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- HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 1
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes Part number: 5697-7962 Fourth edition: January 2009 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 2
Legal and notice information © Copyright 2008-2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. © Copyright 2008-2009 Brocade Communications Sylemstems, Incorporated - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 3
providing FCR support on 8-Gb ports and blades • Fibre Channel over IP protocol (FCIP) • Traffic Isolation Zones over FCR • Port Mirroring on 8-Gb platforms • Buffer credit recovery on all 8-Gb platforms • FCIP performance enhancements • Port Fencing support in Fabric Watch HP StorageWorks Fabric OS - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 4
a set of available paths linking Access Gateway to an adjacent switch. The adjacent switch to the Access Gateway must be an HP StorageWorks switch running Fabric OS 6.1.x or later. This feature also enhances availability by enabling seamless failover of traffic from a failed N_Port to other ports in - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 5
DC SAN Director or 4/256 SAN Director chassis. Scripting Many automatic page breaks in CLI output for commands have been removed to facilitate scripting. Notification of duplicate WWN entry A RASLOG entry will occur when a switch detects that a duplicate WWN has logged in. HP StorageWorks Fabric - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 6
SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC blade (FC8-48) are supported with the 4/256 starting with Fabric OS 6.1.0a. Supported product models The following product models can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.1.1x or later: • HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E) • HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 7
(Brocade FC8-32) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC blade (Brocade FC8-48) • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gb FC ISL blade (Brocade FC10-6) Unsupported product models The following product models cannot be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.1.1x or later: • HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 8
switches: • HP StorageWorks EVA4400 embedded switch module • HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch • HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch • HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director • HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32B • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/64 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 9
connectivity modes for deployment with M-EOS-based products. All HP StorageWorks models that are supported by Fabric OS 6.1.1d support both interopmodes 2 and 3, with the exception of the HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch. Table 1 specifies the support of various Fabric OS features when operating - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 10
Fabric OS Features (supported in interopmode 0) Traffic Isolation Zones1 Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric ISL Trunking (frame level) Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange-based routing) Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port-based routing) Virtual Channels (VC RDY) FICON Management Server ( - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 11
. Prerequisites Table 2 lists the supported Fabric OS firmware versions. HP recommends using the latest supported firmware release versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. For a list of retired products, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 12
1b 5.3.2 HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks B-Series MP Router Blade (FR4-18i) HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4-Gb Blade (FC4-16) HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4-Gb Blade (FC4-32) HP StorageWorks 400 - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 13
6.0.0b blade (FC8-32) 6.1.1d HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC 6.0.0b blade (FC8-48) 6.1.1d HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gbb ISL blade (FC10-6) 6.0.0b 6.1.1d Fabric Manager 5.2.0a 5.5 Data Center Fabric Manager 10.0.2 10.1.0 4/256 SAN Director blade support Fabric - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 14
example, the FC8-32 is not supported in the 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS 6.0.x. Table 5 Power supplies required for blades in Director chassis Director blade 4/256 SAN Director DC SAN Director1 FC4-16 FC4-32 FC4-48 FC8-16 FC8-32 Two power supplies Two power supplies FC8-48 FC10-6 Four - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 15
those switches. Flow-based QoS is not supported on 8-Gb blades in the 4/256 SAN Director. Any products that are not able to operate with Fabric OS 6.x may not exist in a fabric with flow-based QoS. Major problems occur if previous generation 2-Gb products exist in the fabric. HP StorageWorks Fabric - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 16
unique. Integrated routing Ports 16-47 on the FC8-48 blade must not be used as Ex_Ports. Only ports 0-15 should be used for FCR on the 48-port blade. To allow hot code load on an HP 8/40 SAN Switch when using Integated Routing, the edge switch connected to the HP 8/40 SAN Switch must be running - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 17
scalability (24 physical fabrics, up to 9,000 switch ports). DCFM Enterprise configures and manges DCX backbones, along with HP StorageWorks directors, routers, and switches. Existing EFCM and FM customers that have active Maintenance and Support contracts are provied a seamless migration path to - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 18
or IDLE primitives as fill words. This allows frame-based trunking on extended fabric E_Ports even with IDLE primitives are configured for these ports when operating in native VC_RDY mode. Before this change, frame-based trunking was supported only when ARB primitives were used in VC_RDY mode. With - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 19
• Provides additional information on a faulty port in Fabric Watch to aid in troubleshooting. • Enables use of passive FTP to download firmware. • Enables the user to specify a quality password policy that prevents the selection of passwords with consecutive, identical characters. • Uses multiple - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 20
supported in Web Tools 6.1.1, but New, Edit Config, and Delete are available only in DCFM. In Web Tools, non-local switch port in the Fabric OS 6.1.1 firmware release. Table 9 Fabric blade (FR4-18i) due to a dead Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1. heartbeat. Link drops when FLOGI is received before the port - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 21
of McDATA and Brocade switches cannot be managed Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1. if only IPv6 addressing is supported. HBA is not following Fibre Channel protocol standards, which could Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1. cause a switch reboot. Problems in an IP network could cause a switch running Fabric OS - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 22
HP 8/80 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1a. SAN Switch, the route is affected on platforms with BI ports. setting of SCC policy fails. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1a. When transient failure occurs at the same time as core blade plug in- Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1a. sertion, frames could be dropped in the switch - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 23
Fabric OS 6.1.1b. HP 4/32B SAN Switch experienced an out-of-memory condition oper- Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1b ating in a fabric with an McDATA 2640 SAN router. CRC errors were seen on trunk ports between an HP 8/40 and 8/80 Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1b switch with a particular SFP type. GNN_ID query - HP StorageWorks 4/64 | HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.1d release notes (5697-7962 - Page 24
SAN Director 48 Port FC blade. Switch may experience timeouts and traffic interruption during HCL operation of neighboring switch with FOS v6.2.0. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1d. Observed kernel panic on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director, in RTE Fixed in Fabric OS 6.1.1d. module. During HA recovery
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Part number: 5697-7962
Fourth edition: January 2009