HP StorageWorks Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes (AA-RUQQL-TE, November 2009)
Table 22 HP StorageWorks M-series product line switches
Number of portsFirmware versionSwitch
16
09.07.02 or later (required
with B-series firmware 6.x)
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/16
24HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24
32HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32
64HP StorageWorks Director 2/64
140HP StorageWorks Director 2/140
8 to 32
McDATA Sphereon 4700
Brocade M4700 Fabric Switch
8 to 16
McDATA Sphereon 4400
Brocade M4400 Fabric Switch
256
Brocade Mi10K Director
McDATA Intrepid 10000 Director
For supported operating systems, HBAs, and storage devices, see supported devices common to
the M-series and B-series switches described in the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference
Guide.
Troubleshooting
When troubleshooting a mixed fabric, consider the following:
• If an ISL on the M-series product segments due to a Build Fabric Protocol error, you can recover
by blocking and then unblocking the port. You may need to do this several times.
• If an ISL on the M-series product segments due to an Incomp Zoning Config error, and you believe
that this is incorrect, you can recover by blocking , and then unblocking the port. You may need
to do this several times.
• If fabric segmentation errors occur and messages such as Platform Management Database Incon-
sistency appear on B-series switches, disable the management server on the B-series switch using
the msPlMgmtDeactivate command, and then reboot the B-series switch.
• If you have zone-merging problems:
• Verify that the active zone set in the M-series and the active zone set in the B-series are unique.
You cannot use the same zone name with different WWN members.
• Only WWN zoning is permitted for heterogeneous fabrics. Domain, port, or area zoning
is not supported.
• Ensure that the M-series and B-series zones are compatible.
Other SAN interoperability documentation
Other SAN interoperability documents include:
• The online help/user guide (accessible from the web browser interface)
• HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, available for download from the HP StorageWorks
SAN Manuals website http://www.hp.com/go/sdgmanuals
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