Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) (OL-12208-05, May 2007)

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3)
OL-12208-05
Limitations and Restrictions
CWDM SFPs
The 2-Gbps CWDM SFPs do not have have a maximum speed set in memory and they negotiate to
4-Gbps on modules that support the higher speed. As a result, the link comes up and appears to work,
but then becomes disabled and connectivity problems occur. To correct this problem, both sides of the
connection must have their speed hard coded to 2-Gbps.
Fabric Manager
Observe the following limitations or restrictions for the Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) for Fabric
Manager:
• You must download and install the Oracle Express database separately because Cisco Fabric
Manager does not automatically install it. However, if you have Oracle installed on a PC, you should
not install the Oracle Express database on the same PC because the installation will fail. In this
instance, Fabric Manager must use the Hypersonic SQL database.
• The Microsoft Security Patch MS06-040 is known to break applications with a large heap memory.
If you increase any Java application's heap (including Fabric Manager) beyond 64 M, we
recommend you do not apply this patch.
• If port 80 on the switch is blocked and you are using VPN, FM cannot detect NAT addresses. The
timeout for URL connections is set for 500ms.
iSNS
Observe the following behaviors regarding the iSNS server and client:
fc1/12 bay11 fc1/12 bay5
fc1/13 bay12 PortGroup 4 fc1/13 bay7 PortGroup 4
fc1/14 ext2 fc1/14 ext16
fc1/15 bay2 fc1/15 bay4
fc1/16 bay1 fc1/16 bay2
fc1/17 bay10 PortGroup 5 fc1/17 bay3 PortGroup 5
fc1/18 ext3 fc1/18 ext0
fc1/19 bay9 fc1/19 bay1
fc1/20 ext4 fc1/20 ext15
fc1/21 bay16 PortGroup 6
fc1/22 bay8
fc1/23 ext6
fc1/24 ext5
Table 8 Cisco Fabric Switches - Mapping of Internal and Displayed Interface Names
Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter -
Internal Interface
Name
Displayed Interface
Name Port Group
Internal Interface
Name
DisplayedInterface
Name Port Group