HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.2b release notes (5697-007 - Page 10

Diagnostics backport test Backport tests may be run only in the following configurations: • A pure SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades) • A SAN Director 2/128 with no FC4-16 blades installed, using Option 5 Do not run backport tests in any configuration other than the two listed above; use the minicycle test instead. Diagnostics spinsilk test The following configurations will pass the spinsilk test: • A pure SAN Director 2/128 (only CP2 and FC-16 blades) • A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 5 • A pure 4/256 SAN Director, Option 5 (with FC4-16 blades) The following configurations will fail the spinsilk test; use the minicycle test instead: • A mixed 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 upgrade/downgrade When upgrading from Fabric OS 5.1.x to 5.2.x or 5.3.x, if two or more interfabric links (IFLs) connect to an edge fabric, one IFL will stay online and the other IFLs will go online and offline. This causes a temporary traffic disruption going from multiple IFLs to one IFL and then back to multiple IFLs. This is due to the new front domain consolidation feature in Fabric OS 5.2.0, where the IFLs connected to the same edge fabric share the same front domain. When downgrading from Fabric OS 5.3.x or 5.2.x, FC traffic will be disrupted if there is front domain consolidation prior to the downgrade, even in the case of a single IFL. Upon firmware download the FC4-16IP Blade does not preserve disabled GE_Ports in disabled state. If you want to retain GE_Ports in a disabled state across firmware download, you must configure them as persistently disabled. Fabric OS - CLI commands Obsolete commands include slotOff and slotOn; use slotPowerOff and slotPowerOn instead. The portLogPortShow command is also obsolete. This release does not support underscore (_) as part of the name for dd and ddset in the iscsicfg command. When performing a configdownload, you may receive a message stating configDownload not permitted. This indicates that an invalid parameter was passed to the switch. The invalid parameter could be from a switch security policy, such as the password policy, or the NTP server address. This causes a partial configuration to be downloaded onto the switch. For example, when an NTP server address is invalid, configdownload fails and all data processed prior to the NTP server address data had already been saved in the switch and cannot be backed out. To fix the problem, correct the invalid parameter and reissue the configdownload command. Distance mode Distance setting is not persistent. After a configuration uploads and downloads, distance settings reset and the desired distance is shown as 0. 10