HP 1606 Release Note

HP StorageWorks
B-series Data Center Fabric Manager

Enterprise, Professional Plus, and
Professional

10.4.5a Release Notes

Part Number: 5697-0973
Tenth edition: June 2011

Legal and notice information

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© Copyright 2009-2011 Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated

Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Version

10.4.5a

Description

HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) 10.4.5a is a patch release, which
provides a number of fixes since the DCFM 10.4.5 release. All of the features and functionality of
DCFM 10.4.0, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 10.4.5 are brought forward with this release, including:

• Support for new hardware

• Feature enhancements across multiple platforms

• Integrated SMI

DCFM 10.4 added support for the new HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 64-port 8Gb Fibre
Channel Blade, which enables server and fabric consolidation. DCFM 10.4 continues to simplify
management of key data center solutions, such as security, virtualization, and converged IP/SAN
networks. The following sections provide a summary of the main feature enhancements of the DCFM

10.4 release.

New hardware platforms

DCFM 10.4.0 introduced support for the following new hardware platforms, which carries forward
with this release:

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 64-port 8Gb Fibre Channel Blade

• Brocade 804 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class

New software features

DCFM 10.4.0 introduced support for the following new software features, which carries forward with
this release:

• Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter 4.0. Plug-in is invoked from vSphere client on selection

of a tab, displaying the following information from DCFM:

• VM connectivity information

• Statistics information

• Event information

• Integrated SMI Agent (Professional Plus and Enterprise editions only):

• Provides the ability to manage both Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS) and M-EOS hardware

• Integrated into DCFM; includes SMI-only installation option

• FCoE: Support for HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch in Access Gateway

mode

B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional 3

Enhancements

B-series OUI support enhancement

In the first half of 2010, a new Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) began phasing into B-series
platforms. DCFM 10.3.4 initially added support for this OUI. DCFM 10.4.0 and later continues this
support. For more information, see New OUI support on B-series platforms on page 11.

FCoE and CEE Management

Support for Startup, running configurations as follows:

• Save configuration to repository saves both running and startup configurations

• Copy running configuration to startup configuration within the switch

• Restore to startup configuration (and reboot option)

• Replicate to startup configuration

Encryption enhancements

• Support for hosting disk and tape containers on same encryption engine

• Support for Access Gateway mode in Encryption SAN Switch

• Usability enhancements:

• Disk LUN View

• Edit Smart Card dialog box

• BP (Blade Processor) Link Configuration

• Display BP Link Status

• Dynamic view update on Encryption Center and LUN dialog box

• Provide commit state on target container

• Show all rekey sessions for LUN on view

• Export Certificate support

FCIP enhancements

• Support for IPSec for the HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch and the HP StorageWorks

DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade

• Support for IPv6 on 1G and 10G ports

• VEX support on 1G and 10G ports

• Support for VLAN tagging introduced in Fabric OS 6.3.1

• Additional Enhancements:

• Disable Min/Max bandwidth text fields for unsupported platforms

• Suggest button displays appropriate message when selected for unsupported platforms

• Refresh the information in DCFM immediately upon successful FCIP configuration

Virtualization

• Support for vSphere 4.0 (ESX 4.0 hypervisors) for monitoring

• Virtual Machine (VM) icon change in the device tree and topology

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• Port icon and Host enclosure used for source and destination columns in the End-to-End monitor

and Top Talkers dialog box

• VM Path discovery for File System of type VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)

HBA Management

Updates to Property Sheets, including Remote Port (for example, Speed, Bind Type, Target ID, Vendor),
add NWWN property in HBA port properties.

Other enhancements

• Accept changes summary dialog box added

• Event Policies dialog box is enhanced to pass event parameters to script in Launch script action

• Call Home changes:

• HP Modem call home centers removed

• HP LAN port number may now be customized

• SMTP over SSL is introduced for email-based call home centers

• Export option in the Port Mapping dialog box

• Overall security enhancements to application

• Support for authenticated SMTP over SSL

• Display of SNMP/ Syslog/ Internal FTP port status display

• Ability to export the topology as an image

• Incremental support for Traffic Isolation Zoning

• Limited support for Admin Domains:

• Physical Fabric (AD 255 context) Discovery

• Asset & Fabric (Nameserver, Topology) information collected in Physical Fabric context

