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HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise V10.1.4 release notes Part number: 5697-0085 First edition: July 2009 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 2
Legal and notice information © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. © Copyright 2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated. - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 3
and TI zone support for Virtual Fabrics • Technical Support Data and Firmware Download with support for SCP DCFM 10.1.2 added support for the B-series Encryption SAN Switch and B-series Encryption Blade. DCFM 10.1.4 adds support for the following: • Call Home for HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 4
those are the firmware streams on which the corresponding switches are, or were, supported. It also does not imply that all the listed firmware streams are supported on each of the corresponding switches. HP recommends using the latest software versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. 4 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 5
1 Supported switches and firmware Switch firmware Switch/Director FOS 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 6.2.x HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32 (Brocade 3900) HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V (Brocade 3250) HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V (Brocade 3850 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 6
Switch firmware M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8x, and 9.9 Switch/Director HP StorageWorks Director 2/64, 2/140 (Brocade M6064 and M6140) HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/16 (Sphereon 3216) HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32 (Sphereon 3232) HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12 (Sphereon 4300) Sphereon 4400 (Brocade - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 7
switches with SNMPv3 enabled DCFM 10.1.3 or later does not support managing M-EOSc switches with SNMPv3 enabled. If SNMPv3 is enabled on M-EOSc switches SNMPv1 to manage M-EOSc switches; therefore, the manageability link cannot be established if SNMPv3 is enabled. HP recommends that you disable - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 8
not identical and the Firmware and ALL parameters are selected, the download will fail. Switch name update delay When changing the name of a switch from outside of DCFM, the new name for the switch does not appear within DCFM for up to 15 minutes depending on SAN Size selection. Incorrect message - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 9
trap registration If the discovery status displays the message Not registered for SNMP Trap, manually add the server IP entry in the SNMP trap registration table from the switch CLI using the following command: snmpconfig --set snmpv3 HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise 9 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 10
. At this time, only the HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) and HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director (Brocade DCX) are supported for interoperability with M-series switches. For the latest support information, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric interoperability: Merging fabrics based - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 11
see the DCFM Migration and Transition Guide or the Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual. These documents can be downloaded from the following HP website: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/dc_fabricmgr/index.html Under Support, click Support for your product, and then click - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 12
3 DCFM 10.1.0 closed defects Closed defect summary Solution Help dialog is not launched for Technical Support Data Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Collection dialog. Workaround-Navigate to the correct help section by process to complete successfully without opening a GUI or requiring any input. 12 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 13
.1.0 Symptom-IFLs are not being displayed in topology. For the link between a switch and a device, the nl selected connection properties section (in the connection properties connected to the switch using the switchshow CLI command. HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise 13 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 14
scenarios. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Manually add alias member to RHS side. switch. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Discover switch and then assign Names to switches and switch ports. The switch 10.1.0 Dialogs. User cannot collect the Support information using the Windows Batch File in the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 15
10.1.0 Workaround-change {D,P} entries to the corresponding switch port WWN manually in the exported CSV file. Need to through the browser from the same machine, the server support save fails to capture the client logs. Fixed in HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise 15 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 16
dialog. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 The connection between the FOS and EOS switches is not shown on launching DCFM Client for the first time after a not shown on trying to launch the DCFM client. The DCFM server services were still running. The client failed to launch even after restarting the server - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 17
not coming up as persistently enabled. The tunnel will not come up between the switches where the user tries to configure the tunnel. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Manually select member from Potential Member List. HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 18
be removed from the Editable Zone DB of Compare/Merge Zone DB's dialog. HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director switches nl discovered in DCFM Professional Edition are manageable to the user. This switch is not supported with DCFM Professional Edition. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 "No" and "Cancel" buttons have - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 19
DB xml file manually before importing to offline repository. WebTools fails to launch for a switch running FOS V6.1.1. Symptom-Trying to launch WebTools page for a switch running FOS 6.1.1 add the Name and WWN as a detached WWN. HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise 19 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 20
\server\dcm\ databackup in a folder named events. On-Line Help "Windows systems" refers to applications Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 we do not support for migration. Symptom-Help is incorrect. Online Help post-installation requirements refers to EFCM locations and files. Symptom-Help is incorrect. Fixed - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 21
Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Figures 10, 11, and 12 are not showing in DCFM Enterprise User Manual. Symptom-User cannot see Figures 10, 11, and 12 in the DCFM Enterprise User Manual. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Troubleshooting Discovery refers to editing service.ini file to change snmp timeout. Symptom-User is - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 22
Closed defect summary Solution Fabric Binding Help refers to selecting SAN Router. Symptom-User sees an option to select SAN Router in the online help and User Manual section for "Adding detached devices to the fabric binding membership list." Option is not there in the application. Fixed in DCFM - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 23
zones from the fabric. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Manually delete all the LSAN zones from the fabric through EOS. in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Delete the tunnel again from Switch properties where the tunnel is created. The Call Home HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise 23 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 24
of the online help. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Navigate manually to the required topic. The SNMP trap forwarding contents in the to an Edge switch is not displayed on topology. Symptom-User sees connections from an Access Gateway to the Edge switch on topology but for OEM customization. 24 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 25
support Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Check the user guide for help with real time graph generation. The 10.1.0 Save As in Compare/Merge dialog is not switching the context to new zone DB. Symptom-In the . Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Online help for Switches, Trunks, Device Node, and Device ports show - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 26
with the changed IP. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 SMI Agent connected to DCFM creates an exception if Mi10k is being managed in DCFM with virtual switches. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 After removing the fabric from discovery in DCFM, the MPI still holds the fabric information. The fusion side also has the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 27
again. ISLs not showing. Symptom-If the user moved ISLs between HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch and HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director to HP StorageWorks 4/256 Director so that they are between HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch to HP StorageWorks 4/256 Director, and then waited 20 minutes, the display - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 28
other port below it, the entire range is not selected. • When a user selects a port [B-series switches in interopmode 2] for the performance graphs and moves it to the select bucket, the user will not the CLI. EGM license is prompted on HP StorageWorks 4/256 Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 SAN Director. 28 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 29
. Symptom-Resetting client memory size using small, medium, and large in SAN > Options creates the wrong value. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Enter the documented values (minimum of 512). The previously installed services are not listed when migrating or installing DCFM 10.0.2. Symptom-The user - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 30
Symptom-Fabric Binding failed because data cannot be populated to the switch. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-While modifying the Fabric Binding in DCFM 10.1.0 HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director properties opens Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 when trying to open properties on Brocade Mi10k. Port Connectivity - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 31
in some scenarios when selected a zone member is part of a Chassis-based switch. Symptom-When a user invokes reverse finding after selecting a Domain or Port Index zone DB from the switch and apply the new zone DB to the switch. HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise 31 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 32
-Manually remove shared members from TI zone. Sometimes supportsave for HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director switches fails if supportsave is taken for that switch consecutively. Symptom-An event generates similar to "Technical support data failed" for the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director switch - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 33
Windows 2003 SP2 Server. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 Workaround-Manually add the default windows system32 path in environmental variables and then switch Performance Threshold alert log dialog for a Brocade Mi10k. Symptom-For the Brocade Mi10k Element Manager, the help page is not launching for the switch - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 34
help page of the FICON log table. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.0 An unformatted and incorrect error message is nl displayed when no fabrics that support the cascaded FICON configuration are discovered in the application. Symptom-If the user tries to launch the FICON configuration or merge dialogs when no - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 35
have Fixed in DCFM 10.1.3 been deleted. An Encryption Group that was created on an HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director without an HP StorageWorks DC Switch encryption blade resident in the chassis remains after a delete operation. Multiple delete commands are required to delete the Encryption - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 36
the user from adding port numbers higher than 31 to a logical switch configured for the 256 area limit with portbased area assignment. Changes made not supported on an HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.3 nl Workaround-You can use the CLI to perform Zeroize EE on the Brocade DCX - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 37
discovery does not recover. All switches have a blank or empty password field. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.4 nl Workaround prior to this upgrade: You could recover by entering the password in the discovery setup window for every switch in the nl affected fabric. HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterpris - Page 38
not indicate the same service status as the Services tab. ISL disappears in the Topology when the Seed Switch is changed from the switch running FOS 6.1 or earlier to a Non Default Logical Switch. Fixed in DCFM 10.1.4 On the HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, four logical switches are allowed. If
HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center
Fabric Manager Enterprise
V10.1.4 release notes
Part number: 5697-0085
First edition: July 2009