HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.5b Release Notes (AA-RW1WD-TE, December 2006)

Workarounds
Table 4 lists important information a nd workarounds.
Table 4 Important information and workarounds
Issue
Workaround
Locked G_P ort c
omes up as an L_Port after
the server/HB
A is rebooted.
Lock the end device as a G_Port or
portdisable/portenable the switch
port once the port has become an L_Port.
Though there are no environmental
problems, the status LEDs on all port blades
blink amber every .5 seconds.
Reboot or slotpower off/on ALL blades.
Adding Advanced Performance Monitor
(APM), perfAddUserMonitor,without
zoning enabled at the same time will stop
all frame traffic.
Add APM only when zoning is enabled.
Links be
tween Emulex HBAs and 4Gb
Brocade
switches may not automatically be
re-est
ablished. This issue could occur after
an erro
r that has forced the switch and HBA
to re-
establishlinkinitializationsuchasa
cold s
witch reboot.
To re-establish the link on the affected por t
without traffic disruption on other ports,
issue the commands portDisable and
portEnable on the affected port.
Single-CP switches experience unexpected
cold boot during firmware download.
Before downloading firmware to a switch
running any release prior to Fabric OS
v5.0.5 or v5.1.0, first issue the date
command to force synchronization of the
hardware clock and the system clock.
If the switch is running NTP, first disable
NTP with the tsclockserver LOCL
command, then issue the date command.
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