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Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 January 22, 2013 Document History Document Title Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Summary of Changes Initial Release Publication Date January 22, 2013 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 2
informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty, expressed or implied, concerning any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time, without notice, and assumes no responsibility - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 3
Port (D_Port) Enhancements ...7 In-Flight Encryption and Compression Enhancements 7 FEC (Forward Error Correction) Support Enhancements 8 Performance Optimization on FC Long Distance ISLs 8 FOS Security Enhancements...8 FCIP Enhancements ...9 Scalability Enhancements ...9 Fabric Services - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 4
(Loop) Support...37 ICLs on DCX/DCX-4S ...38 Native Connectivity (M-EOS interoperability)...38 Port Initialization ...38 Port Mirroring ...38 Port Statistics ...38 Virtual Fabrics ...39 Zoning...39 Miscellaneous ...39 Defects ...41 Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.1.0a 41 Fabric OS v7.1.0a - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 5
48-port base switch with two 24-port Ports-On-Demand (POD) licenses Supports all key software functionalities applicable to a high end enterprise class FC switch: Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Watch, APM, Integrated Routing, NPIV, Virtual Fabrics, and much more. Advanced functionality - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 6
Brocade adapter driver version 3.2 or later) D_Port between Access Gateway (enabled on 16G FC platform) and 16G FC switch In-flight encryption and compression enhancements FEC (Forward Error Correction) support enhancements Performance optimization enhancements on FC long distance ISLs - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 7
16G FC Adapter FOS v7.1.0 enhances the D_Port support between a Brocade 16G FC Adapter and a Brocade 16G FC switch. This enhancement includes support for the Dynamic D_Port mode which does not require any D_Port configuration at the adapter. This functionality also requires Brocade HBA driver v3 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 8
16G AG and Brocade 16G HBA (requires HBA driver 3.2 or later) In FOS v7.0.x FEC is supported only on the 16G FC ISLs. Enable or Disable FEC for Long Distance Port FOS v7.1 allows users to enable or disable the FEC feature while configuring a long distance link. This allows end users to turn - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 9
v7.1 adds Virtual Fabrics (VF) support on the 7800 platform with support for up to four logical switches. However, the 7800 VF configuration does not support Base Switch functionality or XISL usage. Enable IP Security on XGE0 of an FX8-24 blade FOS v7.1 adds IPsec support for the XGE0 port of an FX8 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 10
multiple users attempt to simultaneously configure or reconfigure zone sets in more than one switch of a fabric. Name Server Enhancements The following are Name Server commands enhancements in FOS v7.1: Enhancement to the nsZoneMember command to take "domain and port index" as optional parameters - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 11
and a Brocade HBA Credit recovery feature is supported both on F_Ports connected to a Brocade 8G or 16G HBA (requires Brocade HBA driver v3.2 or later and HBA ports must be operating at the maximum speed of 8G for 8G HBA, 16G for 16G HBA) and on N_Port links connected to a Brocade 16G switch - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 12
Message Description on the Switch Beginning with Fabric OS v7.1, users can view the message documentation such as the message text, message type, class (for audit messages), message severity, cause, and action on the switch console by using the rasMan message_ID command. Errdump CLI Enhancement - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 13
the link reset threshold of a Back End (BE) port is exceeded. Please see the bottleneckmon command description for additional details. LR_IN and LR_OUT in fabriclog FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to indicate whether a Link Reset (LR) was initiated by the local or remote switch. LR_IN will be set if - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 14
of the neighbor switch in switchShow and islShow command outputs when an ISL gets segmented. Please note that if the very first ELP (Exchange Link Parameters) fails between neighboring ports then the WWNN may not be displayed at both ends of the segmented link. TI (Traffic Isolation) Zone Violation - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 15
SuperPing Enhancements In FOS v7.1, SuperPing for FCIP supports the following features: Traverse all possible FCIP links based on FCIP routing. Display all possible VE and GE link in path. Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Page 15 of 41 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 16
or Brocade Encryption Switch to be configured as an EX_Port or VEX_Port (on some platforms) supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates the need to add a dedicated router to a fabric for FCR purposes. Encryption Performance Upgrade - This license provides additional encryption processing power - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 17
7800 Upgrade - This license allows a Brocade 7800 to enable 16 FC ports (instead of the base four ports) and six GbE ports (instead of the base two ports). This license is also required to enable additional FCIP tunnels and also for advanced capabilities like tape read/write pipelining. ICL 16-link - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 18
license Advanced Performance Monitoring license Adaptive Networking license Fabric Watch license Integrated Routing license Server Application Optimization license Advanced Extension license Advanced FICON Acceleration license 10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel license FICON Management - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 19
Port Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) Flow Control (Pause Frames) The following draft versions of the Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Standards are also supported on the Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 blade: IEEE 802.1Qbb IEEE 802.1Qaz IEEE 802.1 FC - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 20
8510-8 - Bottom right of the port side Brocade DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4 - Back, upper left under the power supply 3. World Wide Name (WWN) When the Virtual Fabric feature is enabled on a switch, each logical switch has a unique switch WWN. Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN. If you cannot use - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 21
is non-disruptive to both FC and FCoE traffic (when using FCOE10-24 blades). FR4-18i and FC10-6 blades are not supported on DCX/DCX-4S with FOS v7.1. Hence these blades must be removed from the chassis before upgrading the firmware to FOS v7.1. Disruptive upgrades to Fabric OS v7.1.0a are allowed - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 22
