HP StorageWorks 8/8 - SAN Switch Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0g
release notes
Part number: 5697-0355
Third edition: March 2010

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Version
6.2.0g
NOTE:
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards and to accepted engineering practices and
procedures.
Effective date
May 2009
Description
Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduced support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP
DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. Fabric OS 6.2.0g continues this support. These products provide
the following features:
•Data encryption support for B-series fabrics
•Key management support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)
Fabric OS 6.2.0a integrated the following new features (these features continue to be supported in
Fabric OS 6.2.0g):
•Support for the HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
•192 ports, 8–Gb technology in 8U chassis (without required front airflow mounting kit, 9U
with kit)
•Supports existing 8–Gb FC blades (16, 32, and 48 port)
•Supports existing 10–Gb 6 port ISL blade
•Supports existing Multi-protocol Router blade
•Supports ICL connectivity to other DC04 and DC SAN Backbone directors
•Virtual Fabrics (VF)
•Full VF feature support on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, HP StorageWorks
DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN
Switch.
•Single physical chassis that can be subdivided into two or more logical switches, creating a
logical fabric with other switches.
•Per-port assignment of ports to logical switches
•Shared ISLs providing connectivity for multiple logical fabrics
•FCR and FCIP enhancements
•FCIP (SCSI) read tape pipelining
•SoTCP enhancements
•LSAN tagging
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•Support for Pathinfo over MetaSAN
•Use FSPF cost in the FCR backbone fabric to find the shortest path to the edge fabric
•In-band management link over FCIP connections for HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol
Router
•TCP byte streaming for FCIP connections with WAN optimization hardware
•Improved FCIP statistics support, including TCP connection history, high watermark information,
and connection snapshot capability
•Support of temporary licenses for Adaptive Networking, Integrated Routing, and Fabric Watch
NOTE:
Temporary licenses are not currently supported by HP.
•Security enhancements
•IPv6 auto-configuration
•IPsec with IPv6 (for management port)
•Configurable switch-wide policy requiring authentication of all HBAs
•RADIUS enhancements allowing password expiration and source IP address information
•LPAD enhancement allowing for an alternate domain userPrincipalName (UPN)
•IPv6 certified for JITC Approved Product List
•FICON enhancements
•RNID support for CUP
•New FC addressing modes for support with virtual fabrics
•Support for HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC Blade with VF-enabled HP Stor-
ageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director for FICON environments
•Access Gateway enhancements
•AG mode support on HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch.
•Miscellaneous
•FC ping support between switches (ping switch WWN)
•Provision of path information via CLI
•Frame redirection support in interopmode 3 (McDATA Open Fabric Mode)
•Support for M-EOSn's 239 Domain ID mode via FCR in interopmode 3
•System-wide RASLog
•Port auto-disable support
•Ethernet port bonding for management ports
•New CLI command to configure F_Port receive buffer credits
•New CLI command to configure portcfgfillword for ARB(FF) implementation (Fabric OS
6.2.0d and later)
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New feature descriptions
This section describes the new features that were introduced in Fabric OS 6.2.0a, and brought forward
with Fabric OS 6.2.0g.
Virtual fabrics
•Virtual Fabrics (VF) is a new capability supported on the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone
Director, DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40
SAN Switch. Once enabled, VF allows the user to divide a single physical chassis or switch into
multiple logical switches by assigning individual ports to a logical switch. Each logical switch is
managed as a completely independent layer 2 Fibre Channel switch, and can be deployed in
independent fabrics known as logical fabrics.
•VF also allows the user to create a special logical switch known as the base switch, which is used
for connectivity to other base switches and also as a backbone fabric for Fibre Channel Routing.
Individual logical fabrics can utilize this shared base fabric for connectivity to other switches,
providing efficient use of resources by sharing common ISL and ICL connections among multiple
logical fabrics.
•VF is part of the base Fabric OS and does not require a license. VF is fully compatible with legacy
Brocade products as well as M-series switches and directors.
FCR and FCIP enhancements
•FCIP (SCSI) Read Tape Pipelining anticipates host read operations and buffers data to reduce
latency from the FCIP WAN.
•LSAN Tagging provides special behavior for designated LSAN zones using either a new speed
tag or enforce tag. The enforce tag allows individual FCRs to be configured only to import devices
in specific LSAN zones, increasing scalability. The speed tag allows designated targets to remain
imported, allowing sensitive hosts to discover targets much faster. This is useful when performing
boot over LSAN operations
•SoTCP Enhancements improve network congestion management in Slow Start Mode and helps
prevent host I/O timeouts.
•Support for Pathinfo over MetaSAN. The Pathinfo command has been enhanced to provide
path information across routed fabrics, which is especially useful when troubleshooting connectivity
problems across routed fabrics.
•FSPF cost in the FCR backbone fabric uses the most efficient route to reach a destination fabric,
preventing the use of an FCIP link when an ISL is available.
