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

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Contact HP technical support before attempting to enable Virtual Fabrics or use the XISL (Base

Switch ISL) capability.

Virtual Fabrics

If a port is assigned a port address of 0xFE in an Open System logical switch, an RSCN is

sent by Fabric OS on behalf of port address 0xFE during CP failover or firmware download.

This may result in an IFCC for any FCP channel running traffic to port address 0xFE.

Virtual Fabrics

Table 7 Recommended fencing criteria

ValueCriteria

25 per minuteITW (Invalid Transmission Words)

3 per hourCRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check)

2 per minuteProtocol Errors

7 per minuteState Change

5 per minuteLink Reset

Interoperability

When cascaded to other switches, referred to as a fabric, all switches in the fabric must be at

Fabric OS 7.0.0c or 7.0.0d before upgrading to Fabric OS 7.1.0c. Interoperability between

switches at Fabric OS 6.4.2a, 7.0.0c, 7.0.0d, and 7.1.0c is supported. However, the recommended

best practice is to have all switches in the same fabric at the same code level.

The next section indicates supported intra-fabric interoperability between hardware platforms,

supported management software levels, and recommended firmware versions.

FICON hardware/firmware/software interoperability with Fabric OS 7.1.0c

Interoperability is supported with Fabric OS 7.1.0c between the following platforms:

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch

• HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch

• HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch

• HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch

• HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch

• HP 8/80 48-ports Enabled SAN Switch

• HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch

All platforms operating with Fabric OS 7.1.0c must be managed with HP B-series Network Advisor

12.0.2 or later. FICON support for Fabric OS 7.1.0c starts with Network Advisor 12.0.2. For

updates, see the latest Network Advisor release notes.

The following platforms using Fabric OS 6.4.2a, 7.0.0c, or 7.0.0d may also interoperate in a

fabric with switches running Fabric OS 7.1.0c:

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch

• HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch

• HP 8/80 48-ports Enabled SAN Switch

• HP 8/40 24-ports Enabled SAN Switch

• HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch

• HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director