• Defined and Active Zone configuration is collected in AD 0 context

• Switch Configuration, Firmware Management, Performance Monitoring, Basic Switch Config-

uration operations (switch enable/disable, port enable/disable)

• Implemented the following end user Requests For Enhancements (RFEs):

• Switch SS folder name change as <Switch name> <Switch IP> <Switch WWN>

• Copying switch/host support saves to another ftp server through the View Repository dialog

box

• Port group reordering

• Server/client memory restriction in Options dialog box

• ASM bit changes for PDCM

• List zone member‘s enhancement

• Offline zone db activations

• Filter ICL ports in Zoning dialog box

• Zone member rendering in Zoning dialog box

• Delete button in VF dialog box

• Inheriting the fabric properties

• Port unbind

• Unassigned port address

• Addressing mode changes in VF dialog box

• Support for new Fabric OS features :

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• Enhanced TI zones support

• Exchange based routing for lossless DLS

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch Multiprotocol Extension Blade support in VF dialog

box

Supported switches and firmware

Table 1 lists switches and firmware families supported with version 10.4.5a. This does not imply that

all firmware versions listed in the left column are still supported by HP, but rather that those are the
firmware streams on which the corresponding switches are, or were, supported. It also does not imply
that all the firmware listed in streams are supported on each of the corresponding switches. HP
recommends using the latest software versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN.

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Table 1 Supported switches and firmware

Switch/DirectorSwitch firmware

Fabric OS 5.0.x,

5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x,

6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x,

6.3.x, and 6.4.x

HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32 (Brocade 3900)
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V (Brocade 3250)
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V (Brocade 3850)
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 (Brocade 4100)

HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router (Brocade 7500)

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HP StorageWorks 4/8, 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E)

HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/64 (Brocade 4900)

HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32B (Brocade 5000)

HP StorageWorks 8/8, 8/24 SAN Switch (Brocade 300)

HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch (Brocade 5100)

HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch (Brocade 5300)

2

3

4

4

4

HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64 (Brocade 12000)
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128 (Brocade 24000)
HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000)

• HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 16 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-16)

• HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 32 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-32)

•

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-48)

•

HP StorageWorks iSCSI Director Blade (FC4-16IP)

•

HP StorageWorks Multi-Protocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)

•

HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC ISL Blade (FC10-6)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director (Brocade DCX)

2

1

6

2

5

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 16 Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-16)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 32 Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-32)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-48)

•

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 64-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-64)

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• HP StorageWorks Multi-Protocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC ISL Blade (FC10-6)

•

HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade (FS8-18)

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• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade (Brocade FX8-

9

24)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE10-

9

24)

B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional 7

Switch/DirectorSwitch firmware

Fabric OS 5.0.x,

5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x,

6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x,

6.3.x, and 6.4.x

Fabric OS 5.2.x,

5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x,

6.2.x, 6.3.x, and

6.4.x

HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director (Brocade DCX-4S)

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• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 16 Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-16)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 32 Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-32)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-48)

•

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 64-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-64)

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• HP StorageWorks Multi-Protocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC ISL Blade (FC10-6)

•

HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade (FS8–18)

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• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade (Brocade FX8-

9

24)

• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE10-

9

24)

HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (Brocade 8000)

HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800)

9

Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)

11

12

Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012)

HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module (Brocade 5410)

Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class (Brocade 5480)

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M-EOSc 9.6.x,

9.7.x, 9.8.x, and

9.9.x

HP StorageWorks Director 2/64, 2/140 (Brocade M6064 and M6140)
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/16 (Sphereon 3216)
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32 (Sphereon 3232)
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12 (Sphereon 4300)
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 (Sphereon 4500)
Sphereon 4400 (Brocade 4400)
Sphereon 4700 (Brocade 4700)

Intrepid 10000 Director (Brocade Mi10K)M-EOSn 9.6.x,

9.7.x, 9.8.x, and

9.9

1

Requires Fabric OS 5.1.0 or later.

2

Requires Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later.

3

Requires Fabric OS 5.2.1b or later.

4

Requires Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later.

5

Requires Fabric OS 5.3.0 or later.

6

Requires Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later.

7

Requires Fabric OS 6.4.0a or later.

8

Requires Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later.

9

Requires Fabric OS 6.3.0 or later.

10

Requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later.

11

Requires Fabric OS 6.1.2_cee1 or later. Support for this switch in DCFM 10.1.x is for discovery only.

