HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.0c
Release Notes
Part number: 5697-0301
First edition: January 2010

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© Copyright 2009, 2010-NaN Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated

Version
6.3.0c
NOTE:
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel (FC) standards and accepted engineering practices and
procedures.
Description
Fabric OS 6.3.0 introduced support for the following new hardware platforms:
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade, the next-generation distance
extension blade for the DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director, supports 12 FC
ports operating at 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s, 10 1-GbE ports and 2 10-GbE ports. (1-GbE ports require
4-Gb B-series SFPs; 10-GbE ports require 10-GbE B-series SFPs.)
•HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch, the next-generation distance extension platform
for FCIP applications, supports 16 FC ports at 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s, and 6 1-GbE optical ports.
(The user can select either a copper or optical interface on two ports.) GbE ports require 4-Gb B-
series SFPs.
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade, a Fibre Channel over Ethernet/con-
verged enhanced Ethernet (FCoE/CEE) blade for the DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN
Director, supports 24 10-GbE CEE ports.
•HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch, an FCoE/CEE switch, supports 24 10-
GbE CEE ports and 8 FC ports operating at 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s. Initially supported by Fabric
OS 6.1.2_cee1, the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch is now supported as part of the
Fabric OS 6.3 release.
In addition to support for the new hardware platforms and blades, there are several new features
introduced in Fabric OS 6.3.0.
•FCIP enhancements
Enhanced compression, FCIP trunking, and Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL) features for new extension
platforms. These features are enabled on the 1606 Extension SAN Switch and the DC SAN Dir-
ector Multiprotocol Extension Blade platforms only. They are not available on the HP StorageWorks
400 Multiprotocol Router (Brocade 7500), or the HP StorageWorks Multiprotocol Router Blade
(Brocade FR4–18i).
•FCR enhancements
•EX_Port Masterless Trunking (effective with Fabric OS 6.3.0a)
•EX_Port Quality of Service (QoS)
•Adaptive Networking enhancements
•Bottleneck detection for F_Ports (does not require Adaptive Networking license)
•QoS support for D,I zone definitions and WWN zone definitions
•Access Gateway enhancements
•Adaptive Networking license supported on switches running in Access Gateway (AG) mode
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•Automatic Port Configuration (APC) Auto Rebalancing support for port groups; optional login
balancing for individual port groups
•Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when new N_Ports are detected
•Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when fewer F_Ports are detected
•Optional support for persistent Arbitrated Loop Physical Access (ALPA) assignment
•APC auto detection of connection to M-series switch as N_Port connection
•Encryption platform enhancements
•System card support
•Quorum card support for multi-admin-based authorization of sensitive operations
•HP tape encryption support
•Support for multipath through a single encryption engine (EE)
•Support for host clustering applications and VMware ESX Server
•Key vault credentials support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)
•High availability (HA) clustered key vault support for HP SKM
•FICON enhancements: Blade-based port swaps (effective with Fabric OS 6.3.0b)
NOTE:
For information about specific versions of Fabric OS support for FICON, see the B-series FICON
Connectivity Stream.
•Native connectivity enhancements
•Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn 239 DID Open Fabric Mode fabrics
•Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn/c fabrics using nondefault DID base offset in McDATA or
Open Fabric Mode
•Layer 2 Ethernet enhancements for 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director
Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
•802.1x
•FIP VLAN discovery
•FIP 1 support was introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.0b (FC-BB5 FIP V2.0.0)
•Miscellaneous
•Persistent WWN-based PID assignment
•Fabric Watch support for CPU and memory utilization
•Support for additional 3-chassis ICL connection topologies
•Support for new 8-link (half-bandwidth) ICL license on DC SAN Backbone Director
•Audit logs for additional CLI and Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) security configuration
events
•Last 256 audit entries retained on the switch or control processor (CP) for viewing or clearing
•Port Mirroring support with Virtual Fabrics and embedded switch platforms
•Support for SNMP informs
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Update recommendation
All products supported by Fabric OS 6.0.xcan be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.3.0c, with the exception
of the following switches:
•HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch
•HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch
•Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem
•Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
If applicable, HP recommends that you upgrade to Fabric OS 6.3.0c as soon as possible to take
advantage of the latest fixes and features.
