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HP StorageWorks
B-series Data Center Fabric Manager
Enterprise, Professional Plus, and
Professional

V10.3.4 Release Notes

Part Number: 5697-0436
Fifth edition: April 2010

Summary of Contents for Deskjet 812c

Page 1: ...HP StorageWorks B series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise Professional Plus and Professional V10 3 4 Release Notes Part Number 5697 0436 Fifth edition April 2010 ...

Page 2: ...ce information Copyright 2009 2010 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Copyright 2009 2010 Brocade Communications Systems Incorporated Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation ...

Page 3: ...ized businesses or departmental storage networks Uses the same binary as DCFM Enterprise but with limited features and scalability Supports up to 4 fabrics and 2 560 switch ports Supports the same hardware platforms as DCFM Enterprise with the exception of the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Supports fabrics that contain only M EOS switches Does not support FICON Can be upgraded to DCFM E...

Page 4: ...error Run time Errors Too long error End to end HBA to switch group management Host based Discovery single host or multiple host through IP list or CSV import requires HCM 2 0 or later Discovery of Brocade adapters using JSON RPC Host based topology views Server to HBA automatic mapping Properties Events integration Statistics collection and display End to end configuration host and switch ports f...

Page 5: ...HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch and HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade Comprehensive FCIP Tunnels Configuration dialog replaces existing FCIP Tunnel wizard Enhancements for Circuit Properties Tunnel Properties Connection Properties Switch Properties Flyovers and the Topology view Ability to view all tunnels discovered by DCFM across all fabrics Introduced Circu...

Page 6: ...ent improvements Receive syslog events from HBAs Increased the default value of the maximum number of events stored in the database from 10 000 to 20 000 with a maximum supported value of 50 000 Added support to optionally back up the FTP folder Technical Support folder and Trace dump folder System Monitor process improvement Generates a Master Log event when memory usage is 80 and disk space usag...

Page 7: ...maximum configurable limit is 50 000 in DCFM Enterprise and Professional Plus DCFM Active Sessions enhancements Now shows active client sessions logged in to the DCFM server Users with Active Session Management privilege set to Read Write can disconnect active clients Switch Configuration Management improvements Added a Configuration Type column to identify the configuration file type as CEE or FC...

Page 8: ...ch Brocade 300 4 HP StorageWorks 8 40 SAN Switch Brocade 5100 4 HP StorageWorks 8 80 SAN Switch Brocade 5300 4 HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2 64 Brocade 12000 HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2 128 Brocade 24000 HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director Brocade 48000 HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director 16 Port 4Gb Blade FC4 16 HP StorageWorks 4 256 SAN Director 32 Port 4Gb Blade FC4 32 HP StorageWorks 4 256 SA...

Page 9: ...deSystem Brocade 4012 HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module Brocade 5410 11 Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class Brocade 5480 12 FOS 5 2 x 5 3 x 6 0 x 6 1 x 6 2 x and 6 3 x HP StorageWorks Director 2 64 2 140 Brocade M6064 and M6140 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 16 Sphereon 3216 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 32 Sphereon 3232 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 12 Sphereon 4300 Sphe...

Page 10: ...ature summary for DCFM Table 3 lists the DCFM supported features Table 3 Supported DCFM features DCFM Enterprise DCFM Professional Plus DCFM Professional Feature 24 4 1 Number of fabrics M EOS FOS Mixed M EOS FOS Mixed FOS Type of fabric supported 9 000 FOS 5 000 M EOS Mixed 2 560 1 000 Number of ports Yes Yes Yes 4 Gb and 8 Gb Switches Yes Yes Yes DC SAN Director 10 24 FCoE Blade 2408 FCoE Conver...

Page 11: ...uals Under User guide select the appropriate edition NOTE Install DCFM on a dedicated machine that is not running any other server applications such as another database server New OUI support on B series platforms The OUI value is part of a Fibre Channel WWN that uniquely identifies the manufacturer of Fibre Channel products The OUI values assigned to Brocade are used by Fabric OS to validate cert...

