HP AARTDZHTE User Manual

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HP StorageWorks
Edge Switch release notes
Part number: AA–RTDZH–TE/958–000284–008 Eighth edition: (August 2005)
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About this document

These release notes contain late breaking and supplemental information for the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32.
Be sure to read these release notes before installing an edge switch. This information is periodically updated and available on the following HP web site:
h
ttp://thenew.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html.
•Releasenot
• Intended audience
•Firmwareversion07.01.02-4
• Other edge
• CDROM directory structure
• Supported congurations
• Cable re
•Importantinformation
•Knownissues

Release notes information

These release notes cover the following major topics:
• Certain unauthorized devices may increase response tim e for fabric operations under specicconditionswiththeEdgeSwitch2/24
• HSG80 transparent mode not supported with IBM AIX
• 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
es information
switch documentation
quirements
ended audience
Int
This document is intended for customers who purchased the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32.

Firmware version 07.01.02-4

Firmware 07.01.02-4 is the latest (as of this date) , rmware released with the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32. The latest rmware is available on the following HP web site: h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
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For more information on upgrading rmware versions, refer to the appropriate HP StorageWorks edge switch service manual. The features of this rmware version are detailed in the following manuals.

Other edge switch documentation

In addition to these release notes, HP provides the following corresponding information:
HP StorageWork
AA-RV14D-TE/9
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/1 2 Installation Guide, AA-RURCC-TE/95 8-
000340-002
McDATA Spher
620-000171-010
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Flexport Upgrade Instruction,
AA-RTDHF-TE/958-000286-005
HP StorageW
000283-002
McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual,
620-00015
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Element Manager User Guide,AA-RS2HD-TE
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32 Flexport Upgrade Instruction,
AA-RS33F-TE/958-000291-004
HP Stora
000290-003
McDATA Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual,
620-00
McDATA Enterprise Operating System Command Line Interface User Manual,
620-000134-720
McDAT
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual, 620-000124-500
HP StorageWorks SAN Design Guide, AA-RMPNT-TE
McDA
HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide,AA-RS2CF-TE
HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Transition G uide,AA-RV1MB-TE
HP S
AA-
HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Release Notes,AA-RUR6E-TE/958-
000288-009
HP
HP StorageWorks C-FCSWAPI SD K Bridge Agent Installation Instructions,
AA-RVJ1B-TE/958-000405-001
geWorks Edge Switch 2/32 Installation Guide,AA-RSTZE-TE/958-
0155-210
A EOS SNMP Support Manual, 620-000131-620
TA SANpilot User Manual, 620-000160-230
torageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Appliance Installation Guide,
RU5FC-TE/958-000324-002
StorageWorks Director and Edge Switch Glossary,AA-RU5JB-TE
s Edge Switch 2/12 Flexport Upgrade Instructions,
58-000339-003
eon4300FabricSwitchInstallationandServiceManual,
orks Edge Switch 2/24 Installation Guide,AA-RTDWC-TE/958-
9-320
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HP StorageWorks Edge Switch release notes, AA-RTDZG-TE/958–000284–007

CD-ROM directory structure

The HP StorageWorks ed ge switch documentation and rmware CD contains the following items:
Manuals.pdf—HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and
Edge Switch 2/32 Documentation; links to the following documents and search function
Documents
README.TXT—HP document structure; late-breaking doc changes
• AA-RV14D-TE/958-000339-003—HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12
Flexport Upg
• AA-RURCC-TE/958-000340-002—HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/12 Installation Guide
• 620-000171
Service Manual
• AA-RTDWD-TE/958-000283-003—HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Installat
• 620-000159-320—McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
•AA-RS2HD
• AA-RSTZE-TE/958-000290-003—HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32
Installation Guide
• 620-000
Service Manual
• 620-000134-720—McDATA Enterprise Operating System Command Line Interface User Manual
• 620-0
• 620-000124-500—McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Planning
Manual
•AA-RM
• 620-000160-230—McDATA SANpilot User Manual
• AA-RU5FC-TE/958-000324-002—HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager
iance Installation Guide
Appl
•AA-RS2CF-TE—HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide
•AA-RV1MB-TE—HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Transition Guide
•AA-
• AA-RVJ1B-TE/958-000405-001—HP StorageWorks C-FCSWAPI SDK Bridge
RU5JB-TE—HP StorageWorks Director and Edge Switch Glossary
Agent Installation Instructions
rade Instructions
-010—McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and
ion Guide
-TE—HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Element Manager User Guide
155-210—McDATA Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch Installation and
00131-620—McDATA EOS SNMP Support Manual
PNT-TE—HP StorageWorks SAN Design Guide
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Firmware
HPQ_MSF_v07.01.02-4.bin—HP StorageWorks M-Series rmware
firmwareupdate.txt—Instructions for updating rmware
Acrobat
RP505ENU.EXE—Windows installation le for Acrobat Reader 5.0 with
Search
Supported congurations
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
Fabric Elements—Each fabric element is dened 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
for edge switches is a ll available switch ports. For redundancy, at least two ISLs should connect any two switch-class fabric elements. Because this number is subject to change, contact your HP authorized service representative for the current number of ISLs supported per switch.
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.
Planning Guide.
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Cable requirements