For more information, see “Firmware upgrades and downgrades”on page 23.
Supersedes
Fabric OS 6.3.0b, released November 2009
New features
This section describes new features introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.0.
FCIP enhancements
•FC traffic—Traffic can be transported over an IP network when the 1-GbE or 10-GbE ports are
configured to support FCIP. Fabric OS 6.3.0 and later supports up to 20 FCIP tunnels on a DC
SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade, and 8 FCIP tunnels on the 1606 Extension SAN
Switch. The FCIP tunnels on the local and remote GbE ports act as the Virtual E_Ports (VE_Ports),
connecting the local and remote fabrics. Performance is optimized for FCP and FICON traffic using
batching/debatching operations on all data and command frames/IUs. This prevents fragmentation
of multiple 2,112-size FC frames (batch) into smaller IP frames, compared to single-frame exchanges
(for example, FC frame generators).
•FCIP Trunking—This is a new feature available on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade and 1606 Extension SAN Switch that virtualizes two or more TCP connections as part of a
single FCIP tunnel. These connections, called circuits, are configured explicitly to be part of an
FCIP tunnel. Their primary purpose is to increase the tunnel bandwidth and provide failover paths
in the event of a network failure. FCIP Trunking functionality and the additional TCP connections
are transparent to the applications using the FCIP tunnel. FCIP Trunking requires the optional Ad-
vanced Extension license.
•Advanced Compression—The 1606 Extension SAN Switch allows FC data frames to be compressed
on a per-tunnel basis before they are sent over the tunnel as FCIP frames. The FC command frames
and all frames generated from or destined for the CP are not compressed, even when compression
is enabled on a tunnel. The uncompressed and compressed packets and bytes are counted and
maintained on a per-tunnel basis. The compression ratio can be found for a given polling interval
by reading the number of compressed and uncompressed bytes. The compression is performed
by the hardware on a frame-by-frame basis, and is performed on FC data frames in the ingress
direction before they are encapsulated as FCIP frames.
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NOTE:
Advanced Compression is supported only with Fabric OS 6.3.0a and later.
•Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL)—The DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade and 1606
Extension SAN Switch allow an FCIP tunnel connection to dynamically change the rate at which
the tunnel transmits data through the TCP connections. ARL uses the information from the TCP
connections to determine and adjust the rate limit for the FCIP tunnel dynamically. This allows FCIP
connections to use the maximum available bandwidth. ARL requires the optional Advanced Extension
license.
FCR enhancements
•EX_Port Trunking—This feature was first introduced with Fabric OS 5.2.0. In that release, when
a master EX_Port in a trunk group goes offline, you must select a new area (master port). This
causes all slave EX_Ports of that trunk group to be disabled and brought online to select a new
master EX_Port. The Masterless EX_Port feature (introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.0a) uses the dy-
namic port binding capability first introduced with Fabric OS 6.2 to reassign the trunk area from
the old master port to the new master port. With the master port offline condition, one of the slave
ports becomes the new master port, and all of the other slave ports remain online. The new master
port uses the old master port’s area, and the old master port gets a new/unused area. The PID of
the trunk does not change with the master port offline condition.
•Adaptive Networking—New features were first introduced with Fabric OS 6.0, including FC QoS,
which allows users to establish flow-based prioritization of traffic over a SAN. Fabric OS 6.3 ex-
tends QoS over FCR configurations, allowing support of QoS for traffic flows originating in an
edge fabric, passing through the FC backbone fabric, and then continuing to a destination edge
fabric. This feature requires configuration of both LSAN zones and QoS zones, and requires that
the Adaptive Networking license be installed on switches in both the edge and backbone fabrics.
Adaptive Networking enhancements
If one or more applications running on the data center fabric are slowing down, the administrator
can enable the new Bottleneck Detection feature on all suspected edge switches to which F_Ports are
attached. Using this feature, the administrator can determine whether there are any slow-draining
devices causing network congestion. When this feature is enabled and a switch detects a condition
where the offered load exceeds the rate at which the destination device can accept frames, a RASLog
message is generated and the administrator can view historic statistics logs for the port to investigate
the problem. This new capability is considered part of the Adaptive Networking feature set, but does
not require a license. This feature is available on all 4-Gb and 8-Gb ports.
