HP A7990A HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2
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- HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 1
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b release notes Part number: AA-RWEEG-TE Seventh edition: April 2007 - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 2
to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 3
• HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (SilkWorm 4900) • HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol Router (SilkWorm 7500) • HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-16) • HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-32) • B-Series Multi-protocol (MP) Router blade for the HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (SilkWorm FR4 - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 4
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 (SilkWorm 4100) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 (SilkWorm 24000 Director) • HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (SilkWorm 48000 Director) Unsupported product models • HP StorageWorks 4/48 SAN Director Blade (FC4-48) • HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64, operates - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 5
automatically adjusted. The tsTimeZone command is used to display or set the time zone as follows: • tstimezone [hourOffset [, minuteOffset]] hourOffset (optional) - Specify the number of hours relative to GMT; must be an integer. Valid values are -12 through 12. minuteOffset (optional) - Specify - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 6
of the Director chassis has Core Switch 2/64 port blades and the other has SAN Director 2/128 port blades with SAN Director 2/128 CPs. Device-based routing is obsolete; it was made available in Fabric OS 5.0.1 for the SAN Switch 4/32 and the 4/256 SAN Director. If device-based routing is enabled - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 7
Routing. Exchange-based (default) or port-based routing scheme CP2 = SAN Director 2/128 CP blade CP4 = 4/256 SAN Director CP blade FC2-16 = 2G, 16-port blade FC4-16 = 4G, 16-port blade FC4-32 = 4G, 32-port blade B-Series MP Router blade = 4G, 16+2 routing blade Zoning Support for Default Zoning - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 8
Table 2 summarizes current Fabric OS firmware versions. These are the earliest recommended software versions that work together. However, HP recommends using the latest supported software release versions to get the most benefit from the SAN. CAUTION: HP does not support upgrades from more than two - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 9
Switch 2/64 5.0.5a 5.0.5c HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V, HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V, HP StorageWorks SAN Switch2/32, HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 5.1.0b 5.2.1b1 HP StorageWorks 4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 5.1.0b 5.2.1b1 HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 10
MP Router blade for the 4/256 SAN Director provides a number of new features, such as compression, multi-tunnel support, and encryption readiness. It provides sixteen 4- Gbit/sec FC routing ports and 2 GbE ports for FC-IP support and LSAN support enabled by HP's FC-FC Routing Service. Note the - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 11
the first generation HP StorageWorks MP Router is present in the metaSAN, you must deactivate the Platform Database on all other switches in the SAN using msPLMgmtDeactivate. Port types The B-Series MP Router blade and the 400 MP Router support the following port types: • FC ports-F_Port, FL_Port - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 12
of a switch running Fabric OS 2.x to an EX_Port on an HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router or B-Series MP Router blade. GbE_ports Several new commands have been added to support GbE_Ports and several existing commands will not work with the GbE_Ports (see "Unsupported Commands"). Frame-based trunking is - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 13
industry. The 4/64 SAN Switch can stand up to any mission-critical test and offer significant business and performance advantages to SMBs and mid-range customers as they develop and grow. FICON update HP does not support IBM Fibre Connections (FICON) in this Fabric OS 5.1.1b firmware release. See - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 14
new inserted CP. 4/256 SAN Director-FDMI hostname support If you have HBAs that support FDMI exposure of host names in a fabric you will need 3.2.0a and 4.4.0d to ensure that the host names are properly propagated to 5.1.0x switches. 4/256 SAN Director-power-cycling The additional ports (128 to 255 - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 15
; use the minicycle test instead: • Mixed SAN Director 2/128 Director (with either CP4 or FC4-16 blades) • Pure 4/256 SAN Director, option 1 "Pure 4/256 SAN Director" refers to a Director with CP4 and FC4-16 blades only. LSAN zoning considerations If a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.x is connected to - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 16
segmented ports before upgrading firmware. When you use the diagnostic commands systemVerification and diagSetBurnin, the switch or blade will command are HA safe. All offline diagnostics commands should be used only when the switch is disabled. SFPs should not be inserted while running Power - HP A7990A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG-TE, April 2 - Page 17
5.1.1a release. Table 4 Fabric OS 5.1.1a closed defects Closed defect summary Solution During testing with a vendor's new 4Gb HBA, a port on a 4/8 SAN Switch or 4/16 SAN Switch does not activate. When there are too many link level errors during link initialization with this particular HBA, avoid
HP StorageWorks
Fabric OS 5.1.1b
release notes
Part number: AA-RWEEG-TE
Seventh edition: April 2007