Known Issues - Compaq 158222-B21 - StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8 Release Note

Known Issues

This section describes the known issues and problems related to the Fibre
Channel SAN Switches, as of 6/1/00.
Fibre Channel SAN Switch
Only eight E-ports per switch are supported.
QuickLoop
QuickLoop, with large numbers of looplets (16), can cause some adapters to
time out during initialization, resulting in repetitive initializations. A new
Telnet command has been added that can speed up initialization:
qlUnmaskLipa [ 0 | 1 ]
The parameter can be set to "0" or "1". When set to "0", initializing a looplet
is off. When set to "1" (the default for new switches), initializing a looplet is
on. When the parameter is set to initializing a looplet, the v2.1.7 QuickLoop
masks the Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (AL_PA) bits in the Loop
Initialization Procedure (LIPA) frame using the LIPA bitmaps of those
looplets that stay online. Setting this option on disables the LIPA bitmap
masking and opens AL_PAs for taking by devices in the looplet being
initialized in the LIPA phase, thus allowing the Primary to claim the same
AL_PA in the case of fail-back in Compaq's HA environment.
Make sure that this parameter is set to "1."
Web Management Tools
Netscape 4.6 (IRIX) fails to load SwitchManager.html (core dump of
Netscape or SwitchApplet cannot start error).
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