HP StorageWorks 8/8 - SAN Switch, Release Note

Page 1: ...HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6 2 0g release notes Part number 5697 0355 Third edition March 2010 ...

Page 2: ...nical 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 shall ...

Page 3: ...chnology 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 D...

Page 4: ...ource IP address information LPAD enhancement allowing for an alternate domain userPrincipalName UPN IPv6 certified for JITC Approved Product List FICON enhancements RNID support for CUP New FC addressing modes for support with virtual fabrics Support for HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC Blade with VF enabled HP Stor ageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director for FICON envi...

Page 5: ... tag The enforce tag allows individual FCRs to be configured only to import devices in specific LSAN zones increasing scalability The speed tag allows designated targets to remain imported allowing sensitive hosts to discover targets much faster This is useful when performing boot over LSAN operations SoTCP Enhancements improve network congestion management in Slow Start Mode and helps prevent hos...

Page 6: ... IPsec capabilities The accelerator for FICON license enables unique FICON emulation support for IBM s Global Mirror formerly XRC application including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC s XRC as well as tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and tape backup recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP Router and B series Mu...

Page 7: ...icenses are no longer necessary beginning with Fabric OS 6 1 These features are automatically enabled on all products running Fabric OS 6 1 or later Standards compliance This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards and to accepted engineering practices and procedures In certain cases HP might add proprietary supplemental functions to those specified in the standards For a list of standard...

Page 8: ... Industry standard AES 256 algorithms for data at rest encryption 32 Fibre Channel ports 8 Gb s in 2U form factor Integration with HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager SKM The encryption blade provides 16 ports and is supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director NOTE The encryption switch and encryption blade are unique products compared to standard Fibre Channel switches HP highl...

Page 9: ...edded switch module Brocade 5410 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 Unsupported product models The following product models cannot be upgraded to Fabric OS 6 2 0g HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2 8 which operates with Fabric OS 3 2 x Brocade 3...

Page 10: ...see the HP website http www hp com Access Gateway connectivity is supported by the switches listed in Access Gateway support and also by the following B series switches HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4 32 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4 32B HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4 64 HP StorageWorks SAN Director 4 256 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 8 80 HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN D...

Page 11: ...ater Fabric OS 5 3 x is the last Fabric OS version compatible with SFOS However all of the security features of SFOS have been fully integrated into the base Fabric OS starting with Fabric OS 5 3 x Zoning and fabric operations When configuring zoning or other fabric wide settings in a fabric that has products operating with different versions of Fabric OS HP recommends that you perform the configu...

Page 12: ...IMPORTANT The Fabric OS versions listed in the Earliest compatible version column in Table 1 are the earliest versions supported by HP at the time of the Fabric OS 6 2 0g release 12 ...

Page 13: ...ks 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 MP Router HP StorageWorks 4 32 SAN Switch 6 2 0g 5 3 1a Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSystem Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem 6 2 0g 5 3 1a HP StorageWorks 48 Port ...

Page 14: ... FC blade 1 Using HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager FM 5 5 or earlier with Fabric OS 6 1 1 or later can result in problems with Zoning Performance monitoring SYSLOG configuration FICON wizards IOD Delay AAA replication Port enable disable and other functions Unless you are using Admin Domains HP recommends that you upgrade to HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager DCFM 10 3 x to use with Fabric O...

Page 15: ...ed in Table 3 Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix Number of blades Director blade Supported with Fabric OS 6 0 0b or later with any mix with up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone Director There are no intermix restrictions The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6 2 0a or later and supports up to four blades FC8 16 FC8 32 FC8 48 FC10 6 Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone ...

Page 16: ...ies FC4 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 Director and DC04 SAN Director 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 DC Switch Encryption FC blade 1 The DC Direct...

Page 17: ...rise which 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 DC SAN Backbone Directors along with other B series directors routers switches and HBAs Existing EFCM and FM customers that have active Maintenance and Support contracts are provided a seamless migration pat...

Page 18: ...de 3 Open Fabric Mode with Fabric OS 6 2 0g 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 Yes Frame Redir...

Page 19: ... 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 A 239 Domain Support available on Mi120k only Yes Yes Masterless...

Page 20: ...ascaded CUP is qualified only on select platforms Firmware upgrades and downgrades Upgrading to Fabric OS 6 2 0g 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 subsystems the system is able ...

Page 21: ...from Fabric OS 6 1 x See Update recommendations on page 7 for additional guidelines NOTE With the introduction of Fabric OS 6 1 1 certain features and functions were removed from Web Tools resident in the firmware and migrated to the Data Center Fabric Manager DCFM management application This has been carried forward to Fabric OS 6 2 x HP recommends that before upgrading to Fabric OS 6 2 x or late...

Page 22: ...ary return of fan power supply assemblies This issue can be avoided by connecting the power cord to the fan power supply and external power prior to seating it in the switch then turning on the power switch immediately after insertion A fix for this has been incorporated into Fabric OS versions 6 1 1b 6 1 2 and 6 2 0 such that no faulty message will be returned The new message that will be returne...

