FW V06.02.00/HAFM SW V08.02.00 HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Release Notes (AA-RUR6D-TE, September 2004)

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19HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager release notes
Known issues
This section describes the known issues related to the 1U HAFM appliance and
the HAFM software.
Support for speed auto-negotiate
Auto-negotiate is supported. However, HP recommends that the port speed for
E_Ports (for Interswitch Links, or ISLs) be set to a specific port speed (1Gb/sec or
2Gb/sec, as appropriate for the speed of the directors or edge switches being
connected) instead of to Negotiate. Using a specific port speed decreases the time
for a fabric build in response to some perturbation event in the fabric. Similarly,
setting a specific port speed for N_Ports also decreases fabric build time.
However, setting a specific port speed for N_Ports is not required.
There are a few older HBA devices that do not always succeed in logging in to a
switch port when the port speed is set for auto-negotiate.
Workaround
If an older HBA has difficulty logging into a switch port that has its port speed
configured as Negotiate, configure that port speed to 1Gb/sec or 2Gb/sec
according to the operation speed of the HBA connected to that port.
Losing LAN connection to the HAFM appliance when logged in to HAFM
If the LAN connection to the HAFM appliance is lost while you are logged in to
HAFM, the application may stop.
Workaround
The LAN connection must be restored. Stopping HAFM has no impact on the
Fibre Channel operations of any edge switch or director. Monitoring switch
operations, logging events, and implementing configuration changes are
interrupted only while the LAN is not connected.
Effect of no LAN connection to HAFM appliance during boot up
If the HAFM appliance has no LAN connection while booting up, but it is
connected after booting up, the remote client sessions to the HAFM appliance are
not allowed. Also, the IP address that is displayed when you select SAN > Server
Properties is possibly incorrect.