Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 300, Release Notes

Page 1: ...ocade Fabric OS v7 1 0a Release Notes v1 0 January 22 2013 Document History Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Brocade Fabric OS v7 1 0a Release Notes v1 0 Initial Release January 22 2013 ...

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Page 3: ...Enhancements 10 Access Gateway Enhancements 11 Various RAS Enhancements 11 Encryption Platform Enhancements 13 Miscellaneous Enhancements 14 Optionally Licensed Software 16 Temporary License Support 18 Other Licensing Changes 18 Supported Switches 19 Standards Compliance 19 Technical Support 19 FOS Migration Considerations 21 FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations 21 Recommended Migratio...

Page 4: ...0 and FX8 24 35 FCoE DCB CEE Brocade 8000 and FCOE10 24 35 FCR and Integrated Routing 37 Forward Error Correction FEC 37 FICON 37 FL_Port Loop Support 37 ICLs on DCX DCX 4S 38 Native Connectivity M EOS interoperability 38 Port Initialization 38 Port Mirroring 38 Port Statistics 38 Virtual Fabrics 39 Zoning 39 Miscellaneous 39 Defects 41 Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7 1 0a 41 ...

Page 5: ...e end of these notes contains a list of the additional defects closed with Fabric OS v7 1 0a since the release of Fabric OS v7 1 0 New Hardware Support FOS v7 1 introduces support for the following new 16G FC hardware platform Brocade 6520 Enterprise class FC switch platform that offers the following capabilities Supports 96 x 16G FC front end ports that support 2G 4G 8G 10G 16G speeds 48 port bas...

Page 6: ...n support enhancements Performance optimization enhancements on FC long distance ISLs FOS security enhancements Addition of TACACS support Support for Open LDAP FCIP platform enhancements Virtual Fabrics support on the Brocade 7800 platform IPsec support on VE ports 22 31 of FX8 24 supported only on new FX8 24 SKUs Various FCIP RAS enhancements Scalability Enhancement Support for up to 2MB zone da...

Page 7: ...rt Between 16G AG and another 16G AG D_Port between 16G Switch and Brocade 16G FC Adapter FOS v7 1 0 enhances the D_Port support between a Brocade 16G FC Adapter and a Brocade 16G FC switch This enhancement includes support for the Dynamic D_Port mode which does not require any D_Port configuration at the adapter This functionality also requires Brocade HBA driver v3 2 In Flight Encryption and Com...

Page 8: ...fers and another option to configure the frame size for LD and LS modes Display of average buffer usage and average frame size in portbuffershow output A new command portBufferCalc to calculate the number of buffers required on a long distance port by providing the distance speed and average frame size FOS Security Enhancements TACACS Support In addition to RADIUS and LDAP FOS v7 1 also supports T...

Page 9: ...ckpoint for the tunnel circuits and the TCP connections while the lifetime option allows the user to see statistics related to the lifetime of the tunnel circuits and TCP connections These enhancements allow users to see statistics that represent a specific time period for tunnel s circuit s and TCP connections FCIP Enforcement of ED_TOV Error Detection Time Out Value for FC frames Starting with F...

Page 10: ...ata including the device PID and zone alias The domain and index can be either of the local switch or a remote switch Add a new option domain to the nsAliasShow command to display a remote device s details for that particular domain in the fabric Add a new command to take WWNs PIDs as input parameters and display the zones they belong to This will display both the regular and the special zones The...

Page 11: ...and another 16G AG FEC support on links between 16G AG and Brocade 16G HBA requires HBA driver 3 2 or later Credit Recovery Support in AG FOS v7 1 adds support for buffer credit loss recovery on Access Gateway This is aimed at automatically recovering buffer credits and ensuring optimum performance Credit recovery is supported in Access Gateway mode on both 8G and 16G FC platforms This feature is ...

Page 12: ...sage text message type class for audit messages message severity cause and action on the switch console by using the rasMan message_ID command Errdump CLI Enhancement New options have been added to the existing errDump command in FOS v7 1 to filter RASlog messages according to slot severity etc CLI History Enhancements Starting with FOS v7 1 CLI history will be persistent across reboot and firmwar...

Page 13: ...enc_out bad_os and pcs_err Counters after Port Online FOS v7 1 has been enhanced to update enc_out bad_os and pcs_err counters only after a port has come online This ensures that users are not misled by the values these counters may have had before a port is fully online Encryption Platform Enhancements FOS v7 1 implements the following enhancements for the BES FS8 18 platforms Thin Provisioning S...

Page 14: ...s trunk members but if not all members of that trunk group are in the same TI zone then there is a possibility of routing issues if the members in the TI zone fail FOS v7 1 tries to detect such mis configurations upfront and warn users about this condition via the ZONE_1061 RASlog message Add Support for switchCfgPersistentDisable set option In pre FOS v7 1 on executing the switchCfgPersistentDisa...

Page 15: ... Release Notes v1 0 Page 15 of 41 SuperPing Enhancements In FOS v7 1 SuperPing for FCIP supports the following features Traverse all possible FCIP links based on FCIP routing Display all possible VE and GE link in path ...

