HP AA979A HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20
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- HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 1
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b release notes Part number: AA-RWEYC-TE Third edition: June 2007 - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 2
Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent 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 - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 3
in February, 2007. Supported product models • HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E) • HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (Brocade 4900) • HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol Router (Brocade 7500) • HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-16) • HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4Gb Blade - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 4
OS 3.2.x, Fabric OS 5.0.5x, and XPath OS 7.4.x sustaining releases. Devices supported See the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide for supported devices: http://www.hp.com/go/san. Operating systems See http://www.hp.com/go/san for a list of operating systems. New features in Fabric OS 5.2.1b - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 5
the associated fabric rebuild traffic that is prevalent when switches are powered on, or added, or removed from a fabric. Refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide available on http://www.hp.com/go/san for more information. Access Gateway support in McData fabrics In addition to being - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 6
for the HP StorageWorks B-Series iSCSI Director Blade for more information. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) support for embedded switches Beginning with Fabric OS 5.2.1b firmware, DHCP is now supported on the following embedded switches: • Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 7
cable) exists from the p-Class SAN switch to an Ethernet network where a DHCP service is active, the switch should request and obtain an IP together. However, HP recommends using the latest supported firmware release versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 8
supported Fabric OS versions Model HP StorageWorks 1 Gb Switch Earliest compatible version Recommended version 2.6.2c 2.6.2d1 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8-EL, HPStorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16, MSA SAN Switch 2/8 3.2.1 3.2.1b HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64 5.0.5 5.0.5c HP StorageWorks - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 9
HP StorageWorks 4/48 SAN Director Blade (FC4-48) only after upgrading to Fabric OS 5.2.0a or later. HP does not support directly upgrading from more than two previous releases. For example, upgrading from Fabric OS 5.0.x to 5.2.1b is supported on the same switch after the switch has been downgraded - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 10
release information Topic Description FICON support With this release, the Switch Connection Control high integrity requirement 4/256 SAN Director, Option 1 (a pure 4/256 SAN Director refers to a Director with CP4 and FC4-16 blades only). HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router 4/256 SAN Director Fans - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 11
blade for the 4/256 SAN Director FC4-16IP iSCSI blade for the 4/256 SAN Director (continued) • The HP StorageWorks 4/48 SAN Director blade requires a in which FICON devices are present. • The FC4-48 blade does not support loop. Private L_Ports will be shown on these ports in switchshow, but will - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 12
feature and related commands are no longer supported on Fabric OS versions 5.1.0 and later. Distance setting is not persistent. After a configuration uploads and downloads, distance settings are lost and the desired distance is shown as 0. • If an HP StorageWorks MP Router is present in the backbone - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 13
supported services are available when the prompt becomes available during boot up. Wait for all the services to come up before using the switch switches If you are using a Fabric OS 4.x switch as an API or SMI-S proxy to manage a 5.1.0 switch, you must be running Fabric OS 4.4.0d. HP StorageWorks - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 14
connection to SAN target devices, Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop support, Fabric Manager, FICON, IP over FC, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Management Services, Name Services (SNS), port mirroring, Secure FOS, SMI-S, and Zoning. These switch features are available in the default switch mode of - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 15
SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Update to Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem instructions. Zoning considerations with FC4-48 blade With Fabric OS 5.2.1b, the portcfgdefault command now resets the configuration to HP OS 5.2.1. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b release notes 15 - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 16
offline transition caused fabric reconfiguration after firmware download on 2/32 switch in 2560 port fabric. Encountered under specific test hosts do not PLOGI or discover targets. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. After manual change of switch domain ID in AD, then changing it back, CAM entries for D,P zoned - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 17
Tools Events show wrong date after time zone is changed, until switch is rebooted. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. Core files should be automatically deleted after supportsave command is invoked, but are left on the switch. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b release notes 17 - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 18
show in slot/port format. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. QuickLoop is not supported on Fabric OS 5.2, so Web Tools should grey out buttons to create If Linux magic debug sequence "sysrq" is not disabled by default, switch may restart/kill tasks/umount disks. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. Error message - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 19
the traffic. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. Downloading a config file that contains only tries to configure the port speed through port admin services window for FC4-48 port, the port is also switch is running Fabric OS v5.2.0a for more than 30 days. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.2.1. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS - HP AA979A | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEYC-TE, June 20 - Page 20
, resulting in performance problems. Fixed per Fabric OS 5.21b. Host loses target for 15 seconds after a non-disruptive failover on an Access Gateway-enabled switch. This impacts the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem and Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem. Fixed
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.1b
release notes
Part number: AA-RWEYC-TE
Third edition: June 2007