HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007
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- HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 1
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes Part number: 5697-0075 Thirteenth edition: July 2009 - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 2
Legal and notice information © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. © Copyright 2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 3
Fabric OS 5.3.2 released January 2009. Supported product models • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V (Brocade 3250) • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V (Brocade 3850) • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32 (Brocade 3900) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 (Brocade 24000 Director) Unsupported product models - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 4
Fabric OS (formerly in SFOS) • Support for multiple NTP servers • Port mirrorinf for HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch • Security enhancements • Support for security admin role • Support for account lockout for admin role • Support for strong password policies preventing repeat or sequence characters - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 5
. • Lockout of admin users that fail authorization. • Flexible E_Port authentication settings, allowing better interoperability options for fabrics with varying levels of support. Certificate authentication is now optional. • Auditing of authorization attempts. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 6
WTEZ Switch Setup enhancements • Passive FCS support (enforcement but no configuration) • IP filtering • FC Fast Write support Prerequisites Table 1 summarizes the current Fabric OS firmware versions. HP recommends using the latest supported firmware versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 7
EL HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 MSA SAN Switch 2/8 Not supported; end of support December 2007 3.2.1b 3.2.1c HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64 HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 in Chassis (config modes 3 and 4 only) 5.0.5e 5.0.5f HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V HP StorageWorks SAN Switch - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 8
Switch 2/64 does not support the B-series MP Router Blade. Firmware upgrade instructions To access the latest Fabric OS 5.3.2b firmware, configuration files, and MIB files, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com/support/downloads and follow these steps. 1. Under Storage, select Storage Networking - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 9
configuration. NOTE: The FC4-48 port Blade is not supported to connect to System z environments via FICON channels or via FCP zLinux on System z. To attach the Director to the System z environment, use an FC4-16 or FC4-32 Fibre Channel port Blade. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes 9 - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 10
SAN Director 2/128 (with either CP4 or FC4-16 blades) • A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 1 (a pure 4/256 SAN Director refers to a Director with CP4 and FC4-16 blades only) Firmware does not support underscore switch. The invalid parameter could be from a switch security policy, such as the password - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 11
twice when a power supply FRU is inserted and powered on. There is no functional impact. Not all Fabric OS services run when the prompt becomes available during boot up. Wait for all the services to come up before using the switch or performing zoning actions. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 12
/Tape Pipelining is enabled. Fast Write/Tape Pipelining did not inform user when it failed due to multiple equal paths configured on 2 GbE Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Beginning with Fabric OS 5.2.1b, the portcfgdefault command now resets the configuration to HP factory default - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 13
(MSD) panic occurs on switch during fabric initialization. When fabric has not initialized its database during fabric initialization, MSD gets IP address of switches in fabric which could lead to memory corruption and cause MSD to panic. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 14
of an unknown interswitch FDMI command from non-Brocade switch causes daemon to be killed due to out of memory condition, causing Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1. the switch to crash. Linux kernel issue may occur on 2Gb switches running Fabric OS 5.3.0x caused by service daemon thread (fwd, nsd, fabricd - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 15
not work properly on switch CPU. This issue only affects 2/128. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1. Occasional kernel panic occurs during reboot. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1. Fabric OS 5.3.1a fixes Table 4 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 5.3.1a firmware HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes 15 - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 16
Telnet session. Problems within an IP network could cause a switch running Fabric OS 5.3.x to panic. Solution Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1b. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1b. Workaround: Disable the clients trying to access evmd. On the HP StorageWorks 2/128, when a specific 3rd party RAID system firmware is - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 17
blade during hafailover. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.2. User may be unable to connect to HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch from SMI Agent and see error related to 3 Frame to drop. This happens on HP Storage- Works B-series Multi-protocol Router Blade/HP StorageWorks 400 Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.2. Multi- - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 18
in the Fabric OS 5.3.2a firmware release. Table 7 Fabric OS 5.3.2a closed defects Closed defect summary Solution A switch panic occurs due to a reboot. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.2a. Access Gateway N_Port failover does not work if the HBA is brought online and the mapped N_Port is offline. In - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 19
OS 5.3.2b firmware release. Table 8 Fabric OS 5.3.2b closed defects Closed defect summary Solution The agshow command output not consistent across switches in the same fabric. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.2b. A switch panic can occur due to stack overflow on HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32. Fixed in - HP StorageWorks 2/16V | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 20
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HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b
release notes
Part number: 5697-0075
Thirteenth edition: July 2009