary:
FICON Tape Write Emulation control variables go negative causing limited tape performance
Symptom:
Write Emulation Counters go negative causing limited performance. FICON Tape window sizes are
never increased from a pipeline of 1 (1 chain).
Risk of Fix:
Low
Probability:
Low
Feature:
FOS Software
Function:
FCIP
Reported In Release:
FOS7.0.0
Service Request ID:
1212822