HP StorageWorks 2/32 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG- - Page 15
LSAN zoning considerations, Workarounds
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The following configurations will fail the spinsilk test; use the minicycle test instead: • Mixed SAN Director 2/128 Director (with either CP4 or FC4-16 blades) • Pure 4/256 SAN Director, option 1 "Pure 4/256 SAN Director" refers to a Director with CP4 and FC4-16 blades only. LSAN zoning considerations If a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.x is connected to the edge of a fabric with LSAN zones configured, any switch in that edge fabric running a Fabric OS release prior to 5.2.x will not be able to commit to any zoning transactions. If a fabric contains switches running, for example, Fabric OS 4.4.0, 5.1.1 and 5.2.1b and LSAN zones are configured, all zone changes need to originate from the switch running the latest Fabric OS release (in this case 5.2.1b). This action is required whether or not the Access Domain feature is enabled. Workarounds Table 3 lists important information and workarounds. Table 3 Important information and workarounds Issue Workaround Not all Fabric OS services are available Wait for all the services to come up before when the prompt becomes available during using the switch or performing zoning boot up. actions. FW_FRU_INSERTED message displays twice No functional impact. when a power supply FRU is inserted and powered on. Scalability: MS Platform Database not supported in large fabrics. In large fabrics with more than 1,000 ports, it is recommended that the MS Platform Database is disabled, it is also required that the Platform DB be disabled before downgrading to previous versions of Fabric OS. This can be done using the msPLMgmtDeactivate command. If the user tries to save move than Do not issue the perfCfgSave command 512 monitors using the perfCfgSave when running more than 512 monitors. command, some of the monitors may be lost. Scalability: When the cfgDisable command is executed, access is enabled between all devices. This can cause issues with some HBAs. Enable default zoning using the defzone --noaccess command. Fabric OS 5.1.1b 15