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Workarounds Table 7 lists important information and workarounds. Table 7 Important information and workarounds Issue Workaround Locked G_Port comes up as an L_Port after the server/HBA is rebooted. Lock the end device as a G_Port or portdisable/portenable the switch port once the port has become an L_Port. Though there are no environmental problems, the status LEDs on all port blades blink amber every .5 seconds. Reboot or slotpower off/on ALL blades. Adding Advanced Performance Monitor (APM), Add APM only when zoning is enabled. perfAddUserMonitor, without zoning enabled at the same time will stop all frame traffic. Links between Emulex HBAs and 4Gb Brocade switches may not automatically be re-established. This issue could occur after an error that has forced the switch and HBA to re-establish link initialization such as a cold switch reboot. To re-establish the link on the affected port without traffic disruption on other ports, issue the commands portDisable and portEnable on the affected port. Single-CP switches experience unexpected cold boot during firmware download. Before downloading firmware to a switch running any release prior to Fabric OS 5.0.5 or 5.1.0, first issue the date command to force synchronization of the hardware clock and the system clock. If the switch is running NTP, first disable NTP with the tsclockserver LOCL command, then issue the date command. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.5e release notes 11

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Workarounds
Table 7
lists important information and workarounds.
Table 7 Important information and workarounds
Issue
Workaround
Locked G_Port comes up as an L_Port after the
server/HBA is rebooted.
Lock the end device as a G_Port or
portdisable
/
portenable
the switch port
once the port has become an L_Port.
Though there are no environmental problems, the
status LEDs on all port blades blink amber every .5
seconds.
Reboot or slotpower off/on ALL blades.
Adding Advanced Performance Monitor (APM),
perfAddUserMonitor
, without zoning enabled at
the same time will stop all frame traf
fi
c.
Add APM only when zoning is enabled.
Links between Emulex HBAs and 4Gb Brocade
switches may not automatically be re-established.
This issue could occur after an error that has forced
the switch and HBA to re-establish link initialization
such as a cold switch reboot.
To re-establish the link on the affected port without
traf
fi
c disruption on other ports, issue the commands
portDisable
and
portEnable
on the affected
port.
Single-CP switches experience unexpected cold boot
during
fi
rmware download.
Before downloading
fi
rmware to a switch running any
release prior to Fabric OS 5.0.5 or 5.1.0,
fi
rst issue
the
date
command to force synchronization of the
hardware clock and the system clock.
If the switch is running NTP,
fi
rst disable NTP with
the
tsclockserver LOCL
command, then issue
the
date
command.
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