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Version

6.2.0b

NOTE:

This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards and to accepted engineering practices and
procedures.

Effective date

March 2009

Description

Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduces support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP
DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. These products provide the following features:

•

Data encryption support for B-Series fabrics

•

Key Management support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)

Fabric OS 6.2.0a integrated the following new features (these features continue to be supported in
Fabric OS 6.2.0b):

•

Support for the new HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
• 192 ports, 8–Gb technology in 8U chassis (without required front airflow mounting kit, 9U

with kit)

• Supports existing 8–Gb FC blades (16, 32, and 48 port)
• Supports existing 10–Gb 6 port ISL blade
• Supports existing Multi-protocol Router blade
• Supports ICL connectivity to other DC04 and DC SAN Backbone directors

•

Virtual Fabrics (VF)
• Full VF feature support on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, HP StorageWorks

DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN
Switch.

• Single physical chassis can be subdivided into two or more logical switches, creating a logical

fabric with other switches.

• Per-port assignment of ports to logical switches
• Shared ISLs provide connectivity for multiple logical fabrics.

•

FCR and FCIP enhancements
• FCIP (SCSI) read tape pipelining
• Enhancements to SoTCP
• LSAN tagging
• Support 

Pathinfo

 over MetaSAN

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0b release notes

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Summary of Contents for StorageWorks 4/8 - SAN Switch

Page 1: ...HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6 2 0b release notes Part number 5697 0352 Second edition March 2010 ...

Page 2: ...chnical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shal...

Page 3: ... required front airflow mounting kit 9U with kit Supports existing 8 Gb FC blades 16 32 and 48 port Supports existing 10 Gb 6 port ISL blade Supports existing Multi protocol Router blade Supports ICL connectivity to other DC04 and DC SAN Backbone directors Virtual Fabrics VF Full VF feature support on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director HP StorageWorks 8 80 S...

Page 4: ... 40 SAN Switch Miscellaneous FC ping support between switches ping switch WWN Provision of path information via CLI Frame redirection support in interopmode 3 McDATA Open Fabric Mode Support for M EOSn s 239 Domain ID mode via FCR in interopmode 3 System wide RASLOG Port auto disable support Ethernet port bonding for management ports New CLI command to configure F_Port receive buffer credits New f...

Page 5: ...on to communicate with a remote 400 Multi protocol Router through the GE ports This allows a single management station located on the WAN side of the 400 Multi protocol Router to communicate with the management interface on the CP for management tasks such as firmware downloads snmp polling snmp traps trouble shooting and configuration Enhanced Native Connectivity with McDATA products Fabric OS 6 ...

Page 6: ...ch DC Backbone Director DC04 SAN Director must have the ICL license installed in order to enable the ICL connections Available on the DC Backbone Director DC04 SAN Director only Adaptive Networking provides a rich framework of capability allowing a user to ensure high pri ority connections and obtain the network resources necessary for optimum performance even in congested environments The QoS SID...

Page 7: ...s SAN Switch 4 32B HP StorageWorks 8 40 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks 8 80 SAN Switch HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch HP StorageWorks 400 Multi protocol Router HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director 16 Port 4 Gb Blade HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director 32 Po...

Page 8: ...SAN Backbone Director Supports ICL connectivity to other HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch or DC SAN Backbone Director chassis Fabric OS 6 2 0b introduces support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade The encryption switch provides 48 Gb s of encryption processing power upgradable to 96 Gb s Industry standard AES 256 algorithms for data at re...

Page 9: ...irector Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class 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 HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Brocade DC Director Data Center Backbone HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8 Gb FC blade Brocade FC8 16 HP StorageWorks SAN Director 32 Port 8 Gb FC blade B...

Page 10: ...hich operates with XPath OS 7 4 x Brocade AP7420 IMPORTANT Any enhancements for the models listed above will be delivered in Fabric OS 3 2 x Fabric OS 5 x and XPath OS 7 4 x sustaining releases Devices supported For a list of supported devices see the HP website http www hp com go san Operating systems For a list of operating systems see the HP website http www hp com go san Access Gateway support...

Page 11: ...SAN Access Gateway leverages N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV to hide the complexity of the servers both physical and virtual attached to it while allowing easy SAN connectivity The edge fabric switch provides all fabric services while Access Gateway connects to the edge switch by what appears as a host bus adapter HBA connection This architecture allows the deployment of many additional servers with...

Page 12: ...onfiguration through a switch operating with Fabric OS 3 x in a fabric that also has products operating with newer versions of Fabric OS Prerequisites Table 1 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 IMPORTANT The Fabri...

Page 13: ... Router 6 2 0b 6 0 0b HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director 6 2 0b 6 0 0b HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8 Gb FC blade FC8 16 6 2 0b 6 0 0b HP StorageWorks SAN Director 32 Port 8 Gb FC blade FC8 32 6 2 0b 6 0 0b HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8 Gb FC blade FC8 48 6 2 0b 6 0 0b HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10 Gb ISL blade FC10 6 5 5 5 2 0a Fabric Manager1 10 1 0 10 0 2 Data Ce...