•In-band management link over FCIP connections for the 400 MP Router allows a management
station to communicate with a remote 400 MP Router through the GE ports. This allows a single
management station located on the WAN side of the 400 MP Router to communicate with the
management interface on the CP for management tasks such as firmware downloads, SNMP
polling, SNMP traps, trouble shooting, and configuration.
Enhanced Native Connectivity with McDATA products
•Fabric OS 6.2 and M-EOS 9.9 now support Frame Redirection in McDATA Open Fabric Mode
(interopmode 3) fabrics. Frame Redirection zones must be created and activated from Fabric OS
platforms.
•Fabric OS platforms now support EX_Port connections to McDATA Open Fabric Mode Mi10Ks
using the 239 DID setting.
Security enhancements
•Configurable stateless IPv6 auto-configuration is supported.
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•IPsec with IPv6 support provides greater security for management ports and configurable security
policies for IPv4/6 addresses.
•A switch-wide policy requiring HBA authentication requires that the FC-SP bit be set in FLOGI. If
the bit is not set, the FLOGI is rejected and the port is disabled.
•A new warning for RADIUS login allows users to specify how many days in advance they should
be notified of password expiration.
•An LDAP enhancement adds the ability to provide an alternate UPN (userPrincipalName) to domain
authentication.
Contact your switch vendor for information about other backup applications.
Optionally licensed software
The following are optionally licensed features in Fabric OS 6.2:
•Ports on Demand allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports
via a license key upgrade (applies to select switch models).
•Extended Fabrics provides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth
over long distances (depending on platform, the distance can be up to 3000 km).
•ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for en-
hanced network performance and fault tolerance. This also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking
on the products that support Access Gateway deployment.
•Advanced Performance Monitoring enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources.
This license includes the TopTalkers feature.
•High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as FC-IP Services) for the HP Storage-
Works B-series Multi-protocol Router blade and 400 MP Router). This license key also includes the
FC-Fast Write feature and IPsec capabilities.
•The accelerator for FICON license enables unique FICON emulation support for IBM’s Global
Mirror (formerly XRC) application (including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC’s XRC) as well
as tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and
tape backup/recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP Router and
B-series Multi-protocol Router blade.
•Fabric Watch monitors mission-critical switch operations, and now includes new Port Fencing
capabilities.
•The FICON Management Server (also known as CUP or Control Unit Port) enables host-control of
switches in mainframe environments.
•Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) provide dedicated high-bandwidth links between two HP StorageWorks
DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Director switch chassis, without consuming valuable
front-end 8G ports. Each DC Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director must have the ICL license
installed in order to enable the ICL connections (available on the DC Backbone Director/DC04
SAN Director only).
•Adaptive Networking allows a user to ensure high priority connections and obtain the network
resources necessary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. The QoS SID/DID
Prioritization and Ingress Rate Limiting features are the first components of this license, and are
available on all 8G platforms.
•The Integrated Routing license allows ports in an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director,
HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, or HP StorageWorks
8/40 SAN Switch to be configured as EX_Ports, supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates
the need to add a B-series Multi-protocol Router blade or use the 400 MP Router for FCR purposes,
and also provides double the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another
8G-capable port).
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•The Server Application Optimization license (introduced with Fabric OS 6.2) when deployed with
server adapters, optimizes overall application performance for physical servers and virtual machines
by extending virtual channels to the server infrastructure. Application specific traffic flows can be
configured, prioritized, and optimized throughout the data center infrastructure.
Included licensed software
The Enhanced Group Management license is included with all HP 8Gb switches. Enhanced Group
Management enables full management of the device in a datacenter fabric with deeper element
management functionality and greater management task aggregation throughout the environment.
This license is used in conjunction with Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) application software.
Temporary license support
Temporary licenses are not currently supported by HP.
Previously licensed software now part of base Fabric OS
The following capabilities are included as part of the base Fabric OS and no additional purchase or
licensing is necessary.
NOTE:
Advanced Zoning and Web Tools licenses are no longer necessary, beginning with Fabric OS 6.1.
These features are automatically enabled on all products running Fabric OS 6.1 or later
Standards compliance
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards and to accepted engineering practices and
procedures. In certain cases, HP might add proprietary supplemental functions to those specified in
the standards. For a list of standards conformance, see the HP Web site: http://www.hp.com.
Update recommendations
NOTE:
With the introduction of Fabric OS 6.1.1, certain features and functions were removed from Web
Tools (resident in the firmware) and migrated to the Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) management
application. HP recommends that, before you upgrade to Fabric OS 6.1.1x or later, if DCFM is not
running on your fabric, you review the Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM, page 30 in these
release notes and take note of what has changed so you can assess the impact on your fabric.
All products supported by Fabric OS 6.0.x can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.0g. If applicable, HP
recommends that you upgrade to Fabric OS 6.2.0g as soon as possible to take advantage of the
latest fixes and features.
