HP StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Instruction Manual

HP StorageWorks
Director release notes
Part number: AA–RTDVH–TE/958–000276–008
Eighth edition: (August 2005)

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Director release notes

About this document
These release notes contain late breaking and supplemental information for the Director
2/64 and Director 2/140.
Be sure to read these release notes before installing a Director 2/64 and Director 2/140.
This information is periodically updated and available on the following HP web site:
http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html.
This section describes the content reflected in this document, including:
• Release notes information
• Intended audience
•Firmwarev
ersion 07.01.02-4
• Other director documentation
•CD-ROMdirectorystructure
• Supportedconfigurations
• Cable requirements
•Importantinformation
•Knownis
sues
Release notes information
These release notes cover the following major topics:
• HSG80 transparent mode not recommended with controller in SCSI-3 mode
with HP-UX operating systems
• HSG80 transparent mode not recommended with controller in SCSI-3 mode with
• ISL disconnect causes NOS error with the OpenVMS operating systems
• Support for speed Auto-Negotiate
• Ports may accumulate spurious events
• Possible switch reset after power failure or power off sequence
•SNMPissues
Intended audience
This document is intended for customers who purchased the Director 2/64 or Director
2/140.
Firmware version 07.01.02-4
Firmware 07.01.02-4 is the latest (as of this date), firmware released with the
Director 2/64 and Director 2/140. The latest firmware is available on the following HP
web site: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
Director release notes 1

For more information on upgrading firmware versions, refer to the appropriate
HP StorageWorks director service manual. The features of this firmware version are
detailed in the following manuals.
Otherdirectordocumentation
In addition to these release notes, HP provides the following corresponding information:
•HP StorageWorks Director Element Manager Licensing Instructions,
AA-RVHAA-TE/958-000282-000
•HP StorageWorks Director Torque Tool Caution Flyer,AA-RTDEC-TE/958-
000282-002
•HP StorageWorks Director Power Cord Advisory, AA-RTDMC-TE/958-000279-
002
•HP StorageWorks Universal Port Module Kit Installation Instructions,
AA-RSS2D-TE/958-000281-002
•HP StorageWorks Director 2/140 Installation Guide,AA-RTDSD-TE/958-
000275-003
•McDATA Intrepid Director 6140 Installation and Service Manual,
620-000157-410
•HP StorageWorks Director Element Manager User Guide,AA-RTDUD-TE
•HP StorageWorks Director 2/64 Installation Guide,AA-RSNGE-TE/958-
000289-003
•McDATA Intrepid Director 6064 Installation and Service Manual,
620-000108-920
•HP StorageWorks M-Series Rack Mount Kit Installation Instructions,
AA-RQZPE-TE/958-000292-002
•McDATA Enterprise Operating System Command Line Interface User Manual,
620-000134-720
•McDATA EOS SNMP Support Manual, 620-000131-620
•McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual, 620-000124-500
•HP StorageWorks SAN Design Guide, AA-RMPNT-TE
•McDATA SANpilot User Manual, 620-000160-230
•HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide,AA-RS2CF-TE
•HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Transition Guide,AA-RV1MB-TE
•HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Appliance Installation Guide,
AA-RU5FC-TE/958-000324-002
•HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Release Notes,AA-RUR6E-TE/958-
000288-009
•HP StorageWorks Director and Edge Switch Glossary,AA-RU5JB-TE
•HP StorageWorks C-FCSWAPI SDK Bridge Agent Installation Instructions,
AA-RVJ1B-TE/958-000405-001
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•HP StorageWorks Director release notes, AA-RTDVG-TE/958–000276–007
CD-ROM directory structure
The HP StorageWorks director documentation and firmware CD contains the following
items:
•Manuals.pdf—HP StorageWorks Director 2/64 and Director 2/140
Documentation; links to the following documents and search function
•Documents
•README.TXT—HP document structure; late-breaking doc changes
•AA-RTDSD-TE/
958-000275-003—HP StorageWorks Director 2/140
Installation Guide
• 620-000157-410—McDATA Intrepid Director 6140 Installation and Service
Manual
•AA-RTDUD-TE—HP StorageWorks Director Element Manager User Guide
• AA-RSNGE-TE/958-000289-003—HP StorageWorks Director 2/64
Installation Guide
• 620-000108-920—McDATA Intrepid Director 6064 Installation and Service
Manual
• 620-000134-720—McDATA Enterprise Operating System Command Line
Interface User Manual
• 620-000131-620—McDATA EOS SNMP Support Manual
• 620-000124-500—McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Planning
Manual
• AA-RMPNT-TE—HP StorageWorks SAN Design Guide
• 620-000160-230—McDATA SANpilot User Manual
•AA-RU5F
C-TE/958-000324-002—HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager
Appliance Installation Guide
•AA-RS2CF-TE—HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide
•AA-RV1
MB-TE—HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Transition Guide
•AA-RU5JB-TE—HP StorageWorks Director and Edge Switch Glossary
• AA-RVJ1B-TE/958-000405-001—HP StorageWorks C-FCSWAPI SDK Bridge
Agent Installation Instructions
•Firmware
•HPQ_MSF_v07.00.00-84.bin—HP StorageWorks M-Series firmware
•firmwareupdate.txt—Instructions for updating firmware
•Acrobat
•RP505ENU.EXE—Windows installation fileforAcrobatReader5.0with
Search
Director release notes 3

