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- HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 1
HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes HP Part Number: 5697-1756 Published: February 2012 Edition: 1 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 2
© Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. © Copyright 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 3
fabrics/environments 18 HP Network Advisor compatibility 18 DCFM compatibility...19 Fabric OS compatibility...19 Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes 19 Firmware upgrades and downgrades 22 Firmware upgrade instructions 23 Scalability...23 FICON support...23 Other - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 4
G interoperability...26 Zoning...26 Fabric Watch...27 Core Blade status reporting modification 27 Port Fencing...27 Extended Fabrics and R_RDY flow control 28 Implementation...28 8-Gb Link Init and fill words 28 Overview...28 portCfgFillWord command 29 Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM 31 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 5
) connectivity to other DC04 SAN Directors and DC SAN Backbone Directors • Virtual Fabrics (VFs) ◦ Full VF feature support on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch. ◦ Single physical chassis - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 6
◦ Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) enhancements allowing password support for control unit port (CUP) ◦ New FC addressing modes for support with VF ◦ Support for HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC Blade with VF-enabled HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 7
forward with Fabric OS 6.2.2f. Virtual Fabrics • VF is supported on the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch. When enabled, VF allows the user to divide a single physical chassis or switch into multiple - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 8
firmware supported for interop applications, see the HP StorageWorks is disabled. • A new warning for RADIUS login allows users to specify how many days in advance they should be notified (or larger) FC ports, with the exception of the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gb FC ISL Blade (FC10-6). - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 9
that support Access Gateway deployment. • Advanced Performance Monitoring-Enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources. This license includes the Top Talkers feature. • High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as FC-IP Services)-For the HP StorageWorks B-series - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 10
's Guide before configuring these products in any fabric. Supported product models The following product models can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.2f: • HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E) • HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch (Brocade 4100) • HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 11
Gb FC Blade (Brocade FC8-32) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC Blade (Brocade FC8-48) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gb FC ISL Blade (Brocade FC10-6) • HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption FC Blade (Brocade FS8-18) • HP StorageWorks EVA4400 embedded switch module (Brocade 5410 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 12
fabric rebuild traffic. Rebuild traffic is prevalent when switches are powered on, added, or removed from a fabric. For more information, see the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide, available on: http://www.hp.com/go/san Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics In addition to being - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 13
9120, MDS 9140, MDS 9509 and MDS 9506 running SAN-OS 3.3(4a) or 3.3(5) with Brocade Fabric OS 6.4. versions of firmware currently supported for a For environments with SFOS installed on switches that cannot Fabric OS, HP recommends that you fully support newer hardware models, and problems may - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 14
) HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32 Not supported (support ended N/A November 2010) HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Not supported (support ended N/A in August 2011) HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 15
Table 1 Supported Fabric OS versions (continued) Model Earliest compatible version HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director 6.3.2d Brocade 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class 6.3.2d HP StorageWorks EVA4400 embedded switch module, 8-Gb Brocade 6.3.2d HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 16
that supports interoperability. For information about HP support of interoperable fabrics, see HP StorageWorks Merging installed if they are used only for FC Fast Write or FCIP without routing. DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 6.2.2f is fully qualified and supports - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 17
reference guide for power specifications. FC10-6, FC8-48, FR4-18i and FS8-18 are not supported in the DC SAN or DC04 SAN Directors in a 110 VAC configuration. FC Routing scalability For the latest FCR scalability support information, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, available - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 18
encryption products: If an HP StorageWorks encryption switch or blade using ends of the VE link must run a firmware version that supports the new OUI, or the VE ports may not function correctly, resulting in unpredictable behavior. HP • HP Network Advisor Professional Plus-A SAN management - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 19
