HP 4400 HP B-series Fabric OS 6.3.2d Release Notes (5697-1105, July 2011) - Page 18

EFCM and FM compatibility, Fabric OS compatibility, Web Tools compatibility

Get HP 4400 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP 4400 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 18 highlights

EFCM and FM compatibility With the introduction of DCFM, both EFCM and FM have been put into sustaining mode. Consequently, neither EFCM nor FM are qualified or supported to manage switches operating with Fabric OS 6.3.x firmware. Significant compatibility issues exist between FM and Fabric OS 6.3.x, including (but not limited to) compromised functionality in the zoning dialog and performance graphs, port enabling/disabling, and FICON wizard. HP strongly recommends that customers migrate from these products to DCFM. Fabric OS compatibility Table 1 on page 11 lists the earliest versions of software supported in this release, that is, the earliest supported software versions that interoperate. HP recommends using the latest software versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. When using the Virtual Fabrics (VF) feature, HP recommends that all switches participating in a fabric with a logical switch use the latest firmware available. All switches must be operating at the minimum firmware levels or later, as noted in the Fabric OS Interoperability table. When using either the Encryption SAN Switch or DC Switch Encryption FC Blade, switches that are attached to hosts and targets or that are part of the encryption flow must operate at the following minimum levels: • 2-Gb platforms must operate with Fabric OS 5.3.2b or later. • 4-Gb and 8-Gb platforms must operate with Fabric OS 6.2.1b or later. • M-EOS-based platforms must operate with M-EOS 9.8.3 or later for McDATA Fabric Mode (in- teropmode 2), or M-EOS 9.9.0 or later for Open Fabric Mode (interopmode 3). Web Tools compatibility • Fabric OS 6.3 is supported with JRE 1.6.0 Update 13. • If the JRE 1.6.0 version is not Update 13, the DCFM server/client and B-series Element Manager (Web Tools) crashes on launch. • Web Tools 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 models supported by Fabric OS 6.3.2d support both interopmodes 2 and 3, with the exception of the 4/32 SAN Switch, 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch, and DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with one or more DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blades. NOTE: HP may not support all of these switches in this mode. For information about support in interopmodes 2 and 3, see HP Merging Fabrics Based on M-Series and B-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com. 18

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
EFCM and FM compatibility
With the introduction of DCFM, both EFCM and FM have been put into sustaining mode. Consequently,
neither EFCM nor FM are qualified or supported to manage switches operating with Fabric OS 6.3.
x
firmware. Significant compatibility issues exist between FM and Fabric OS 6.3.
x
, including (but not
limited to) compromised functionality in the zoning dialog and performance graphs, port
enabling/disabling, and FICON wizard. HP strongly recommends that customers migrate from these
products to DCFM.
Fabric OS compatibility
Table 1
on page 11 lists the earliest versions of software supported in this release, that is, the earliest
supported software versions that interoperate. HP recommends using the latest software versions to
get the greatest benefit from the SAN.
When using the Virtual Fabrics (VF) feature, HP recommends that all switches participating in a fabric
with a logical switch use the latest firmware available. All switches must be operating at the minimum
firmware levels or later, as noted in the Fabric OS Interoperability table.
When using either the Encryption SAN Switch or DC Switch Encryption FC Blade, switches that are
attached to hosts and targets or that are part of the encryption flow must operate at the following
minimum levels:
•
2-Gb platforms must operate with Fabric OS 5.3.2b or later.
•
4-Gb and 8-Gb platforms must operate with Fabric OS 6.2.1b or later.
•
M-EOS-based platforms must operate with M-EOS 9.8.3 or later for McDATA Fabric Mode (in-
teropmode 2), or M-EOS 9.9.0 or later for Open Fabric Mode (interopmode 3).
Web Tools compatibility
•
Fabric OS 6.3 is supported with JRE 1.6.0 Update 13.
•
If the JRE 1.6.0 version is not Update 13, the DCFM server/client and B-series Element Manager
(Web Tools) crashes on launch.
•
Web Tools 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 models supported by Fabric OS 6.3.2d support both
interopmodes 2 and 3, with the exception of the 4/32 SAN Switch, 2408 FCoE Converged Network
Switch, and DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with one or more DC SAN Director
Switch 10/24 FCoE Blades.
NOTE:
HP may not support all of these switches in this mode. For information about support in interopmodes
2 and 3, see
HP Merging Fabrics Based on M-Series and B-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application
Notes
, available at
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m
.
18