NOTE:
Optical cables for 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 shor t-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 bers, and single-mode cables typically use 9/125 optical bers for distances up to 10 km.
Verify that connectors interfacing with the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32 use LC Duplex connectors with a PC nish. In addition, the connector at the opp osite end of the cable must be of either LC or SC type, depending on the requirements of the connected device.
theEdgeSwitch2/12,EdgeSwitch2/12,andEdgeSwitch2/32

Important information

This section describes important information related to the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32.
Minor Code Enhancements and Fixes in fw 07.01.02-4
This release of rmware version 07.01.02-4 incorporates some minor code enhancements and xes, and is not a mandatory upgrade, though HP recommends that all directors and edge switches be upgraded to this version of rmware. Firmware release 07.01.02-4 is based on rmware 07.00.00-84, and contains all xes included in that version and prior releases. The following are now incorporated in rmware 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 rmware 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 cer tain 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 indenitely, preventing any further zone activities from any management location. This timeout issue has been xed.
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Zonesets containing domain/port number zones while in Open Fabric interop mode no longer cause zoning to han
g
When directors an interop mo d e, and 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 cou ld hang indenitely, preventing any further zone activities from any management location. It should be noted that domain/port number zones are not suppor ted in Open Fabric
1.0 interop mo 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 no
t supported in this release
The followi
SANtegrity Authentication
The following HAFM features are not supported in this release:
SANtegrity Security Center
Group Con
These fea HAFM 08.06.00. Some of these features m ay be available in a future release.
ng d irector and edge switch feature is not supported in this release:
tures are described in the documentation released with rmware 07.00.00 and
d edge switches in a fabric were congured for Open Fabric 1.0
the fabric’s zoneset contained a zone with mem bers dened by
de, and are ignored. The Zone Manager will no longer hang under these
guration Manager
Documentation released with rmware 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 O EM). The HP documents include all information HP has incorporated into the products to date. The McDATA documents include only the basic product information.
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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
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/16
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24
HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32
HP StorageWorks Director 2/64
HP StorageWorks Director 2/140
Embedded Web Server (EWS) SANpilot
HA-Fabric Manager (HAFM)
Firmware
HAFM Appliance
Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch
Sphereon 3216 Fabr
Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch
Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch
Intrepid 6064 Dir
Intrepid 6140 Director
Enterprise Conn
Enterprise Operating System (E/OS)
EFC Server
ic Switch
ector
ectivity Manager (EFCM)
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HAFM and rmware com
patibility
Table 2 lists the mi
nimum version of HAFM that can run with the various versions of
rmware for the directors and edge switches.
Table 2 HAFM and rmware compatibility
Firmware ver sion HAFM version (m in
01.01.02
01.02.02-06
01.03.00-35
01.04.00-01 04.02.00-40 (SDCM)
02.00.00-33
02.00.02-01 06.00.02-06
04.01.02-04
05.02.00-13
05.02.00-13
05.05.00-12
06.01.00-18
06.01.00-18
06.01.00-18
06.02.00-22
06.02.00-2
06.02.00-22
07.00.00-84
07 .00.00
2
-84
04.00.01 (HP EFCM)
04.01.02-14 (SDCM)
04.02. 00-40 (HP
06.00.00-45 (HP EFCM)
06.03.01-05
07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
None (Edge Switch 2/12)
07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
08.02.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
07 .02.00-
08.02.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
07.02.00-09 (HAFM Appliance)
09 (HAFM Appliance)
EFCM)
imum)
07.00.00-84
07 .01.02–4
07 .01.02–4
07 .01.02–4
8
08.06.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
07.01.00-09 (Notebook Server)
0-09 (HAFM Appliance)
07 .02.0
08.06.00 recommended (HAFM Appliance)
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Prerequisites for i
nstalling and using rmware 07.01.02
If you are using HAF HP Customer Suppo minimum level bef
NOTE:
HAFM is not required for operating hardware products using the rmware.
All directors and edge switches in the same fabric should have the same rmware level installed. Although products may co-exist in a fabric running different levels of rmware, all products must be at the same major functional release level.
M, rmware 07.01.02 requires HAFM 07.01.00 or later (check with
rt for the latest shipping version of HAFM). HAFM should be at the
ore installing the new rmware.
Upgrading from an earlier version of rmware
Upgrading to rmware 07.01.02-4 is non-disruptive to attached devices. The director or edge switch is not required to be ofine before performing an upgrade operation. Limitations to upgrades are clearly identied if there are any limitations to performing the operation.
Before upgrading rmware, it is highly recommended that you back up the director or edge switch conguration. Refer to your HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Element Manager User Guide for more information. Embedded Web Server (EWS) also provides an option to print or save product conguration to a le. Refer to the HP StorageWorks Embedded Web Server User Guide for more information.
