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- HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 1
April 2004) Part Number: AV-RVUUB-TE This document contains last-minute and supplemental information about Fabric OS version 4.2.x firmware for the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128. In the event of conflicting information between these Release Notes and other documents in this product release, the - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 2
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 as constituting an additional warranty. SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes Second Edition (April - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 3
Important Notes, page 6 ■ Commands Modified in v4.2.x, page 20 ■ Documentation Updates, page 20 ■ Issues and Workarounds, page 22 Audience These Release Notes OS version 4.2.x. Overview HP Fabric OS 4.2.x provides the following enhancements for the SAN Director 2/128: ■ Reduced fabric - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 4
universal time (UTC). Supported Switches Fabric OS v4.2.x supports the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16N, 2/16V, 2/32, Core Switch 2/64, and SAN Director 2/128. Technical Support Contact Hewlett-Packard support for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 5
Association. Our switches have earned the SANmark logo indicating such conformance. SANmark is a limited testing program and does not test all standards or all aspects of standards. HP Fabric OS 4.2.x conforms to the following Fibre Channel Standards: SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 6
S 332: 1999 ■ FC-FLA NCIT S TR-20: 1998 ■ FC-GS-2 NCIT S 348-2000 Rev 7.01 ■ FC-FG ANSI X3.289: 1996 ■ FC-PH ANSI X3.230: 1994 ■ FC-PH-2 ANSI X3.297 X3. OS Requirements HP recommends using the latest software release versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. 6 SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 7
location to perform zoning tasks, and as the time server. HP also recommends that you use the most recently released firmware to control the fabric. If you use Advanced Web Tools to change the switch name, the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Telnet console prompt does not update to the new name - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 8
Support for Switch Admin Module The Mozilla browser does not support the Switch Admin module properly in Fabric OS v2.6.x. In Fabric OS v2.6.2, a warning message is displayed. No warning message is displayed in other 2.6.x versions. Workaround: Use Netscape 4.7.7 or later. 8 SAN Director 2/128 - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 9
the latest list of supported operating systems. Table 1: Browsers, OSs, and Java Plug-ins Operating System HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 11.11 (PA 32-bit & PA 64-bit) HP-UX 11.23 (IA 64-Bit) HP Tru64 UNIX® 5.1B HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1A HP OpenVMS 7.3-1 (64-bit) HP OpenVMS 7.3-2 (64-bit) HP Open VMS 7.3-x (Itanium - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 10
2.8, 2.9 Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10 Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows XP Browser Mozilla 1.4 or supported browsers, operating systems, and Java Plug-ins introduce limitations when using mixed OS versions in Advanced Web Tools v4.2.x. These limitations are described in Table 2. 10 SAN Director 2/128 - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 11
running the latest firmware. Workaround: Use a launch switch running Fabric OS v2.6.2, v3.1.2, or v4.2.x or later to access the switch. When trying to perform end-to-end monitoring (Performance Monitor) on a SAN Director 2/128, SAN Switch 2/8V is displayed as a 16-port switch. Workaround: Use - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 12
. Workaround: Use a launch switch that runs Fabric OS versions v2.6.1, v3.0.x, or v4.0.x or later so that you can use Switch Explorer (instead of Fabric View). Other Notes Table 3, Table 4, and Table 5 list important information for Fabric OS v4.2.x. 12 SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 13
slot and one in an odd-numbered slot. The default configuration is for the power supplies to be in slots 1 and 2. Follow the procedure below to ensure that Port Cards and Control Processor (CP) cards are properly installed into your SAN Director 2/128: 1. Install the leading edge of the CP or Port - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 14
OS v2.6.2, v3.1.2, and v4.2.x. The fabric reconfiguration message is now captured in the error log. For details, refer to the diagnostic messages in the HP StorageWorks Diagnostic and System Error Messages 4.2.x Reference Guide. 14 SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 15
from SMTP and can be ignored. During a firmware download, rebooting or power cycling the CPs could corrupt the compact flash. CAUTION: Do not attempt to power off the CP board during firmware download, to avoid high risk of corrupting your flash. SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes 15 - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 16
clients continue to retry the login for several seconds before timing out, your system appears to hang. The initial login prompt for a switch accepts a maximum password length of eight characters. Any characters beyond the eighth are ignored. 16 SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 17
are no spaces in the switch names of any switches in the fabric. The Web site that processes the CSRs and generates the digital certificates does not accept switch names containing spaces; CSRs that do not conform to this requirement are rejected. SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 18
v1.0.6 must be connected to a proxy switch running Fabric OS v2.6.2, v3.1.2, or v4.2. ■ All switches in the fabric other than the SAN Director 2/128 can run v2.6.1, v3.1, v4.1 or newer firmware. If you try to log in to a switch through a sectelnet client while that switch is in the process of either - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 19
SAN Director 2/128 becomes nonoperational. CAUTION: When performing a FRU replacement on a WWN card, complete the FRU procedure before attempting an HA failover or power cycling the chassis. To use zoning in a non-RCS (reliable commit service) mode fabric (that is, in a fabric containing switches - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 20
portCfgLPort command now supports a mode2 option. Specify 1 to configure the L_Port as a half-duplex L_Port. Specify 0 to configure the L_Port as a full-duplex L_Port. The default value is 0. Refer to the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 4.2.x Command Reference Guide for more information. Documentation - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 21
appears on page 138. HP StorageWorks Secure Fabric OS 4.2.x User Guide On page 29, after the paragraph: All switches that are shipped with Fabric OS v3.1.2 or v4.2.x ... for information on obtaining digital certificates. Add the following paragraph: SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 22
, restart Fabric Manager, and then rediscover the fabric in Fabric Manager. Under heavy stress conditions, wait a few minutes after restarting Fabric Manager for the new switch IP address to take effect. 22 SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 23
that users who attempt to upgrade switch firmware from Fabric Manager to Web Tools will see a time difference of eight hours. There are two ways to more than 26 switches. If you change fcpProbeDisable, make sure that you clear fcAL.fanFrameDisable to 0. SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS 4.2.x Release - HP StorageWorks 2/128 | HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 Fabric OS V4.2.x Rele - Page 24
) Issue Web Tools shows incorrect current value on the smart sfp. Web Tools does not show duplicate entries contained in zoning on switch, so you cannot delete the duplicate entry. The CP error SIOCADDRT: No such device occurs on two separate SAN Director 2/128 CP blades. For debugging usage, PortID
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Release Notes
hp
StorageWorks
SAN Director 2/128
Fabric OS 4.2.x
Second Edition (April 2004)
Part Number:
AV–RVUUB–TE
This document contains last-minute and supplemental information about Fabric OS version
4.2.x firmware for the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128. In the event of conflicting
information between these Release Notes and other documents in this product release, the
Release Notes take precedence.
For the latest version of these Release Notes and other Fabric OS v4.2.x documentation, access
the HP Storage web site at:
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