HP StorageWorks Fabric OS V3.2.1c Release Notes (AA-RUQYH-TE, June 2007)

Version

3.2.1c

Description

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1c is a patch release containing ﬁxestoanumberofdefectsfound

since the release of Fabric OS 3.2.1b. Aside from these changes, this patch release includes the same

feature set as Fabric OS 3.2.1.

Fabric OS 3.2.1 contains signiﬁcant enhancements to Fibre Channel long-distance support, scalability,

and manageability. Several improvements since the release of HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.1.3 have

been incorporated into this release. Major new features include:

• Additional support that allows a switch running Fabric OS 3.2.x to recognize a M ultiprotocol

(MP) Router connected to the fabric.

• Updated security enhancements:

•RADIUS

• DH-CHAP authentication

• Fabric Watch and Advanced Web Tools usability enhancements.

HP StorageWorks software release p olicy is to carry forward all ﬁxes in patches to subsequent

maintenance and feature releases of Fabric OS.

Update recommendation

HP stro

ngly recommends that users upgrade to Fabric OS 3.2. 1c as soon as possible.

Supersedes history

Fabric OS 3.2.1b released in August 2006.

Effec

tive date

June 2007

Supported product models

Fabric OS 3.2.1c ﬁrmware is supported on the following switches on ly:

• HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8 (SilkWorm 3000)

• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 (SilkWorm 3800)

• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8–EL (SilkWorm 3200)

• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16–EL (SilkWorm 3600)

Fabric OS 3.2.1b ﬁxes

ThefollowingdefectshavebeenclosedsincethereleaseofFabricOS3.2.1:

• Thir

d-party tape drives did not respond to Login (L) bit, based on switch lock L port conﬁguration.

• After executing switchDisable or switchEnable in a large secure fabric, some SAN Switch

2/16 models experienced queue overﬂow and rebooted.

• During in-house testing on large fabrics, all switches in a 30–switch fabric became isolated.

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1c release notes