12

Requires Fabric OS 5.3.1 or later.

13

Requires Fabric OS 6.1.0_8e or later.

14

Requires Fabric OS 6.1.0_8e1 or later.

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Supported operating systems

Table 2 lists the operating systems that support DCFM 10.4.5a.

Table 2 Supported operating systems

VersionsOperating system

Windows

Linux

VMware

• XP Professional SP3 (x86 32-bit)

• 2003 Server SP2 (x86 32-bit)

• Vista Business Edition SP1 (x86 32-bit)

• 2008 Server (x86 32-bit)

• Windows 7 Professional Edition

10 (SPARC platform)Solaris

• Red Hat AS 4.0 (x86 32-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (x86 32-bit)

• VMware ESX 3.5 with Guest VMs of:

• Windows Server 2003 Std SP2 (x86 32-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Adv (x86 32-bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (x86 32-bit)

• Windows XP Pro SP3 (x86 32-bit)

• Windows Vista Business Edition SP1(x86 32-bit)

• Windows 2008 Std (x86 32-bit)

• RedHat AS 4.0 (x86 32-bit)

• VMware ESX 4.0 with Guest VMs of:

• Windows Server 2003 Std SP2 (x86 32-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Adv (x86 32-bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (x86 32-bit)

• Windows XP Pro SP3 (x86 32-bit)

• Windows Vista Business Edition SP1(x86 32-bit)

• Windows 2008 Std (x86 32-bit)

• Windows 7 Professional edition

• RedHat AS 4.0 (x86 32-bit)

Supported feature summary for DCFM

Table 3 lists the DCFM supported features.

Table 3 Supported DCFM features

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DCFM EnterpriseDCFM Professional PlusDCFM ProfessionalFeature

2441Number of fabrics

M-EOS, Fabric OS, MixedFabric OSType of fabric supported

M-EOS, Fabric OS,
Mixed

DCFM EnterpriseDCFM Professional PlusDCFM ProfessionalFeature

FCoE Blade/2408 FCoE
Converged Network
Switch

Switch

Switch

Switch/Encryption Blade

Extension Blade

2,5601,000Number of ports

9,000 (Fabric OS);
5,000 (M-EOS/Mixed)

YesYesYes4-Gb and 8-Gb Switches

YesYesYesDC SAN Director 10/24

YesYesYes1606 Extension SAN

YesYesYes4/256 SAN Director

YesYesYesDC04 SAN Director

YesYesYesHBA Management (HCM)

YesYesYesVirtualization support

YesYesYesEncryption SAN

YesYesYesDC Director Switch MP

Real time stats

Historical stats

nl

1

2

integration

nl

Control (RBAC)

nl

Director

1

Real-time stats for GE ports. FC ports, E-E Monitors, and TopTalkers

2

Historical stats for FC ports and E-E Monitors

Important notes

This section provides information that you should consider before using DCFM 10.4.x. See the Data
Center Fabric Manager Enterprise, Professional Plus, or Professional User Manual for details on the
following notes. These documents can be downloaded from the following HP website:

YesYesYes

YesYesNo

YesYesNoDBMS (ODBC & JDBC)

YesYesNoPartner software

YesYesNoRole Based Access

YesNoNoFICON

YesNoNoDC SAN Backbone

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/dc_fabricmgr/index.html

Under Support, click HP Support & Documents, and then click Manuals. Under User guide, select the
appropriate edition.

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NOTE:

Install DCFM on a dedicated machine that is not running any other server applications, such as another
database server.

New OUI support on B-series platforms

The OUI value is part of a Fibre Channel WWN that uniquely identifies the manufacturer of Fibre
Channel products. The OUI values assigned to Brocade are used by Fabric OS to validate certain
fabric interoperability support, and by DCFM to provide for manageability features.

Brocade is near to exhausting the currently assigned OUI/WWN values. Therefore, they will soon
be using a new OUI value for WWN assignment. WWNs with the current OUI value are expected
to be consumed by mid-2010. Brocade factory shipments of switches after this time will have WWNs
that include the new OUI.

The new OUI value for Brocade is 00:05:33. For example, a WWN of
10:00:00:05:33:41:5c:c1 uses the new OUI.

Beginning with DCFM 10.3.4, and continuing forward with DCFM 10.4.0 and later, DCFM has been
enhanced to recognize the new Brocade OUI value to guarantee proper functionality.

