HP B-series Fabric OS 7.1.
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Version 7.1.0_blv NOTE: This software conforms to FC standards and accepted engineering practices and procedures. Description Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv is a platform-specific release to exclusively support the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class. Other than exceptions noted in these release notes, the Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv release is functionally equivalent to Fabric OS 7.1.0b as it pertains to the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC SAN Switch. NOTE: Fabric OS 7.1.
• Utilizes Advanced Web Tools to simplify fabric setup and ongoing maintenance for new SAN administrators NOTE: HP SAN Network Advisor 12.0.2 is the minimum version required to manage the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class. • Protects existing investments by providing backward-compatibility to external 8 Gbps and 4 Gbps devices NOTE: The internal ports of the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BLadeSystem c-Class do not support 4 Gbps speeds.
• • • • Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) Enhancements: ◦ Coexistence of TopTalkers and APM on 16 Gbps platforms ◦ E_Port TopTalkers support and E_Port End-to-End monitor support on 16 Gbps platforms ◦ APM support on Access Gateway – End-to-End monitors and Frame monitors Security Enhancements ◦ User defined roles/RBAC ◦ SSH public key authentication support for multiple users ◦ SFTP support for firmware download/config upload/download ◦ IPv6 support for LDAP authentication ◦ Switch
In-flight Encryption and compression: In-flight encryption and compression allows for wire-speed encryption and compression of the incoming data, so data is protected as soon as it enters an HP SAN. Forward Error Correction (FEC): The FEC feature allows recovering of error bits in a 16 Gbps data stream. It can correct up to 11 error bits in every 2112-bit transmission. This feature is enabled by default on all ISLs of 16 Gbps FC platforms.
RASlog message. Users can configure email or RASlog actions for each FRU state using the fwFruCfg command. Additional Fabric Watch enhancements: • Pause and continue monitoring functionality is provided to monitor specific components at an element-level granularity. This feature allows users to stop or start monitoring a set of thresholds related to certain class, area, and index values. • Thresholds for Packet loss area of VE port class can be configured to a real number up to two decimal places (0.
condition via a RASlog message, which helps users to diagnose and resolve this problem quickly. • Ability to assign names to logical fabrics: The fabric naming feature allows users to assign a user-friendly name to identify and manage a logical fabric. • No direct E_Port support with legacy M-series (McDATA) switch: This release supports only interopmode 0 and does not support interoperability with an M-series (McDATA) switch via direct E_Port connectivity.
• Brocade ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those products that support Access Gateway deployment. This license is available as an option and can be applied to the Brocade 16Gb/16 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class and the Brocade 16Gb/28 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class switch models.
Access Gateway support Access Gateway is supported with Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv on all three models of the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class. Prerequisites Table 1 (page 10) lists the supported Fabric OS firmware versions. HP recommends that you use the latest supported firmware versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. For a list of retired products, see the HP website: http://www.hp.
Table 1 Supported Fabric OS versions (continued) Model Earliest compatible version Recommended version HP StorageWorks B-series iSCSI Director Blade (FC4-16IP) 2 Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 6.2.2f 2,6 HP StorageWorks MP Router 6.2.2f Not supported for connectivity Not supported for connectivity to switches running Fabric OS to switches running Fabric OS 7.x 7.x HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director (DCX) 6.3.2d 2,6 HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director (DCX-4S) 6 7.1.1 6.3.
Table 1 Supported Fabric OS versions (continued) Model Earliest compatible version Recommended version HP SN8000B 8 Gb 32-port Enhanced Fibre Channel 7.0.2 Blade (FC8-32E)5 7.1.1 HP SN8000B 8 Gb 48-port Enhanced Fibre Channel 7.0.2 Blade (FC8-48E) 5 7.1.1 HP SN6000B 16 Gb FC Switch7 7.0.2 7.1.1 HP SN3000B 16 Gb FC Switch5 7.0.2 7.1.1 HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb FC Switch5 7.1.0a 7.1.1 Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (6548) 10 7.1.0_blv 7.1.0_blv 10.4.5 10.4.5a 11.1.