Page 16: ... throughout the environment This license is used in conjunction with Brocade Network Advisor application software and is applicable to all FC platforms supported by FOS v7 0 or later Adaptive Networking with QoS Adaptive Networking provides a rich framework of capability allowing a user to ensure high priority connections obtain the bandwidth necessary for optimum performance even in congested env...

Page 17: ...6 xx Enables 10G FC capability on an FC16 xx blade in a slot that has this license Brocade 6510 Brocade 6520 Enables 10G FC capability on the switch Advanced FICON Acceleration This licensed feature uses specialized data management techniques and automated intelligence to accelerate FICON tape read and write and IBM Global Mirror data replication operations over distance while maintaining the inte...

Page 18: ...license Advanced Extension license Advanced FICON Acceleration license 10GbE FCIP 10G Fibre Channel license FICON Management Server CUP license Enterprise ICL license Note Temporary Licenses for features available on a per slot basis enable the feature for any and all slots in the chassis Temporary and Universal Temporary licenses have durations and expiration dates established in the licenses the...

Page 19: ...02 1Q VLAN Tagging IEEE 802 1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging IEEE 802 1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port IEEE 802 1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP IEEE 802 3x Flow Control Pause Frames The following draft versions of the Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE and Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Standards are also supported on the Brocade 8000 and FCOE10 24 blade IEEE 802 1Qb...

Page 20: ...e left and also on the bottom of the chassis Brocade DCX DCX 8510 8 Bottom right of the port side Brocade DCX 4S DCX 8510 4 Back upper left under the power supply 3 World Wide Name WWN When the Virtual Fabric feature is enabled on a switch each logical switch has a unique switch WWN Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN If you cannot use the wwn command because the switch is inoperable you...

Page 21: ...lose attention to the following before upgrading the DCX 8510 platforms to FOS v7 1 0a If the upgrade on a DCX 8510 from FOS v7 0 0x to FOS v7 1 0a is blocked due to the absence of the EICL license users must first upgrade the DCX 8510 to FOS v7 0 1x or later install the EICL license on the DCX 8510 and then proceed with upgrading the firmware to FOS v7 1 0a Migrating from FOS v7 0 1x or 7 0 2x An...

Page 22: ...v6 4 1a or later they then must be upgraded to FOS v7 0 x before non disruptively upgrading to FOS v7 1 0 Upgrading these platforms from any FOS V6 4 x release lower than FOS v6 4 1a to FOS v7 0 x will cause disruption to FC traffic Any 8G platform operating at FOS v6 4 1a or later versions of FOS v6 4 x must be upgraded to FOS v7 0 x or later before non disruptively upgrading to FOS v7 1 0 Migrat...

Page 23: ...anages one FOS fabric at a time and up to 1 000 switch ports It provides support for Brocade FC switches Brocade HBAs CNAs and Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE switches Network Advisor Professional Plus a SAN management application designed for medium size businesses or departmental SANs for managing up to thirty six physical or virtual fabrics FOS and up to 2 560 switch ports It supports Brocade ...

Page 24: ...tive end of life dates for all versions of Fabric OS visit the following Brocade Web site http www brocade com support end_of_life jsp Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade 2000 series switches Not supported end of support December 2007 Brocade 3200 3800 Direct E port connections are not supported must use FCR Brocade 3000 Direct E port connections are not supported must use FCR v3 2...

Page 25: ...n the M EOS fabric must have a FOS based product in order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric 2 When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow 3 These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows 4 McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with FOS based routing FCR for connections to the ...

Page 26: ...ed and supports the blades for the DCX DCX 4S noted in the following table DCX DCX 4S Blade Support Matrix 16 32 48 and 64 port 8Gbit port blades FC8 16 FC8 32 FC8 48 FC8 64 Supported with FOS v6 0 and above FC8 64 requires FOS v6 4 with any mix and up to 8 4 of each No restrictions around intermix Intelligent blade Up to a total of 8 4 intelligent blades See below for maximum supported limits of ...

Page 27: ...8G blades Supported starting with FOS v7 0 11 FC10 6 Not supported Intelligent blade Up to a total of 8 4 intelligent blades See below for maximum supported limits of each blade FCIP FC Router blade FR4 18i Not supported Virtualization Application Blade FA4 18 Not supported Encryption Blade FS8 18 Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type Next Generation Distance Extension Blade FX8 24 Up to a maxi...

Page 28: ...wer Supplies FS8 18 FX8 24 FCOE10 24 Intelligent Blade Not Supported DCX 2 or 4 Power Supplies DCX 4S 2 Power Supplies For DCX with three or more FS8 18 Blades 2 2 220VAC Power Supplies are required for redundancy For DCX with one or two FS8 18 Blades 2 220VAC Power Supplies are required for redundancy For DCX 4S 2 220VAC Power Supplies provide redundant configuration with any supported number of ...