IMPORTANT:

If you have a switch with the new OUI/WWN in the fabric, do not downgrade DCFM to a version
earlier than 10.3.4.

DCFM versions earlier than 10.3.4 will show such switches as unmanaged.

DCFM cannot manage M-EOSc switches with SNMPv3 enabled

DCFM 10.1.3 or later does not support managing M-EOSc switches with SNMPv3 enabled. If SNMPv3
is enabled on M-EOSc switches, SNMPv1 is disabled automatically. DCFM uses SNMPv1 to manage
M-EOSc switches; therefore, the manageability link cannot be established if SNMPv3 is enabled. HP
recommends that you use the CLI to disable SNMPv3.

JRE 1.6.0 Update 16 is required

If your system has a JRE version earlier than JRE 1.6.0_16, you must update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 16.
You can validate this by executing java –version from the command prompt. If the version
displayed is 1.6.0_16, you are running the correct version. If your JRE version is earlier than

1.6.0_16, remove JRE and then browse to the DCFM Server IP address to download the correct
version, which is bundled with the DCFM server.

NOTE:

If you installed JRE 1.6.0 Update 16, do not use the Java auto-updater, as this changes the JRE version.

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DCFM Professional services do not auto-start on Linux and Solaris

After a restart, DCFM Professional services must be started manually on both Linux and Solaris systems.
Otherwise, the DCFM client fails to launch.

Event priority mismatch

Error-level policies are occasionally triggered by warning-level events.

Configdownload fails when the ALL parameter is selected

If you run the configdownload command with the ALL parameter selected to download a
configuration from one virtual switch to another virtual switch and the Fabric IDs do not match, the
download fails.

Switch name update delay

If you use a tool other than DCFM to change the name of a switch, the new name for the switch can
take up to 15 minutes to appear in DCFM. The actual time delay depends on the SAN Size value.

Event-based file actions fail

DCFM event actions fail to run scripts on Windows remote-mounted file systems.

EX_Port disabled when configuring routing domain IDs

After selecting an edge fabric and launching the Routing Domain IDs dialog box, if you select all front
domains and Xlate domains, and then add domain IDs, clicking OK disables the EX_Ports and displays
the following message:

EX_PORT ISOLATE

Removing switches

If you plan to segment and remove more than two switches from a fabric, and you have Historical
Performance Collection enabled, HP recommends that you accept changes after each switch
segmentation from the client.

DCFM clients

To free up server resources and as a best practice, HP recommends that you shut down clients that
are not actively being used. In some scenarios, if duplicate entries are displayed in the Product List,
restart the client.

Secure Fabric OS fabrics cannot be discovered from DCFM

DCFM does not support Secure Fabric OS (SFOS). If you attempt to discover an SFOS fabric, DCFM
displays the message Discovery Failed. To recover, you must remove the SFOS settings and set
typical fabric settings.

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Performance Data Aging tab has been removed from Server Management
Console

You cannot configure the Performance Data Aging settings in DCFM 10.1.4 or later. The tab has
been removed from the Server Management Console (SMC). The default configuration settings are
as follows:

• 288 samples in a 5-minute period

• 144 samples in a 30-minute period

• 84 samples in a 2-hour period

• 90 samples in a 1-day period

• 606 total samples

When migrating from an earlier release to DCFM 10.4.0, all historical data is truncated with respect
to the default samples, and the aging configuration is not migrated.

Encryption configuration has limited support

The current commit limitation of a total of 25 LUN transactions (add, update, and remove) can cause
delays in registering changes for LUN provisioning. To avoid this situation, HP recommends that you
commit each transaction before making additional changes.

IFL connection shown in topology after deleting all the VE-VEX tunnels present
between the HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN switches

After deleting all the VE-VEX tunnels present between the 1606 Extension SAN switches, a rare instance
has been seen where the IFL connection was still shown in topology. HP recommends that you unmonitor
and monitor the switch again if this occurs.

F_Ports connected to Access Gateway are not shown as attached ports under
the switch

If Access Gateway is connected to the switch, F_Ports connected to access gateway are not shown
as attached virtual ports under the switch. HP recommends that you launch a new client.

Empty LAG creation

If a dot1x-enabled port is assigned to an LAG, an empty LAG is created.

