HP StorageWorks 2/16 - SAN Switch Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks
Fabric OS 3.2.1 release notes
Part number: AA-RUQYF-TE
Sixth edition: January, 2006

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Fabric OS 3.2.1 release notes

3Fabric OS 3.2.1 release notes
About this document
This section identifies the audience of these Release Notes and provides a high-level
description of the information it contains.
Release Notes overview
These Release Notes cover the following major topics:
•Fabric OS 3.2.1 enhancements, page 3
•HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1 addendum, page 6
•Accessing documentation, page 6
•Important notes, page 8
•Documentation updates, page 10
Audience
These Release Notes are intended for systems administrators and technicians
who are responsible for installing, operating, and maintaining Fabric OS version 3.2.1.
Fabric OS 3.2.1 enhancements
Fabric OS v3.2.1 is a maintenance release containing fixes to a number of defects found since
the release of Fabric OS v3.2.0a. Aside from these changes, this maintenance release includes
the same feature set as the Fabric OS v3.2.0 release.
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS v3.2.1 contains significant enhancements in the areas of Fibre
Channel long-distance support, scalability, and manageability. Several improvements since the
release of HP StorageWorks Fabric OS v3.1.3 have been incorporated in this release. Major
new features include:
•Additional support for the HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol (MP) Router
•Updated security enhancements:
•RADIUS
• DH-CHAP authentication
•Improved manageability and ease-of-use for Fabric Watch and Advanced Web Tools

Supported switches4
NOTE: HP software release policy is to carry forward all fixes in patches to subsequent
maintenance and feature releases of Fabric OS.
Supported switches
Fabric OS v3.2.1 supports the following switches:
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8
•HP StorageWorks MSA SAN switch 2/8
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16
Fabric OS 3.2.1 updates
Table 1 lists Fabric OS 3.2.1 fixes.
Table 1 Issues resolved in this 3.2.1 release
Issue prior to Fabric OS 3.2.1 Fix
Third party tape drives did not respond to
Login (L) bit, based on switch lock L port
configuration.
Third party tape drives working with SAN Switch 2/16.
After executing switchdisable or enable
in a large, secure fabric, some SAN Switch
2/16 models experienced queue overflow
and rebooted.
SAN Switch 2/16 in large, secure fabrics do not
experience queue overflow messages and switch reboot.
No monitoring of basic monitor service
without an Advanced Performance
Monitoring (APM) license.
Basic monitoring allowed without an Advanced
Performance Monitoring (APM) license.
config upload failed on switches
supporting a large Zone database.
API_MAX_CONFIG size is increased.
SAN Switch 2/16 models panicked when
connected to a third party switch during
Zoning updates in Interop mode.
SAN Switch 2/16 models operate normally during
Zoning updates in Interop mode.
SAN Switch 2/16 models used incorrect
buffer-tobuffer (BB) credits when switch BB
credit was set less than device BB credit.
Fabric OS 3.2.1 uses same BB credit limit as
defined in switch.

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Technical support
Contact Hewlett-Packard support for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To assist your support representative and to expedite your
call, have the following information available:
•Technical support contact number, if available
•Switch model
•Switch operating system version
•Error messages received
•Output from supportshow command
•Detailed problem description and specific questions
•Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results
Switch serial number
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as shown here.
World Wide Name (WWN)
At the CLI prompt, type the wwn command to display the switch WWN.
Short burst of bad primitives on the link
causes rx_under flow error.
Fabric OS 3.2.1 extends switch tolerance to the
number of bad primitives.
If two or more ports zoned together on a
SAN Switch 2/16, ZONEGROUPADDFAIL
message displayed.
Multiple ports in same Zone function normally.
Email configured via Fabric Watch was
not received on certain third party mail
servers.
Email header format adjusted.
Table 1 Issues resolved in this 3.2.1 release (continued)
Issue prior to Fabric OS 3.2.1 Fix
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HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1 addendum6
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1 addendum
The most current 3.2.1 documentation updates are provided in the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS
3.2.1 Addendum. See Accessing documentation, page 6, for detailed instructions on
downloading this and other related documents.
Accessing documentation
Additional documentation, including white papers and best practices documents, is available
at the HP web site:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html .
NOTE: HP makes every effort to provide you with the most up-to-date Web retrieval
procedures available at time of print. Note, however, that Web page links are subject to
change.
To access the technical documentation:
1. Locate the IT storage products section of the web page.
2. Under Networked storage, click SAN infrastructure.
3. From the SAN infrastructure web page, locate the SAN Infrastructure products section.
4. Click Fibre Channel Switches.
5. Locate the B-Series Fabric section.
6. Depending on your switch, locate the B-Series Fabric-Entry-level subsection. Click the
appropriate switch to access Fabric OS documents.
7. Go to the Support section, located on the right side of the web page, and click Technical
documents.
8. From the HP Business Support Center web page, locate the Resources for... section for your
particular switch. Click Manuals (guides, supplements, addendums, etc).
Follow the on-screen instructions to download the applicable documents.For information about
Fibre Channel standards, visit the following web site:
http://www.t11.org .