All products must be running rmware 06.00.00 or later before upgrading to
07.01.02-4. If a switch is operating with a rmware level earlier than 06.00.00, you mustupgradeto06.xx.xxbeforeinstalling07.01.02-4.
Upgrades and downgrades are supported only from one major release to the next, such as from 06.xx.xx to 07.01.02-4. If EWS is used for upgrades and downgrades, and this rule is not followed, errors occur and there may be a disruption to attached devices.
If upgrading to rmware 06.02.00-22 requires you to upgrade from 04.xx.xx to
05.xx.xx in the process, there are special considerations, as detailed in the section,
Upgrading rmware on an edge switch from 04.xx.xx to 05.xx.xx.
A s ma ll number of early-shipped Surestore Director FC-64 units may receive one of the following messages when they upgrade to rmware 05.02.00-13:
HAFM—Firmware cannot be loaded due to insufficient CTP
memory.
EWS—File System Error: Insufficient memory for new
firmware version.
This occurs only in certain units with CTP cards. Units with CTP2 ca rds do not have this issue.
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If you get one of these messages during the upgrade, the rmware upgrade failed, but the unit continues working with the existing rmware without an interruption in service. The upgrade process checks for sufcient mem ory before activating the new rmware image. The rmware upgrade does not complete without sufcient memory. Please contact HP Customer Support if you receive this message.
Upgrading rmw
An issue has bee (NVRAM) on the this corrupt If the NVRAM in the CTP has corrupted c ontents, the rmware load can cause the conguration to reset to factory defaults, which could cause a system outage.
Edge switch p congurati earlier ver an outage c upgrade b connect
To safely upgrade rmware on a edge switch, perform the following:
1. Upgrade HAFM software on the HAFM server/appliance to 07.01.00 (minimum).
2. Download rmware 05.02 . 00-13 using the Firmware Library option under the
3. Backuptheedgeswitchconguration using the Backup & Restore Conguration
4. Upgr
areonanedgeswitchfrom04.xx.xxto05.xx.xx
nidentified in release 04.xx.xx if the contents of the nonvolatile storage
CTP become corrupted. Once the conguration has been loaded,
ion is not detected until an IPL/IML, power cycle, or rmware code load.
roducts already running 05.01.00 or later continually validate the NVRAM
on, so risk of an outage is extremely low. For edge switch products running an
sion of rmware, the risk of an outage increases due to the NVRAM issue. If
ompromises system integrity, HP recommends that the edge switch rmware
e a scheduled maintenance action that anticipates the failure of switch
ivity. This issue was corrected with rmware 05.02.00-13 and later.
Product Manager Maintenance menu.
n under the Product Manager Maintenance m enu.
optio
ade the rmware to 05.02.00-13 on each edge switch using the Send option
on the Firmware Library dialog box.
Considerations for downgrading the version of rmware
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Directors or edge switches are not required to be ofinebeforeperformingarmware downgrade operation. Limitations to downgrades are clearly identied if there are any limitations to performing the operation.
Before downgrading rmware, it is highly recommended that you back up the director or edge switch conguration. Refer to your HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Element ManagerUserGuidefor more information. EWS also provides an option to print or save product conguration to a le. Refer to your HP StorageWorks Embedded Web Server User Guide for more information.
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Before downgrading below 07.01.02-4, there can only be one user assigned access rights as Administrator and one user assigned as Operator for Embedded Web Server and CLI. If additional users were created, you have to delete them before downgrading. Firmware 07.01.02-4 does not allow the last user with Administrator rights in Embedded Web Server or CLI to be deleted. If no Operator user exists, rmware 07.01.02-4 automatically creates one for each interface during the downgrade. If more than one Administrator and/or one Operator exists for Embedded Web Server and/or CLI, when attempting to downgrade you are prompted to delete one of them rst.
When downgrading to a release prior to 07.01.02-4, any modications to the port RX BB_Credit settings using the new enhanced port conguration capability must be changed back to a conguration supported by older rmware. Thisisnecessarytoallow the conguration to comply with previous releases’ conguration database. Firmware
07.01.02-4 services verify compatibility and prevent downloads until the conguration
conict is resolved.
For procedures to download rmware to the switch or director using the HAFM Element Manager interface or EWS interface, refer to the following:
The switch or director Installation and Service Manual. This publication
provides complete procedures for obtaining rmware from the HP web site and downloading rmware to the switch or director using HAFM.
The switch or director Element Manager online help and User Manual. These
includes instructions for downloading rmware to the switch or director using the HAFM interface.
EWS User M anual. This provides procedures for downloading rmware to the
switch or director.
EWS online help. This provides procedures for downloading rmware to the
switch or director.
Downgrading directly to a release before 06.00.00 from 07.01.02-4 is not allowed. To downgradetoareleasebefore06.00.00,youmustrst downgrade to 06.YY.ZZ.
Upgrades and downgrades are supported only from one major release to the next, such as from 06.xx.xx to 07.01.02-4. If EWS is used for upgrades and downgrades, and this rule is not followed, errors occur and there may be a disruption to attached devices.
