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- HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 1
HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes HP Part Number: 5697-1756 Published: February 2012 Edition: 1 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 2
© Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. © Copyright 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 3
fabrics/environments 18 HP Network Advisor compatibility 18 DCFM compatibility...19 Fabric OS compatibility...19 Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes 19 Firmware upgrades and downgrades 22 Firmware upgrade instructions 23 Scalability...23 FICON support...23 Other - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 4
28 portCfgFillWord command 29 Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM 31 Encryption behavior...32 Initial setup of encrypted LUNs 35 Fabric OS 6.2.1 fixes...36 Fabric OS 6.2.1a fixes...39 Fabric OS 6.2.1b fixes...40 Fabric OS 6.2.2 fixes...41 Fabric OS 6.2.2a fixes...44 Fabric OS 6.2.2b fixes...45 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 5
conforms to the Fibre Channel (FC) standards and accepted engineering practices and procedures. Description Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduced support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. Fabric OS 6.2.2f continues this support. These products provide - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 6
-wide RASLog ◦ Port auto-disable support ◦ Ethernet port bonding for management ports ◦ New CLI command to configure F_Port receive buffer credits New features/enhancements added with Fabric OS 6.2.2b: • New parameter implemented in configurechassis command to allow adjustment of SFP polling during - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 7
new features introduced in Fabric OS 6.2.0a and carried forward with Fabric OS 6.2.2f. Virtual Fabrics • VF is supported on the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch. When enabled, VF allows the user - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 8
on specific switches and switch firmware supported for interop applications, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes. Security enhancements • Configurable stateless IPv6 auto-configuration is supported - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 9
on all 8-Gb platforms. • Integrated Routing license-Allows ports in an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, or HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch to be configured as EX_Ports, supporting FCR. This eliminates the need to add - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 10
FC switches. HP highly recommends that you read the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide before configuring these products in any fabric. Supported product models The following product models can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.2f: • HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 11
BladeSystem (Brocade 4012) • Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024) • Brocade 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (Brocade 5480) Unsupported product models Any products not listed in the "Supported product models" (page 10) section, are unsupported with Fabric OS - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 12
same hardware, but only the 8/24, which has all ports licensed, has Access Gateway support. The 8/40 switch must also have all ports enabled in order to support Access Gateway mode. Also, Access Gateway mode is not supported with the Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 13
(such as Web Tools) to a product with the most recent version of Fabric OS. Some older versions of Fabric OS do not fully support newer hardware models, and problems may arise when configuring settings through these older products. NOTE: Do not configure zoning through a switch operating with - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 14
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch HP StorageWorks iSCSI Director Blade (FC4-16IP) 6.2.2e 6.4.2b5 Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem 6.2.2e Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 6.2.2f5 HP StorageWorks MP Router XPath OS 7.4.1e. Not XPath OS 7.4.1f8 supported - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 15
Table 1 Supported Fabric OS versions (continued) Model Earliest compatible version HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director 6.3.2d Brocade 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class 6.3.2d HP StorageWorks EVA4400 embedded switch module, 8-Gb Brocade 6.3.2d HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 16
support of interoperable fabrics, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com. 4 When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the fabric must have a Fabric OS-based product to configure - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 17
hardware reference guide for power specifications. FC10-6, FC8-48, FR4-18i and FS8-18 are not supported in the DC SAN or DC04 SAN Directors in a 110 VAC configuration. FC Routing scalability For the latest FCR scalability support information, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 18
, FCoE/CEE switches, and Brocade HBAs. • HP Network Advisor Professional Plus-A SAN management application designed for medium size businesses to manage up to four physical Fabric OS fabrics and up to 2,560 switch ports. HP Network Advisor Professional Plus supports the DC04 SAN Director, the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 19
-class customers that provides unparalleled performance and scalability (24 physical fabrics and up to 9,000 switch ports). HP Network Advisor Enterprise configures and manages the same switches and directors as Professional and Professional Plus, but also adds support for the DC SAN Backbone - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 20
Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) APM: Top Talkers Admin Domains Secure Fabric OS5 Fabric Watch Ports on Demand (POD) NPIV Timer Server Function (NTP) Open E_Port6 Broadcast Zoning FDMI Remote Switch Port Mirroring Extended Fabrics Alias Server Fabric OS 6.2.2f IM 2 Yes IM 3 Yes11 Yes No - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 21
in interopmodes 2 and 3 (continued) Fabric OS Features (supported in interopmode 0) Fabric OS 6.2.2f IM = interopmode IM 2 IM 3 Platform Service No No FCIP (VE_Ports) IPFC (IP over FC) Yes Yes Yes8 Yes8 M-EOS ALPA 0x13 configuration Yes Yes VE_Port to VEX_Port Integrated Routing9 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 22
downloading on another node. On the HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switches and the Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class, do not use the -n option to downgrade from Fabric OS 6.2.2f to a version earlier than 6.2.x. Using the -n option can cause the firmware versions to get out of sync - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 23
features and functions were removed from Web Tools (resident in the firmware) and migrated to the Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) management application. This has been carried forward to Fabric OS 6.2.x. If you are not running DCFM on your fabric, HP recommends that before upgrading to Fabric - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 24
fabric with flow-based QoS. Major problems occur if previous-generation 2-Gb products exist in the fabric. • For the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 and SAN Switch 4/32B, if all of the ports are E_Ports and the switch is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.x, the buffers on the E_Ports are changed to utilize - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 25
, the Automatic Port Configuration policy may not work when attached to M-EOS switches. M-EOS ports should be set to G_Port to prevent problems with port type discovery. FCS Automatic Distribution • When using the FCS Automatic Distribution feature in Fabric OS 6.0 or later, all switches in the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 26
are supported when attached to ports on the 8-Gb and 4-Gb 16- and 32-port FC blades, with no new restrictions. Port Mirroring • On the 8/80 SAN Switch, the Port Mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror resources must remain in the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configure - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 27
you first open the Fabric Watch configuration window and then select the SNMP Trap check box in the Above row. Making this change in Web Tools disables Port Fencing. If this happens, you must re-enable the Port Fencing bit from the CLI. The Port Fencing feature is not supported for Loss of Sync (LOS - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 28
include support for an 800 MB/s data rate. The previous implementation by Brocade was to use IDLE for Link Init and as fill words, which works for 1-Gb, 2-Gb, 4-Gb, and most 8-Gb devices. However, some of the new 8-Gb devices have problems with the IDLE/IDLE sequence at 8 Gb. 8-Gb switches, HBAs - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 29
) in Link Init and ARB(FF) as fill word • Example: To set the fill word of a port to ARB(FF)-ARB(FF): switch:admin> portcfgfillword 2/3, 1 See also the description of the portCfgShow command in the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. • Behavior: ◦ Default mode The only mode of operation in releases - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 30
switches except 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class Any Fabric OS earlier All ports set to IDLE. than 6.1.2 No ARB(FF) capability. All ports set to IDLE. No ARB(FF) capability. Note: Fabric OS 6.1.2x is not supported on this switch. Fabric OS - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 31
configurations. Please configure the Logical Switch with appropriate switch and protocol settings before activating the Logical Switch. Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM The functionality that was moved from Web Tools 6.1.1 to DCFM applies to all versions of DCFM and also applies to Fabric OS - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 32
1 Viewing FCIP tunnels is supported in Web Tools 6.1.1, but New, Edit Config, and Delete are available only in DCFM. 2 In Web Tools, non-local switch port id/WWN can be added using text box. Encryption behavior • HP recommends that the encrypted LUN containers be created when all of the nodes/ - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 33
, or enabling EE for crypto operations. Failure to do so results in HA Cluster creation failure. If the IP address for these ports is configured after the EE was enabled for encryption, HP Encryption Switch needs to be rebooted and Encryption blades should be slotpoweroff/slotpoweron to sync up the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 34
supported. See the Encryption Admin Guide for configuration information. • Direct FICON device connectivity is not supported for the HP Encryption Switch, or HP Encryption Blade for front end User Ports or rekeying, you may see failed I/Os. HP recommends that host I/O operations are quiesced and - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 35
in QoS Zones. • With Windows and Veritas Volume Manager/Veritas Dynamic Multipathing, when LUN sizes less than 400 MB are presented to the Encryption SAN Switch for encryption, a host panic can occur. Fabric OS 6.2.2f does not support this configuration. • To clean up the stale rekey information for - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 36
with HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch in Access Gateway mode. A switch having a zone object with an extra ";" or -p flag for a zone create Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1 does not perform an error check for alphanumeric characters, which can trigger loss of zone configuration after a firmware upgrade - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 37
fails after 15 minutes if external authentication, such as LDAP Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1 or Radius server, is configured. The user is not able to login using Web Tools or web page. Invalid password is reported. This issue does not occur when the CLI is used. I/O cannot resume when jamming - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 38
the QoS license is reinstalled. When a trunk master port is disabled, Fabric Watch incorrectly sets the new trunk master's health to offline and the remote side to faulty, even though the port is online. This is a Web Tools display problem with no functionality impact. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1 38 - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 39
(continued) Closed defect summary Solution Unable to get F_Ports (trunk ports) data from Web Tools, but CLI works. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1 Fabric becomes unstable after changing EX_Port trunk to E_Port trunk. Switches bounce between reachable and unreachable in edge fabric. Fixed in Fabric - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 40
OS 6.2.1b running Fabric OS 5.2.x sends an internal query to directors that were not properly set up to handle switches with more than 256 ports. Switch panic is triggered by size-64 kernel message buffer being used up in a virtual fabric with logical ISL configured. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.1b - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 41
or reboot. 8Gb blade in HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director configured for Integrated Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 Routing fails to route traffic on EX ports after firmware upgrade from 6.1 to 6.2. If there is an additional hafailover, a new device is added. Workaround prior to update: If problem has - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 42
blade (multiprotocol router blade, multiprotocol extension blade, or 10/24 FCoE blade) was brought back up, enabled, and online. FDMI: fdmid crashes when a Brocade HBA with virtual ports is connected Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 to a 4/256 SAN Director. Workaround prior to update: Log out all the - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 43
when running through Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 HP StorageWorks Encryption switch or encryption blade after bouncing 1 of the 2 connected ISLs. The 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem AG may login to DC SAN Director with wrong PWWN. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 Workaround prior to update: Reboot - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 44
c-Class BladeSystem has incomplete supportsave . Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 Workaround prior to update: Run individual command such as portstatsshow on the switch. On HP StorageWorks DC SAN or DC04 director, SwFCPortTxType MIB Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2 does not report the type of CoreBlade's ICL port - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 45
a credit problem on virtual channel 0, causing a frame drop on FCIP and FC FastWrite, and the host is unable to recognize the target. While running Fabric OS 6.2.2, the switch can panic after executing a Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2a fcplunquery or iscsicfg CLI command for the target entity on HP - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 46
2c firmware release. Table 14 Fabric OS 6.2.2c closed defects Closed defect summary Solution 8 Gb Directors with an 8 Gb blade in slot 1 or 8 Gb Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2c. switches can see a frame drop in the fabric when Workaround prior to update: Ex/VEx ports are configured in the same ASIC - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 47
4/8 SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch, or Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem. The host is unable to log in because the switch comes online as a G_Port rather than an F_Port. Weblinker processes terminate and then restart when Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2d. the DCFM management - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 48
16 (page 48) lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.2.2e firmware release. Table 16 Fabric OS 6.2.2e closed defects Closed defect summary Solution The fans on an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2e. Director Switch may erroneously be flagged as bad Workaround prior to - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 49
8/40 Base 24-ports Enabled SAN Switch, and the HP 8/40 Power Pack+ 24-ports SAN Switch. Access Gateway is not displayed by the DCFM client Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2e. when utilizing an EOS seed switch. When more than one RPC connection is established simultaneously on a switch with busy management - HP Brocade 8/12c | HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012) - Page 50
Gateway (AG) mode is enabled but the CLI no longer functions in AG mode. Switch Ethernet ports may send frames with invalid Fixed in Fabric OS 6.2.2f. Ethernet MAC addresses on the HP 8/80 48-ports SAN Switch or the HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch. There is no functional impact because of successful
HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes
HP Part Number: 5697-1756
Published: February 2012
Edition: 1