FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Release Notes (AA-RTDZG-TE/958-000284-007, March 2005)

Zoning limitations
With firmware 06.00.00 and later, you have the ability to configure large zone sets,
including up to 1024 zones and 1024 end ports in a single zone set. Table 3 shows
the supported limits for the edge switches and directors.
Table 3 Zoning parameters supported limits
Zoning parameter
Maximum value
Number of zone me
mbers in a zone
2048
Number of zones in a zone set
1024
Number of unique zone members in a zone set
2048
Total number of z
one members in a zone set (where a zone
member can be in m
ultiple zones)
4096
Characters per zoning name
32
Number of unique zone members in HAFM Zoning Library
2048
Number of zones in HAFM Zoning Library
1024
Number of zone sets in HAFM Zoning Library
64
Number of end por ts
1024
Number of devices supported (including loop devices)
1024
Using the same firm ware
All directors and edge switches in the same fabric should have the same firmware level
installed—whether 1 Gbps or 2 Gbps capable, this firmware o perates correctly.
The recently released Edge Switch 2/12 had an interim firmware specific for the Edge
Switch 2/12, 05.05.00-12. This firmware cannot be used for any other edge switch or
director. This interim version is c ompatible with the M-Series firmware 05.02.00-13 used
for the rest
oftheM-Seriesfabricproducts. Thefirmware07.00.00-84isacommon
firmware for all the M-Series fabric products, including the Edge Switch 2/12.
Firmware 0
6.02.00-22 provides support for second-generation Edge Switch 2/1 2 and
Edge Switc
h 2/24 switches. This is the minimum M-Series firmware supported on the
second-g
eneration Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24.
For custo
mers who want to add a second-generation switch to their existing SAN, but
are not re
ady to upgrade their SAN from 5.x to 06.02.00, there is a downgrade
firmwar
e version for each of these edge switches which provides compatibility with a
SAN running 05.02.00.
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