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- HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 1
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes Part number: AA-RWEYJ-TE Tenth edition: May 2008 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 2
Government under vendor's standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 3
March, 2008. Supported product models • HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E) • HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (Brocade 4900) • HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol Router (Brocade 7500) • HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-16) • HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 4
features and improvements: NOTE: The Fabric OS 5.3.1a firmware release contains the same features introduced in Fabric OS 5.3.0. • IPv6 support for the management ports • Firmware download enhancements: • Support for Secure Copy (SCP) • Support for passive FTP • iSCSI Blade-FC4-16IP enhancements 4 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 5
4/16 SAN Switch (not supported on the 4/8 SAN Switch) • Access Gateway enhancements: • Web Tools support • Fabric Manager support • NPIV on F_ports • Fibre Channel Routing enhancements • IP Broadcast zone support • IP over FC also via FCR • IP Filter support (formerly MAC and Management port ACLs in - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 6
Demand (DPOD) IMPORTANT: DPOD is an optional feature supported in the following HP product only: • Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024) See http://www.hp.com for the latest updates. DPOD takes the expansion capability of fixed Ports on Demand (PODs) and adds the flexibility - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 7
, port settings, port status, and WWN of attached devices. • iSCSI setup wizard for improved usability • IPv6 support • Support for Security Admin role, P-EAP protocol • WTEZ Switch Setup enhancements • Passive FCS support (enforcement but no configuration) • IP Filtering • FC Fast Write support HP - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 8
Model Earliest compatible version Recommended version HP StorageWorks 1 Gb Switch Not supported, end of support (December 2007) HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8 EL, nl HPStorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16, nl MSA SAN Switch 2/8 3.2.1b 3.2.1c HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64, nl HP StorageWorks SAN - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 9
later. The Core Switch 2/64 does not support the B-Series MP Router Blade. Firmware upgrade instructions To access the latest Fabric OS 5.3.1a firmware, configuration files, and MIB files, see the following HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/san. CAUTION: Install port blades like the HP StorageWorks 4/48 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 10
already running Secured Fabric OS, HP recommends that users continue to deploy Secure Fabric OS on the new FICON Director instead of migrating to FOS ACL 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 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 11
porttest and spinfab commands on any platform will not work on E_Ports connected to an FC4-48 port. • The FC4-48 Fibre Channel port Blade is not supported to connect to the System z environments via FICON channels or via FCP zLinux on System z. To use the 4/256 SAN Director to attach to the System - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 12
indicates that an invalid parameter was passed to the switch. The invalid parameter could be from a switch security policy, such as the nl password policy, or the NTP server address. This causes a partial nl configuration to be downloaded onto the switch. For example, when an NTP server address is - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 13
password enforced expiration of admin or root accounts before downgrading firmware to 5.0.1 or earlier versions. • All offline diagnostics commands should be used only when the switch is disabled. • Installing new SFPs that there no segmented port exist before upgrading firmware. • IPSec implementation - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 14
not inform user when it failed due to multiple equal paths configured on 2 GbE ports. • Backup Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop support, Fabric Manager, FICON, IP over FC, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Management Services, Name Services (SNS), port mirroring, Secure FOS, SMI-S, and Zoning. These switch - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 15
require Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. Access Gateway supports only channel/control units on the F_Ports are not supported. Beginning with Fabric OS 5.2.1b, the portcfgdefault command now resets the configuration to HP factory default port settings. After connecting to the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 16
(WWN) zone (including normal zone and FC Fast Write zone) is supported on FC Fast Write enabled port. • Only single device loop port is supported. • NPIV (example Access Gateway) port is not supported. • FCR backbone devices are not supported. That is FC Fast Write should not be enabled on backbone - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 17
-sn will return both the world wide name and serial number data • Provides additional information on a faulty port in Fabric Watch to aid in troubleshooting. • Enables use of passive FTP to download firmware. • Enables the customer to specify a quality password policy that prevents the selection of - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 18
detail report, the report will be generated for all ports even if the user gives a particular port range as a filter. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 On 2Gb/s platforms, switch panic can occur if unstable or faulty port generates excessive number of interrupts. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 When rebooting - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 19
OS 5.3.0 Change made in 5.2.0 to limit the number of FDISCs per unit of time, caused timeouts of NPIV logins in some BladeServer configurations Fixed in from FICON channels, FICON CUP daemon crashes and switch panics after switch comes up then it starts processing the RNID command. Problem affects - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 20
to lack of proper refresh after resizing. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 Errlog (raslog) messages not available for diagnosing DHCP problems. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 Web Tools allows (switch,port) members to be added as member of a zone in interop mode, but this won't actually be created successfully - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 21
owns them but not switchmembership. nl Port long distance settings are read-only for owned ports on non-owned switches in Web Tools Extended Fabric tab, but editable for owned ports in Web Tools port configuration wizard. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 22
issues observed in ZoneAdmin and in Admin Domain when switch is configured in PID format 2, including being unable to see ports 16-32. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 During stress testing, a significant delay in traffic coming back from a Fibre Channel Router (FCR) failure in fully redundant SAN con - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 23
ports with FC4-16IP Blade. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 swFCPortOpStatus of swFCPortScn is not reported correctly. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0 Excessive logins cause out-of-memory (OOM) panic while switching between user -of-Service condition affecting HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes 23 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 24
of the Blade. When creating D,P zoning definition using these upper 32 ports on FC4-48 connected to another switch running 5.1.0, the two switches correctly segment due to zoning conflict. After upgrading to 5.2.0, switches remain segmented, but segmentation should be removed. Fixed in Fabric OS - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 25
to use less than 128 KB block size to avoid the problem, but this is now fixed in 5.3.0b. In rare cases, CRC errors can occur on Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for Fabric OS 5.3.0b addresses this HP c-Class BladeSystem internal ports when operating at 4Gb/s. issue. When supportsave is run in a continuous - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 26
When the SFP/XFP power and voltage readings are above or below the range, an excessive number of switches in the fabric, 400 MP Router or FR4-18i router port receives periodic RRQ & ABTS frames due to the McDATA switch sending unsupported CT command. Routers don't respond, which causes McDATA switch - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 27
to it, the F-ports that failover to the other NPIV switch show Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1 as "no device found" when running nszonemember for these F-ports. When perfMonitorShow -class ISL 0 command is run, some switches give incorrect output as follows: The number of destination domains monitored - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 28
number of Access Gateway devices in the fabric. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1 During fastwrite, specific third party device drops a frame that is not 8 byte aligned. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1 With 2Gb switches, hafailover under heavy load across ISLs, followed by portdisable/portenable of E-ports reset - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ- - Page 29
can get into an endless reboot causing file system errors to be reported. Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.1a If your switch is not upgraded to 5.3.1a, the workaround is to issue firmwaredownload with the -sf option: firmwaredownload -sf nl Use default answers so that firmwaredownload does not reboot after
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release notes
Part number: AA-RWEYJ-TE
Tenth edition: May 2008