FW 07.01.02/HAFM SW 08.06.00 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Release Notes (AA-RTDZH-TE, August 2005)

Before downgrading below 07.01.02-4, there can only be one user assigned access

rights as Administrator and one user assigned as Operator for Embedded Web Server

and CLI. If additional users were created, you have to delete them before downgrading.

Firmware 07.01.02-4 d oes not allow the last user with Administrator rights in Embedde d

Web Server or CLI to be deleted. If no Operator user exists, ﬁrmware 07.01.02-4

automatically creates one for each interface during the downgrade. If m ore than one

Administrator and/or one Operator exists for Embedded Web Ser ver and/or CLI, when

attempting to downgrade you are prompted to delete one of them ﬁrst.

When downgrading to a release prior to 07.01.02-4, any modiﬁcations to the port

RX BB_Credit settings using the new enhanced port conﬁguration capability must be

changed back to a con ﬁguration supported by older ﬁrmware. Thisisnecessarytoallow

the conﬁguration to comply with previous releases’ conﬁguration database. Firmware

07.01.02-4 services verify compatibility and prevent downloads until the conﬁguration

conﬂict is resolved.

For procedures to download ﬁrmware to the switch or director using the H AFM Element

Manager interface or EWS inter face, refer to the following:

• The switch or director Installation and Service Manual. This publication

provides complete procedures for obtaining ﬁrmware from the HP web site and

downloading ﬁrmware to the sw itch or director using HAFM.

• The switch or director Element Manag er online help and User Manual. These

includes instructions for downloading ﬁrmware to the switch or director using the

HAFM interface.

• EWS User Manual. This provides procedures for downloading ﬁrmware to the

switch or director.

• EWS online help. This provides procedures for downloading ﬁrmware to the

switch or director.

Downgrading directly to a release before 06.00.00 from 07.01.02-4 is not allowed. To

downgradetoareleasebefore06.00.00,youmustﬁrst downgrade to 06.YY.ZZ.

Upgrades and downgrades are supported only from one major release to the next, such

as from 06.xx.xx to 07.01.02-4. If EWS is used for upgrades and downgrades, and this

rule is not followed, errors occur and there may be a disruption to attached devices.

Downgrading to release 6.0 with the Preferred Path feature conﬁgured cou ld cause loss

of this function. HP recommends that Preferred Path be disabled before downgrading.

To do this, deselect the check box for Enable Preferred Path in the Conﬁgure Preferred

Paths dialog box.

NOTE:

The Director 2/14 0 and the Edge Switch 2/24 cannot be downgraded earlier than

04.01.00, and the Edge Switch 2/12 cannot be downgraded earlier than 05.05.00.

Edge Switch release notes