FW 6.4.0.06.00 McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Release Notes (AA-RW1ZD-TE, November 2006)

New features in t
his release
The following features are new in this release.
Port binding
Port binding provides for the specification of devices that are permitted to connect to a switch port.
Up to 32 WWNs may be specified.
Fabric ping
Fabric ping ver
ifies a Fibre Channel connection with another switch or a device and reports status.
Thetargetdev
ice can be defined as a Fibre Channel address or a WWN. Use the Fcping command
to verify a Fib
re Channel connection.
Fabric trace route
Fabric trace route displays the path from one port in the fabric to another in the same zone. The devices
can be defined as Fibre Channel addresses or WWNs. Use the Fctrace command to trace a Fibre
Channel connection.
239 domain support
The 239 domain support feature expands the valid domain IDs to 1–239. The 239domainsupport
parameter m
ust be enabled on all switches in the fabric.
Media digital diagnostics
This feature provides digital diagnostic status from SFP transceivers that provide this data and allows
customers to identify potential media failures.
Fixes
This secti
on describes the fixed issues related to the McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch.
Switch hang on boot due to internal timing issue with BladeSystem Management
Module
If an HP p-Class BladeSystem is running BladeSystem Management Module Firmware Version 2.30 or
later, the switch would frequently hang during the boot process. This was caused by interrupt loop that
occurred during switch initialization.
Switch reboot due to very high Ethernet port activity
Due to an Ethernet driver issue, if a switch was subjected to very high Ethernet activity, the switch
would occasionally reboot.
Internal firmware error due to uncommon SW_RSCN issue
The switch nameserver would crash (reported as an Internal Firmware Error) while in McDATA Fabric
mode when receiving multiple SW_RSCNs for the same device within 200 msec for which the port
states specified in the SW_RSCNs do not match.
Fabric binding enablement status inconsistent
When fabric binding was enabled from HAFM, the CLI would report it as enabled, but Element Manager
and McDATA Web Server report it as disabled.
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