management software. DCFM is a comprehensive SAN management application that enables end-to-end management of HP B-series data center fabrics. DCFM is not qualified or supported for management of switches operating with Fabric OS 7.0.0a and later firmware versions. Fabric OS compatibility Table - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 20
in interopmodes 2 and 3 (continued) Fabric OS Features (supported in interopmode 0) IM = interopmode Zone Activation Support Traffic Isolation Zones1 Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric OS)1 Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)1 Frame Redirection over FCR10 FCR Fabric Binding - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 21
2f IM = interopmode IM 2 IM 3 Platform Service No No FCIP (VE_Ports) IPFC (IP over FC) Yes Yes Yes8 Yes8 M-EOS ALPA 0x13 configuration Yes Yes VE_Port to VEX_Port Integrated Routing9 Yes Yes Yes Yes Domain Offset Support 239 Domain Support (available on Mi10k only) No N/A No - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 22
supported migration paths. The DC04 SAN services in HP SKM environments. If there are multiple node EGs in a fabric, complete the firmware download on one node at a time before downloading on another node. On the HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switches and the Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 23
. To verify that the firmware download is complete, enter the firmwareDownloadStatus command on the switch, verify that the process is complete, and then proceed to the next switch. Scalability For details on supported scalability, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, available on the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 24
installed on all products in order to pass QoS info. E_Ports from the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director or HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director to other switches must come up after 6.0 is running on those switches. • Flow-based QoS is not supported OS 6.2.1 and later firmware upgrade, the default - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 25
enabled. Integrated routing • To allow Hot Code Load on an HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch when using Integrated Routing, the edge switch connected to the 8/40 SAN Switch must be running Fabric OS 6.1 or later. • Integrated Routing EX_Ports are supported only in the base switch on a switch with VF - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 26
and 64-79. The routes will be broken if the port mirror resources are spread across multiple port groups. • Port Mirroring is not supported on a switch with the VF feature enabled. 10 G interoperability 10 G interop between HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10 Gb FC blade and McDATA blades is not - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 27
see the latest Fabric OS Administrator Guide. Fabric Watch Core Blade status that meet the custom high threshold level set by the user (or the default threshold level of approximately 6 seconds) The Port Fencing feature is not supported for Loss of Sync (LOS) and Link Failure (LF) - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 28
• Starting with Fabric OS 5.1, the Extended Fabrics feature is supported with R_RDY flow control (R_RDY flow control mode can be enabled using the portCfgISLMode command). R_RDY flow control mode that uses IDLE primitives does not support frame-based trunking for devices such as Time Division - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 29
power cycles. • Notes: This configuration cannot be set on VE_Ports or VEX_Ports. Use the portCfgShow command to display user The mode is currently 0, and during a firmware upgrade, the mode will remain 0 and In current configurations, the mode must be changed manually. This does not affect 1-Gb, 2-Gb - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 30
8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c- manually, then they remain in ARB(FF) mode. Can be changed by the user. Mode: 0 - IDLE for Link Init, IDLE for fill word 1 - ARB(FF) for Link Init, ARB(FF) for fill word (NOTE: not supported with XP storage arrays - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 31
if all zone members are selected for Find. Device Tree and Topology Connected End Devices Custom display from the top level in the main frame provides the device Configure > Zoning The Compare dialog provides the Storage-Host and Host-Storage view in a tree representation that is comparable to - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 32
VMware and clustering technologies use SCSI reservations to control host I/O access to LUNs. When the HP Encryption Switch/HP with multiple encryption engines (encryption blades) installed in a director-class chassis when the user changes the LUN's settings during manual or auto, rekeying or First - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 33
a given initiator and target, the user must not only remove the active zoning EE was enabled for encryption, HP Encryption Switch needs to be in the case of fresh install run cryptocfg - genmasterkey to problems. • The HTTP server should be listening to port 9443. Secure Key Manager is supported - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 34
Dual SKM Key Vaults. Two-way certificate exchange is supported. See the Encryption Admin Guide for configuration information. • Direct FICON device connectivity is not supported for the HP Encryption Switch, or HP Encryption Blade for front end User GL node being kept powered down) the member nodes - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 35
SAN Switch for encryption, a host panic can occur. Fabric OS 6.2.2f does not support HP Encryption switch and HP Encryption blade, all nodes in the Encryption Group must be at the same firmware it, follow the procedure described in the SKM User Guide, "Configuring the Key Manager for FIPS Compliance - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 36