Enhanced native connectivity with McDATA products
•Fabric OS-based platforms operating in interopmode 3 can now participate in Mi10K fabrics using
239 DID mode. Previously, connecting to such fabrics could only be done through FCR.
•Fabric OS-based platforms operating in either interopmode 2 or 3 can now participate in M-EOS
fabrics using nondefault DID Base Offset settings.
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NOTE:
For specific information on HP support for B-series and M-series interop fabrics, see the HP
StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application
Notes .
CEE/FCoE features
•802.1x defines a client/server-based authentication protocol for port access control. It prohibits
unknown/unauthorized clients from connecting to an Ethernet network through publicly accessible
ports. The authentication server component of the system authenticates each client device or host
connected to an authentication-enabled network port. Until the client is authenticated, 802.1x allows
only the authentication protocol traffic (EAPOL) on the connected port. Once authentication is
successful, the port is open for all network traffic.
•The FIP VLAN Discovery protocol is supported with the following caveat:
The FIP VLAN DISCOVERY request must be received with either a priority-only VLAN tag (VLAN
ID=0), or a VLAN tag with VLAN ID=FCoE VLAN. FIP VLAN DISCOVERY request received with
a valid VLAN ID in the tag that is not equal to the FCoE VLAN is dropped. The expected behavior
is that the converged network adapter (CNA) will send a priority-tagged FIP VLAN DISCOVERY
request.
Optionally licensed software
Optionally licensed features in Fabric OS 6.3.0 are as follows:
•Ports on Demand—Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports
through 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 the platform, the distance can be up to 3,000 km.)
•ISL Trunking—Enables aggregation of multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced
network performance and fault tolerance. It also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on the
products that support the Access Gateway deployment.
•Advanced Performance Monitoring—Enables performance monitoring of networked storage re-
sources. This license includes the Top Talkers feature.
•High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as FC-IP Services)—For the HP Storage-
Works B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade and 400 MP Router, this license key also includes the
FC FastWrite (FCFW) feature and IPsec capabilities.
•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
Multiprotocol Router Blade.
•Fabric Watch—Monitors mission-critical switch operations, and now includes new Port Fencing
capabilities.
•FICON Management Server (also known as the control unit port [CUP])—Enables host control of
switches in mainframe environments.
•16 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 16 link)—Provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two DC
SAN Backbone Director chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8-Gb ports. Each DC
Backbone Director must have the ICL license installed in order to enable ICL connections (available
on the DC Backbone Director only).
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•8 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 8 link)—This license activates all 8 links on ICL ports on a DC04 SAN
Director chassis for connection of two DC04 directors, or half of the ICL bandwidth for each ICL
port on the DC SAN Backbone Director platform by enabling only 8 of the 16 links available.
This allows users to purchase half the bandwidth of DC SAN Backbone Director ICL ports initially,
and then upgrade with an additional 8-link license to utilize the full ICL bandwidth.
This license is also useful for environments in which you want to create ICL connections between
a DC SAN Backbone Director and a DC04 SAN Director. (The DC04 SAN Director can support
only 8 links on an ICL port.) This license is available on the DC04 SAN Director and DC SAN
Backbone Director platforms only. It replaces the original ICL license for the DC04 SAN Director
and is new for the DC SAN Backbone Director.
•Adaptive Networking—Ensures high-priority connections and obtains the network resources neces-
sary 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
8-Gb platforms.
•Integrated Routing license—Allows ports on a DC SAN Backbone Director, DC04 SAN Director,
1606 Extension SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, or HP StorageWorks 8/40
SAN Switch to be configured as EX_Ports, supporting FCR. This eliminates the need to add a B-
series Multiprotocol Router Blade or to use the 400 MP Router for FCR purposes, it also provides
double the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another 8-Gb-capable port).
•Encryption Performance Upgrade—This license provides additional encryption processing power.
The Encryption Performance License enables full encryption processing power on the HP Storage-
Works Encryption SAN Switch or on all HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption blades installed
in the DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director chassis.
•Server Application Optimization license (introduced with Fabric OS 6.2)—When deployed with
Brocade HBAs, 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.
