HP 4400 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.0c Release Notes (5697-0703, September 2 - Page 53

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Closed defect summary Solution HBA is seen in switchshow but not nsshow. When plugged two ports into a switch, both ports show logged in and online in switchshow, but the HBA device is missing from nsshow due to FLOGI response did not update PID properly. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 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. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 Workaround prior to upgrade: Do not run low I/O rate traffic. Only occurs when low I/O rate traffic is passing through the FCIP Tunnel. With a 2408 FCoE switch in Access Gateway mode, traffic stops on all host ports within a trunk when one of the hosts is disabled using the "fcoe --disable" command or shutting that interface or by pulling the cable on it. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 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 6.4.0 Workaround prior to upgrade: Power On Reset of the router; or slotpower off/on of router blade, or Power On Reset the chassis. After a target port bounce, the FC FastWrite host cannot recognize the Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 target due to cam setup problem on the backend port used by FC FastWrite. WWN Based PID Assignment assigning wrong PID to port in first posi- Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 tion in wwnAddress -show PID binding list. Problem running traffic over ports after FCIP bounce. FCIP link recovers, Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 but routes to FC ports do not. With SNMP severity set to 3, the DC SAN Backbone director sends out Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 traps when a core blade is inserted, but not when it is removed. RTWR (Reliable Transport Write and Read) messages are logged when more than 16 dynamic paths are setup to remote domains on HP 8 Gb switches. You may experience path loss and traffic interruption. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 Workaround prior to upgrade: Limit the number of dynamic paths on these platforms. Note: if there are more than 16 dynamic paths already on these platforms, upgrade to the fixed release could be a cold recovery. When an HP 10/24 FCoE blade installed in the highest number slot in a DC SAN director or DC04 SAN director it will not send out any UAs (unsolicited advertisements), so FCoE traffic will not occur. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 Workaround prior to upgrade: Install FCOE10-24 to lower slot. Switch displays incorrect information upon userconfig --show command Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0 execution. Changes to admin password on a switch are not being recorded properly (password last change date shows incorrect date) HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.0c Release Notes 53

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Solution
Closed defect summary
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
HBA is seen in switchshow but not nsshow. When plugged two ports
into a switch, both ports show logged in and online in switchshow, but
the HBA device is missing from nsshow due to FLOGI response did not
update PID properly.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
Workaround prior to upgrade:
Do not run low I/O rate traffic. Only
occurs when low I/O rate traffic is
passing through the FCIP Tunnel.
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.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
With a 2408 FCoE switch in Access Gateway mode, traffic stops on
all host ports within a trunk when one of the hosts is disabled using the
"fcoe --disable" command or shutting that interface or by pulling the
cable on it.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
Workaround prior to upgrade:
Power On Reset of the router; or
slotpower off/on of router blade, or
Power On Reset the chassis.
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 6.4.0
After a target port bounce, the FC FastWrite host cannot recognize the
target due to cam setup problem on the backend port used by FC
FastWrite.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
WWN Based PID Assignment assigning wrong PID to port in first posi-
tion in wwnAddress
show PID binding list.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
Problem running traffic over ports after FCIP bounce. FCIP link recovers,
but routes to FC ports do not.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
With SNMP severity set to 3, the DC SAN Backbone director sends out
traps when a core blade is inserted, but not when it is removed.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
Workaround prior to upgrade:
Limit the number of dynamic paths
on these platforms. Note: if there are
more than 16 dynamic paths already
on these platforms, upgrade to the
fixed release could be a cold
recovery.
RTWR (Reliable Transport Write and Read) messages are logged when
more than 16 dynamic paths are setup to remote domains on HP 8 Gb
switches. You may experience path loss and traffic interruption.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
Workaround prior to upgrade:
Install FCOE10-24 to lower slot.
When an HP 10/24 FCoE blade installed in the highest number slot in
a DC SAN director or DC04 SAN director it will not send out any UAs
(unsolicited advertisements), so FCoE traffic will not occur.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0
Switch displays incorrect information upon userconfig --show command
execution. Changes to admin password on a switch are not being re-
corded properly (password last change date shows incorrect date)
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