Downgrading to release 6.0 with the Preferred Path feature congured could cause loss of this function. HP recommends that Preferred Path be disabled before downgrading. To do this, deselect the check box for Enable Preferred Path in the Congure Preferred Paths dialog box.
NOTE:
The Director 2/ 1 40 and the Edge Switch 2/24 cannot be downgraded earlier than
04.01.00, and the Edge Switch 2/12 cannot be downgraded earlier than 05.05.00.
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Downgrades directly to 05.03.01 from 06.xx.xx is not concurrent when the second-generation Edge Switch 2/24 is congured in Open Fabric operating mode. In other words, downgrades in Open Fabric modecannotbedonewiththe second-generation Edge Switch 2/24 online without disrupting port operations. Since second-generation Edge Switch 2/24 switches cannot be d owngraded earlier than
05.03. 01, they must be congured in Homogeneous Fabric Interoperability mode to remain concurrent. If this process is not followed, I/O through the switch may be signicantly disrupted or stopped. Recovery for this situation is accomplished by reactivating the current zone set.
If you are installing a new or replacement second-generation Edge Switch 2/12 or Edge Switch 2/24 into an existing 05.xx.xx fabric, HP recommends that you downgrade theunitbeforeinstallingitintothefabric.
Downgrading to 05.05.00 is supported only on rst-generation Edge Switch 2/12 switches. Second-generation Edge Switch 2/12 switches can be downgraded only to
05.05.01. Second-generation Edge Switch 2/24 switches can be downgraded only to 05.03.01.
If a Director 2/140 in a multiswitch fabric is downgraded earlier than 06.02.00, ISLs could become segmented if there are any other switches in the fabric op erating with a rmware version earlier than 06.01.00. To prevent this situation, downgrade all Director 2/140s in the fabric to 06.01.00 before downgrading any products in the fabric to
05.xx.xx. This problem only exists with Director 2/140s in the fabric. HAFM displays a warning message if a downgrade from 06.02.00 is attempted, but you can continue with the downgrade if desired.
NOTE:
The warning message is displayed when downgrading any model from 06.02.00, but only applies to downgrade operations for the Director 2/140.
Firmware downgrades should not be performed using EWS and Internet Explorer v5.00.3315.1000x. If this operation is performed, the download operation may not complete and may eventually tim e-out leaving the switch with the previous version of rmware.
HAFM upgrade required for rmware version 07.xx.xx
To upgrade to rmware 07.01.02-4, you must rst upgrade the HA FM 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). An upgrade kit to HAFM 07.01.00-9 is also available, Part Number 320908-B22, for owners of license for previous versions. This HAFM upgrade is also available on the following HP web site: h
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If you are using the 1U rack-mount HAFM appliance to manage the director or edge switch, the minimum HAFM version required is 07.02.00-9, which is the minimum version installed. This HAFM software is contained on the HP StorageWorks ha-fabric manager documentation and software CD (Part Number 516-000024-720).
The previous minimum versions of HAFM allow you to manage directors or edge switches running 07.01.02-4 rmware, but to be able to use a ll the new features and enhancements, you need to upgrade HAFM to 08.06.00, which runs only on the 1U rack-mount HAFM appliance.
As an alternative, you can perform the rmware upgrade directly to the director or edge switch using their EWS.
Please contact your local HP technical resource if you need to obtain a new HAFM version.
Please contact your local H P technical resource to conrm compatibility with devices in your SAN before upgrading to this rmware version.
For more information on upgrading software versions, refer to the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide. The features of this software version are d etailed in the accompanying manuals listed in section Other edge switch documentation.
Zone FlexPar feature
Because zoni fabric must automatically through the Fibre Channel protocol.
maintain the same zoning conguration. This conguration is maintained
ng is managed on a fabric-wide basis, all switches and directors in the
To keep this information current, RSCN messages are sent through the fabric to inform attached devices when zoning changes occur, when devices become available, or when devic unavailable, RSCNs are sent only to the devices in the same zone. Zoning changes, however, trigger RSCNs to be sent to all of the devices in the fabric. As fabrics grow larger and larger, the quantity of RSCNs from zoning changes can create congestion and disrupt devices, causing them to pause normal activity to determine the status of the other devices. This can occur even if the new device is not zoned to talk to the other devices in the fabric.
With th handle 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 recei
es become unavailable. In the case where devices become available or
e Zone FlexPar feature enabled, RSCN messages for a zoning change are
d like RSCNs for availability/unavailability changes. Specically, RSCNs are
ve RSCNs.
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TheZoneFlexParfeatureisavailableinbothOpenFabric1.0andHomogeneous Fabric 1.0 Interop modes, as well as in environments with loop-attached devices. In Homogeneous Fabric 1.0 mode, the default zone is treated like any other zone, and RSCNs are sent only to the affected devices if the default zone is enabled or disabled. A PFE key is not required for the Zone FlexPar feature, and it can be enabled or disabled through CLI for a specic sw itch. When upgrading to rmware 07.01.02-4 or installing anewswitchwithrmware 07.01.02-4 the feature is enabled by default, allowing it to work immediately. If the Zone FlexPar feature is not enabled on all switches in the fabric, the restricted RSCN distribution only applies for devices attached to switches with the feature enabled.