Page 12: ...JRE V1 6 0 Update 13 is required Using a JRE version earlier than V1 6 0 Update 13 can cause the following problems The remote client fails to launch with a Java webstart exception The remote client cannot be upgraded or downgraded The DCFM server client and B series Element Manager crash on launch If your system has a JRE version earlier than JRE V1 6 0_13 when launching the remote client the bro...

Page 13: ...lesystems EX_Port disabled when configuring routing domain IDs After selecting an edge fabric and launching the Routing Domain IDs dialog if you select all front domains and Xlate domains and then add domain IDs clicking OK disables the EX_Ports and displays the following message EX_PORT ISOLATE Removing switches If you plan to segment and remove more than two switches from a fabric and you have H...

Page 14: ...he information after the discovery is complete Encryption configuration has limited support The current commit limitation of a total of 25 LUN transactions add update and remove can cause delays in registering changes for LUN provisioning To avoid this situation HP recommends that you commit each transaction before making additional changes Incorrect discovery status displayed for VF enabled switc...

Page 15: ...est version manually Empty LAG creation If a dot1x enabled port is assigned to an LAG an empty LAG is created NOTE If a two port combination of dot1x enabled and dot1x disabled are added to an LAG only the dot1x disabled ports are added to the LAG HP recommends that you verify the dot1x status on the port before assigning it to an LAG Duplicate tunnels appear in the FCIP Tunnel dialog after creati...

Page 16: ...the Topology After an Access Gateway is converted to switch mode it still appears as Access Gateway In a migrated server if Access Gateway mode is disabled in the discovered fabric it continues to appear as Access Gateway and the end device to which it is connected is not displayed HP recommends that you unmonitor and then remonitor the fabric Access Gateway to switch connection is not displayed a...

Page 17: ...t 514 changed in VMware the HCM Agent must be restarted VMware ESX 3 5 4 blocks the Syslog outgoing port 514 by default If you are using a Syslog Host configuration or HCM as part of DCFM the firewall must be configured to allow outgoing port 514 for Syslog Use the command esxcfgfirewall o 514 udp out syslog to open port 514 and the command esxcfgfirewall c 514 udp out syslog to block outgoing tra...

Page 18: ...CFM server IP System IP address It will update the FTP Server IP address with the current IP address To update the FTP server table with a new IP Address 1 Browse to DCFM_Home location db Sybase Central 5 0 0 win32 2 Click scjview exe to launch the DB application 3 From the menu bar select Connections Connect with SQL Anywhere 10 The Connect window opens 4 On the identification tab enter dcfm in t...

Page 19: ...ey start automatically after installation Migrating from an earlier version You can migrate directly to DCFM 10 3 4 Enterprise from DCFM 10 3 x 10 0 2 or 10 1 x Enterprise or from EFCM 9 6 x 9 7 x or Fabric Manager 5 4 5 5 For more data migration and installation information see the DCFM Migration and Transition Guide Installation procedures To install DCFM Enterprise Professional Plus or Professi...

Page 20: ...ments and then click Download drivers and software Under Select your product select HP StorageWorks B series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise Software Under Select operating system click Cross operating system BIOS Firmware Diagnostics etc and then select your product 2 Navigate to the Solaris folder 3 Execute Install bin 4 Follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation Launching...

Page 21: ... 4 For more information see the DCFM Administrator s Guide If you install DCFM server on a Windows host that has antivirus software you must disable the antivirus software during the installation Install DCFM server on a dedicated machine that is not running any other server applications DCFM is supported on Windows Red Hat Linux and SUSE server guest operating systems that run with VMware ESX 3 5...

Page 22: ...is enabled in Windows 2008 If you attempt to launch client from the 2008 host to another host in which the Management application server is running the following warning message appears You are attempting to download a file from a site that is not part of your Trusted Sites and that may be different from the Web site you are viewing To download the client click Add to add the site Server IP on whi...

