HP 1606 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.2b Release Notes (5697-0777, November 20 - Page 28

FCAP, FICON, FL_Port (loop) support, Port Mirroring, 10Gb interoperability

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• Fabric OS 6.0 or later allows FCS Automatic Distribution only when in strict mode, requiring only switches with Fabric OS 6.0 or later. FCAP • Due to limitations with the certificates, FCAP authentication cannot be supported on user-defined logical switches. FCAP will continue to function with existing certificates for non-VF and the default logical switch of VF-enabled switches. Note that authutil is not restricted from other logical switches at this time, so it can still be enabled on unsupported LS. • The pkicert (1.06) utility may cause evm errors, so each new switch should be isolated from the fabric in non-VF mode to install new certificates. • For FIPS mode, certificates must be installed before FIPS activation. 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. (Loop devices may not be in the default logical switch.) • A maximum of 144 ports can be used for connectivity to loop devices in a single logical switch in a chassis. • Loop devices are supported when attached to ports on the 8-Gb and 4-Gb 16- and 32-port Fibre Channel blades, with no new restrictions. Port Mirroring • On the 8/80 SAN Switch, the Port Mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror resources must remain in the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configure mirror port, Source Device, and Destination Device or ISL, if the Destination Device is located on another switch. The ASIC port groups are 0-15, 16-31, 32-47, 48-63, and 64-79. The routes will be broken if the port mirror resources are spread over multiple port groups. • Port Mirroring is not supported on the 1606 Extension SAN Switch. • See the portMirror command in the Command Reference Guide for more information on mirror port configuration and requirements. 10Gb interoperability 10Gb interoperability between the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade and McDATA blades is not supported due to a hardware limitation. However, the SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade is supported in a chassis running in interopmode 2 or 3 (SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade to SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade connections only). A SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb 28

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Fabric OS 6.0 or later allows FCS Automatic Distribution only when in strict mode, requiring only
switches with Fabric OS 6.0 or later.
FCAP
•
Due to limitations with the certificates, FCAP authentication cannot be supported on user-defined
logical switches. FCAP will continue to function with existing certificates for non-VF and the default
logical switch of VF-enabled switches. Note that
authutil
is not restricted from other logical
switches at this time, so it can still be enabled on unsupported LS.
•
The pkicert (1.06) utility may cause
evm
errors, so each new switch should be isolated from the
fabric in non-VF mode to install new certificates.
•
For FIPS mode, certificates must be installed before FIPS activation.
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.
(Loop devices may not be in the default logical switch.)
•
A maximum of 144 ports can be used for connectivity to loop devices in a single logical switch
in a chassis.
•
Loop devices are supported when attached to ports on the 8-Gb and 4-Gb 16- and 32-port Fibre
Channel blades, with no new restrictions.
Port Mirroring
•
On the 8/80 SAN Switch, the Port Mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror resources
must remain in the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configure mirror port, Source
Device, and Destination Device or ISL, if the Destination Device is located on another switch. The
ASIC port groups are 0-15, 16-31, 32-47, 48-63, and 64-79. The routes will be broken if the
port mirror resources are spread over multiple port groups.
•
Port Mirroring is not supported on the 1606 Extension SAN Switch.
•
See the
portMirror
command in the Command Reference Guide for more information on mirror
port configuration and requirements.
10Gb interoperability
10Gb interoperability between the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade and
McDATA blades is not supported due to a hardware limitation. However, the SAN Director 6 Port
10Gb FC Blade is supported in a chassis running in interopmode 2 or 3 (SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb
FC Blade to SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade connections only). A SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb
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