Enhanced SAN
SANtegrity Se login, inter are include
Standard features
The following SANtegrity features do not require a license or SANtegrity Binding.
CHAP Authentication for HAFM/SWAPI—Thisprovidesauthenticationof
connections from the HAFM appliance service processor and SWAPI Direct Connect. This ensures that requested HAFM management sessions or SWAPI Direct Connect sessions are from a trusted source.
Encryption of Passwords and Secrets Shared with HAFM—All secrets and
password information are passed in encrypted format for greater security. This prevents “snooping” of Ethernet conne ction to capture user login and authentication secret information.
RADIUS Server Support—This provides support for IETF RADIUS (Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service) protocol for password authentication. Firmware 07.01.02-4 allows users to congure settings for using a RADIUS server. RADIUS provides centralized authentication services for multiple devices on a network. This means that several switches can be congured to use a single RADIUS server.
Prompted Change of EWS and CLI Passwords from Default—This prompts users
to modify the password settings for both the CLI and EWS interfaces the rst time they log in using either of these interfaces.
RBAC Phase I: Enhanced User Rights Conguration—RBAC is role based access
control. This is the rst phase of more comprehensive role-based access control planned for the CLI and EWS inter faces. Multiple users c an now be congured for EWS or CLI, or both, through either interface. This allows users to congure additional user name/password combinations.
SSH for CLI—Secure Shell (SSH) provides an encrypted connection, as an
alternative to Telnet, to secure CLI access to switches and directors.
tegritySecuritySuite
curity Suite enhanced features include authentication support for device
switch connections and management interfaces. The Secure Access features
d as a standard part of the SANtegrity Security Suite in rmware 07.01.02–4.
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Enhanced Maintenance Port Security—This allows users to enable enhanced
authorization on the maintenance port, which is the switch or director RS-232 connection. Enhanced Authorization mode enforces stronger security policies, requiring users to change the well-known password to a case- sensitive private password the rst time they use the maintenance port. Subsequent access by service personnel will require log in through the private customer-level access.
Security Log—TheSecurityLogisanewlogavailableinEWS,CLI,andHAFM
that records various events concerning integrity of a switch. This includes authorization or authentication problem detection, and approved and invalid access attempts. Each log entry provides an event number or reason, a date/tim e stamp, a trigger level (a type of security event severity), an event count, and a category and data pertaining to the specic event. The log wraps at 200 entries. This log provides customers with details to track down attempted security threats and identify the source of problems that might jeopardize the switch integrity.
IP Access Control List—This allows users to establish a list of IP addresses from
which the switch is allowed to accept connections. This prevents users who have access to the Ethernet LAN from attempting to access the Fibre Channel switches. Connection attempts from unauthorized IP addresses are ignored by the switch, making it appear that no device is connected. This is primarily intended for environments that are not on a private, inaccessible subnet, such as when installed in m ost cabinet congurations with a dual-NIC HA FM appliance Processor.
Advanced Fabric Diagnostics
This provides tools to m onitor the fabric and identify potential problems before they im switch inter transceivers.
pact network and application performance. Tools include ISL Fencing, new
-centric Fabric and Embedded Port Logs, an Audit Log for the embedded user
faces, and access to the Digital Diagnostic capabilities included with newer SFP
ISL fencing
Also called Port Fencing, this feature a llows customers to set up policies for blocking an ISL when problems occur that cause an ISL to “bounce” or repeatedly attempt to establish a connection. Any time an ISL is brought up or down, a fabric rebuild occurs, whichcancausedisruptioninsomeenvironments. ISLFencingwilllessenthelikelihood of having a problematic ISL connection disrupt a SAN.
To congure 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 notied. Transmit and receive trafc is disabled until the user can investigate, solve the problem, and manually unblock the por t.
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Embedded Audit
The Audit log is a new log available through CLI and EWS. This is not the same Audit Log available through HAFM. The log records all conguration changes to the switch to provide data for analyzing p roblems caused by conguration changes.
Embedded Port Log
The Embed ded Port Log is a new log that records all Fibre Channel trafcfromorto the embedded port. This log is actually implemented as two logs, one that allows entry wrapping and one that stops adding entries when lled. The logs allow ltering based on Class F frames, as well as by port number, to isolate speciceventsorproblems.
This feature is intended for advanced users to diagnose and troubleshoot trafcproblems withinaSAN.TheEmbeddedPortLogisavailableviaEWS,CLI,andHAFM.
Embedded Fabric Log
The switch-based fabric log records events related to the following services:
Fabric Co
Path Selection
Login Server
Name Ser
The Fabric log is actually implemented as two logs, one that allows entry wrapping and one that stops adding entries when lled. This log is intended to provide information for analyzing fabric and switch behaviors and problems. The Fabric log is available via EWS, CLI, and HAFM.
Log
ntroller
ver
OSMS change
