HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1c Release Notes (AV-RW5LL-TE, December 2006)

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Ta b le 9 XPath OS Ba se Opera ting System and Fibre C hannel Ser vice

Issue

Description

The configdown

load

command does no

trestore

the previousl

ysaved

conﬁguration

When using the configdownload command to restore a previously saved conﬁguration,

translate (xlate) domains may not restore properly when the xlate domains were created

manually.

To resolve this:

1. Identif y the xlate domains that were created previously. This information can be

extracted from the conﬁguration ﬁle that was uploaded earlier using the configupload

command.

NOTE:

Itisagoodpracticetokeeparecordofanyxlatedomainsthatwerecreated

manually, so they will be available when needed. This eliminates the need to search

through the conﬁguration ﬁle.

2. Use the fcr

xlateconfig comma nd to manually recreate the xlate domains.

3. Reboot the

MP Router for the new domains to take effect.

Example:

fcrxlateco

nﬁg102030

Where 10 represents the edge fabric ID, 20 is Remote fabric ID and 30 is the

preferred

xlatedomainID.Usethehelp command for more details on the

fcrxlatec

onfig command.

Password length is limited

to 8 characters.

For XPath OS 7.4.x, the maximum password length is 8 characters.

FTP servers

XPath OS supports downloading ﬁrmware from any FTP server that is RFC FTP compliant.

Limited testing has been completed against the following FTP servers:

• HP-UX

• RedHat Linux 8.0 built-in FTP service (vsftpd)

• Microsoft Windows™ Server 2000

FTP service (as part of Microsoft internet ser-

vices)

• NetBSD built-in FTP servic e

• Sun Solaris 8 bui lt-in FTP service

GNU telnet client

GNU tel

net client sessions on certain workstations (for example, Sun Solaris) will be

disco

nnected from XPath OS upon pressing Ctrl-C twice in succession. This is in contrast

to B-S

eries Fabric OS, on which the same telnet client and the same key sequence does

not ca

use a session disconnect.

GNU te

lnet clients used with the UNIX® tee utilit y might be disconnected unexpectedly as

well

Work

around:

Use /

usr/bin/telnet instead of /usr/gnu/bin/telnet.

Root reboot command

vs. admin user reboot

command

Users s hould never reboot the system from the root account using the reboot command,

or data might be lost. To safely reboot the system, log in as root and change to admin

by entering admin at the root prompt. When you are at the admin shell, execute the

reboot command.

FA zoning

A private host attached to a Fabric OS switch might not be able to discover FA targets on a

MP Router due to the length of the host’s HBA PLOGI retry timeout. You can reduce the

timeout value to resolve this issue.

and QuickLoop zone

nagement

ile zone merges with Fabric OS zones containing Fabric Assist mode and QuickLoop

zones are suppor ted when the MP Router is used for the FCIP services, users of th e MP

Router are not expected to manage such zones from the Router. It is not possible to

anage such zones from Advan ced Web Tools.

FA and QL zones can be managed in the CLI of the MP Router, or in the CLI, Advanced

eb Tools, or supported management applications of Fabric OS-based switch es.