•1606 Extension SAN Switch Port Upgrade—This new license allows a 1606 Extension SAN Switch
to enable 16 FC ports (instead of the base 4 ports) and 6 GbE ports (instead of the base 2 ports).
This license is also required to enable additional FCIP tunnels and advanced capabilities, such as
tape read/write pipelining. A 1606 Extension SAN Switch must have the Port Upgrade license
installed to add FICON Management Server (CUP) or Advanced Accelerator for FICON.
•Advanced Extension—This new license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking
and ARL. The FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined
as FCIP circuits) via multiple 1-GbE or 10-GbE interfaces to provide a high-bandwidth FCIP tunnel
and failover resiliency. Each FCIP circuit also supports four QoS classes (Class-F, Hi, Medium,
and Low Priority), each as a TCP connection. The ARL feature provides a minimum bandwidth
guarantee for each tunnel, with full utilization of the available network bandwidth without impacting
throughput performance under high traffic load. This license is available on the 1606 Extension
SAN Switch and DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director for the DC SAN Director
Multiprotocol Extension Blade on an individual slot basis.
•10-GbE FCIP—This new license enables the two 10-GbE ports on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol
Extension Blade. With this license, two additional operating modes (in addition to 10 1-GbE ports
mode) can be selected:
•10 1-GbE ports and 1 10-GbE port
•2 10-GbE ports
This license is available on the DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director for the DC SAN
Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade on an individual slot basis.
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Included licensed software
•Enhanced Group Management—This license is included with all HP 8-Gb switches. Enhanced
Group Management enables full management of the device in a data center fabric, with increased
element management functionality and management task aggregation throughout the environment.
This license is used in conjunction with the DCFM application software.
•2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch FC Ports on Demand—This new license enables all eight
FC ports on the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch.
IMPORTANT:
Most 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch units shipped with Fabric OS 6.1.2_cee1 did not
include this license and must have it installed before upgrading to Fabric OS 6.3.0. Failure to do
so will result in the disabling of FC ports after the upgrade. Contact HP Support to obtain this
license key if your 2408 switch does not already have it installed.
•FCoE—This license enables Fibre Channel over Ethernet functionality on the 2408 FCoE Converged
Network Switch. Without the FCoE license, the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch is a pure
Layer 2 Ethernet switch and will not support FCoE bridging or FCoE Forwarding (FCF) capabilities.
Temporary license support
HP does not currently support temporary licenses or Universal Temporary Licenses.
Previously licensed software now included with base Fabric OS
The capabilities described in this section are included as part of the base Fabric OS. No additional
purchase or licensing is necessary.
NOTE:
Starting with Fabric OS 6.1, Advanced Zoning and WebTools licenses are not necessary. These
features are enabled automatically on all products running Fabric OS 6.1 or later.
Standards compliance
This software conforms to the FC standards and 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 website: http://www.hp.com.
The 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade conform
to the following Ethernet standards:
•IEEE 802.1D, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
•IEEE 802.1s, Multiple Spanning Tree
•IEEE 802.1w, Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
•IEEE 802.3ad, Link Aggregation with LACP
•IEEE 802.3ae, 10G Ethernet
•IEEE 802.1Q, VLAN Tagging
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•IEEE 802.1p, Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging
•IEEE 802.1v, VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
•IEEE 802.AB, Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
•IEEE 802.3x, Flow Control (Pause Frames)
The following draft versions of the CEE and FCoE standards are also supported on the 2408 FCoE
Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade:
•IEEE 802.1Qbb, Priority-based Flow Control
•IEEE 802.1Qaz, Enhanced Transmission Selection
•IEEE 802.1, DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of IEEE
802.1 Working Group)
•FC-BB-5, FCoE (Rev. 2.0.0)
New hardware support
Fabric OS 6.3.0 introduced support for the following new hardware platforms:
•DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade—Next-generation distance extension blade for the
DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director. Supports 12 FC ports operating at 1, 2,
4, and 8 Gb/s, 10 1-GbE ports and 2 10-GbE ports. GbE ports require 4-Gb B-series SFPs, and
10-GbE ports require 10-GbE B-series SFPs.
•1606 Extension SAN Switch—Next-generation distance extension platform for FCIP applications.
