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Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 October 7th , 2010 Document History Document Title Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 Summary of Changes Initial Release Publication Date October 7th, 2010 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 2
service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners. Notice: The information in this document visit http://www.brocade.com/support/oscd. Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 3
...14 SMI Compatibility ...14 Fabric OS Compatibility...14 Blade Support...17 SAS Version Requirements for FA4-18 and Brocade 7600 21 Scalability...21 Other Important Notes and Recommendations 22 Management Server Platform Capability support changes in FOS v6.4 22 FCIP, FCIP Trunking and High - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 4
Traffic Isolation over FCR...29 Integrated Routing ...30 Native Connectivity ...30 FCAP ...30 FICON ...30 FL_Port (Loop) Support ...30 Port Mirroring...30 10G Interoperability ...31 Port Fencing...31 Zoning...31 ICLs ...31 AP 7420 Interoperability (refer to Defect 307117 31 Extended Fabrics and - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 5
Blade and the Brocade Encryption Switch now support IBM's Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager. IBM Tivoli® Key Lifecycle Manager provides a centralized key management service documented in existing Admin Guides or other materials but will be captured in future documentation and existing documentation - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 6
only supported receive (Rx) timeout counters, reference Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide for FC (formerly known as "FC-IP Services") (For the FR4-18i blade and Brocade 7500) - This license also includes Port Fencing capabilities. • FICON Management Server - Also known as "CUP" (Control Unit Port - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 7
installed to enable full encryption processing power on the BES or on all FS8-18 blades installed in the DCX/DCX-4S server infrastructure. Application specific traffic flows can be configured, prioritized, and optimized throughout the entire data center infrastructure. This license is not supported - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 8
the scope of this release note document. Temporary License Support The following licenses are available for 45 Integrated Routing license • Server Application Optimization license • any switch running FOS v6.3 or later that supports the specific feature. Universal Temporary license keys can only be - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 9
of the switches noted above, always check your SAN, storage or blade server product support page or document to verify before installing on your switch. Use only FOS versions with LACP 10G Ethernet VLAN Tagging Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging VLAN Classification by Protocol and - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 10
gathers information from both CPs and any AP blades installed in the chassis • Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately following the problem, and specific questions • Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results • Serial - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 11
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 the wwn command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the primary WWN from the same place as the - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 12
specific version of Fabric OS. Please review carefully and refer to the complete TSB for relevant issues prior to migrating to this version of code. TSBs can be found at http://my.brocade.com under the "Technical Documentation" section of the "documentation This policy to support only one-level non - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 13
downloading on another node. The Brocade 8000 does not support non-disruptive hot code loads (HCL). Upgrading the not plan to use FC8-64 blades after performing firmware upgrade to FOS v6.4. However, (HCL) time. 7800 platform and FX8-24 blade must be power cycled after upgrading from FOS v6.3 to FOS - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 14
, & Transition Guide. EFCM and Fabric Manager Compatibility With the introduction of DCFM, both EFCM and Fabric Manager (FM) have been put into sustaining mode. Consequently, neither EFCM nor FM are qualified or supported for management of switches operating with FOS v6.3 and later firmware versions - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 15
, always check the appropriate SAN, storage or blade server product support page to verify support of specific code levels on specific switch platforms prior to installing on your switch. Use only FOS versions that are supported by the provider. When using the Virtual Fabrics feature, it is highly - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 16
Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640 v5.1.0 and higher 8 Not Supported Table Notes: 1 All zoning released and supported for interoperability. M-EOS 9.7.2 is the minimum version of firmware that is supported to interoperate with FOS 6.4. For support of frame redirection - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 17
in the following table: DCX/DCX-4S Blade Support Matrix 16-, 32, 48 and 64-port 8Gbit port blades (FC816, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) and the 6-port 10G FC blade (FC10-6) 16, 32 and 48 port blades are supported with FOS v6.0 and above, 64 port blade is supported starting with FOS v6.4.0, with any mix - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 18
FC8-641 Port Blade 4 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies • Distribute the Power Supplies evenly to 2 different AC connections for Not Supported 2 Power Supplies redundancy. FR4-18i, FC4-16IP2, FA4-18 Intelligent 4 Power Blade Supplies Not Supported 2 Power Supplies FS8-18 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 19
Blades. • For both DCX and DCX-4S with FX8-24 blades, (1+1) 220VAC Power Supplies are required for redundancy. FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes Some FOS features are not fully supported Channels (VC RDY) Yes2 FICON Management Server (Cascading) Yes FICON MIHPTO Yes Full - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 20
Switch No No Port Mirroring Yes Yes Extended Fabrics Yes Yes7 Alias Server No No Platform Service No No FCIP (VE_Ports) Yes Yes IPFC (IP over FC * indicates the feature is available but not officially tested or supported 1. Requires M-EOS 9.7 or later for redirection between devices - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 21
Mode (interopmode 3). M-EOS 9.9 is required to support FR Zones in McDATA Open Fabric Mode. Note: FA4-18 and Brocade 7600 Note: The SAS firmware version compatible with FOS v6.4.1 will be announced refer to the Brocade Scalability Guidelines document, available under the Technology and Architecture - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 22
