HP StorageWorks Director and Edge Switch Release Notes (09.09.
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Description These release notes are intended for customers who purchased Director or Edge Switch products. The notes contain late-breaking and supplemental information for the HP M-series Director and Edge Switch products. It is important to read these notes before installing a Director or Edge Switch product. Because this information is updated periodically, HP recommends that you check the following HP website for the latest information: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/index.
HP product name McDATA/Brocade product name HP StorageWorks Director 2/64 Intrepid 6064 Director HP StorageWorks Director 2/140 Intrepid 6140 Director, Brocade M6140 Director N/A Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch, Brocade M4400 Fabric Switch N/A Sphereon 4700 Fabric Switch, Brocade M4700 Fabric Switch HAFM Basic (formerly Embedded Web Server or EWS) EFCM Basic Edition (formerly SANpilot) HA-Fabric Manager (HAFM) Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) Firmware Enterprise Operating System (E/O
ation is subject to change, contact your HP-authorized service representative for the current number of ISLs supported for each Edge Switch or Director. • Hop count—The hop count is equal to the number of ISL connections traversed in a single path, not the total number of ISL connections between devices. The Fibre Channel theoretical limit of ISL connections traversed (hop count) in a single path through a fabric is seven. The maximum supported hop count in a single path through a fabric is three.
Fixes Table 2 lists issues that have been fixed since the release of firmware 09.09.08. Table 3 lists issues that have been fixed since the release of firmware 09.09.00. Table 2 Fixes in this release Description Affected products The Wind River embedded debugger is enabled by default, exposing a CERT vulnerability allowing access to certain debug capabilities if one also had physical access to the switch. The debugger should be disabled by default.
Description Affected products The error message Blocked Temporarily, internal was shown for devices on switch ports after a Power On Reset when the error message should have been Blocked due to special (RD) zone. All After upgrading firmware to 09.09.06, CTP faults could be encountered (events 410, 414, and 411), and C0 faults could occur followed by the CTP coming back online. This only happened when an IP source was sending the switch an ICMP redirect packet over TCP/IP.
Description Affected products If the line speed of the Ethernet port was set to 10 Mb/s and half duplex using the CLI, in subsequent queries using config ip show the line speed would be shown as Unknown. All In a fabric where a zone member is in more than one RD zone, the control processor (CTP) could exhibit a failure and generate an Event 411, Firmware Fault with event data of 80 48.
Standards compliance Table 5 lists Fibre Channel standards compliance for firmware 09.09.09. Table 5 Standards compliance Category Fibre Channel protocols Standards FC-FLA FC-FG FC-GS-2 FC-GS-3 FC-GS-4 FC-MI FC-PH-2 FC-PH-3 FC-PH Rev 4.3 FC-SW-2 MIB-II groups Address translation Interface System ICMP IP SNMP TCP UDP Fibre Channel classes of service Class 2 Class 3 Class F Fibre Channel Element Management Information Base (MIB) FE-MIB Director and Edge Switch Release Notes (09.09.
Firmware installation This section provides firmware installation information. Prerequisites for installing and using firmware 09.09.09 Consider the following prerequisites for firmware 09.09.09: • Before you install the new firmware, HAFM should be at the minimum level. Before you upgrade to firmware 09.09.09, EFCM must be at 09.07.00 or later if you are using EFCM to manage Edge Switches or Directors. DCFM Enterprise or DCFM Professional Plus version 10.3.
NOTE: The following HP firmware versions are considered to be within one functional release: • 09.09.09, 09.09.08, 09.09.06, 09.09.05, 09.09.03, 09.09.02, 09.09.00 • 09.08.03, 09.08.01, 09.07.02 • 09.06.02 • 09.03.00, 09.02.00, 09.00.00 • 08.02.00, 08.01.01, 08.01.00 • 07.01.03, 07.01.02, 07.00.00 If you use HAFM Basic for upgrades and downgrades, and the release version rule is not followed, errors will occur and there may be a disruption to attached devices.
To safely upgrade firmware on a Director: 1. Upgrade the HAFM software on the HAFM Server/Appliance to 07.01.00 (minimum). 2. Download firmware 05.02.00-13 by selecting Firmware Library from the Product Manager Maintenance menu. 3. Back up the Director configuration by selecting Backup & Restore Configuration from the Product Manager Maintenance menu. NOTE: Step 4 is not required if you are upgrading from 05.xx.xx or later. 4. Using the Product Manager, execute a CTP swap: a. b. c.
Considerations for downgrading the firmware version Edge Switches or Directors are not required to be offline before performing a firmware downgrade operation. Limitations to performing a downgrade are clearly identified. Before downgrading firmware, HP recommends that you back up the Edge Switch or Director configuration. See the Director or Edge Switch Element Manager user guide for more information. EWS (HAFM Basic) provides an option to print or save the product configuration to a file.
HAFM upgrade required for firmware 09.09.09 Consider the following HAFM requirements for firmware 09.09.09: • If you are using the 1U rack-mount HAFM Appliance to manage the Edge Switch or Director, the minimum HAFM version required is 08.09.01. This HAFM software is provided on the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager documentation and software CD (Part Number 516-000024-720). • This minimum version of HAFM allows you to manage Edge Switches or Directors running firmware 09.09.09.
Default zone is disabled by default The default zone on the Edge Switches and Directors is disabled by default. Zoning must be configured in order for devices connected to the Edge Switch or Director to communicate. Some IP addresses must be avoided If you use HAFM to manage Edge Switches and Directors, do not use IP addresses in the range 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.0.255. This subnet is used internally by the HAFM Appliance.
Reinstalling feature licenses Feature licenses (or keys) must be reinstalled after performing a factory reset on an Edge Switch or Director to regain use of the licensed features (for example, SANtegrity Binding). CTP controls port lights Port lights on the Edge Switches and Directors are controlled by the CTP. Certain activities, such as firmware updates, IPLing the CTP, and switching over to the backup CTP (Director) can turn off the port lights momentarily until control is reasserted by the CTP.
Devices in mixed fabric may not log in after power cycle if RD zones are configured In a mixed fabric (containing both M-series and B-series switches) in McDATA Fabric interop mode, devices are unable to log in to an Edge Switch or Director that is Power On Recycled (POR) when RD zones are configured. This is evident when the name server database is empty and the F_Ports do not come online.
Workaround: The slower rerouting of data by Open Trunking can be tolerated and corrects itself. This can be avoided by disabling Reroute Delay when using Open Trunking. Devices may be blocked in mixed M-series and B-series fabrics using Frame Redirection M-series switches in a fabric with B-series switches using Frame Redirection zoning may block all attached devices with the reason indication Blocked Temporarily, Internal.
Determining the current firmware version This section describes how to determine the current firmware version for an Edge Switch or Director using DCFM/EFCM/HAFM, HAFM Basic, Embedded Web Server, or the CLI. Using DCFM/EFCM/HAFM To determine the current firmware version using DCFM/EFCM/HAFM: 1. 2. Open the Element Manager for the Edge Switch or Director. Select Product > Properties from the menu bar. The dialog box displays the firmware version.
Supersedes history This version supersedes firmware 09.09.08.