Supports 16 FC ports at 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s, and 6 1-GbE optical ports. (The user can select
either a copper or optical interface on two ports.) GbE ports require 4-Gb B-series SFPs, and 10-
GbE ports require 10-GbE B-series SFPs.
•DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (FCoE/CEE blade for the DC SAN Backbone Director
and DC04 SAN Director)—Supports 24 10-GbE CEE ports.
•2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch—Supports 24 10-GbE CEE ports and eight 1, 2, 4, or 8
Gb/s FC ports. Initially supported in Fabric OS 6.1.2_cee1, the 2408 FCoE Converged Network
Switch is now supported in Fabric OS 6.3.0 and later.
Supported product models
Fabric OS 6.3.0c is supported on the following product models:
•HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch (Brocade 4100)
•HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch (Brocade 5000)
•HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (Brocade 4900)
•HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000)
•HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4-Gb SAN Director Blade (FC4-16)
•HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4-Gb SAN Director Blade (FC4-32)
•HP StorageWorks 48 Port 4-Gb SAN Director Blade (FC4-48)
•B-series MP Router Blade (Brocade FR4-18i)
•HP StorageWorks B-series iSCSI Director Blade (Brocade FC4-16IP), compatible with the 4/256
SAN Director 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 Multiprotocol Router (Brocade 7500)
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•HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch (Brocade BES)
•HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director (Brocade DCX-4S)
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director (Brocade DCX)
•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 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (Brocade 5480)
•HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800)
•HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (Brocade 8000)
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE10-24)
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade (Brocade FX8-24)
Unsupported product models
Any product models not listed in “Supported product models”on page 10 do not support Fabric OS
6.3.x.
Devices supported
For a list of supported devices, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/san
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 Fabric OS 6.3.xfor the following HP products only:
•Brocade 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (Brocade 5480)
•HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch (Brocade 300)
•HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch (Brocade 5100)
IMPORTANT:
Although the 8/8 SAN Switch uses the same hardware as the 8/24 SAN Switch, it does not support
Access Gateway because only the 8/24 switch has all ports licensed as required for Access Gateway
support. Similarly, for the 8/40 switch to support Access Gateway mode, all ports must be licensed.
Access Gateway connectivity is supported by the switches listed in this section and also by the following
B-series switches:
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•HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200e)
•HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch
•HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch
•HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch
•HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director
•Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012)
•Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)
•HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch
•HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
•HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
•HP StorageWorks 400 Multiprotocol Router
•HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module
•HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800)
Access Gateway was introduced with Fabric OS 5.2.1b. It allows a switch to operate in agmode,
which provides 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.
For more information, see the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide, available on http://
www.hp.com/go/san.
Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics
In addition to being supported in Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported for connectivity to
the following:
•McDATA switches: 2/12 (ES4300), 2/24 (ES4500), 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64
(ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, and Mi10K running EOS 09.07.02 with Brocade Fabric
OS 6.1.0x
•McDATA switches: 2/12 (ES4300), 2/24 (ES4500), 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64
(ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, and Mi10K running EOS 09.09.00, 09.09.03, and
09.09.06 with Brocade Fabric OS 6.2.0x, 6.2.1x, and 6.2.2
•McDATA switches: 2/12 (ES4300), 2/24 (ES4500), 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64
(ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, and Mi10K running EOS 09.09.05 and 09.09.06 with
Brocade Fabric OS 6.3.0x
•Cisco switches: MDS 9216, MDS 9216A, MDS 9506, and MDS 9509 running SAN OS 3.0(2a)
with Brocade Fabric OS 6.1.0x
•Cisco switches: MDS 9216, MDS 9216A, MDS 9216i, MDS 9506, MDS 9509, MDS 9120,
MDS 9140, MDS 9124, and MDS 9134 running SAN OS 3.2(3) with Brocade Fabric OS 6.2.0x,
6.2.1x, and 6.2.2
•Cisco switches: MDS 9216, MDS 9216A, MDS 9506, MDS 9509, MDS 9120, MDS 9140,
MDS9124, and MDS 9134 running SAN OS 3.3(2), 3.3(3), or 3.3(4a) with Brocade Fabric OS
6.3.0x, or MDS 9216i running SAN OS 3.3(1c) with Brocade Fabric OS 6.3.0x
•Cisco switches: MDS 9134, MDS 9124, and MDS 9124e running NX OS 4.1(3a) with Brocade
Fabric OS 6.3.0x, or MDS 9216i running NX OS 4.1(1c) with Brocade Fabric OS 6.3.0x
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Secure Fabric OS feature not compatible with Fabric OS 6.x
and later
Fabric OS 5.3.xis the last Fabric OS version compatible with Secure Fabric OS (SFOS). However,
all of the security features of SFOS have been fully integrated into the base Fabric OS, starting with
Fabric OS 5.3.x.
