HP StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Release Note
Fw 07.01.02/hafm sw 08.06.00 hp storageworks director release notes (aa-rtdvh-te, august 2005)
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- Page 1 HP StorageWorks Director release notes Part number: AA–RTDVH–TE/958–000276–008 Eighth edition: (August 2005)
- Page 2 Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for Hewlett-Packard Company products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements for such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.
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Page 3: About This Document
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. -
Page 4: Other Director Documentation
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. Other director documentation In addition to these release notes, HP provides the following corresponding information: •... -
Page 5: Cd-Rom Directory Structure
• 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 •... -
Page 6: Supported Configurations
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. -
Page 7: Cable Requirements
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. - Page 8 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.
- Page 9 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.
- Page 10 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...
- Page 11 Prerequisites for installing and using firmware 07.01.02 If you are using HAFM, firmware 07.01.02 requires HAFM 07.01.00 or later (check with HP Customer Support for the latest shipping version of HAFM). HAFM should be at the minimum level before installing the new firmware. NOTE: HAFM is not required for operating hardware products using the firmware.
- Page 12 The upgrade process checks for sufficient memory before activating the new firmware image. The firmware upgrade does not complete without sufficient memory. Please contact HP Customer Support if you receive this message. Some customer environments use application or host software that is affected by the restart of the director CTP during a HotCAT download operation.
- Page 13 When switchover occurs, the green LED illuminates on the backup CTP card to indicate that it is now the active card. NOTE: You must have maintenance authorization rights to access the HAFM Product/ Element Manager menu options used in this procedure. Upgrade the firmware to 05.02.00-13 on each director using the Send option on the Firmware Library dialog box.
- Page 14 • EWS User Manual. This provides procedures for downloading firmware to the switch or director. • EWS online help. This provides procedures for downloading firmware to the switch or director. Downgrading directly to a release before 06.00.00 from 07.01.02-4 is not allowed. To downgrade to a release before 06.00.00, you must first downgrade to 06.YY.ZZ.
- Page 15 HAFM upgrade required for firmware version 07.xx.xx To upgrade to firmware 07.01.02-4, you must first upgrade the HAFM software to 07.01.00-9 minimum, if you are using the notebook HAFM server to manage the director or edge switch. The HAFM software is contained on the HP StorageWorks ha-fabric manager documentation and software CD (Part Number 516-000024-820).
- Page 16 With the Zone FlexPar feature enabled, RSCN messages for a zoning change are handled like RSCNs for availability/unavailability changes. Specifically, RSCNs are restricted to only those devices sharing at least one common zone with the device that changed. This way, only devices that are impacted by the change in connectivity receive RSCNs.
- Page 17 • RBAC Phase I: Enhanced User Rights Configuration—RBAC is role based access control. This is the first phase of more comprehensive role-based access control planned for the CLI and EWS interfaces. Multiple users can now be configured for EWS or CLI, or both, through either interface. This allows users to configure additional user name/password combinations.
- Page 18 To configure this feature, users set policies with thresholds based on the number of port events occurring during a set time period. If a port generates enough events to exceed the policy threshold, the port is automatically blocked and the user is notified. Transmit and receive traffic is disabled until the user can investigate, solve the problem, and manually unblock the port.
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Page 19: Snmp Changes
Some IP addresses must be avoided If you use HAFM to manage other M-Series Fabric directors and edge switches, when you select IP addresses for edge switches, directors, and for the HAFM appliance, do not use IP addresses in the following range: 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.0.255—This subnet is used internally to the HAFM appliance. -
Page 20: Zoning Limitations
• FCEOS MIB: 2.0 • SNMP Framework MIB: RFC-2271 (1997/09/30) • FA MIB: 3.0 • FA MIB: 3.1 SNMP requests can be received in either 3.0 or 3.1 of the Fibre Alliance (FA) MIB, and the switch responds in the same version. The switch can also be configured to use a specific version for traps generated by the switch. -
Page 21: Reinstalling Feature Licenses
Firmware 06.02.00-22 provides support for second-generation Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24 switches. This is the minimum M-Series firmware supported on the second-generation Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24. For customers who want to add a second-generation switch to their existing SAN, but are not ready to upgrade their SAN from 5.x to 06.02.00, there is a downgrade firmware version for each of these edge switches which provides compatibility with a SAN running 05.02.00. - Page 22 The feature configures a switch or director so that no frame data is stored after a power off. Without Full Volatility, if the switch or director experiences a fault condition, a dump of the embedded memory space is captured into nonvolatile memory. This dump retains the last 30 frames transmitted from and last four frames transmitted to the embedded port.
- Page 23 BB_Credit Allocation for ports With firmware 07.00.00 and later, this supports the ability to allocate a specific number of buffer credits per port. This feature provides benefit primarily in the Edge Switch 2/12 and 2/24 switches, where a single pool of buffers is shared among all ports. Users will now be able to allocate buffer credits only where needed.
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Page 24: Known Issues
NOTE: This limit is disabled when the switch parameter Suppress Zoning RSCNs on Zone set activations check box is enabled. Known issues This section describes the known issues related to the Director 2/64 and Director 2/140. HSG80 transparent mode not supported with IBM AIX Use of an HSG80 with IBM AIX is restricted to operating the HSG80 in Multibus mode with the Director 2/64 and Director 2/140. -
Page 25: Support For Speed Auto-Negotiate
Workaround Use these steps to clear the incident alerts. At the HAFM Hardware View, click the port module to open the Port Card View. Right-click on the port with the yellow triangle icon, and choose Clear Link Incident Alert(s). Support for speed Auto-Negotiate Auto-negotiate is supported. - Page 26 Workaround If this condition occurs, the configuration of the edge switch or director must be restored, and the IP address must be restored. Also, all licensed features need to be reactivated by entering the license keys again. SNMP issues SNMP traps warmStart and coldStart are not always received across Ethernet switches.