User guide

default is not configured before upgrading to Fabric OS 7.0.0c, then after upgrading to

7.0.0c, the following CEE map default is created automatically:

◦ cee-map default

◦ priority-group-table 1 weight 40 pfc

◦ priority-group-table 2 weight 60

◦ priority-table 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

• When upgrading from Fabric OS 6.3.x or 6.4.x to Fabric OS 7.0.0c, the CEE start up

configuration dcf.conf file is incompatible with the FCoE provisioning changes implemented

in Fabric OS 7.0.0x. Users can save the dcf.conf file as a backup and apply it once the

firmware upgrade is completed to get the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director

Switches and HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switches, to the same startup configuration

as in the older release.

• HP recommends 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 FC Identifier (FCID) assigned to a VN_Port

cannot be associated with any single front-end CEE port on which the FLOGI was received.

• LLDP neighbor information may be released before the timer expires when DCBX is enabled

on a CEE interface. This occurs only when the CEE interface state changes from active to any

other state. When the DCBX is not enabled, the neighbor information is not released until the

timer expires, irrespective of the interface state.

• The FCoE Login Group Name should be unique in a fabric wide FCoE Login Management

Configuration. The merge logic is designed to modify the Login Group Name during merge

when Login group names in participating configurations conflict with each other. The current

OUI being used by Brocade, while assigning the WWNs to HP 2408 FCoE Switches, HP

StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switches and HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN

Director Switches, would make only the last three bytes as different for any two HP 2408

FCoE Switches, HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switches or HP StorageWorks

DC04 SAN Director Switches. Considering this assignment method, the merge logic would

rename the login group by including the last three bytes of WWN in the login group name,

so that they are unique in the merged configuration.

• For switches having different OUI indices from the eight assigned to Brocade WWNs can

differ in more than three bytes. In this case, after normal merge and a rename according to

the described logic, login group names can be the same for WWNs differing only in OUIs.

The merge logic would drop one of the Login Groups to satisfy the requirement to keep the

• Ethernet switch services must be explicitly enabled using the command fosconfig –enable

ethsw before powering on an HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade. Failure to do so

causes the blade to be faulted (fault 9). Users can enable ethsw after upgrading firmware

without FC traffic interruption.

• The HP 2408 24-10 GbE w/8-8 Gbps FC Base FCoE Switch does not support non-disruptive

hot code loads (HCL). Upgrading the HP 2408 24-10 GbE w/8-8 Gbps FC Base FCoE Switch

to Fabric OS 7.0.0c or downgrading from Fabric OS 7.0.0c is disruptive to the I/O through

the switch.

• Upgrading firmware on an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch or HP

StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch with one or more HP DC SAN Director 10/24

FCOE Blades from Fabric OS 6.3.x an v6.4.x to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later is disruptive to

any traffic through the HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blades.