Page 29: ... 32 port blades 256 8Gb ports QSFP ICLs FC8 32E FC8 48E Maximum of fully populated FC8 32E blades Port Blade 4 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies 200 240VAC 1 1 Power Supplies 110VAC 2 21 Power Supplies Max 8 FC8 32E port blades 192 16Gb Ports max 2 intelligent blades FX8 24 FS8 18 combination with QSFP ICLs FC16 32 FC16 48 FX8 24 FS8 18 Port Intelligent Blade 4 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies 200 24...

Page 30: ...8Gb ports QSFP ICLs FC8 32E FC8 48E Port Blade Not Supported 4 Power Supplies 200 240VAC For DCX 8510 8 four 2 2 1 220V AC Power Supplies are required Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports and intelligent blades with QSFP ICLs FC16 32 FC16 48 FC8 64 FC8 32E FC8 48E FS8 18 FX8 24 Intelligent Blade Combination Not Supported 4 Power Supplies For DCX 8510 8 four 2 2 1 220V AC Power Supplies are require...

Page 31: ...to the Brocade Scalability Guidelines document available under the Technology and Architecture Resources section at http www brocade com compatibility Other Important Notes and Recommendations Adaptive Networking Flow Based QoS Prioritization Any 8G or 4G FC platform running FOS v6 2 2e or lower version of firmware cannot form an E port with a 16G FC platform when Adaptive Networking QoS is enable...

Page 32: ... vaults instead of remote desktop If remote desktop is used customer may encounter the following errors related to smart card reader Error communicating with smart card reader Card reader already in use by default key Unable to complete TEP TAP process as window for selecting card and entering password does not appear Please refer to SafeNet Keysecure install documentation for setting up and initi...

Page 33: ...r FOS v7 0 or later that supports this feature Note all nodes in the EG must be running FOS v6 3 0 or later for system verification to be properly supported The Brocade Encryption switch and FS8 18 blade do not support QoS When using encryption or Frame Redirection participating flows should not be included in QoS Zones HP SKM ESKM are supported with Multiple Nodes and Dual SKM ESKM Key Vaults Two...

Page 34: ...guration before adding an initiator into a crypto container If crypto commit operation is performed without regular zones for Host and Target frame redirection zones will not be created Hosts and targets must be zoned together by worldwide port name WWPN rather than worldwide node name WWNN in configurations where frame redirection will be used In FOS 7 1 0 the encryption FPGA has been upgraded to...

Page 35: ...nd FCOE10 24 When upgrading a Brocade 8000 or DCX DCX 4S with one or more FCOE10 24 blades from FOS v6 x to FOS v7 0 0 or later the user should carefully review Chapter 5 of the FOS v7 0 0 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator s Guide FOS v7 0 or later supports a new optimized model for provisioning FCoE with fewer configuration steps to enable FCoE on DCB ports These changes do not allow the ...

Page 36: ...pgrade is completed to get the DCX DCX 4S to the same startup configuration as in the older release It is recommended that Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants be disabled on CEE interfaces that are connected to an FCoE device The Fabric Provided MAC Address FPMA and the Fibre Channel Identifier FCID assigned to a VN_Port cannot be associated with any single front end CEE port on which the FLOG...

Page 37: ...cific configuration won t get applied Later when FCOE10 24 blade is powered on all physical interfaces will come up with default configurations User can execute copy startup config running config command to apply the new configuration after powering on the FCOE10 24 blade When IGMP Snooping is disabled on a VLAN all configured IGMP groups are removed from that VLAN User has to reconfigure the IGMP...

Page 38: ...is allowed via Integrated Routing platforms using FOS v7 0 x or earlier firmware Port Initialization Users may observe that a port is in Port Throttled state when an F_Port is being initialized This is mostly an informational message that is shown in switchshow output indicating systematic initialization of F_Ports However a port may remain in Port Throttled state for an extended period of time an...

Page 39: ...h FOS v6 2 0 or later This behavioral change in saved zone alias WWN members will not impact most environments However in a scenario where a switch with a zone alias WWN member with upper case characters saved on the switch with pre FOS v6 2 0 code is merged with a switch with the same alias member WWN in lower case characters the merge will fail since the switches do not recognize these zoning co...

Page 40: ... Brocade 6505 Firmware upgrade from v7 1 0 to a later release on Brocade 6520 The QSFP information in the sfpshow output will indicate the ID field as all zeros This is as designed ras080 FID128 root sfpshow 5 32 QSFP No 8 Channel No 0 Identifier 13 QSFP Connector 12 MPO Parallel Optic Transceiver 0000000000000000 16_Gbps id It is recommended that for directors with more than 300 E_Ports the switc...

Page 41: ...2 port blade Symptom RASLog message C2 5825 Detect CRC error with good EOF displayed Probability Medium Feature FOS Software Function OS Configuration Reported In Release FOS6 4 2 Service Request ID 1035401 Defect ID DEFECT000435414 Technical Severity Medium Summary Error log content is getting cleared of prior messages when migrating to FOS 7 1 0 Symptom After successful firmwaredownload upgrade ...