HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0b release notes (5697-0352 - Page 23

FCAP • Due to limitations with the certificates, FCAP authentication cannot be supported on user-defined logical switches. FCAP will continue to function with existing certificates for non-VF and the default logical switch of VF enabled switches. Note that authutil is not restricted from other logical switches at this time, so it can still be enabled on unsupported LS. • The pkicert(1.06) utility may cause evm errors, so each new switch should be isolated from the fabric in non-vf mode, to install new certificates. • For FIPS mode, certificates need to be installed prior to FIPS activation. FICON • For the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, FICON CUP is not allowed with a 48-port blade in the Default Logical Switch. All ports on a 48-port blade must be assigned to a userdefined Logical Switch to use them in a FICON CUP enabled switch. • PDCM changes configured via Web Tools must be activated with the edit window if the Active=Saved mode is enabled. • When RSCNs are sent out on behalf of the CUP for switchname changes in interopmode 2, the mainframe channels interpret those RSCNs as though a paths may have gone down. This forces the channels into a form of recovery, whereby they send TINs to the CUP to verify the logical paths that are still established to the CUP. This results in mainframe console messages indicating that this type of recovery has occurred. Port mirroring • On the HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, the port mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror resources must stay within the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configure mirror port, Source Device, and Destination Device or ISL, if the Destination Device is located on another switch. The ASIC port groups are 0-15, 16-31, 32-47, 48-63, and 64-79. The routes will be broken if the port mirror resources are spread across multiple port groups. • Port Mirroring is not supported on a switch with the Virtual Fabrics feature enabled. 10G interoperability 10G interop between HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade and McDATA blades is not supported, due to a hardware limitation; however the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade is supported in a chassis running in Interopmode 2 or 3 (SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade to SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade connections only). A SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade will not synchronize with a McDATA 10G blade, but will not negatively impact the system. Port fencing • When the port fencing feature is enabled for ITW or CRC errors, the first set of errors detected on an active link that meet the custom high threshold level set by the user (or the default threshold level) is always ignored to account for expected link transition errors. The port is disabled only upon detection of a second set of errors; that is, the next time the user-set threshold level (or default threshold level) is reached. This prevents a port from being disabled due to normal link transition behaviors. • When using the Port Fencing feature, you must first run the fwalarmsfilterset command. This command enables the port and allows you to receive Port Fencing messages. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0b release notes 23