HP StorageWorks Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on C-Series and M-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes (AA-RVH9J-TE, May 2008)

Introduction

11Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on C-Series and M-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes

Step C1: Verify Switch Firmware Versions

Verify all C-series switches are configured with the proper firmware version as shown in

Table 4. If necessary upgrade the switches with the correct firmware and refer to MDS 9000

Family Configuration Guide that can be accessed through the links provided at the following

URL.

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/cmds9506/leavinghp-cisco.html

sanergy4(MDS9506)# show ver

Cisco Storage Area Networking Operating System (SAN-OS) Software

TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac

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Software

BIOS: version 1.0.8

loader: version 1.1(2)

kickstart: version 1.2(1a)

system: version 1.2(1a)

BIOS compile time: 08/07/03

kickstart image file is:

bootflash:/m9500-sf1ek9-kickstart-mz.1.2.1a.

kickstart compile time: 8/24/2003 13:00:00

system image file is: bootflash:/m9500-sf1ek9-mz.1.2.1a.bin

system compile time: 8/24/2003 13:00:00

Step C2: Verify switch/fabric default settings

It may be necessary to change the Fibre Channel timers as well if they have been changed

from the system defaults. The MDS 9000 and B-series FC Error Detect (ED_TOV) and

Resource Allocation (RA_TOV) timers default to the same values. They can be changed if

needed. The RA_TOV default is 10 seconds, and the ED_TOV default is 2 seconds. Per the

FC-SW2 standard, these values must be the same on each switch within the fabric.

MDS9509 login: admin

Password: xxxxxxxx

MDS9509# show fctimer

F_S_TOV : 5000 milliseconds

D_S_TOV : 5000 milliseconds

E_D_TOV : 2000 milliseconds

R_A_TOV : 10000 milliseconds

To modify these values, use the following commands. Note that these changes can not be

made unless all VSANs in the switch are suspended.