msPlMgmtActivate command should be used to enable the Management Server platform services explicitly. FCIP, FCIP Trunking and High Bandwidth (Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) • IPsec is not supported on XGE0 of FX8-24 blade starting with FOS v6.4. IPsec is supported on XGE1 and GE0 through GE9. • IPsec is - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 23
compression. • Non-disruptive firmware activation will disrupt I/O traffic . Please refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference document for FOS v6.4 for details • Under Traffic Isolation and does not support auto-sense functions. • After inserting a 4G SFP in GE ports of an FX8-24 blade or 7800 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 24
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. • The Brocade 8000 does not support - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 25
Virtual Fabrics is not supported on Brocade 7800. • VF dedicated ISLs are supported on FX8-24 blade. XISLs are not supported. Licensing Behavior • When of 6 Encryption nodes per Windows/Linux TKLM server. o Maximum of 10 Encryption nodes per AIX TKLM server. o Maximum of 16 tape sessions per - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 26
. • The Brocade Encryption switch and FS8-18 blade do not support QoS. When using encryption or Frame Redirection, participating flows should not be included in QoS Zones. • When using Brocade Native Mode, in LKM installations, manual rekey is highly recommended. If auto rekey is desired, the - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 27
blades is located in the Encryption Admin Guide. • Support supported. Cryptographic operations and I/O will be disrupted but other layer 2 traffic will not. • Relative to the BES and a DCX with FS8-18, all nodes in the Encryption Group must be at the same firmware support troubleshooting to review if - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 28
of FOS. Firmware downgrade will specification: o No restrictions, tape LUN encryption policy specification QoS is NOT supported on FC8 blades in the Brocade 48000. • Any products that are not capable of operating with FOS 6.0 may NOT exist in a fabric with Flow based QoS. Major problems - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 29
instructions to access this technote: o Log in to http://my.brocade.com o Go to Documentation > Tech Notes. o Look for the Tech Note on Access Gateway Device-Based Mapping in VMware ESX Server. Bottleneck Detection • Due to memory FC8 blades, with firmware prior will not be supported. FC FastWrite • - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 30
". Users that experience this may have power cycled the M-series switch while it was capability used for FOS-based application or encryption services . If the switch is still participating in environments. FL_Port (Loop) Support • The FC8-48 and FC8-64 blade support attachment of loop devices in - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 31
supported on the Brocade 7800. 10G Interoperability • 10G interop between FC10-6 and McDATA blades is not supported due to a HW limitation, however the FC10-6 is supported Admin Guide updates or contact Brocade Customer Support. ICLs v6.3 or lower version of FOS firmware. A switch running FOS v6.4 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 32
Extended Fabrics E_Ports to operate in VC_RDY mode using either ARB or IDLE primitives as fill words. This allows frame-based Trunking to be supported on Extended Fabrics Eports even when IDLE primitives are configured for these ports when operating in native VC_RDY mode. Prior to this change, frame - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 33
on the switch). • During non-disruptive firmware upgrades, E_Ports in R-RDY mode may cause Upgrades to FOS v6.3.1 or v6.4 from prior releases supporting only modes 0 and 1 will not change the existing 2 and 3 are compliant with FC-FS-3 specifications (standards specify the IDLE/ARBF behavior of Mode - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 34
is disabled, all imported devices corresponding to this edge fabric are dropped from name server. Feature: 8G FCR Function: FCR Daemon Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 451063 Defect ID: DEFECT000319434 Technical Severity: Critical Summary: Originator source ID - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 35
the problem port. Execute the following instructions. 1) blade faults and traffic through the blade is disrupted. External RASLOG messages EM-1051 are seen reporting a slot inconsistency detected. Feature: 4G ASIC Driver Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.0 Service - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 36
SAS application, received RSCNs result in a Name Server memory leak and switch panic Symptom: In SAS environment with Brocade 7600 or FA4-18 blade, switch panics causing errors in storage appliance. Feature: FA4-18 Platform Services Function: Blade FOS SW Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 37
able to log in to Brocade 8000 / FCOE10-24 blade. Feature: CEE-FCOE Function: FCOE DRIVER Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.1_cee Where to login. Workaround: Re-boot AG switch Feature: Access Gateway Services Function: Platform Other Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.2.2 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 38
Service Request ID: 420895 Defect ID: DEFECT000300183 Technical Severity: High Summary: RPCD panic and subsequent switch cold recovery occurs due to internal memory RPC connection from SMI-A. Workaround: Customers that experience this problem can stop using their SMI based application until the - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 39
establish connectivity across VEX link on Brocade 7800 and FX824 after a firmware download. Workaround: Disable/enable (toggle) switch target ports. Feature: Embedded Platform Services Function: FOS Kernel Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000301952 Technical - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 40
from the switch. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 445261 Defect ID: DEFECT000313195 Technical Severity: High Summary: Due to a residual setting left over in the firmware, if Top Talkers is enabled / disabled, and - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 41
: Medium Summary: One directional route problem in fabric prevents local switch communicating comes in to the embedded port and there is no memory to hold it temporarily, the switch panics. This is Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.1.0 Service Request ID: 423799 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 42
Found in Release: FOS6.2.2 Service Request ID: 422701 Defect ID: DEFECT000297954 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Due to heartbeat counter communication problems between the Control Processor (CP) and FR4-18i blade, the CP and blade can lose sync, causing the blade to be rebooted. Symptom - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 43