See Firmware upgrades and downgrades for more information.
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Supersedes
Fabric OS 6.2.0e, released May 2009
New hardware support
Support for the HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director was introduced with Fabric OS 6.2.0a. The
DC04 SAN Director:
•Has 192 ports, 8 Gb/sec technology in an 8U chassis with horizontal slots (9U with standard
port side air flow kit)
•Supports HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8Gb FC blade, SAN Director 32 Port 8Gb FC
blade, and SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC blade
•Supports all special purpose blades available for the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Dir-
ector
•Supports ICL connectivity to other HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director or DC SAN Backbone
Director chassis
Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduced support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the DC
Switch Encryption FC Blade. The encryption switch provides:
•48 Gb/s of encryption processing power, upgradable to 96 Gb/s
•Industry standard AES-256 algorithms for data-at-rest encryption
•32 Fibre Channel ports, 8 Gb/s in 2U form factor
•Integration with HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager (SKM)
The encryption blade provides 16 ports and is supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director and
DC04 SAN Director.
NOTE:
The encryption switch and encryption blade are unique products compared to standard Fibre Channel
switches. HP highly recommends that you read the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide before
configuring these products in any fabric.
Supported product models
The following product models can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.0g:
•HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E)
•HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch (Brocade 4100)
•HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch (Brocade 5000)
•HP StorageWorks 4/48 SAN Director Blade (FC4–48)
•HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (Brocade 4900)
•HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000)
•HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4–Gb Blade (FC4–16)
•HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4–Gb Blade (FC4–32)
•B-series MP Router Blade (Brocade FR4–18i)
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•HP StorageWorks B-series iSCSI Director Blade (Brocade FC4-16IP) compatible with the 4/256
SAN Director model only, not supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director
•HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switches (Brocade 300)
•HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch (Brocade 5100)
•HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch (Brocade 5300)
•HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol Router (Brocade 7500)
•HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch (Brocade BES)
•HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director (Brocade DCX4–S)
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director (Brocade DC Director Data Center Backbone)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8–Gb FC blade (Brocade FC8–16)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Director 32 Port 8–Gb FC blade (Brocade FC8–32)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8–Gb FC blade (Brocade FC8–48)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10–Gb FC ISL blade (Brocade FC10–6)
•HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption FC Blade (Brocade FS8–18)
•HP StorageWorks EVA4400 embedded switch module (Brocade 5410)
•Brocade 4–Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012)
•Brocade 4–Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)
•Brocade 8–Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (Brocade 5480)
Unsupported product models
The following product models cannot be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.0g:
•HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8, which operates with Fabric OS 3.2.x (Brocade 3000)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V (Brocade 3250)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V (Brocade 3850)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16, which operates with Fabric OS 3.2.x (Brocade 3800)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32 (Brocade 3900)
•HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64, which operates with Fabric OS 5.0.x (Brocade 12000)
•HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 (Brocade 24000)
•HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol (MP) Router, which operates with XPath OS 7.4.x (Brocade
AP7420)
IMPORTANT:
Any enhancements for these models will be delivered in Fabric OS 3.2.x, Fabric OS 5.x, and XPath
OS 7.4.x sustaining releases.
Devices supported
For a list of supported devices, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/san
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Operating systems
For a list of operating systems, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/san
Access Gateway support
Access Gateway is supported with the following HP products only:
•Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012)
•Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)
•HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E)
•HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch (Brocade 300)
•HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch (Brocade 300)
•HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch (Brocade 5100)
IMPORTANT:
Although the HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch uses the same hardware as the 4/16 SAN Switch,
it does not support Access Gateway. The same applies to the HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN
Switches. Both use the same hardware, but only the 8/24, which has all ports licensed, has Access
Gateway support. Also, Access Gateway mode is not supported with the Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch
for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012) if any half-height BladeServers (BL3xp) are configured
in the same sleeve in the p-Class enclosure. For the latest updates, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com
Access Gateway connectivity is supported by the switches listed in Access Gateway support and also
by the following B-series switches:
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32B
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/64
•HP StorageWorks SAN Director 4/256
•HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 8/80
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
•HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
•HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router
•HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module
Access Gateway was introduced with Fabric OS 5.2.1b. It allows a switch to operate in agmode ,
which allows simplified connectivity between large numbers of servers and the SAN. Access Gateway
leverages N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) to hide the complexity of the servers (both physical and
virtual) attached to it, while allowing easy SAN connectivity. The edge fabric switch provides all fabric
services, while Access Gateway connects to the edge switch by what appears as a host bus adapter
(HBA) connection. This architecture allows the deployment of many additional servers without requiring
a domain and the associated fabric rebuild traffic. Rebuild traffic is prevalent when switches are
powered on, added, or removed from a fabric.
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