Page 23: ...ted 28 of 32 ports will come up in QoS mode the last four ports will come up in buffer limited mode Workarounds include disabling long distance configur ation for these ports or explicitly disabling QoS on other ports freeing up buffers for the last four ports This release revises the default behavior of the Adaptive Networking QoS feature The default QoS behavior changed to disabled on 4 Gb platf...

Page 24: ...a dual backbone configuration with a routed connection to an M EOS product Integrated Routing EX_Ports are supported only in the base switch on a switch with VF enabled 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...

Page 25: ...one down This forces the channels into a form of recovery whereby they send TINs to the CUP to verify the logical paths that are still established to the CUP This results in mainframe console messages indicating that this type of recovery has occurred FL_Port Loop Support The FC8 48 blade now supports the attachment of loop devices in the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director and HP StorageWorks DC04 SA...

Page 26: ...sing the portCfgISLMode command R_RDY flow control mode that uses IDLE primitives does not support frame based trunking for devices such as Time Division Multiplexor TDM To overcome this limitation and provide support for frame based trunking with Extended Fabrics Fabric OS 6 2 x has been enhanced to support interoperability with these distance extension devices Fabric OS 6 2 x allows Extended Fab...

Page 27: ...e problems with the IDLE IDLE sequence at 8 Gb 8 Gb switches HBAs and smaller mid range 8 Gb storage devices are using the IDLE IDLE sequences without any problems Some of the new 8 Gb devices require that the ARB FF ARB FF sequence have successful Link Initialization Brocade has developed an implementation of ARB FF ARB FF for initialization and fill words The portcfgfillword command first introd...

Page 28: ...mode remains 0 and no devices are impacted If a new device is added to the configuration that requires the ARB sequence those ports can be configured at that time Loading 6 2 0d or later does not automatically change the mode In current configurations the mode has to be changed manually This change does not affect 1G b 2 Gb 4 Gb devices Settings of 0 or 1 have no affect on these devices It only af...

Page 29: ...dle mode 0 unless they 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 A...

Page 30: ...and Topology Connected End Devices Custom display from the top level in the main frame provides the device tree and topology view for all the zoned devices if all zones are selected in the active zone configuration Zone Admin Analyze zone config Configure Zoning Zone Admin Define device alias Configure Zoning The Compare dialog provides the Storage Host and Host Storage view in a tree representati...

Page 31: ...ta option to convert the LUN from clear text to encrypted An exception to this LUN configuration process if the LUN was previously encrypted by the HP Encryption Switch or HP Encryption Blade the LUN can be added to the Crypto Target Container with the encrypt and lunstate encrypted options LUN configurations must be committed to take effect No more than 25 LUNs can be added or modified in a singl...

Page 32: ...r encryption HP Encryption Switch needs to be rebooted and Encryption blades should be slotpoweroff slotpoweron to sync up the IP address information to the EEs If only one Ethernet port is configured and connected to a network data loss or suspension of Re Key may occur when the network connection toggles or fails initEE will remove the existing master key or link key Backup the master key by run...

Page 33: ...nitialization steps 2 Create an Encryption Group on this fresh switch node with the same Encryption Group name as before 3 Perform a configdownload to the new GL node of a previously uploaded configuration file for the EG from an old GL Node 4 For any containers hosted on the failed GL node issue cryptocfg replace to change the WWN association of containers from failed GL node to the new GL node I...

Page 34: ...ixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 CUP Port stuck in Contingent Allegiance State after z9 Host IPL Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Spinfab and porttest diagnostics are not supported on ICL ports Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Bogus core_file created and transferred after the first reboot after a firmwaredownload Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Rerun system verification B series Multi protocol MP Rout...

Page 35: ...grade Block off a badly misbehaving port that is generating bad traffic on a switch port that is putting a lot of stress on the embedded port Reject code 0B response to a QSA frame causes channel definition errors Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 When the switch name is set using CLI and then read using the Read Port Address Name x B2 command to the CUP Port x FE it returns the switch name with a x 7F att...

Page 36: ...display inaccurate port authentic ation description or state after a CP failover Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Internal server ports on embedded platform traffic may stop due to loss of buffer credit Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 The error message is cryptic when the interop fabric contains more than 60 devices in the default zone and the user tries cfgenablecfg disable Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 When disabli...

Page 37: ...ittently fails on 400 MP Router and B series MP Router blade Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Zone Transaction appears to succeed in SMIA when the transaction was aborted by web GUI Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Port address from switchshow does not include offset used for Interop mode 2 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Use portstatsshow to determine whether there are CRC errors on a link C...

Page 38: ...ting cfgdisable on a system in native interopmode and with default zoning set to all access and a large zoneset of at least 460 devices the switch became faulty Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 No F_RJT s being returned for class 2 frames that are not routable ac cording to a QoS TI configuration Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Perform slot power off slot power on the blade that timed...

