HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router XPath OS 7.4.1d Release Notes (AV-RW5LM-TE, March 2007)

Issue
Description
SFP media support
The MP Router supports only qualified SFP m edia. A list of the qualified SFPs is available
by running the sfpSupport command.
Duplicate doma
in IDs
When manually s
etting domain IDs, avoid duplicates. Under Fabric OS, when duplicate
domain IDs are detected, fabrics are segmented. XPath OS handles duplicate domain IDs
differently,
resulting in repeated failed attempts to merge fabrics. This note does not apply
to Fibre Chann
el Routing Services EX_Ports. Manually assigned but duplicate EX_Port
domain IDs ar
e correctly detected.
Fabric OS Web Tools
4.1.1 compatibility
Fabric OS Web Tools 4 .1. 1 does not recognize the MP Router. Manage the MP Router
using Advanced Web Tools.
Fabric OS Web Tools vs.
XPath OS Web Tools
The Fabric OS implementation of Web Tools is different from the XPath OS implementation
of Web T ools. The Fabric OS W eb T ools application runs entirely on the Fabric OS
switch while presenting an HTML interface to the client browser. XPath OS Web Tools is
implemented with Java™ objects running as plug-ins on the client browser. When a user
is observing switch events on an XPath OS switch in a different time zone, the events
will show up in the local client’s time zone, Fabric OS keeps the event time base in
the switch’s time zone. This is a design implementation change that will be updated in
upcoming releases of XPath OS.
Zoning th
rough Advanced
Web T ool
s
Perform zoning only from the Fibre Channel switch running the latest version of firmware
if fabric
contains only Fibre Channel switches or Fibre Channel switches and MP Routers
(router
backbone fabric). Zoning can be done from the MP Router in a backbone fabric
that only contains an MP Router. If zoning is done from the MP Router in a mixed fabric,
where chassis-based systems (Directors) are present, user will not see the correct slots and
ports for selection.
Secur ity
Updates to Xpath OS 7.3.0 included openSSH version 3.8.1 to minimize security
vulnerabilities of fabrics. The MP Router implementation of SSH has been modified to
restrict use of SSH v1. SSH v1 may no longer be used to connect to the MP Router, but SSH
v2 can be used instead.
Tabl e 10 Lim itations
Issue
Description
API su
pport
Users
of this release are strongly encouraged to:
• Manag
e the MP Router’s functions using the MP Router’s CLI and Advanced
Web T
ools.
• Crea
te LSANs in edge fabrics using any tools that can manage zoning.
XPat
h OS 7.1.2c or later generally supports Fabric Access API-based
appl
ications such as Fabric Manager and OVSA M. However, note the
following:
• Testing of API-based applications h as not been completed. Check with the
ma
nagement application vendor for AP support status.
• Ex
isting versions of Fabric Manager and other API-based applications that
manage zoning in edge fabrics can be used to configure LSAN zones that
create logical storage area networks by using the MP Router.
• API-based applications must be compiled with new API libraries to control
directly– suppor ted MP Router functions. Those libraries will be available
at a later date.
• A FAL-based application connected to a Fabric OS v2.6 switch will not
properly interpret the presence of virtual switches and domains created
in routed fabrics.
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