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

Issue
Description
Name Server and
Zone Server database
sizes
The Name Server and Zone Server databases support fabrics within (and
actually far larger than) the scalability guidelines. Fabric and zone merge
attempts with fabrics beyond the scalability limits presented in this document
will prevent fabrics from merging.
Fibre Channel Routing Services does not participate directly with Name Server
and Zone Server databases on edge fabrics; rather, it consumes zones that
begin with th e string LSAN_ only and creates N ame Server entries in edge
fabrics for shared devices only.
Fibre Channel
Management Ser ver
platform se
rvices
compatibil
ity
XPath OS 7.4.
0 is not compatible with the Fabric OS implementation of the
Fibre Channe
l Management Ser ver platform ser vices. If platform services are
enabled on a Fabric OS fabric and a merge is attempted with an XPath OS
7.4.0 fabri
c, the E_Port links between the fabrics will link and segment at
intervals; in effect, the fabrics will not merge.
The command msPlMgmtDeactivate should be executed on all Fabric OS
switches prior to any merge attempts with XPath OS.
Fabric OS open
E_Port is not
supported
Fabric OS open E_Port is not supported on XPath OS.
Traffic switching In a sin gle MP Router, you can configure a port to be FC, FCR, GbE iSCSI,
or GbE F CIP. Traffic switching is supported only between the following types
of ports:
• FC & FCR
• FC & GbE FCIP
• FC & G bE iSCSI
• FCR & FCIP
Traffic swi tching between other types of port c ombinations is not supported. This
applies to port combinations on the same platform as well as across independent
platforms.Forexample,traffi cfromaniSCSIinitiatorconnectedtoaMPRouter
cannot be switched by an EX_Port on the same or independent router.
Table 11 Fabric Manager
Issue
Description
Disabled EX_Port
If an EX_Port is disabled due to a Fabric ID conflict, the reason (Fabric ID
conflict) is not displayed in the “Type” column of t he Ports Table within
Fabric Manager .
Front and Xlate Domai ns
The Front and Xlate Domains are listed in the “Selected Fabric” tree of the
FCS tab within the Secure Policy Editor in Fabric Manager. These domains
should not be listed. If these domains are selected and added to the FCS
list, an error message is received.
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