Page 39: ... and 8 24 SAN Switches AG cannot login and become G_Ports Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Reset with portcfgdefault port cfgqos Occasionally an LD port gets into a lock up state that causes port GetVCCredits get failed and the ISL segments with LD incomp although portcfgshow shows both sides of ISL config are the same Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Retrie...

Page 40: ...ior to upgrade Port ALPA must be set to default value of 0x00 for ports hosting NPIV nodes Name Server database is being set with incorrect WWN s for NPIV nodes when port ALPA 0x13 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Potential timeouts and aborts during Device Discovery and CU busy processing when using FICON XRC Emulation Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Ignore messages they indicate no ...

Page 41: ...c OS 6 2 0 Fast Write could obtain incorrect FCP command data length if the optional additional CDB length is selected Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Security Violation Console Message reported on nonexistent port on an HP StorageWorks 4 64 SAN Switch interopmode 2 with no se curity policy set Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Fabric OS does not send RSCN for CUP disable enable in NI mode 2 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 ...

Page 42: ...ageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director via FICON channel from HP StorageWorks 8 40 SAN Switch attached to a storage device DASD Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 CAL exception Non Secure tunnel can not be configured on the same port as IP sec enabled tunnels come when trying to configure an IP Sec tunnel on a switch which already had Non secure tunnels in it Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Fast Write will attempt to c...

Page 43: ...el Ack Emulation Processing error Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade Issue ipaddrshow slot 12 to get the information Command ipaddrshow does not show the IP address of a blade that is seated in slot 12 of an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Direct or Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Re key of LUNs hosted through active passive ports will not complete if started on the passive path Fixed i...

Page 44: ...application paths fails when FC Fast Write is enabled with bi directional traffic Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Java running out of memory in Web Tools Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 Workaround prior to upgrade switchdisable enable of the 400 MP router allows the devices to see each other No RSCN sent for physical device offline online 1 Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0 CRC error observed between HP StorageWorks 8 4...

Page 45: ...ver an extended period while being managed by DCFM Fabric OS 6 2 0b fixes The following table lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6 2 0b firmware release Table 10 Fabric OS 6 2 0b closed defects Solution Closed defect summary Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0b CUP can fail to send CU End to clear busy CUP is still responsive but the host is waiting for the CUE Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0b WWN card FRU repla...

Page 46: ... port comes online even with Lossless DLS feature enabled Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0b Interactive mode stores supportsave files in switch root directory rather than the USB device which can also result in compact flash storage overflow Fabric OS 6 2 0c fixes The following table lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6 2 0c firmware release Table 11 Fabric OS 6 2 0c closed defects Solution Closed defe...

Page 47: ...to the Error no such object entries in the Hi Track system table Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0c VIs VTs may disappear when rebooting the HP StorageWorks Encryp tion SAN Switch that has all physical connections to targets and initi ators Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0c Repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting ISL links between the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch in an HA cluster environment while rekey...

Page 48: ...ed Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0d After HAfailover SNMP v3 user configuration reverts back to default values when configuring SNMP v3 user configuration on any one of the user defined USM configuration sets Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0d Detected termination of 0 weblinker fcg on HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director and messages like KSWD 1002 5766 SLOT 4 FFDC CHASSIS WARNING displayed on the console Fixed in ...

Page 49: ...When attempting to swap ports from the Web Tools GUI the operation may fail due to an HTTP 500 error Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0d Default SNMP v3 values set differently in different Fabric OS releases leading to the mibcapability option of snmpconfig not being able to control ficon mib Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0d In Access Gateway mode if the second FDISC comes in before the switch responds to the firs...

Page 50: ...pped by the switch due to specific connectivity issue resulting from losing original source ID in the REC command The supportsave command may panic occasion ally when Fibre Channel FastWrite FCFW is not enabled on the GE port Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0e VEX port receives bad SFID and frame cannot be routed to translate domain due to continuous RTWR retries from backbone fabric where fabricshow is mi...

Page 51: ...system CPU usage goes back to normal once operation completes Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0e Supportsave may show parity errors on disabled ports on a switch that has been upgraded from a lower code level to Fabric OS 6 1 2 and never cold booted No errors will be caused on enabled ports or after a disabled port is enabled Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0e When a blade is hot plugged into an HP StorageWorks DC ...

Page 52: ...Ls in an encryption HA environment while I O and rekeying are in progress causes an Encryption SAN Switch to go into the faulty state Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0g An encrypted LUN goes into the internal encryption engine EE LUN state Disabled key not in sync as a result of rekeying and High Availability Cluster HAC Data Encryption Key DEK cluster failover and failback This results in the encrypted LU...

Page 53: ...s to fail without any port filter counters being incremented indicating that the FCFW frames were seen Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0g The rekey operation restarts but hangs after all EEs in the encryption group are rebooted Fixed in Fabric OS 6 2 0g Rekeyed LUNs remain in the Not Ready Getting key from archive state when the SKM key vault goes down and does not recover even after the key vault is back ...

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