Zoning and fabric operations
When configuring zoning or other fabric-wide settings in a fabric that has products operating with
different versions of Fabric OS, HP recommends that you perform the configuration through an interface
(such as WebTools) to a product with the most recent version of Fabric OS. Some older versions of
Fabric OS do not fully support newer hardware models, and problems may arise when configuring
settings through these older products.
NOTE:
Do not configure zoning through a switch operating with Fabric OS 3.x in a fabric that has products
operating with later versions of Fabric OS.
Prerequisites
Table 1 lists the supported Fabric OS firmware versions. HP recommends using the latest supported
firmware versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN.
For a list of retired products, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com
IMPORTANT:
The Fabric OS versions listed in the Earliest compatible version column in Table 1 are the earliest
versions supported by HP for connection to switches running Fabric OS 6.3.0c at the time of the Fabric
OS 6.3.0c release.
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Table 1 Supported Fabric OS versions
Recommended versionEarliest compatible versionModel
N/A
Not supported (support
ended December 2007)
HP StorageWorks 1-Gb Switch
3.2.1c1,6,7
3.2.1c
HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8
N/A
Not supported (support
ended September 2009)
HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 in Chassis
Config modes 3 and 4 only
5.3.2c5.3.2
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128
6.2.1b6.1.0f
HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch
6.3.0c5
6.1.0h
HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director
HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks B-series MP Router Blade
(FR4-18i)8
HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4-Gb Blade (FC4-16)
HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4-Gb Blade (FC4-32)
HP StorageWorks 48 Port 4-Gb Blade (FC4-48)
HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router8
HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks B-series iSCSI Director Blade
(FC4-16IP)
6.2.25
6.1.0h
Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class
BladeSystem
Brocade 4-Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
XPath OS 7.4.1fXPath OS 7.4.1d
HP StorageWorks MP Router
6.3.0c5
6.1.0h
HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
6.3.0c6.2.0a
Brocade 8-Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class
6.3.0c6.2.0b
HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Embedded Switch
Module, 8-Gb Brocade
6.3.0c6.2.0a
HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
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6.3.0c6.1.0h
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8-Gb FC
Blade (FC8-16)
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 32 Port 8-Gb FC
Blade (FC8-32)
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC
Blade (FC8-48)
6.3.0c6.1.0h
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gb ISL
Blade (FC10-6)
6.3.0c5
6.1.0h
HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch
6.3.0c6.2.0b
HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch
6.3.0c6.3.0
HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch
(Brocade 7800)
6.3.0c6.1.2_cee1
HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Net-
work Switch (Brocade 8000)
6.3.0c6.3.0
HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE10-24)
6.3.0c6.3.0
HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol
Extension Blade (Brocade FX8-24)
6.3.0c6.2.0b
HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption FC Blade
M-EOS 9.9.6 or later3 M-EOS 9.9.53
Mi10k
HP StorageWorks Director 2/140 & 2/64
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32, 2/12 &
2/24
M4400, M4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and
Open Fabric Mode)2, 4
N/AN/A
Fabric Manager9, 10
10.3.310.1.0
Data Center Fabric Manager
Table notes:
1All zoning and fabric operations in a fabric with products running older versions of Fabric OS
should be performed using interfaces to products running the latest version of Fabric OS. This is
important for Brocade 3xxx series switches that do not support zoning configuration for newer products.
2Other M-EOS models can participate in a fabric with Fabric OS 6.3, but cannot be directly attached
via an E_Port to any products running Fabric OS 6.3. For information about HP support of interoperable
fabrics, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches
Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com.