Open Systems Management Server (OSMS) is now available as a standard feature. OSMS can be enabled/disabled via EWS, Command Line Interface (CLI), and HAFM.
Default zone is disabled by default
ThedefaultzoneontheEdgeSwitch2/12,EdgeSwitch2/24,andEdgeSwitch2/32 is disabled by default. Zoning must be congured in order for any devices connected to the edge switches to communicate.
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 H AFM appliance, do not use IP addresses in the following range:
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192.168.0.0 through 192.168.0.255—This subnet is used internally to the HAFM
appliance. Using an IP address in this range causes the call-home feature to function incorrectly.
Hard zoning
Hard zoning is a security enhancement introduced in rmware 05.01.00-24 that prevents ports from accessing devices outside their zones. Hard zoning is enabled by default when using rmware 05.01.00-24 or greater and cannot be disabled. All HP-approved host bus adapters (HBAs) limit access to devices within their zones, so you will not see a c zoning improves security against intruders that load nonstandard HBA drivers.
Hard zoning is compatible with legacy zone denitions, including World Wide Name (WWN) and por t zoning. You can use your existing zones and zone sets without any changes. There are no changes to the zoning interfaces, so you do not need to modify your zone management p ractice, modify your documentation, or retrain Storage Area Network (SA
Hard zoning controls access at the ingress port. When a port attempts to send a frame to a destination outside its zones, the frame is blocked. A Class 2 frame is fabric rejected, and a Class 3 frame is dropped.
hange in fabric behavior unless you are using nonstandard HBAs. Hard
N) administrators.
Zoning change RSCN control
Normally, when a zone set is activated, a fabric format domain Register State Change Notication (RSCN) is sent to all devices in the fabric. With rmware 05.00.00 or later, you can disable these RSCNs from being sent. This is done using the Suppress RSCNs on zone set activations check box on the Cong ure Switch Parameters dialog box.
SNMP c
This feature signicantly changes the normal behavior of the fabric. Devices will have no warning when zones change and will not automatically update their zoning information. The ability to suppress RSCNs is disabled (check box is not selected) by default. This feature can be conguredthroughHAFM,EWS,andCLI.
hanges
are 07.01.02-4 supports the following management information base (M IB)
Firmw versions on all products:
Fabric Element MIB: 1.1
MIB-
FCEOS MIB: 2.0
SNMP Framework MIB: RFC-2271 (1997/09/30)
FA M
FA MIB: 3.1
II MIB: RFC-1213, non-implemented sections are not included
IB: 3.0
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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 congured to use a specic version for traps generated by the switch.
Zoning limitations
With rmware 06.00.00 and later, you have the ability to congure large zone sets, including up to 1024 zones and 1024 end ports in a single zone set. Table 3 shows the supported limits for the edge switches and directors.
Table 3 Zoning p
arameters supported limits
Number of zone members in a zone
Number of zones
Number of unique zone members in a zone set
Total number of zone members in a zone set (where a zone membercanbeinmultiplezones)
Characters per zoning name
Number of unique zone members in HAFM Zoning Library
Number of zones in HAFM Zoning Library
Number of zone sets in HAFM Zoning Library
Number of end ports
Number of devices supported (including loop devices)
in a zone set
Using the same rmware
All directors and edge switches in the same fabric should have the same rmware level installed—whether 1 Gbps or 2 Gbps capable, this rmware operates correctly.
The recently released Edge Switch 2/12 had an interim rmware specicfortheEdge Switch 2/12, 05.05.00-12. This rmwarecannotbeusedforanyotheredgeswitch or director. This i nterim version is compatible with the M-Series rmware 05.02.00-13 used for th rmware for all the M-Series fabric products, including the Edge Switch 2/12.
erestoftheM-Seriesfabricproducts. Thermware 07.01.02-4 is a common
Zoning parameter
Maximum value
2048
1024
2048
4096
32
2048
1024
64
1024
1024
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Firmware 06.02.00-22 provides suppor t for second-generation Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24 switches. This is the minimum M-Series rmware supported on the second-generation Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24.
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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 rmware version for each of these edge switches which provides compatibility with a SAN running 05.02.00.
Firmware 05.03.01-01 is available for the Edge Switch 2/24, and rmware
05.05.01-01isavailablefortheEdgeSwitch2/12. Theseversionsareinstalledonlyon
the Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2 /1 2, and only when these switches are placed in a M-Series SAN running 05.02.00 rmware. A copy of these versions of rmware, are contained on the HP StorageWorks edge switch documentation and rmware CD (Part Number 524-000001-005).
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 Binding).
Disconnecting the null modem cable
Always log out and disconnect the null modem cable from the serial maintenance port when not in use or when the switch is reset.
CTP controls por t lights
Port ligh function over to the backup CTP (director) can cause these port lights to extinguish momentarily until control is reasserted by the CTP. The actual Fibre Channel trafcisnotaffected during these times.
ts on the ed ge switch and director products are controlled by the CTP
ality. Certain activities such as rmware updates, I PLing the CTP, or switching
Ethernet switch support
With rmware 06.00.00 and later, customers can now connect the management port on edge switches and directors to Ethernet switches or hubs. Prior to rmware 06.00.00, only connections to Ethernet hubs were qualied and s upported.