NOTE:

If a two-port combination of dot1x-enabled and dot1x-disabled are added to an LAG, only the
dot1x-disabled ports are added to the LAG.

HP recommends that you verify the dot1x status on the port before assigning it to an LAG.

Connection between the Access Gateway and switches does not appear when
F_Port trunking is enabled on the Access Gateway

If a switch configured with F_Port trunking is connected to the Access Gateway, the F_Port trunk group
icon does not appear in the Product Tree, and the connection between the switch and the Access

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Gateway is not displayed in the Topology. HP recommends that you disable F_Port trunking on the
switch before connecting it to the Access Gateway.

VMware firewall settings may require HCM agent to be restarted

If the firewall settings on port 514 changed in VMware, the HCM Agent must be restarted. VMware
(ESX 3.5 & 4) blocks the Syslog outgoing port 514 by default. If you are using a Syslog Host
configuration or HCM as part of DCFM, the firewall must be configured to allow outgoing port 514
for Syslog.

Use the command esxcfgfirewall -o 514,udp,out,syslog to open port 514 and the
command esxcfgfirewall -c 514,udp,out,syslog to block outgoing traffic through port

514.

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director support in Professional Plus

DCFM Professional Plus edition can discover, but not manage, the HP DC SAN Backbone chassis.
To manage the device, launch the device Element Manager from the Connectivity Map.

The HP DC SAN Backbone Director cannot be used as a seed switch.

Uninstalling ODBC DCFM install location

With DCFM 10.0.x and later, when ODBC is installed in the DCFM install location, uninstalling ODBC
will not remove the odbc folder from the DCFM location and the ODBC driver shortcut menu item
will not be removed. HP recommends that you remove it manually.

Configuring OBDC connection manually

With DCFM 10.0.x and later, when the configuration page is skipped during ODBC installation, you
can create DSN at a later time by accessing install home \odbc\createdsn.bat

Failover restriction in mixed fabrics

In mixed fabrics, the seed switch must be a Fabric OS switch. You cannot change the seed switch to
EOS manually.

In this situation, to manage the fabric with EOS as the seed switch:

1. Disconnect the ISL between the Fabric OS and EOS switches.

2. Unmonitor or delete the Fabric OS fabric.

3. Discover the Pure EOS Fabric by providing the EOS seed switch IP address.

Failover (that is, when the seed switch is not reachable, falling back to another switch as seed switch)
can occur in the following cases:

• Fabric OS to Fabric OS switches

• EOS to EOS switches

• EOS to Fabric OS switches

• Fabric OS to EOS switches

FICON Emulation restrictions in FCIP Tunnel configuration

The FICON Emulation tab in the FCIP Advanced Settings dialog allows (requires) configuration of
FICON Debug Flags setting to configure any FICON settings. The recommended value for FICON

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Debug flag should be set to 0x90010 (even though the dialog indicates the supported range of
0x00000000 to 0xFFFFFFFF). Configuring this setting with any other value will interfere with the
FICON Tape Write pipelining settings. This is applicable to versions 10.4.0, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and

10.4.5.

Displaying logical switches

Logical switches that are created through the Logical Switch dialog box are displayed in the existing
Logical Switches Panel > Undiscovered Logical Switch list.

To ensure that logical switches display properly, discover the new logical fabric.

Device Port update in Topology view

In a Non-VF environment, a device port status update can take from 2 to 30 minutes (based on SAN
size) to update in the GUI when all of the following conditions exist:

• The switches are discovered using SNMPv3.

• Soft Serial Number (SSN) is configured.

• EXT MIB is enabled.

To ensure that the GUI is updated within 1 to 3 minutes (based on SAN size), disable EXT MIB.

Updating the FTP server table

Use this procedure only when there is a change in the DCFM server IP (System IP) address. It updates
the FTP Server IP address with the current IP address.

To update the FTP server table with a new IP Address:

1. Browse to

2. Click scjview.exe to launch the DB application.

3. From the menu bar, select Connections > Connect with SQL Anywhere 10.

The Connect window opens.

4. On the Identification tab, enter dcfm in the user ID box, password in the password box, and then

click OK.

The Sybase Central window opens.

5. In the folders pane, select SQL Anywhere 10 > dcfmdb > dcfmdb - dcfm > Tables.

A list of tables appears in the right pane.

6. Scroll down the Tables pane and double-click FTP_SERVER.

FTP_SERVER information appears in the right pane.