3HP strongly recommends that M-EOS products operate with the most recent version of M-EOS that
supports interoperability. M-EOS 9.9.5 is the only version that has been fully qualified for
interoperability with Fabric OS 6.3. For information about HP support of interoperable fabrics, see
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HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application
Notes, available at http://www.hp.com.
4When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the fabric must have a Fabric
OS-based product in order to configure the frame redirection zone information.
5When directly attached to a host or target that is part of an encryption flow.
6Products operating with Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.3.1b or 6.1.0e cannot participate in a
logical fabric that is using XISLs (in the base fabric).
7These platforms cannot be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
8SANRouters 1620 and 2640 should not be used with XPath or Fabric OS-based routing (FCR) for
connections to the same edge fabric.
9Using HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) 5.5 or earlier with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later can
result in problems with Zoning, Performance monitoring, SYSLOG configuration, FICON wizards,
IOD Delay, AAA replication, Port enable/disable and other functions. Unless you are using Admin
Domains, HP recommends that you upgrade to HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
10.3.xto use with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later. However, if you are using Admin Domains, HP
recommends that you downgrade Fabric OS to 6.1.0h.
10 Fabric Manager is not supported with Fabric OS 6.3.x.
4/256 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.3.0c is fully qualified and supports the Director blades listed in Table 2.
Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with any mix, with up to eight blades of each
type. No intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director
must run Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-
16 port blade, and Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later to support
the FC8-32 and FC8-48 port blades.
FC4-16
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
Up to four blades of this typeFC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Up to two blades of this type. Up to eight FR4-18i blades
can be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite
or FCIP without routing.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
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DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.3.0c is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 3.
Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix,
with up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN
Backbone Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The
DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later,
and supports up to four blades.
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or
DC04 SAN Director
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum
of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone
Director. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if
they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing
on the DC SAN Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports
up to four blades.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum
of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Dir-
ector or DC04 SAN Director
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of two
blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCoE Blade can be installed in the same chassis only with
FC8-xx and/or FC10-6 blades. It is not supported in the
chassis with any other blades.
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade)
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCoE Blade)
Power supply requirements for Director blades
Table 4 lists power supply requirements for Director blades to provide full redundancy (220 VAC
power is assumed).
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IMPORTANT:
Director blades must meet the minimum Fabric OS levels to operate in the Director chassis. For
example, the FC8-32 is not supported in the 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS 6.0.x.
Table 4 Power supplies required for blades in Director chassis
DC SAN Backbone Director and
DC04 SAN Director
4/256 SAN DirectorDirector blade
Two power supplies1
Two power supplies
FC4-16
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8-16
FC8-32
Two power supplies2
Four power supplies
FC8-48
FC10-6
Two power supplies. The FC4-16IP
blades are not supported in the DC
SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director.2
Four power supplies
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Two power supplies. For the DC
SAN Backbone Director with three
or more FS8-18 blades, (2+2) 220
VAC power supplies are required
for redundancy. For one or two
FS8-18 blades, only two power
supplies are required for
redundancy. For the DC04 SAN
Director, only two 220 VAC power
supplies are required for
redundancy with any number of
FS8-18 blades.
For the DC SAN Backbone Director
or DC04 SAN Director, only two
220 VAC power supplies are
required for redundancy with
FX8-24 blades.2
Not supported
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC
Blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director
Multiprotocol Extension Blade)
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director
Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade)
1The FC blades in this row are the only ones supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with 110
VAC power supplies.
2110 VAC is not supported in either the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with these blades.
Fibre Channel Routing scalability
For the latest information about Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) scalability support, see the HP
StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
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Important notes
This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release.
DCFM compatibility
Fabric OS 6.3.0c is fully compatible with DCFM 10.3.xmanagement software. DCFM is a
comprehensive SAN management application that enables end-to-end management of HP B-series
data center fabrics. It is the next-generation product and the successor to existing B-series management
products, including HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) and Enterprise Fabric Connectivity
Manager (EFCM).
DCFM is available in three versions (see the DCFM release notes for full support details):
•DCFM Professional—An application bundled with B-series switches that is ideally suited for small-
and medium-size businesses that need a lightweight management product to manage their smaller
fabrics (one physical fabric at a time, up to 1,000 ports).