Page 23: ...tly in the Trace Route summary Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 If built in FTP is selected in the Solaris Professional edition technical support data fails and an event is generated in the Master Log Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Link key is present on the Encryption Engine after a zeroization is nl initiated from DCFM Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 After migrating from EFCM to DCFM the Topology does not show any I O flow Fixe...

Page 24: ...nt to be able to save zoning information without activating it Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 If you attempt to configure tunnels in a FICON environment with VLANs and VEX ports there is no warning message to inform you that this configuration is not supported in FICON Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 You cannot view the DCFM Master Log until after you restart the client Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The Active Zone Config Repo...

Page 25: ... after it has been running for several days results in a software verify error The user cannot log in to WebTools prior to restarting Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Clicking Modify in the Replication Wizard Select Source Switch step does not launch WebTools Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 You can launch the Top Talkers dialog for HP StorageWorks 4 8 and 4 16 SAN Switches even though the function is not supported for t...

Page 26: ...rics only the IP address is dis played FID 1 should be displayed as well Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 After canceling the Configuration wizard and restarting the command window appears in the background instead of the foreground Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The Cascaded FICON Merge Wizard Help page does not open Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 If EFCM roles or group names exceed 128 characters migrating to DCFM fails Fixed ...

Page 27: ...ting error message causes DCFM to become nl unresponsive Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 nl Workaround prior to this version nl Bring the switch online manually If the switch configuration download fails the switch should come back online However if it does not DCFM continues to show the switch as online even though it is offline Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 DCFM allows users to enter duplicate names in new server a...

Page 28: ...g from M EOS 9 7 3 the ISLs take a long time to appear in the Topology Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 If you right click a 10 GbE TE port and then click Modify the Port Administration WebTools dialog does not launch in the context of the selected entity Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 ISLs between two switches if one is in Access Gateway mode do not appear in the Topology view Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 There is a switch na...

Page 29: ...nagement dialog if an external FTP server is selected Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 If the HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch is selected from the Connectivity Map the Product Tree toggles or flickers Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 You cannot activate zone config while bad zone config is dis played Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 During historical data collection event logs can grow to several GBs in size and f...

Page 30: ...u must select the Access Gateway switch and then select Port optics from the Monitor menu Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 In an Mi10K configuration after migrating from EFCM to DCFM you cannot open the Zoning dialog for a virtual switch with no ports or uninstalled ports A Failed to load Zone DB meta data from the selected fabric fabric WWN due to zoning database error message appears Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Th...

Page 31: ...eve all values for the defined timeframe Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 An incorrect error message is displayed if a user attempts to copy an empty view Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The CNA icon displayed in the Connectivity Map does not match the icon displayed in the Device Tree Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 In the Fabric Summary Report Device Information section the Storage Devices name connected to the switch is not dis...

Page 32: ...n DCFM 10 3 0 If you attempt to discover a switch that is not currently present in the DCFM server an inaccurate seed switch already present message appears Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Setting the Switch Connection Control SCC policy is shown as an option when activating HIF for a M EOS based only fabric which is inaccurate because setting the SCC policy is not applicable for M EOS based switches Fixed i...

Page 33: ... interopmode 2 fabric Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Unable to launch the Element Manager for M EOS based switches A blank error dialog box is displayed Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The Online Help should state that M EOS full seed switch capability begins with M EOS 9 9 2 Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The Storage group is blank in the Topology for end devices connected to an Access Gateway switch when the Device Type is ch...

Page 34: ...wever if you reopen SMC the status returns to Unknown After migrating from EFCM to DCFM Server Management Console SMC lists all Services Status other than for Database Server as Un known Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 A user with performance set to No Privilege can launch the Histor ical Graph Historical Report and Real Time Graph in the Port Property dialog Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 nl Workaround prior to this ...

Page 35: ...onnectivity view an invalid error message is returned Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 After running on a migrated server for longer than a day the client does not display any switches and the Topology displays empty fabrics Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 nl Workaround prior to this version nl Use the Discovery dialog to delete and then add the fabric Weblinker crash occurs on an HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router resulting...