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Standards compliance
HP products conform to these standards in a manner consistent with accepted engineering
practices and procedures. In certain cases, HP may add proprietary supplemental functions to
those specified in the standards. We verify conformance with Fibre Channel Standards by
subjecting our switches to SANmark Conformance Tests developed by the Fibre Channel
Industry Association. Our switches have earned the SANmark logo indicating such
conformance. SANmark is a limited testing program and does not test all standards or all
aspects of standards.
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1 conforms to the following Fibre Channel Standards:
•FC-AL ANSI X3.272: 1996
•FC-AL-2 NCIT S 332: 1999
•FC-FLA NCIT S TR-20: 1998
•FC-GS-2 NCIT S 348-2000 Rev 7.01
•FC-FG ANSI X3.289: 1996
•FC-PH ANSI X3.230: 1994
•FC-PH-2 ANSI X3.297: 1997
•FC-PH-3 ANSI X3.303: 1998
•FC-PLDA NCIT S TR-19: 1998
•FC-SW-2 Rev 5.3
•FC-VI Rev 1.61
•FC-MI Rev 1.92
•FC-BB Rev 4.7
•FC-FS Rev 1.7
•FC-BB-2 Rev 5.3
•IPFC RFC 2625
•FCP ANSI X3.269: 1996
•FCP-2 Rev 7

Important notes8
Important notes
This section provides information you should be aware of when running Fabric OS 3.2.1.
OS requirements
HP recommends using the latest software release versions to get the greatest benefit from the
SAN. Refer to the following web site for information:
http://www.hp.com
Mixed fabric environment with different switch platforms
Fabric OS v2.6.2, v3.1.2, and v4.2.x introduced a new switch PID format: Extended Edge PID
(Format 2). Extended Edge PID is useful if you introduce a Fabric OS 3.2.1 switch into a fabric
consisting solely of Fabric OS v2.x/v3.x switches. Before adding a Fabric OS v3.2.1 switch to such
a fabric, refer to the
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS procedures 3.1.x/4.1.x user guide for
information on the Extended Edge PID format.
NOTE: Switches must operate with Fabric OS v2.6.2, v3.1.2, v4.2.x or later to use the
Extended Edge PID format.
If Extended Edge PID is set (before a downgrade from the current Fabric OS release to an
earlier Fabric OS release that does not support the Extended PID format), PID needs to be set
back to a supported format, such as Core PID (format 1) or native PID (format 0).
Advanced Web Tool updates
When using a mixed fabric—that is, a fabric that contains v4.x, v3.x, and v2.x switches—HP
recommends that you use the most advanced switches to control the fabric. For example, use
the 4.x switches as the primary Fibre Channel Switch (FCS), as the location to perform zoning
tasks, and as the time server. HP also recommends that you use the most recently released
firmware to control the fabric.
If a dialog box is displayed from the Switch Admin window of Advanced Web Tools and the
user selects another dialog box from Advanced Web Tools, a window display error occurs.
This is a known issue in JavaTM 1.3. HP recommends using Java 1.4.1_03.
Two-domain and Four-domain fabric licensing
If your fabric includes a switch with a license for a limited number of switches in the fabric and
the fabric exceeds the limit, Advanced Web Tools allows a 45-day grace period during which
you can still monitor the switch. Advanced Web Tools periodically displays warning messages.
These messages warn you that your fabric size exceeds the supported switch configuration limit
and tells you how long you have before Advanced Web Tools will be disabled. After the
45-day grace period, you will no longer be able to launch Advanced Web Tools.

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NOTE: Two-domain and four-domain fabric licensing is applicable only to 2 Gb/s switches.
Installing Mozilla 1.4 on Solaris 8 and Solaris 9
For instructions to install Mozilla 1.4 on Solaris 8 and Solaris 9, go to the web site:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4/mozilla-sparc-sun-solaris2.8_1.4.read
me
Mozilla browser support for Switch Admin module
The Mozilla browser does not support the Switch Admin module properly in Fabric OS v2.6.x.
In Fabric OS v2.6.2, a warning message is displayed. No warning message is displayed in
other v2.6.x versions.
Workaround: Use Netscape 4.7.7 or later.
Browser, OS, and Java Plug-in support
Advanced Web Tools browser, operating system, and Java Plug-in support is updated for
Fabric OS v3.2.1. Table 2 identifies the supported browsers, operating systems, and Java
Plug-ins for this release. Go to the
http://www.hp.com web site for the latest list of supported
operating systems.
Table 2 Browsers, operating systems, and Java plug-ins
Priority Operating system Browser Java plug-in
1 Windows 2000 IE 6.0 1.4.2_03
2 Windows XP IE 6.0 1.4.2_03
3 Windows 2003 IE 6.0 1.4.2_03
4 Solaris 2.8, 2.9 Mozilla 1.6 1.4.2_03
5 Red Hat Linux 9.0 Mozilla 1.6 1.4.2_03
6 Solaris 2.8 Mozilla 1.6 1.4.2_03

Documentation updates10
Documentation updates
Read this section for late-breaking additions and corrections to documentation.
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8 EL installation guide,
PN: AA–RSB6B–TE
•On page 87, Table 8:
•TheTemperature condition refers to the ambient air temperature at the air intake vents
on the nonport side of the switch. You should change the Temperature condition within
the Condition heading in the table to Ambient Temperature and also add the
following note:
NOTE: The temperature inside the switch can be up to 75 degrees Celsius (167 degrees F)
during switch operation.
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 installation guide,
PN: AA–RR84B–TE
•On page 92, Table 8:
•TheTemperature condition refers to the ambient air temperature at the air intake vents
on the nonport side of the switch. You should change the Temperature condition within
the Condition heading in the table to Ambient Temperature and also add the
following note:
NOTE: The temperature inside the switch can be up to 75 degrees Celsius (167 degrees F)
during switch operation.
•On page 64, Table 4:
• The following statement should be added to the Port Status LED information for when the
port status is “offline”:
“When a Port Status LED indicator light is off, another possible hardware status is
offline.”