.4.1a or later versions of FOS v6.4.x must be upgraded to FOS v7.0.x or later before non-disruptively upgrading to FOS v7.1.0. Migrating from FOS v6.4.1_fcoe1 Units running FOS v6.4.1_fcoe1 must be upgraded to FOS v7.0.x before non-disruptively upgrading to FOS v7.1. Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 23
product to manage their smaller fabrics. It manages one FOS fabric at a time and up to 1,000 switch ports. It provides support for Brocade FC switches, Brocade HBAs / CNAs, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches. Network Advisor Professional Plus: a SAN management application designed - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 24
. For a list of the effective end-of-life dates for all versions of Fabric OS, visit the following Brocade Web site: http://www.brocade.com/support/end_of_life.jsp Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade 2000-series switches Brocade 3200, 3800 Brocade 3000 Silkworm 3016, 3250, 3850 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 25
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade 6510 Brocade 6505 Brocade 6520 48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600 Secure Fabric OS (on any model) Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode) 1 McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 26
.0 or later. Blade Support Fabric OS v7.1.0 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX/DCX-4S noted in the following table: DCX/DCX-4S Blade Support Matrix 16-, 32-, 48- and 64-port 8Gbit port blades (FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) Intelligent blade 6 port 10G FC blade (FC10 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 27
Fabric OS v7.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 noted in the table below. DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 Blade Support Matrix FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade FC8-32E, FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades FC10-6 Intelligent blade - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 28
240 VAC (Redundant configurations) FC10-61, FC816, FC8-32, FC 8-48, FC864 FR4-18i1 FS8-18, FX8-24, FCOE10-24 Port Blade Intelligent Blade Intelligent Blade 2 Power Supplies Not Supported Not Supported 2 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies DCX: 2 or 4 Power Supplies DCX-4S: 2 Power Supplies Comments - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 29
A: Power Specifications in the 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Configured Number of Ports Blades Type of Blade DCX 8510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 8510-8 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports with QSFP ICLs FC8-64 - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 30
is used, the users are advised to configure the Fabric Watch setting for switch marginal state to be two power supplies. Users can use the CLI switchstatuspolicyset to configure this value if the current value is set to zero. In FOS v7.0.x, the default setting for the marginal state due to missing - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 31
VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments 96 ports max with QSFP ICLs Any combination of 8Gb or 16 Gb ports and intelligent blades with QSFP ICLs FC16-32, FC8-32E FC16-32, FC16-48, FC8-32E, FC8-48E, FC8-64, FS8-18, FX8-24 Port Blade Intelligent Blade /Combination 2 Power Supplies Not Supported - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 32
" CLI to configure D-Port over active DWDM links. The "-dwdm" option will not execute the optical loopback test while performing D-Port tests as the active DWDM links do not provide necessary support to run optical loopback tests. Encryption Behavior for the Brocade Encryption Switch (BES) and - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 33
Redirection, participating flows should not be included in QoS Zones. HP SKM & ESKM are supported with Multiple Nodes and Dual SKM/ESKM Key Vaults. Two-way certificate exchange is supported. Please refer to the Encryption Admin Guide for configuration information. If using dual SKMs or ESKMs on - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 34
server. Firmware downgrade will be prevented from FOS v7.1.0 to a lower version if key vault type is set to KMIP. Please refer to the KMIP Encryption Admin Guide for more details. FOS 7.1.0 mandates regular zones for Hosts and Targets must be defined in the effective configuration before adding - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 35
FCIP (Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) Any firmware activation will disrupt I/O traffic on FCIP links. Latency measurements supported on FCIP Tunnels: o 1GbE & 10GbE - 200ms round trip time and 1% loss. After inserting a 4G SFP in GE ports of an FX8-24 blade or 7800 switch, sometimes "sfpshow" output - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 36
logins. Ethernet switch services must be explicitly enabled using the command "fosconfig -enable ethsw" before powering on an FCOE10-24 blade. Failure to do so will cause the blade to be faulted (fault 9). Users can enable ethsw after upgrading firmware without FC traffic interruption. Fabric OS - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 37
, the edge switch connected to the 5100 must be running Fabric OS v6.1 or later code. Forward Error Correction (FEC) Though FEC capability is generally supported on Condor3 (16G capable FC) ports when operating at either 10G or 16G speed, it is not supported when using active DWDM links. Hence FEC - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 38
devices continue to be supported when attached to ports on the FC8-16, FC8-32 with no new restrictions. ICLs on DCX/DCX-4S If a DCX with an 8-link ICL license is connected to a DCX with a 16-link license, the DCX with the 16link license will report enc_out errors. The errors are harmless, but will - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 39
, the merge will fail, since the switches do not recognize these zoning configurations as being the same. For additional details and workaround solutions, please refer to the latest FOS Admin Guide updates or contact Brocade Customer Support. Miscellaneous Using a Windows anonymous FTP server - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 40
directors with more than 300 E_Ports, the switch be disabled prior to executing the "switchCfgTrunk" command (used to disable or enable trunking on the switch). During non-disruptive firmware upgrades, E_Ports in R-RDY mode may cause some frame drops on the E-port links. Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release - Dell Brocade 300 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 41
DCX-4S, backend CRC errors detected on core blade port 3/56 connecting FC8-32 port blade. Symptom: RASLog message C2-5825 "Detect CRC error with good EOF" displayed. Probability: Medium Feature: FOS Software Function: OS: Configuration Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 1035401
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Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a
Release Notes v1.0
January 22, 2013
Document History
Document Title
Summary of Changes
Publication Date
Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
Initial Release
January 22, 2013