HP B-series Fabric OS 7.1.1a Release Notes (5697-3023, November 2013 - includes all 7.1.1x versions)

◦ A tunnel configuration on 1GE ports that has more than 4 circuits
◦ Teradata emulation
◦ Circuits configured explicitly to be listeners or initiators
FCoE/CEE (HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
• When upgrading an HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch or an HP StorageWorks DC
SAN Backbone Director Switch/HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch with one or
more HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE Blades from Fabric OS 6.x to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or
later, the user should carefully review Chapter 5 of the Fabric OS 7.0.0 Converged Enhanced
Ethernet Administrator’s Guide.
• Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later supports a new optimized model for provisioning FCoE with fewer
configuration steps to enable FCoE on DCB ports. These changes do not allow the HP 2408
FCoE Converged Network Switch to retain FCoE configuration information following an
upgrade to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later. After the upgrade to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later, all
FCoE edge ports must be provisioned with the new model before any FIP FLOGIs take place.
• Although including HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch in the path of TI (Traffic Isolation)
and ETI (Enhanced Traffic Isolation) Zones is not prohibited, it is not supported. HP recommends
that the user does not configure HP 2408 FCoE Converged Switch in the Ti/ETI Zone path
because it results in undefined behavior.
• Ethernet L2 traffic with xSTP Hello timer set to less than or equal to 3 seconds may experience
momentary traffic disruption during HA failover.
• The HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch balances the FCoE bandwidth across all six
port groups (each port group contains four ports). To achieve optimum performance for FCoE
traffic, HP recommends that the user distribute server CNA connections across these six port
groups.
• Hot plugging a CP with firmware level earlier than Fabric OS 6.3.0 into an HP StorageWorks
DC SAN Backbone Director Switch or HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch with an
active HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade results in the new standby CP not coming
up.
• When operating in Converged Mode, tagged traffic on the native VLAN of the switch interface
is processed normally. The host should be configured not to send VLAN tagged traffic on the
switch’s native VLAN.
• When operating in Converged Mode, tagged frames coming with a VLAN tag equal to the
configured native VLAN are dropped.
• The Converged Network Adapter (CNA) may lose connectivity to the HP 2408 FCoE Converged
Network Switch/HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade if the CNA interface is toggled
repeatedly over time. This issue is related to the CNA and rebooting the CNA restores
connectivity.
• The HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade
support only one CEE map on all interfaces connected to CNAs. HP does not recommend
CEE map for use with non-FCoE traffic. HP recommends QoS commands for interfaces carrying
non-FCoE traffic.
• Before upgrading to Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later, if the CEE map default value already exists,
the same default value is preserved after upgrading to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later. However,
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