is a controller LUN (not a disk LUN; that is, not visible in the discoverLUN output), add LUN 0 to the container as a clear text LUN. Make sure all of the paths have this LUN 0 added for MPIO operation (EVA configuration, for example). • If LUN 0 presented by the back-end target is a disk LUN, LUN - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 37
90% full. A bad SFP triggered an i2C access causing the following problems on the Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1 port/slot display and CPU load on HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN director: • Executing a slotshow command causes a no system control access to slot error. • The sfpshow command gives Mod_val, or an - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 38
HP StorageWorks DC SAN director times out, causing a switch reboot. Solution Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1 Workaround prior to update: Manually reboot of HP StorageWorks DC SAN directors at both ends of Fixed in problems occurred that were related to the configdownload commands. Some of these problems - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 39
with either the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch, or the encryption blade. During blade insertion or switch power up, the port discards. The port will be brought back online automatically at the end of the HA or firmware upgrade operation. In a FICON environment, some frame drops occur on - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 40
the translate domain is rejected. SFP power supply values are not displayed correctly after doing a nondisruptive firmware upgrade to Fabric OS 6.2.1. Fixed OS 6.2.1a are performed. 96-bit licenses disappear from the HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch due to a race condition, even when there are no - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 41
device. fabric is no longer susceptible to the problem. Numerous Reliable Transport Write and Read errors ( HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN director with multiprotocol extension blade installed when firmware not show correct status when a core blade is powered off. It reports Core Blades monitor HEALTHY. - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 42
disruption. as follows:Configure→system services→disable RLS probing If Fabric Watch before modifying the attributes. You can clean up problem by using zone --add to modify the attributes connected Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 to a 4/256 SAN Director. Workaround prior to update: Log out all the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 43
up on the wrong port. When port index and port address of the given port is different, end device will be seen connected to a different port (U port) than the original one (F_Port). HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption blade comes up faulty after firmwaredownload -sf and reboot of both CPs at the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 44
hafailover commands. switchname xyz is used. The problem does not occur with SSH; it does firmware Workaround prior to update: Invoke a image is active but the secondary image has the old image, if a manual on the switch. On HP StorageWorks DC SAN or DC04 director, SwFCPortTxType MIB - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 45
in Fabric OS 6.2.2a Router blade detects a credit problem on virtual channel 0, causing a frame drop on FCIP firmware, the user must logout, and then log back in. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2a During reboot, HP StorageWorks If you set fwsettocustom, the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Fixed in Fabric OS - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 46
SAN director, DC04 SAN director, and 8/80 SAN Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2b switch on power problem port by executing the following increment during traffic load on backend port/E_Port. instructions Manually ensure that http.enabled matches with SSL certificate by configshow http.enabled as admin user - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 47
:1 [end] when firmware release. Table 15 Fabric OS 6.2.2d closed defects Closed defect summary Solution During a reboot, the host might not come up when Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2d. connected to an HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch, or Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 48
Fabric OS 6.2.2d. a remotely connected switch due to directional route problems in the fabric. When this happens, messages are logged in RASLOG OS 6.2.2e firmware release. Table 16 Fabric OS 6.2.2e closed defects Closed defect summary Solution The fans on an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Fixed - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 49
HP 8/8 (8)-ports Enabled SAN, HP 8/24 Base 16-ports Enabled SAN Switch Switch, HP 8/40 Base 24-ports Enabled SAN Switch, and the HP 8/40 Power Pack+ 24-ports SAN that have SFPs installed. Fabric OS 6.2.2f fixes Table 17 (page 49) lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.2.2f firmware release. Table - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 50
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2f. Director with any HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director FC Blade (16-port, 32-port or 48-port) installed may result in a rare race condition, and a reset of the port blades may cause temporary traffic disruption. There is no support for SFTP in Fabric OS. Fixed in Fabric OS
HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes
HP Part Number: 5697-1756
Published: February 2012
Edition: 1