Full Volatility
Full Volatility is an optional feature of rmware 06.00.00 and later that is enabled with a feature key. The Full Volatility feature is designed to support high-security
ronments, which require that customer data not be retained by the edge switch or
envi
ector after power off.
dir
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The feature congures a switch or director so that no frame data is stored a fter a power off. Without Full Volatility, if the switch or director experiences a fault condition, a dump of the embedded m emory space is captured into nonvolatile memor y. This dump retains the last 30 frames transmitted from and last four frames transmitted to the embedded port. With Full Volatility installed, this dump does not occur when a fault condition occurs. Although this limits the amount of diagnostic information available for potential problem resolution, the vast majority of problems are typically resolved without the dump les.
Contact your sales representative to purchase a feature key for Full Volatility.
CLI threshold alerts
With rmware 06 Threshold Alerts (TTAs).
.00.00 and later, the CLI allows you to set and monitor Throughput
CLI show.eventLog command
With rmware 06.00.00 and later, the CLI show.eventLog command has been enhanced. The command now displays a Link Incident log and Event log.
MIHPTO value
With rmware 06.00.00 and later, the internal Missing Interrupt Handler Primary Time Out (MIHPTO) value has been changed from 15 seconds to 3 m inutes.
EWS enhancements
With rmware 06.00.00 and later, EWS enhancements include support for managing the SANtegrity Binding feature and Enterprise Fabric mode, and providing the Link Incident log and the Open Trunking log.
Preferred
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Path support
With rmware 07.00.00 and later, this allows users who a re not using HAFM to congure preferred data paths through the EWS interface. A preferred path is an ISL data path between multiple fabric elements (directors and switches) that users can congure using the source and exit ports of the origination fabric element, and the domain ID of the destination fabric elem ent.
With rmware 07.00.00 and later, this allows users to save switch conguration settings toastandardXMLformatle, compatible with both HAFM and the Conguration Backup and Restore (CBR) utility. Customers can easily save conguration settings when switch conguration is accidentally modied or at hardware failure. A restore function is not yet available in EWS, but is planned for a future release. In the interim, you can use the complimentary CBR utility to restore congurations settings.
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BB_Credit Allocati
on for ports
With rmware 07.00 of buffer credits per port. This feature provides benet 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. For the Director 2/64, Director 2/140, and Edge Switch 2/32 switches, this enhancement simply allows more granular conguration options for users who want complete conguration control.
NVRAM caching
All writes to non-volatile memor y random access memor y (NVRAM), which stores conguration data, are now cached to prevent possible corruption of information. Prior to rmware 07.00.00, a small window existed where a switch power-down during an NVRAM write could enable the conguration default settings when the switch is powered back on. All switches and directors are now protected from potential interruptions to NVRAM updates.
Robust large fabrics
Numerous low-level enhancements and optimizations have been made to improve the stability
of directors and switches in fabrics containing high populations of devices.
Changing password in CLI
When users are prompted to change the password when logging into the Command Line Interface (CLI), they can enter the default password (password). This will be accepted, however at the next login they will again be required to change the password if it is still the default password.
When users enter the default password when prompted to change the password, new Security Log entry 10203, Default Password Not Changed,isposted.
.00 and later, this supports the ability to allocate a specicnumber
Zoning
enhancement to reduce fabric congestion
In Homogeneous Fabric mode, an enhancement was added to reduce unnecessary fabric congestion when performing fabric-wide zoning operations that impact the D efault Zone. This enhancement limits the number of members allowed in the Default Zone to
64. When the rmware detects a zoning operation that would cause the member count
in the Default Zone to exceed 64 (such as deactivating a n active zone set that has more than 64 members), the operation is aborted and the user interface (HAFM 8.6 or EWS)
plays the following message: Zoning request denied: Operation will
dis
cause the Default Zone to exceed its limit of 64 members.
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NOTE:
This limit is disabled when the switch parameter Suppress Zoning RSCNs on Zone set activations check box is enabled.
Full-fabric capability for Edge Switch 2/12
Unlike other edge switch and director products, a product feature enablement (PFE) key, controls Edge Switch 2/12 E_Port-to-E_Port connections. Once the feature key is purchased and installed, the switch can be congured for E_Port connections on any oftheactiveports.
The feature key includes distance support. With rmware 06.00.00 and later, the Edge Switch 2/12 ships standard with ve buffer-to-buffer (BB) credits allocated to each port. After activation of the Full Fabric feature on a switch, every port has 12 BB Credits allocated to support up to 12 km links at 2Gb/s speeds.
Hard zoning for Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24 switch loop ports
Firmware 06.00.00 and later extends Hard Zoning to loop (FL) ports on Edge Switch 2/12 and Edge Switch 2/24. Previously, zoning on FL ports was regulated in software.