Page 36: ...DCFM 10 3 0 Fabric Watch replication randomly fails requiring you to configure the policies in the individual switches Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 An inaccurate error message is displayed when you attempt to enable Top Talkers in switches running firmware earlier than V6 2 Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 nl Workaround prior to this version nl Select and find one port at a time If more than one port is selected in t...

Page 37: ...FM 10 3 0 Help text for Importing a Zone does not state that the selected database must be offline prior to the import Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 DCFM does not provide activation of lossless DLS It is only supported with CLI or WebTools Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 You cannot discover a logical switch without deleting all fabrics con taining that IP address Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The FICON Troubleshooting wizard ...

Page 38: ...a read write privileged New User under User Management Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Phantom switches appear in the Topology after configuring an EX E_Port between a router and edge fabric Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 The FCIDs are not displayed for zone members in the LSAN Zoning dialog Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 User Role Name is blank in the Edit dialog when EFCM is assigned privileges and DCFM does not have those mo...

Page 39: ...ormance data not available Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 Real Time Graph fails to collect statistics when SNMPv3 is used with different authorization and privacy protocols Fixed in DCFM 10 3 0 A SNMP user ID entered is not defined as FOS user status message is returned for virtual fabric switches even though the SNMPv3 user ID entered in DCFM matches the switch This should not happen with a user ID that ha...

Page 40: ...alog After creating 4 tunnels 4 more duplicate tunnels are shown and then unable to create a 5th tunnel Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 Tunnel links are not being displayed in Topology Switches in the fabric appear isolated without any link between them and the user does not have the option to launch the connection properties dialog Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 Client logouts observed in the Scalability server when ...

Page 41: ...after accepting changes Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 nl Workaround prior to this version nl Restart the client The local client becomes unresponsive when the total switch count is 10 172 ports Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 M EOSc switches discovered as seed lose manageability and discovery status shows Invalid protocol resulting in the user not getting manageability of M EOS switches Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 Zoning ac...

Page 42: ... Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 Mi10k is not mangeable after migration from EFCM to DCFM 10 3 0 Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 nl Workaround prior to this version nl Use a different client IP A trap forwarding issue occurs when the client IP matches the trap re cipient IP and the user cannot add the IP address of the machine in which the client is running Fixed in DCFM 10 3 1 Importing firmware to a repository fails ...

Page 43: ...d zone configuration as active Fixed in DCFM 10 3 2 When a zone activation is executed from the Zone Database containing Frame Redirection zones using DCFM any Frame Redirection zones present in the Zone Database are deleted Fixed in DCFM 10 3 2 DCFM does not launch the Webtools proxy in a system with JRE 1 6 update 14 or later Fixed in DCFM 10 3 2 After migrating from FM to DCFM the Server Manage...

Page 44: ...ew Fixed in DCFM 10 3 2 When activating a zone with report generation enabled for an M EOS only fabric an error message is displayed and a report is not gener ated Fixed in DCFM 10 3 2 After a switch name is changed the Master Log event count increments with the old source name Fixed in DCFM 10 3 2 After a host name is changed the DCFM client does not reflect the new name until the client is relau...

Page 45: ...7 is connected to DCFM 10 3 2 preventing users from retrieving fabric details Fixed in DCFM 10 3 3 After a configuration is copied in a FICON environment the Product Tree is not updated immediately even though the configuration is saved in the switch Fixed in DCFM 10 3 3 When moving ports from the default switch to the logical switch or vice versa DCFM takes from 5 minutes to more than 40 minutes ...

Page 46: ...ed in DCFM 10 3 4 DCFM 10 3 3 or earlier report a switch with the new Brocade OUI implemented as an unmanaged switch Fixed in DCFM 10 3 4 nl Workaround prior to this version nl Restart the client User defined names for end devices disappear in the client and blank values display in the device tree and topology Effective date April 2010 46 ...

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