HP XP20000/XP24000 HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch release notes ( - Page 7

Supported configurations, Enhancements, Increased fabric size support, Transparent Router, Fixes

Get HP XP20000/XP24000 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP XP20000/XP24000 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 7 highlights

• Citrix Xen Enterprise • Integrated Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise For the most recent information on supported operating systems, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide on the HP website http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide, the SPOCK website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock, or contact an HP storage representative. Supported configurations For supported configuration information, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, available on the HP website http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide or the SPOCK website at http:/ /www.hp.com/storage/spock. Enhancements This section describes enhancements for the firmware 8.0.4.04.00 release. Increased fabric size support The H-series switches now support fabrics with a maximum of 30 switches and a maximum of seven hops (eight switches) between any two communicating devices. Transparent Router Transparent Router (TR) functionally provides seamless and transparent connectivity of H-series switches to HP B-series fabrics and HP C-series fabrics. TR functionality allows each 8 Gb/s port on the H-series switch to be configured as a TR port, enabling the sharing of server and storage resources between SANs through the industry-standard NPIV protocol. TR functionality eliminates the support and management challenges of E_Port switch interoperability. TR functionality also provides a higher level of security by ensuring that only customer-specified devices are visible and shareable between fabrics. For more information on supported B-series or C-series switches, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide located on the HP website http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide or contact an HP storage representative. Fixes The following issues have been fixed in this release (since the release of firmware version 8.0.2.02.00). • The PortWWN field in the Devices tab in QuickTools did not always update to show N/Awhen a port was configured as a Donor port. • When the maximum SMI-S connections are configured, the SMI-S listener could timeout and E_Ports could be taken offline and then back online. • A switch port connected to an HP StorageWorks 81E PCle FC HBA (LPe12000 HBA) or HP Stor- ageWorks 82E PCle FC HBA (Lpe12002 HBA) reported bad frames, CRC, or Decode errors when the switch port was set offline, and then back online. • QuickTools was unable to rename the New Folder created in a save dialog box due to a Sun Java bug #6709449, which was introduced in version 1.6.0_04. • In QuickTools, if the open file option in the edit zoning dialog was chosen, text disappeared when the scroll bar was used to see files to the right due to Sun Java bugs #6684952 and #6578753, which were introduced in 1.6.0_02. HP StorageWorks H-series SN6000 and 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch Release Notes 7

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
•
Citrix Xen Enterprise
•
Integrated Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise
For the most recent information on supported operating systems, see the
HP StorageWorks SAN
Design Reference Guide
on the HP website
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/go/s
ande
si
gngui
de
, the SPOCK
website at
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/s
t
o
r
age/s
poc
k
, or contact an HP storage representative.
Supported configurations
For supported configuration information, see the
HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide
,
available on the HP website
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/go/s
ande
si
gngui
de
or the SPOCK website at
h
t
tp:/
/w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/s
t
o
r
age/s
poc
k
.
Enhancements
This section describes enhancements for the firmware 8.0.4.04.00 release.
Increased fabric size support
The H-series switches now support fabrics with a maximum of 30 switches and a maximum of seven
hops (eight switches) between any two communicating devices.
Transparent Router
Transparent Router (TR) functionally provides seamless and transparent connectivity of H-series switches
to HP B-series fabrics and HP C-series fabrics. TR functionality allows each 8 Gb/s port on the H-series
switch to be configured as a TR port, enabling the sharing of server and storage resources between
SANs through the industry-standard NPIV protocol. TR functionality eliminates the support and
management challenges of E_Port switch interoperability. TR functionality also provides a higher level
of security by ensuring that only customer-specified devices are visible and shareable between fabrics.
For more information on supported B-series or C-series switches, see the
HP StorageWorks SAN
Design Reference Guide
located on the HP website
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/go/s
ande
si
gngui
de
or
contact an HP storage representative.
Fixes
The following issues have been fixed in this release (since the release of firmware version 8.0.2.02.00).
•
The PortWWN field in the Devices tab in QuickTools did not always update to show
N/A
when a
port was configured as a Donor port.
•
When the maximum SMI-S connections are configured, the SMI-S listener could timeout and E_Ports
could be taken offline and then back online.
•
A switch port connected to an HP StorageWorks 81E PCle FC HBA (LPe12000 HBA) or HP Stor-
ageWorks 82E PCle FC HBA (Lpe12002 HBA) reported bad frames, CRC, or Decode errors when
the switch port was set offline, and then back online.
•
QuickTools was unable to rename the New Folder created in a save dialog box due to a Sun
Java bug #6709449, which was introduced in version 1.6.0_04.
•
In QuickTools, if the open file option in the edit zoning dialog was chosen, text disappeared when
the scroll bar was used to see files to the right due to Sun Java bugs #6684952 and #6578753,
which were introduced in 1.6.0_02.
HP StorageWorks H-series SN6000 and 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch Release Notes
7