switch being managed by DCFM or Webtools, with VF enabled and Radius server configured, customer may see RAS-1004 Software 'Verify' errors every Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 430447 Defect ID pipelining in a Brocade 7800 or FX8-24 blade, the FCP_CONF command may be dropped, causing - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 44
not cut light when rebooting. Symptom: With certain very specific servers that do not cut off light during reboot, the switch cannot bring an F_Port on line for a long time. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000302170 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 45
RPC mountd, 675 RLogin Service, 678 RPC portmap, 817 GE port on FR4-18i blade Symptom: During either a firmware download (FOS v6.2.0e 8GB. Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: PORT Probability: Medium FCIP-5051 using an uninitialized section of shared memory in the FR4-18i or 7500, causing an - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 46
: The output of the switchstatusshow command does not show "marginal" switch status when an AP blade goes down. Feature: 4G Platform Services Function: FOS Kernel Drivers Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000315227 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FCIP Tunnel - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 47
. Workaround: Use QOS mode Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 443673 Defect ID: DEFECT000315258 Technical Severity: High Summary: Switch panics, blade faults, or switch is disabled when credit loss is detected - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 48
CP is reseated or replaced as part of the documented field CP replacement procedure. Workaround: Reboot the standby CP manually. Feature: Infrastructure Function: HA Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 429501 Defect ID: DEFECT000305689 Technical Severity: Medium - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 49
Workaround: Connect AP7420 to a platform that is running an earlier release of FOS than FOS6.4.0 (e.g. FOS6.3.0). Feature: FC Services Function: Fabric Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000308461 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Error in thresholding logic - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 50
Close with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.0c Defect ID: DEFECT000313149 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Receiving emulation error 60 during FICON read tape emulation. Symptom: Attention status received. Workaround: When FICON path control blocks are stuck at invalid state, disable the tunnel - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 51
Management Embedded Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.2.1 Service Request ID: 421461 Defect ID: DEFECT000299814 Technical Severity: is rebooted. This only happens when the HA Cluster (HAC) is set for manual failback, and will also not be observed if there are multiple paths through - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 52
Defect ID: DEFECT000269189 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: SERDES tuning values to support BR-804 HBA. In addition for v6.4.0b, regardless what the fill for BR-804 HBA support. This change only applies to Brocade 5480 platform. Feature: Embedded Platform Services Function: Bulova Probability - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 53
, changing these features is disruptive. Feature: Field Escalation Function: OS: Configuration Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 423357 Defect ID: DEFECT000298078 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Backup to all cleartext containers using tape application - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 54
enabled Symptom: Tape I/O with I Series server is not possible with tape pipelining enabled. the import will fail although DCFM encryption support does not report that it fails and with chassis hosting FS8-18 blades. Workaround: slotpoweroff/slotpower on of FS8-18 blade for CTCs to be hosted - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 55
some Physical Initiators do not register as FC4 type device and some do. Feature: Data Security Function: Disk Encryption Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.0 Service Request ID: 433655 Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 55 of 62 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 56
of the fabric", need a switch reboot to recover. Feature: FC Services Function: Zoning Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000302325 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: The Brocade 7800 does not support the Path Down function in IM2 mode. Symptom: Fabric becomes - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 57
: As a result of firmwaredownload, systemverifcation test, or blade insertion, occasionally blade FCoE10-24 may turn faulty 21 Symptom: Slotshow indicates that is disabled Workaround: Feature: 8G Platform Services Function: FOS Kernel Drivers Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 58
encryption, name server fails to show the existence of a specific virtual initiator Symptom firmware upgrade. This impacts FOS v6.2.2x and FOS v6.3.1x only with 1 specific non-Brocade branded SFPs. Workaround: Use Brocade branded SFPs Feature: 4G Platform Services Function: FOS Kernel Drivers - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 59
where CLI does. Feature: WebMgmt Function: WT Platform Support Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000300388 Technical Severity: High Summary: WebTools: Name server tab unable to export name server data base from FCR configured switch. Symptom: After opening - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 60
allocated PID to another device, resulting in the F-Ports getting stuck as GPort. Workaround: portdisable/enable Feature: Embedded Platform Services Function: Other Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.2.0_bc Defect ID: DEFECT000286529 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FICON: when - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 61
applies to FX8-24 blades. Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP Performance Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 429767 happens during supportsave and not persistent. Feature: 4G ASIC Driver Function: ASIC Driver Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Fabric OS - Dell PowerEdge M905 | Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 62
failback command (cryptocfg --failback -EE ) issued from node other than failed over node fails with an error. Workaround: Issue the manual failback command from the node hosting the failed over containers. Feature: Data Security Function: HA Cluster Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6
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Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.1
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