Known issues

This section describes the known issues related to the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32.
Certain unauthorized devices may increase response time for fabric operations under specic conditions with the Edge Switch 2/24
When Port Binding is enabled, unauthorized devices (devices that are not set up by the Port Binding) with older technology can transmit num erous fabric log in (FLOGI) requests, which are rejected by the Edge Switch 2/24. Processing these exchanges may increase fabric response times for activities such as fabric builds and valid FLOGI response time for other ports.
Workaround
Remove the unauthorized device, change the Port Binding WWN (if this device should be authorized), or alternatively, disable Port Binding.
HSG80 transparent mode not supported with IBM AIX
Use of an HSG80 with I BM AIX is restricted to operating the HSG80 in Multibus mo de with the Edge Switch 2/12, Edge Switch 2/24, and Edge Switch 2/32. Transparent mode is not supported at this time.
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Workaround
None.
HSG80 transparent mode not recommended with controller in SCSI-3 mode with HP-UX operating systems
Due to an issue with nonexistent duplicate LUNs being displayed with the HP-UX operating systems, the HSG80 controller is restricted to SCSI-2 m ode of operation when set to Transparent failover mode.
SCSI-3 mode of operation in Multibus failover mode is fully supported with the use of Secure Path software, 3.0 or later versions.
Workaround
None.
ISL disconnect causes NOS error with the OpenVMS operating systems
When an ISL connection is physically removed between directors or switches, the Fibre Channel Adapter model FCA2354 transmits a Not Operational Sequence (NOS) error. This is observed as an entry in the HAFM appliance Link Incident log for the port in which the FCA2354 is attached. The director’s Hardware View also displays a yellow triangle icon over the port that d etected this incident. The fabric operation or data m ovement is not disrupted by these incidents, and you can clear alerts from these incidences using the following procedure.
Workaround
Use these steps to clear the incident alerts.
1. At the HAFM H
2. Right-click on the port with the yellow triangle icon, and choose C l ear Link Incident
Alert(s).
ardware View, click the port module to open the Port Card View.
Support for speed Auto-Negotiate
Auto-negotiate is supported. However, HP recommends that the port speed for E_Ports (for Interswitch Links, or ISL s ) be set to a specicportspeed(1Gb/sec or 2Gb/sec,as appropriate for the speed of the directors or edge switches being connected) instead of to Negotiate.Usingaspecific port speed decreases the time for a fabric build in response to some perturbation event in the fabric. Similarly, setting a specicportspeed for N_Ports also decreases fabric b uild time. However, setting a specicportspeedfor N_Ports is not required.
There are a few older HBA devices that do not always succeed in logging in to a switch port when the port speed is set for auto-negotiate.
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Workaround
If an older HBA has difcultyloggingintoaswitchportthathasitsportspeed congured as Negotiate,configure that port speed to 1Gb/sec or 2Gb/sec according to the operation speed of the H BA connected to that por t.
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 corrects the problem.
Possible switch reset after power failure or power off sequence
In extremely rare instances, after a power failure or power off sequ ence, an edge switch or director conguration may be reset to factory default settings. This is evident when HAFM is unable to communicate with the edge switch or director after being powered on. This condition occurs because the I P address assigned to the edge switch or director has been reset to the factory default value (10.1.1.10).
Workaround
If this cond and the IP a by entering the license keys again.
ition occurs, the conguration of the edge switch or director must be restored,
ddress must be restored. Also, all licensed features need to be reactivated
SNMP issues
SNMP traps warmStart and coldStart are not always received across Ethernet switches.
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