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

Issue
Description
Fibre Channel Class XPath OS supports only Fibre Channel Class 3. Testing has shown that Class 2
devices attached to and supported by Fabric OS-based platforms communicate
properly through FC-FC routing services on XPath OS 7.30b and are supported.
N[L]_Port devices that are connected directly to the MP Router and cannot
automatically or manually accept the F_Port’s request for Fibre Channel Class 3
are affected. The IBM AIX operating system configured with the IBM 6228 HBA
is known not to be able to accept Class 3 and therefore cannot register with the
XPath OS Fibre Channel Name Server.
Fibre Channel
Management Server
in-band sup port
XPat h OS 7.4.
0 does not support Management Ser ver requests from hosts
connected to
the switch. Login requests to the Management Server will be
rejected.
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 the string LSAN_ only and creates Name Ser ver entries in edge
fabrics for shared devices only.
Fibre Channel
Management Server
platform services
compatibility
XPath OS 7.4.0 is not compatible with the Fabric OS implementation of the
Fibre Channel Management Server platform services. If platform services are
enabled on a Fabric OS fabric and a merge is attempted with an XPath OS
7.4.0 fabric, 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 X Path OS.
Traffic switching In a single MP Router, you can configure a port to be FC, FCR, GbE iSCSI,
or GbE FCIP. T raffic switching is supported only between the following types
of ports:
• FC & FCR
• FC & GbE FCIP
• FC & GbE iSCSI
• FCR & FCIP
Traffic switching between other types of port combinations is not supported.
This applies to port combinations on the same platform as well as across
independent platforms. For example, traffic from an iSCSI initiator connected to
a MP Router cannot be switched by an EX_Port on the same or independent
router .
Table 11 Fabric Manager
Is
sue
Description
Disabled EX_Port
If
anEX_PortisdisabledduetoaFabricIDconflict,thereason(FabricID
c
onflict) is not displayed in the “Type” column of the Ports Table within
F
abric Manager.
Front and Xlate Domains
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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