HP Network Advisor compatibility Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv is fully compatible with HP Network Advisor 12.0.2 or later management software. HP Network Advisor is a comprehensive SAN management application that enables end-to-end management of HP B-series data center fabrics. It is the next-generation product and the successor to DCFM. HP Network Advisor is available in three versions (see the HP B-series Network Advisor Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional 12.0.
NOTE: To upgrade from one level to another (for example from DCFM Professional Plus Software to SAN Network Advisor Enterprise Software), you must first migrate from DCFM Professional Plus to SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus and then purchase and apply the SAN Network Professional Plus Upgrade. Before Upgrading or Installing the Firmware Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv is the initial release of the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution There may be a switch kernel watchdog panic on the HP Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. 8/40 SAN and HP 8/80 SAN Switches with unstable links or when pulling Ethernet cables. An "Invalid session" error message displays when launching Web Tools from DCFM. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. The manual rekey –all command will not function in a Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The nsinfo.html for the switch may not be updated Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. with devices that have been removed from an LSAN zone. An SNMP Internal SCN reports a queue full message “MQ-100”5 from the HP 4/256 SAN Director running FOS v6.4.0c1. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. The passwddefault and distribute do not remove the associated authorized_keys file. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution There are delays detected in Name Server during FICON Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. CEC IMLs. Web Tools zoning window fails to launch if device Port WWN and Node WWN are the same. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. FIPS mode with DSA keys are allowed, but should be a blocked scenario.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Unable to configure ports as extended distance using CLI Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. on the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch 10G ports without the Extended Fabric license. Users should be able to configure any non-default Extended Fabric mode on a licensed 10G FC port without requiring the Extended Fabric license. D-port tests fail on some ports when run on more than four Workaround prior to upgrade: links simultaneously.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The severity level for SCN-1002 is set to "Error" instead of "Warning". Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Using Web Tools when attempting to upgrade a switch in Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. IM2/IM3 to Fabric OS 7.0, the fail message should direct the user to the Interoperability tab to change the switch to Brocade Native Fabric Mode, but does not.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The perfttmon --show parser options have an unexpected output. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. There is an FCIP Tunnel bounce caused by chip reset on an HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade. Workaround prior to upgrade: Disabling IPsec may help avoid this issue. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Cold recovery observed when devices are not LSAN zoned Workaround prior to upgrade: but are exchanging ELS frames.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch running Fabric OS 6.4.2 does not display LLDP neighbor Port Description when interoperating with another vendor's switch. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. When multiple Network Advisor sessions request license details from the switch, requests may fail. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. The Encryption Engine does not handle Logout Extended Link with Initiator correctly. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Some instances of swFwThLevel appear as a default even after fwsettocustom is executed for VE ports. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Executing CMSH through telnet or SSH causes a switch panic on the HP 2408 FCoE Switch. Workaround prior to upgrade: Telnet/SSH from same subnet or connect from the console. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Compact Flash became 100% full on an HP Encryption SAN Switch after switch panic.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The HP 8/40 SAN Switch panics if using 8G speed while Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. running portloopback with loopback cables. Fabric Watch may not monitor every SNMP event. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Cleanup of crypto stat files fails due to low memory in error Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. scenarios such as rsync failures. The HP Encryption SAN Switch does not support HBAs that Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Enabling track changes in native mode keeps the feature active when AG mode is enabled but the CLI no longer works. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. The network scanning application causes high CPU utilization by the CNM daemon. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. In a FICON environment, XRC emulation sets the incorrect Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The CLI command portCfgFillWord (C, F, W in upper Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. case) command returns "exec error: 2, No such file or directory". Management ports go down after a code upgrade. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. When trying to replicate only SNMP settings from one switch to another switch using Network Advisor, AAA settings are also being replaced. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution After running sshutil delpubkeys, the admin account Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. is locked out. Users must login as root and delete the known hosts file to correct the issue. Unable to add more than one FCIP circuit, even when an AE license is installed after configdefault. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Switches running Fabric OS 7.x may experience I/O Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. disruption.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The issues are linked with Good EOF CRC errors associated with SERDES tuning for HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade inserted in slot 12 of an HP DC SAN Backbone Director and HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16-port 8Gb FC Blades inserted in slots 1,2,7 on an HP DC04 SAN Director. DP Panic may occur with 3900 type printers when FICON Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. printer emulation is enabled.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The seccertutil command fails to download certificates Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. from an ftp server if the password ends with an exclamation mark (!). Performing an upgrade on an HP DC SAN Backbone Director from Fabric OS 6.4.1a to 6.4.2b results in many ports at "Not ready for F or L ports". Workaround prior to upgrade: Manually rebuild fabric by bouncing the E_port or perform a switch disble/enable. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution When users perform portloopbacktest repeatedly on the HP 8/80 SAN Switch running Fabric OS 7.0.1/7.01a in a loop script, even though the repeated tests complete with a "PASSED", the switch moves to a faulty status. Workaround prior to upgrade: Avoid running portloopbacktest in loop. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Soft parity errors are causing disruption on the HP Encryption SAN switch and the HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Target device operating at 8 Gb/s fails to gain connectivity Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. to the HP SN8000B SAN Directors. Results of a slotshow command reports a software faulted Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The fmmonitor –create command returns an undefined Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. error code when trying to create the 42nd monitor rather than returning "Maximum no of monitors reached”. The discard C3 counter does not match the sum of the registers it represents. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Open Systems Tape Read job failures occur while running Workaround prior to upgrade: multiple tapes. Disable FCIP tape read pipelining. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Fabric OS/HP Encryption SAN Switch/Network Advisor allow encryption container creation in the absence of a related L2 zone. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Loop port comes up "In_Sync" after a port bounce. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution The fmmonitor --show -port command does not work for a range of ports. Workaround prior to upgrade: Run fmmonitor --show on individual ports. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. The CP in slot 6 of an HP DC04 SAN Director with HW Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. error interrupts results in CP kernel panic with Oops: kernel access of bad area, sig: 11. There is an inappropriate numerical value of Logical port Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. While enabling FICON FMS mode on the default switch, it fails with following raslog: [FICU-1001], , , ERROR, , (Mode cannot be enabled since address mode is 8 bit Dynamic Area Mode). Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. On a busy switch, Fabric Watch falsely reports "build fabric" event. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Detected termination of Name Server Daemon (NSD) during CLI nodefind execution. Workaround prior to upgrade: Avoid executing the nodefind CLI command under the noted conditions. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. The "CustomizeColumns" tab under "SwitchEvents" have three greyed out options in Webtools. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. An SW.mib syntax error prevents loading in HP NNMi 9.10 patch 2.
Table 2 Fabric OS 7.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. Switch panic occurs while running supportsave with 4 Gb/s blades. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. CRC w/ good EOF occur on ports 1/24 and 1/74 on an Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0. HP DC SAN Director 64-port 8Gb FC Blade in an HP SN8000B SAN Director. The portledtest --npass variable default is not configured correctly. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0.
Fabric OS 7.1.0b fixes Table 4 (page 37) lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 7.1.0 firmware release. Table 4 Fabric OS 7.1.0b closed defects Closed defect summary Solution FCIP OSTP tape backup job fails with File too large Workaround prior to upgrade: Disable FCIP OSTP emulation or limit tunnel bandwidth to less than 5 Gb with errors when running to a new tape device. fewer than 5 FCIP circuits. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0b. The RASLog error message C2-5825 Detect CRC error Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0b.
Table 4 Fabric OS 7.1.0b closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution On trunk master EX_Port disable, all the parameters from the old master port are erroneously copied the neighbor pwwn. Workaround prior to upgrade: Disable and enable the invalid port. TSM fails on writes to LTO5 drives when appending. Workaround prior to upgrade: Disable open systems tape pipelining or limit tunnel vtn to 1. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0b. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0b.
Table 4 Fabric OS 7.1.0b closed defects (continued) Closed defect summary Solution FICON aborts during FCIP read emulation while running VTS. Workaround prior to upgrade: Disable all FCIP FICON Tape Emulation Features. Fixed in Fabric OS 7.1.0b. ASIC entries are not being cleared upon HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Ha Failover processing leading to server issues. Workaround prior to upgrade: Slot power cycle the associated port blade to remove stale ASIC entries.