Page 14: ...ports the DC Director blades listed in Table 3 Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix Number of blades Director blade Supported with Fabric OS 6 0 0b and later with any mix and up to eight blades of each type on DC SAN Director Backbone No intermix restrictions The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6 2 0a and later and supports up to 4 blades FC8 16 FC8 32 FC8 48 FC10 6 Not supported with the...

Page 15: ...16 FC4 32 FC4 48 FC8 16 FC8 32 Two power supplies Four power supplies FC8 48 FC10 6 Two power supplies The FC4 16IP blades are not supported in the DC SAN Backbone and DC04 Directors Four power supplies FR4 18i FCIP FC Router blade FC4 16IP iSCSI blade Two power supplies Requires 220 VAC in the DC04 SAN director Not supported FS8 18 HP DC Switch Encryption FC blade 1 The DC Director can operate wi...

Page 16: ... 000 ports and DCFM Enterprise that is designed for enterprise class customers and showcases unparalleled performance and scalability 24 physical fabrics up to 9 000 switch ports DCFM Enterprise configures and manages HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Directors along with other B Series directors routers and switches and HBAs Existing EFCM and FM customers that have active Maintenance and Support co...

Page 17: ...e or interopmode 3 Open Fabric Mode with Fabric OS 6 2 0b Table 5 Feature support in interopmodes 2 and 3 Fabric OS 6 2 0x Fabric OS Features supported in interopmode 0 IM 3 IM 2 IM interopmode Yes Yes L2 Fabric OS Hot Code Load Yes Yes Fabric OS Hot Code Load with FCR Yes1 Yes Zone Activation Support No Yes Traffic Isolation Zones2 Yes1 Yes Frame Redirection devices attached to Fabric OS 2 Yes1 Y...

Page 18: ... Demand POD Yes Yes NPIV No No Timer Server Function NTP N A N A Open E_Port10 No No Broadcast Zoning No No FDMI No No Remote Switch Yes Yes Port Mirroring Yes11 Yes Extended Fabrics No No Alias Server No No Platform Service Yes Yes FCIP VE_Ports Yes12 Yes12 IPFC IP over FC Yes Yes M EOS ALPA 0x13 configuration Yes Yes VE to VEX Port Yes Yes Integrated Routing4 No No Domain Offset Support Yes13 N ...

Page 19: ...ing Fabric OS 6 2 NOTE FICON Cascaded CUP is qualified only on select platforms Firmware upgrades and downgrades Upgrading to Fabric OS 6 2 0b is allowed only from Fabric OS 6 1 0a or later The policy to support only one level migration which began with Fabric OS 6 0 0 provides more reliable and robust migrations for customers By having fewer major changes in internal databases configurations and ...

Page 20: ...25 and note what has changed in order to assess the impact to your fabric To access the latest Fabric OS 6 2 0b firmware configuration files and MIB files see the HP website http www hp com support downloads At the website 1 User Storage select Storage Networking 2 Select the link for the appropriate switch select your product and then select Cross operating system BIOS firmware Diagnostics etc 3 ...

Page 21: ...is not allowed with Default Zoning all access in IM0 and default zone in IM2 This was allowed in prior releases There is no software enforcement to block the upgrade Adaptive networking flow based QoS prioritization When using QoS in a fabric with 4G ports or switches Fabric OS 6 0 or later versions must be installed on all products in order to pass QoS info E_Ports from the HP StorageWorks DC SAN...

Page 22: ... To test Integrated Routing functionality disable the VF feature fosconfig disable vf first Integrated Routing and TopTalkers are not concurrently supported in Fabric OS 6 2 x To use In tegrated Routing be sure to disable TopTalkers before configuring EX_Ports Access gateway When in Access Gateway mode the Automatic Port Configuration policy may not work when attached to M EOS switches M EOS ports...

Page 23: ...all port mirror resources must stay within the same ASIC port group The resources are the configure mirror port Source Device and Destination Device or ISL if the Destination Device is located on another switch The ASIC port groups are 0 15 16 31 32 47 48 63 and 64 79 The routes will be broken if the port mirror resources are spread across multiple port groups Port Mirroring is not supported on a ...

Page 24: ...ode With Fabric OS 6 2 x frame based Trunking is supported on Extended Fabrics E_Ports even if IDLE or ARB primitives are used when operating in native VC_RDY mode Implementation The portcfglongdistance CLI parameter VC Translation Link Init is now overloaded to specify whether the long distance link should use IDLE or ARB primitives By default vc_init is enabled When vc_init is enabled the long d...

Page 25: ... were manually changed to arb ff mode 1 then they remain at arb ff Can be changed by the user All ports default to idle mode 0 regardless of what FOS was previ ously installed unless manually changed to arb ff previously mode 1 then it will remain arb ff Can be changed by the user 6 1 2x and 6 2 0d through 6 2 x 0 IDLE for Link Init IDLE for fill word 1 ARB FF for Link Init ARB FF for fill word NO...

