HP StorageWorks Director and Edge Switch release notes Part number: 5697-8176 Eighth edition: April 2009
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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.html.
HP name McDATA/Brocade name 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/OS) HAFM Appliance EFC Server Firmware 09.09.02 Firmware 09.09.02 is the latest firmware released for the HP M-series Edge Switches and Directors.
NOTE: For more information about planning the fabric, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide, available on the following HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesignguide. Cable requirements Consider the following switch cable requirements: • For cables measuring up to 500 meters (1 Gb/s) or 300 meters (2 Gb/s), use multimode Fibre Channel cables. For longer cables, use single-mode Fibre Channel cables.
Description Affected models In a FICON environment, the Director would provide an incorrect Interface Protocol Type for Node Selector 0 in response to the inband query, Read Node Identifier. Director 2/140 Due to an internal error, some switches encountered Event 411, Firmware Fault, with Fault Code 00000073. This has been corrected. All Audit log entries showed the HAFM/EFCM server IP address as 0.0.0.
Category Specific Standards 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 7
Firmware installation This section includes firmware installation information. Prerequisites for installing and using firmware 09.09.02 Consider the following prerequisites for firmware 09.09.02: • HAFM should be at the minimum level before installing the new firmware. Before upgrading to firmware 09.09.02, EFCM must be at 09.07.00 or later if you are using EFCM to manage your Directors or Edge Switches. EFCM is not required, but is recommended for managing your Directors or Edge Switches.
NOTE: The following HP released firmware versions are considered to be within one functional release: • 09.09.00, 09.09.02 • 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 HAFM Basic is used for upgrades and downgrades, and the release version rule is not followed, errors will occur and there may be a disruption to attached devices. • If upgrading firmware requires an upgrade from 04.xx.xx to 05.xx.
configuration is preserved and a system outage is avoided. This issue has been resolved with firmware 05.02.00-13 and later. NOTE: You must have maintenance authorization rights to access the HAFM Product/Element Manager menu options used in this procedure. To safely upgrade firmware on a Director: 1. Upgrade 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.
3. Back up the Edge Switch configuration by selecting Backup & Restore Configuration from the Product Manager Maintenance menu. 4. Upgrade the firmware to 05.02.00-13 on each Edge Switch by selecting Send in the Firmware Library dialog box. Considerations for downgrading the firmware version Directors or Edge Switches are not required to be offline before performing a firmware downgrade operation. Limitations to downgrades are clearly identified if there are any reasons for not performing the operation.
HAFM upgrade required for firmware 09.09.02 Consider the following HAFM requirements for firmware 09.09.02: • If you are using the 1U rack-mount HAFM Appliance to manage the Director or Edge Switch, the minimum HAFM version required is 08.09.01. This HAFM software is contained 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 Directors or Edge Switches running firmware 09.09.02.
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. Using an IP address in this range causes the Call Home feature to function incorrectly. Using HAFM Basic HAFM Basic requires using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 or Netscape version 7 in order to operate correctly.
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, or switching over to the backup CTP (Director) can cause these port lights to extinguish momentarily until control is reasserted by the CTP. The actual Fibre Channel traffic is not affected during these times.
Devices in a mixed fabric may not login 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 will be prevented from logging in to a 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.
Known issues in firmware 09.09.02 Table 6 lists the known issues in firmware 09.09.02. Table 6 Firmware 09.09.
Determining current firmware version This section describes how to determine the current version of firmware for an Edge Switch or Director using HAFM, HAFM Basic, Embedded Web Server, or the CLI. Using HAFM To determine the current version using HAFM: 1. 2. Open the Element Manager for the Edge Switch or Director. Select Product > Properties from the menu bar. The firmware version appears in the dialog box. Using HAFM Basic To determine the current version using HAFM Basic (firmware 08.xx.