7. In the FTP_SERVER pane, select the Data tab.

8. Right-click the record with TYPE 0 (internal), and select Edit Row.

9. Enter the new IP and press Enter.

DCFM_Home location

\db\Sybase Central 5.0.0\win32.

IMPORTANT:

Do not modify any other column.

10. Close the DB Connection, and then close the application.

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Changing Password to Database

You are advised to change the default password to the database to prevent unauthorized access. To
change the database password:

1. Go to the Install_Home/bin directory and open a command window.

2. Enter the dbpassword, User_Name Password, New_Password Confirm_Password, and

then press Enter.

For further details, see the “Changing the database user password” section in the DCFM User Manual,
Chapter 1 “Getting Started.”

Access Control List display

Access Control lists are not displayed in the ACL tab of the Edit Switch dialog box for a CEE switch
with Fabric OS versions 6.3.1 and earlier.

SMI Enumeration issue

Enumeration instance fails for the following classes when DCFM manages an HP StorageWorks 2408
FCoE Converged Network SAN Switch running Fabric OS 6.3.x or earlier, connected to an FDMI
enabled CNA:

• Brocade_EthernetPortLANEndPOint

• Brocade_EthernetAdminDomainHostedLanEndPoint

• Brocade_EndpointOfNetworkPipe

• Brocade_EthernetSwitchHostedLANEndPoint

• Brocade_InEthernetLogicalNetwork

• Brocade_LANEndpoint

• Brocade_PlatformHostedLANEndPoint

Indication Delivery Time

The time to deliver the indication varies, based on the DCFM SAN size selected during installation.
If a large SAN size is selected, indication delivery time will be longer.

SNMP Registration

Provider classes may take more time to update the fabric changes if the switches managed in DCFM
are not SNMP registered. Since this will cause a delay in indication delivery, all the switches managed
in DCFM should be SNMP registered.

Logging for CIMOM

The default logging level is INFO in the integrated Agent. To change the logging level to DEBUG,
update the com.brocade category value in cimom-log4j.xml file present in the \conf folder.

The log file size and number of log files also can be changed by modifying the file rolling appender
parameters in this cimom-log4j.xml file. Logging Level, File size and Number of Log files can be
changed by modifying the fields Log Level , File Size , and Number of Files from the
configuration Tool through the CIMOM tab.

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Accept Changes does not remove the plus or minus sign in Topology/Device
Tree

The plus and minus signs are not removed in the Topology/Device Tree when Accept Changes is
performed after segmenting or merging the switch or end device. HP recommends that you relaunch
the client to remove the plus and minus signs.

HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch is not identified as Router when FCR
and IR license enabled.

The HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN switch has FCR enabled and integrated routing license applied,
but the Router Configuration dialog box does not list it as a router in the Router Configuration dialog
box. So the user cannot configure EX_Ports for the Encryption Switch using DCFM.

Error message is not shown for FC Ports when seclevel is set in the switch

Once the switches are discovered and seclevel is set in the switch on launching Realtime Graph
dialog box, no error message is shown to the user.

DCFM is not processing the SNMPv3 traps for Access Gateway switches

If the AG switches are registered for SNMPv3 traps and acting as logical AGs, then if there are any
changes made from the CLI, the DCFM updates on a lazy polling cycle.

DCFM takes a long time to update CNA connected to an FCoE switch in AG
mode

DCFM is taking more time (2 minutes for small SAN, 15 minutes for Medium SAN, and 30 minutes
for large SAN) to update the CNA, which is connected to a Brocade 8000 in AG mode. If the AG
switches are registered for SNMPv3 traps and acting as Logical AGs, and you make the CNA online
from the CLI, the DCFM updates on a lazy polling cycle.

Syslog troubleshooting

If the default syslog port number is already in use, no syslog messages are received from the device.
Use one of the following procedures (depending on your operating system) to determine which process
is running on the Syslog port and to stop the process:

• Windows operating systems

Finding the process:

1. Open a command window.

2. Type netstat –anb | find /i "514" and press Enter.

The process running on port 514 displays, for example, UDP 127:0:0:1:514 *:* 3328.

Stopping the process:
Type taskkill /F /PID "<PID>” and press Enter. For example, kill -9 "<3328>"
OR

1. Select CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Windows Task Manager.

2. Select the Processes tab.

3. Click the PID column header to sort the process by PID.

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