Page 26: ...mparable to the Device Accessibility Matrix when all devices are selected Zone Admin Device accessibility matrix Monitor Logs Events Monitor Fabric events Fabric events Monitor Reports Fabric Summary report Reports Fabric summary Fabric summary Viewing FCIP tun nels is still suppor ted in Web Tools 6 1 1 but New Edit Config and Delete are avail able only in DCFM Configure FCIP tunnel Port Admin Mo...

Page 27: ...ays ensure that any previously committed LUN configurations or LUN modifications have taken effect before committing additional LUN configurations or additions All LUNs should be in an Encryption Enabled state before committing additional LUN modifications Avoid changing the configuration of any LUN that belongs to a Crypto Target Container LUN configuration while the re keying process for that LU...

Page 28: ...ocfg disableEE slot no should be used only to disable encryption and security capabilities of the EE from the Fabric OS Security Admin in the event of a security compromise When disabling the encryption capabilities of the EE using the noted commands the EE should not be hosting any CTCs Ensure that all CTCs hosted on the HP Encryption Switch or HP Encryption Blade are either removed or moved to a...

Page 29: ...d in the Fabric OS 6 2 0 firmware release Table 8 Fabric OS 6 2 0 closed defects Solution Closed defect summary Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Add Other Port button can be used to add ports Tthis is available in the ADD TI Zone window Add Member button is disabled while creating a new TI Zone when the switch is in VF mode Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade W...

Page 30: ...bric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade After locating the device ID disable and then enable that device In rare instances the Name Server DB is out of sync between FOS and EOS switches in interop mode 3 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Only LDAP certificates with cer ex tension is supported so use the ldapcert option for importing cer certificates Seccertutil show does not d...

Page 31: ...e as an N Port N Port between AG and Edge Switch 300 may become stuck at E Port Unknown state D Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Fastboot a single time After multiple successive fastboots of an HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director there was a panic due to the zone daemon dying Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 FICON PTP VTS Selective Resets and Aborted sequences caused by incorrect entry i...

Page 32: ... DC SAN Backbone Director fan fault errors Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Execute portdisable porten able of F_Ports or switchdis able switchenable or reboot the switch Under some conditions N_Port Failover may not work when swapping trunked and non trunked N_Ports on an Access Gateway Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Use auto_elp mode Auto_ELP setting for...

Page 33: ...HP StorageWorks 400 Multi protocol Router panicked after TI zone activation Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Do not configure an FCIP Tunnel B Series Multi protocol Router blade faulted after overnight stress testing Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Received error message with high temperature 89 on edge HP Stor ageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director in fabric Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Worka...

Page 34: ...ase Routing topologyshow always shows None for the In Port field on HP StorageWorks 8 8 8 24 and 8 40 SAN Switches Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 HCL on switch continues if sent Pause frame is rejected by attached M EOS switch HCL on switch will sometimes continue even when a sent Pause frame is rejected by another switch in the fabric Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 N_Port on Edge_AG_200E_PG got disabled with...

Page 35: ... 6 2 0 Fabric Mode TT displays redundant flows with different values for the same SID DID pair on the core switches when there are redundant trunk groups to the same edge domain Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Perform switchdisable and switchenable to force a rebalance of the routes DLS ON does not rebalance when ISLs to a different switch are re moved on HP StorageWorks DC SA...

Page 36: ...enerate the csr file Seccertutil gencsr is not accepted in non interactive mode if parameter has a space in it Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 IPAD FFDC error occurred after reboot of HP StorageWorks 4 8 or 4 16 SAN Switch Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Clean install HP StorageWorks 8 80 SAN Switch licenses disappeared and user is not able to re install them Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0...

Page 37: ...d in Fabric OS 6 2 0 CP card of HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director is set to FAULTY 51 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 HP StorageWorks 8 8 8 24 8 40 and 8 80 SAN switches when normal fan activity is interrupted the high RPM fan rate cycle time takes 1 hour Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 RLS request from FICON host receives LS_RJT 031F in Interopmode 2 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 FMS Mode enable failed due to insu...

Page 38: ...nload Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Conversion of uwatt to dbm for GE ports Tx Rx values shown in Web Tools are incorrect Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Turn on the power switch as soon as possible after inserting a fan power supply unit into the system HP StorageWorks 8 40 SAN Switch FRU faulty status is not recovered correctly Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade...

Page 39: ...ming portdisable on N Ports and then hareboot the 8 8 or 8 24 SAN Switch AG caused unexpected termination of AGD Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Audit Log ZONE 3001 not generated when a member is added to TI Zone Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 The topologyshow command cannot show the In ports mapped to Out port in port based routing policy Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Reduce the committ...

Page 40: ...xed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Initiator does not log into target several hours into ISL failover stress test that forces host path failover Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Trying to enable a LUN on a member node fails stating Specified target not hosted by local node Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Configdownload fails for fdd parameters from Fabric OS 6 1 1 to v6 2 0 through CAL Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 With default ...

Page 41: ...rs Workaround prior to upgrade Activate the same PDCM Matrix from Web Tools with Active Save Mode check from Edit CUP Port Connectivity configuration window Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0b When activating a saved PDCM Matrix from activate CUP Port Connectivity Configuration dialog in Web Tools with Act ive Save Mode checked Web Tools displays an error Workaround prior to upgrade The switch name can be d...

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