Reinstalling Feature Licenses; Ctp Controls Port Lights; Support For Speed Auto-Negotiate; Hot Insertion Of An Optical Transceiver May Produce Port Failure Event - HP StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Release Note

Reinstalling Feature Licenses

Feature Licenses (or keys) must be reinstalled after performing a factory reset on a
director to regain use of the licensed features (e.g., SANtegrity).

Multiple FC HBA Ports in Separate Zones

Multiple FC HBA ports in the same host should be placed in separate zones, or
they might be perceived as potential targets (some HBAs log-in as both host and
target).

CTP Controls Port Lights

Port lights on the edge switch and director products are controlled by the CTP
functionality. Certain activities such as FW updates, IPLing the CTP, or switching
over to the backup CTP (Director) can cause these port lights to extinguish
momentarily until control is reasserted by the CTP. The actual FC traffic is not
affected during these times.

Support for Speed Auto-Negotiate

Currently, Speed Auto-Negotiate is not supported for HA and Failover SAN
configurations and is not recommended in general at this time. The speed should
be hard set to match the attached host or target port capability whenever possible.

Hot Insertion of an Optical Transceiver May Produce Port Failure Event

There should be no impact to the switching and throughput capabilities of the
director and the error event can be cleared by performing a Port Reset.

Ports May Accumulate Spurious Events

A port may accumulate "Invalid transmission word" and "Bit-Error Threshold
Link Incident" events when a transceiver is poorly seated resulting in a poor
ground connection.
Workaround
Reseating the optical transceiver will correct the problem.
Director Release Notes
Known Issues
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