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

• FOS7.1.0 introduces a new KMIP keyvault type for Safenet KeySecure SW v6.1 KMIP server. Firmware
downgrade will be prevented from FOS v7.1.0 to a lower version if key vault type is set to KMIP. Please
refer to the KMIP Encryption Admin Guide for more details.
• FOS 7.1.0 mandates regular zones for Hosts and Targets must be defined in the effective
configuration before adding an initiator into a crypto container. If crypto commit operation is
performed without regular zones for Host and Target, frame redirection zones will not be created.
Hosts and targets must be zoned together by worldwide port name (WWPN) rather than worldwide
node name (WWNN) in configurations where frame redirection will be used
• In FOS 7.1.0 the encryption FPGA has been upgraded to include parity protection of lookup memory
(ROM) within the AES engine. This change enhances parity error detection capability of the FPGA.
• Special Notes for HP Data Protector backup/restore application
• Tape Pool encryption policy specification:
• On Windows Systems, HP Data Protector can be used with tape pool encryption
specification only if the following pool label options are used:
 Pick from Barcode
 User Supplied – Only 9 characters or less
For other options, behavior defaults to Tape LUN encryption policy.
• On HP-UX systems, HP Data Protector cannot be used with tape pool encryption
specification for any of the pool options. The behavior defaults to Tape LUN
Encryption Policy.
• Tape LUN encryption policy specification:
• No restrictions, tape LUN encryption policy specification can be used with HP Data
Protector on HP-UX and Windows systems.
• BES/FS8-18 will reject the SCSI commands WRITE SAME, ATS(Compare and Write/Vendor Specific
opcode 0xF1) and EXTENDED COPY, which are related to VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration)
hardware acceleration in vSphere 4.1/5.x. This will result in non-VAAI methods of data transfer for the
underlying arrays, and may affect the performance of VM related operations.
• VMware VMFS5 uses ATS commands with arrays that support ATS. BES/FS8-18 does not support this
command set and therefore VMFS5 with ATS is not supported. It is recommended to use VMFS3.
FCIP (Brocade 7800 and FX8-24)
• Any firmware activation will disrupt I/O traffic on FCIP links.
• Latency measurements supported on FCIP Tunnels:
o 1GbE & 10GbE - 200ms round trip time and 1% loss.
• After inserting a 4G SFP in GE ports of an FX8-24 blade or 7800 switch, sometimes “sfpshow”
output might display “Cannot read serial data!” . Removing and re-inserting the SFP should
resolve this issue. It is recommended that users perform sfpshow immediately after inserting
the SFP and ensure SFP is seated properly before connecting the cables.
• When running FOS v7.0.0 or later, if any of the following features are enabled in the FCIP
configuration, a downgrade operation to pre-FOS v7.0.0 will be blocked until the features are
removed from the FCIP configuration:
o InBand Management
o Multigigabit Circuit
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