•DCFM Professional Plus—A SAN management application designed for medium-size businesses
to manage up to four physical fabrics (Fabric OS, M-EOS, and mixed fabrics) and up to 2,560
switch ports. DCFM Professional Plus supports Brocade director products (for example, DC04 SAN
Director and 4/256, but not DC SAN Backbone Director), FC switches, FCIP switches, FCR
switches/Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, FCoE/CEE switches, and Brocade HBAs. Enterprise-
class customers who want to manage departmental SANs can consider deploying this product.
•DCFM Enterprise—An application designed for enterprise-class customers that provides unparalleled
performance and scalability (24 physical fabrics, up to 9,000 switch ports). DCFM Enterprise
configures and manages DC SAN Backbone Directors, along with other B-series directors, routers,
switches, and HBAs. DCFM Enterprise is required to manage FICON fabrics, and fabrics with the
DC SAN Backbone Director. Existing EFCM and FM customers that have active Maintenance and
Support contracts are provided a seamless migration path to DCFM Enterprise.
NOTE:
DCFM cannot manage Fabric OS switches or fabrics using Administrative Domains (ADs). Environments
using ADs must use the CLI or WebTools for management.
EFCM and FM compatibility
With the introduction of DCFM, both EFCM and FM have been put into sustaining mode. Consequently,
neither EFCM nor FM are qualified or supported to manage switches operating with Fabric OS 6.3.x
firmware. Significant compatibility issues exist between FM and Fabric OS 6.3.x, including (but not
limited to) compromised functionality in the zoning dialog and performance graphs, port
enabling/disabling, and FICON wizard. HP strongly recommends that customers migrate from these
products to DCFM.
Fabric OS compatibility
Table 1 on page 14 lists the earliest versions of software supported in this release, that is, the earliest
supported software versions that interoperate. HP recommends using the latest software versions to
get the greatest benefit from the SAN.
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When using the new Virtual Fabrics (VF) feature, HP recommends that all switches participating in a
fabric with a logical switch use the latest firmware available. All switches must be operating at the
minimum firmware levels or later, as noted in the FOS Interoperability table.
When using either the Encryption SAN Switch or DC Switch Encryption FC Blade, switches that are
attached to hosts and targets or that are part of the encryption flow must operate at the following
minimum levels:
•2-Gb platforms must operate with Fabric OS 5.3.2 or later.
•4-Gb and 8-Gb platforms must operate with Fabric OS 6.1.0h, 6.1.1d, or later.
•M-EOS-based platforms must operate with M-EOS 9.8.1 or later for McDATA Fabric Mode (in-
teropmode 2), or M-EOS 9.9.0 or later for Open Fabric Mode (interopmode 3).
WebTools compatibility
•Fabric OS 6.3 is supported with JRE 1.6.0 Update 13.
•If the JRE 1.6.0 version is not Update 13, the DCFM server/client and B-series Element Manager
(WebTools) crashes on launch.
•WebTools tunnel and TCP graphs support tool tips only for the first enabled TCP connection graph.
Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes
Some Fabric OS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for
deployment with M-EOS-based products. All HP StorageWorks models supported by Fabric OS 6.3.0x
support both interopmodes 2 and 3, with the exception of the 4/32 SAN Switch, 2408 FCoE
Converged Network Switch, and DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with one or
more DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blades.
NOTE:
HP may not support all of these switches in this mode. For information about support in interopmodes
2 and 3, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-Series and B-Series Fibre Channel
Switches Application Notes , available at http://www.hp.com.
Table 5 specifies Fabric OS feature support when operating in either interopmode 2 (McDATA Fabric
Mode) or interopmode 3 (Open Fabric Mode) with Fabric OS 6.3.0c.
Table 5 Feature support in interopmodes 2 and 3
Fabric OS 6.3.0cFabric OS features (supported in interopmode 0)
IM 3IM 2IM = interopmode
YesYesL2 Fabric OS Hot Code Load
YesYesFabric OS Hot Code Load with FCR
Yes11
YesZone Activation Support
NoYes
Traffic Isolation Zones1
Yes11
Yes
Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric OS)1
Yes11
Yes
Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)1
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