Supported configurations
Operation of multiple switches in a fabric topology is subject to the following topology
limits. Consider the impact of these limits when planning the fabric.
NOTE:
For more information about planning the fabric, refer to HP StorageWorks SAN High
Availability Planning Guide.
•Fabric Elements—Each fabric element is defined by a unique domain ID that
ranges between 1 and 31; therefore, the theoretical limit of interconnected
directors in a single fabric is 31. The supported limit of interconnected switches
inasinglefabricis24.Becausethisnumberissubjecttochange,contactyour
HP authorized service representative for the current number of interconnected
switches supported in a single fabric.
•Inhomogeneous fabric—To determine if interoperability is supported for a
product, or if restrictions apply, refer to the product publications, or contact your
HP authorized service representative.
•Number of Interswitch Links (ISLs)—The maximum supported number of ISLs is
75% of installed ports for the Director 2/64, and 50% of installed ports for
the Director 2/140. For redundancy, at least two ISLs should connect any
two director-class fabric elements. Because this number is subject to change,
contact your HP authorized service representative for the current number of ISLs
supported per director.
•Hop Count—The Fibre Channel theoretical limit of ISL connections traversed (hop
count) in a single path through a fabric is seven. The maximum supported hop
count in a single path through a fabric is three. Because this number is subject to
change, contact your HP authorized service representative for the current hop
count supported by a single fabric path.
The hop count is equal to the number of ISL connections traversed in a single
path, not the total number of ISL connections between devices.
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Cable requirements
NOTE:
Optical cables for the Director 2/64 and Director 2/140 must be ordered separately.
For cables measuring up to 500 meters (1 Gbps) or 300 meters (2 Gbps), use multi-mode
Fibre Channel cables. For longer cables, use single-mode Fibre Channel cables.
Multi-mode optical cables are connected to short-wave optical transceiver modules in
a switch. Single-mode optical cables are connected to long-wave optical transceiver
modules in a switch. Multi-mode cables should use 50/125 optical fibers, and
single-mode cables typically use 9/125 optical fibers for distances up to 10 km.
Verify that connectors interfacing with the Director 2/64 and Director 2/140 use LC
Duplex connectors with a PC finish. In addition, the connector at the opposite end
of the cable must be of either LC or SC type, depending on the requirements of the
connected device.
Important information
This section describes important information related to the Director 2/64 and
Director 2/140.
Minor Code Enhancements and Fixes in fw 07.01.02-4
This release of firmware version 07.01.02-4 incorporates some minor code enhancements
and fixes, and is not a mandatory upgrade, though HP recommends that all directors
and edge switches be upgraded to this version of firmware. Firmware release 07.01.02-4
is based on firmware 07.00.00-84, and contains all fixes included in that version and
prior releases. The following are now incorporated in firmware version 07.01.02-4.
Directors take new action upon detecting a failed UPM port module
A particular type of failure in director UPM port modules could be disruptive to other
port modules in a director. In the release of firmware 07.01.02-4, the action taken by
the director upon detecting this type of failure was changed to power off the failed port
module to prevent it from affecting other working port modules.
Embedded Web Server zoneset activation timeout issue resolved
Under certain conditions, the Embedded Web Server (EWS) would sometimes not allow
theZoneManagersubsystemenoughtimetoprocessaconfiguration change request.
This would cause EWS to time out when waiting for the Zone Manager to respond.
When this occurred, the Zone Manager could hang indefinitely, preventing any further
zone activities from any management location. This timeout issue has been fixed.
Director release notes 5

