HP StorageWorks 2/64 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.5b Release Notes (AA-RW1WD - Page 13

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Workarounds Table 4 lists important information and workarounds. Table 4 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 Reboot or slotpower off/on ALL blades. problems, the status LEDs on all port blades blink amber every .5 seconds. Adding Advanced Performance Monitor (APM), perfAddUserMonitor, without zoning enabled at the same time will stop all frame traffic. 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 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 v5.0.5 or v5.1.0, 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. Fabric OS 5.0.5b 13

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Workarounds
Table 4
lists important information and workarounds.
Table 4 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 traffic.
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 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
v5.0.5 or v5.1.0, 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.
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