HP 4400 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.1 Release Notes (5697-0760, November 201 - Page 78

Solution

Closed defect summary

Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.1.

Using a value of

0xffffffff

for the N_Port topology in the config

file causes the

configdownload

command to fail on an HP Storage-

Works Encryption switch in Access Gateway mode with SRDF enabled.

The error is:

strtoul failed str 0xffffffff, errno =2

aglib_strtobm failed for ag.pg.pgporttopo.0 value =

0xffffffff configDownload: agImport() failed key =

ag.pg.pgp.


The

fmconfig

command does not display counters for frame monitors

after firmware downgrade and subsequent upgrade operations are

executed.


Some firmware upgrade messages are not visible in the logs after up-

grading to Fabric OS 6.2.x or later, because of changes made to sup-

port virtual fabrics.


Communication problems between the Control Processor (CP) and the

HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade can result in a

loss of sync causing the blade to be rebooted.

The internal RASLOG will have FCIP-5030 messages indicating that the

Multiprotocol Router Blade has lost heartbeat with the CP. The switch

is rebooted and logs a

HAM-1004 reboot unknown

error message

in the RASLOG.


Ambiguous text appears in Web Tools for

Dynamic Load Sharing

and

Lossless

in the Switch Administration Routing tab. The

DLS

label must

be removed from the

Dynamic Load Sharing

and

Lossless

group boxes.


QoS circuits running over a 1G/10G bandwidth circuit have incorrect

QoS distributions with large I/O, resulting in QoS priority traffic distri-

bution not being enforced properly over an FCIP Tunnel. Customer using

QoS zoning may see performance issues.


Customers may see RAS-1004 Software 'Verify' errors every 3 minutes

on each VF, filling up the RASLOG and causing an eventual FFDC event

on a switch being managed by DCFM or Web Tools, with VF-enabled

and Radius server configured.


When running tape operations using tape pipelining in an HP 1606

SAN Extension Switch or HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension

Blade, the

FCP_CONF

command may be dropped, causing the tape

operation to fail.


RAM errors are not detected by

systemverification

diagnostic in

the HP 2408 FCoE Switch and HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE Blade.


Frame drops and undefined behavior occur while running

spinfab

.


After port enable/disable of a primary port, NPIV PIDs disappear from

the cam table entries, which causes data disruption in an HP Storage-

Works 4/256 SAN Director and HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Dir-

ector 4/48 blade.


The switch is delayed in bringing an F_Port online with certain specific

servers that do not cut off light during reboot.

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Section	Page
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.1 Release Notes	1
Version	3
Description	3
Update recommendation	6
Supersedes	6
New features	6
FCIP enhancements	6
RAS/Diagnostics/Troubleshooting enhancements	7
Security enhancements	7
Fabric Watch enhancements	7
CEE enhancements	7
Encryption enhancements	7
Bottleneck Detection enhancements	8
Enhanced traffic isolation zones support	8
Lossless DLS enhancements	8
Access Gateway enhancements	8
Virtual fabrics enhancements	9
Deprecated features	9
Optionally licensed software	9
Included licensed software	11
Temporary license support	11
Standards compliance	11
New hardware support	12
Supported product models	12
Unsupported product models	13
Devices supported	13
Operating systems	13
Access Gateway support	13
Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics	14
Zoning and fabric operations	14
Prerequisites	15
4/256 SAN Director blade support	18
DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support	19
Power supply requirements for Director blades	19
Fibre Channel Routing scalability	20
Important notes	21
New OUI Support on B-series platforms	21
Overview	21
Impact of products with the new OUI to existing fabrics/environments	21
DCFM compatibility	21
EFCM and FM compatibility	22
Fabric OS compatibility	22
Web Tools compatibility	22
SMI compatibility	22
Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes	23
Firmware upgrades and downgrades	25
Firmware migration considerations	26
Firmware upgrade instructions	26
Scalability	27
Important notes and recommendations	27
Management Server Platform Capability support changes in Fabric OS 6.4	27
FCIP, FCIP Trunking and High Bandwidth (1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade)	27
FCoE/CEE (2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade)	29
Virtual Fabrics	31
Licensing behavior	31
Adaptive Networking/flow-based QoS prioritization	31
Access Gateway device-based mapping in ESX environments	31
Bottleneck detection	31
FCR backbone fabric ID changes	32
Traffic Isolation over FCR	32
IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC)/FCR	32
Broadcast frame forwarding in FCR fabric	32
FC Routing with Mi10K	32
Integrated routing	32
VEX device sharing	33
FC FastWrite	33
Native connectivity	33
FCAP	33
FICON	33
Additional considerations for FICON environments	34
FL_Port (loop) support	35
Port Mirroring	35
10G interoperability	36
Port Fencing	36
Zoning	36
ICLs	36
Extended Fabrics and R_RDY flow control	36
Implementation	37
8Gb link initialization and fill words	37
Overview	37
Miscellaneous	39
Encryption behavior	40
Initial setup of encrypted LUNs	46
Fabric OS 6.4.0 fixes	46
Fabric OS 6.4.0a fixes	69
Fabric OS 6.4.0b fixes	71
Fabric OS 6.4.0c fixes	73
Fabric OS 6.4.1 fixes	75

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