Release Notes

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.2.1b
Fabric OS v7.2.1e Release Notes v1.0 Page 52 of 82
Defect ID:
DEFECT000485968
Technical Severity:
Medium
Probability:
Medium
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Security
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.1
Technology Area:
Fabric Authentication
Symptom:
Unable to authenticate with TACACS server when setting up new Brocade switches.
Condition:
The issue will be hit if the TACACS+ Server Software converts the attribute to lower case and sends it
to the switch.
So far, this behavior has been encountered with TACACS+ server software (tacacs.net - version
1.2.2.0).
Defect ID:
DEFECT000486638
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
High
Product:
FOS
Technology:
FICON
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Technology Area:
FICON CUP
Symptom:
The following issue is observed often and leads to disruptive Ficon operations:
"KSWD-1002 termination of process ficud".
Condition:
This may occur when there are more than 8 trunk groups in a fabric configuration.
Defect ID:
DEFECT000489686
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
Low
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Distance
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Technology Area:
FCIP
Symptom:
Disk to disk backups from site to site are failing. Multiple internal ports on FX8-24 appear to have
persistent -3 credit on data VC.
Condition:
A rare FPGA issue, that loops back a buffer before filling it with new FC data frames, may cause VC
credit depletion.
Recovery:
Power-off/on the slot with this problem.
Defect ID:
DEFECT000490533
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
Medium
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Distance
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Technology Area:
Extended Fabrics
Symptom:
FDR (Fast Dump Restore) disk copy MVS jobs fail with zHPF mode enabled.
Condition:
This may occur when zHPF mode is enabled and I/Os include a large number of frames in a FC
sequence
Workaround:
Disable zHPF mode on the connected mainframes.
Recovery:
No recovery exists besides restarting the job with zHPF mode disabled
Defect ID:
DEFECT000490564
Technical Severity:
Medium
Probability:
High
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Security
Reported In Release:
FOS6.4.0
Technology Area:
Encryption
Symptom:
User may experience failures on BES encryption switch in diagnostic tests such as POST
Turboramtest.
Condition:
This may happen during stress testing with repeated power resets on BES.