Zonesets containing domain/port number zones while in Open Fabric interop mode no longer
cause zoning to hang
When directors and edge switches in a fabric were configured for Open Fabric 1.0
interop mode, and the fabric’s zoneset contained a zone with members defined by
domain/port number instead of World Wide Name, activating changes to the zoneset
could cause the Zone Manager to hang. When this occurred, the Zone Manager could
hang indefinitely, preventing any further zone activities from any management location.
It should be noted that domain/port number zones are not supported in Open Fabric
1.0 interop mode, and are ignored. The Zone Manager will no longer hang under these
conditions, and these zones are still ignored in Open Fabric 1.0 interop mode.
Occasional Ethernet hang issue is resolved
Under certain conditions, the Ethernet communications could intermittently hang on
director 2/140, edge switch 2/24, and edge switch 2/12. This issue has been
corrected.
Features not supported in this release
The following director and edge switch feature is not supported in this release:
•SANtegrity Authentication
The following HAFM features are not supported in this release:
•SANtegrity Security Center
•Group Configuration Manager
These features are described in the documentation released with firmware 07.00.00 and
HAFM 08.06.00. Some of these features may be available in a future release.
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Documentation released with firmware 07.00.00 and HAFM 08.06.00
To support these products, we are providing documentation from both McDATA
Corporation (the product developer) and from HP (the product OEM). The HP documents
include all information HP has incorporated into the products to date. The McDATA
documents include only the basic product information.
Table 1 shows HP terminology and McDATA Corporation equivalents used in the
McDATA documents.
Table 1 HP and McDATA terminology
HP term McDATA term
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12 Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/16 Sphereon 3216 Fabric Switch
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32 Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch
HP StorageWorks Director 2/64 Intrepid 6064 Director
HP StorageWorks Director 2/140 Intrepid 6140 Director
Embedded Web Server (EWS) SANpilot
HA-Fabric Manager (HAFM) Enterprise Connectivity Manager (EFCM)
Firmware Enterprise Operating System (E/OS)
HAFM Appliance EFC Server
Director release notes 7

HAFM and firmware compatibility
Table 2 lists the minimum version of HAFM that can run with the various versions of
firmware for the directors and edge switches.
Table 2 HAFM and firmware compatibility
Firmware version HAFM version (minimum)
01.01.02 04.00.01 (HP EFCM)
01.02.02-06 04.01.02-14 (SDCM)
01.03.00-35 04.02.00-40 (HP EFCM)
01.04.00-01 04.02.00-40 (SDCM)
02.00.00-33 06.00.00-45 (HP EFCM)
02.00.02-01 06.00.02-06
04.01.02-04 06.03.01-05
05.02.00-13 07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
05.02.00-13 07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
05.05.00-12 None (Edge Switch 2/12)
06.01.00-18 07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
06.01.00-18 07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
06.01.00-18 08.02.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
06.02.00-22 07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
06.02.00-2207.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
06.02.00-22 08.02.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
07.00.00-84 07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
07.00.00-84 07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
07.00.00-84 08.06.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
07.01.02–4 07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
07.01.02–4 07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
07.01.02–4 08.06.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
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