Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.2a Release Notes v1.0

Closed with Code Change in Prior released version of FOS
Defect ID:
DEFECT000492854
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
Low
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Traffic Management
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Technology Area:
FC-FC routing
Closed In Release(s):
FOS7.1.2a(Fixed)
Symptom:
Following a planned device outage, many ports are displayed as “FC Disabled (Port Throttled)”. Ports
do not come online for a long time.
Condition:
This may occur when a large number of devices with laser on but cannot complete link initialization
with a switch. It typically occurs during device power cycle, upgrade, or running diagnostics.
Workaround:
Stage the number of devices coming online at the same time.
Recovery:
Disable the devices that cannot come online to give other ports a chance.
Defect ID:
DEFECT000495636
Technical Severity:
High
Probability:
High
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Traffic Management
Reported In Release:
FOS7.1.0
Technology Area:
Buffer Credit Recovery
Closed In Release(s):
FOS7.1.2a(Fixed)
Symptom:
Switch panic during CP blade replacement.
Condition:
On a very congested switch with lots of BE link resets, the event of bringing down a CP blade may
cause a panic condition during the blade shutdown procedure.
Defect ID:
DEFECT000501917
Technical Severity:
Medium
Probability:
Low
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Security
Reported In Release:
FOS7.2.1
Technology Area:
Encryption
Closed In Release(s):
FOS7.1.2a(Fixed)
Symptom:
In encryption environment with BES/FS8-18, switch or blade became faulty during initial discovery
of target.
Condition:
It may happen after EE became online and during initial discovery of targets, if the target returns error
for slow path commands(REPORT_LUN/INQUIRY).
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Defect ID:
DEFECT000501919
Technical Severity:
Medium
Probability:
High
Product:
FOS
Technology:
Monitoring/RAS
Reported In Release:
FOS7.3.0
Technology Area:
Diagnostic Port (D_Port)
Closed In Release(s):
FOS7.1.2a(Fixed)
Symptom:
D-Port test PASSED with errors on D-Port Responder side.
Condition:
After electrical or optical loopback test, stats are not cleared in responder.
Workaround:
Ignore none zero stats on responder side when running D-Port test.
Recovery:
None needed.
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