HP (Hewlett-Packard) AARTDZHTE/958000284008 manual

HP S tor age W or ks Ed g e Swi t ch re l e a s e n o t e s Par t nu m be r: A A– RTD Z H– TE / 9 58 –0 0028 4– 0 08 Ei ghth edition: (A ugust 2005)[...]

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About this doc ument Thes e release note s contain late breaking and supplemental infor mation for the E dge S wi tch 2/12 , Edge S w itch 2/2 4, and E dge S wit ch 2/3 2 . Be sure t o read thes e release note s befor e installing an edge s witc h. This info rmation is per iodicall y updated and a vailable on the f ollo wing HP w eb site: h ttp:/ /[...]

F or mor e infor mation on upgr ading fi rm ware versions, ref er to t he ap propriat e HP Stor age W orks edg e sw itch serv ice manual. The featur es of this fi rmware ve rs ion are detailed in the follow ing manuals. Other edge sw itch doc umentation In addition to thes e relea se notes, HP pr o vi des the follo w ing corr esponding infor mati[...]

• HP Stor age W orks Edge S wit ch r elease notes , AA-RTDZ G-TE/9 5 8–000 2 8 4–00 7 CD-RO M dir ectory structur e The HP Stor age W orks edge sw itch doc umentation and fi rmw are C D con tai ns t he fo llow ing items: • Manuals.pdf —HP Storage W o rks Edge Sw itch 2/ 12 , Edge Sw itch 2/2 4, and E dge S witc h 2/3 2 Doc umentation; li[...]

• Fi rm wa re • HPQ_MSF_v07.01.02-4.bin —H P Storage W orks M -Se ries fi rmware • firmwareupdate.txt —Instructi ons for updating fi rmware • Ac robat • RP505ENU.EXE —Windo ws installati on fi le for Ac robat R eader 5 .0 w ith Sear ch Supported c on fi gur ations Operati on of multiple s wit ches in a fa bric t opology is subj [...]

Cable requirements NO TE: Opti cal cab les f or t h eE d g eS w i t c h2 / 1 2 ,E d g eS w i t c h2 / 1 2 ,a n dE d g eS w i t c h2 / 3 2 mu st be or der ed se para tel y . F or cables measuring up to 500 meters (1 Gbps) or 300 meter s (2 Gbps) , use multi-mod e F ibr e Channel cables. For longer cables, use single- mode F ibre Channel cable s. Mul[...]

Z ones ets contai ning domain/port number z ones w hile in Open F abr ic int er op mode no longer cause z oning to han g When dir ectors an d edge sw itc hes in a fabr ic w er e con fi gured for Open F abr ic 1. 0 inter op mode, and the fabri c’s z oneset contained a z one with members de fi ned b y domain/port number instead of W orld W ide Na[...]

T able 1 sho ws HP ter mino logy and McD A T A Corpor ation equi valents used in the McD A T A doc uments. T able 1 HP and McD A T A terminolog y HP term McDA T A term HP Stor age Wor ks Edge S w itch 2/12 Sphe reon 4300 Fab ric Sw itch HP Stor age Wor ks Edge S w itch 2/16 Spher eon 3 216 Fabr ic Sw itch HP Stor age W orks E dge Sw itch 2/2 4 Sphe[...]

HAFM and fi rmware com patibility Ta b l e 2 lists the mi nimum v ersion of HAFM that can run with the var ious v ersi ons of fi rmw a re fo r t h e d i re c t o rs a n d e d g e swi t c h e s. T able 2 HAF M and fi rmware compa tib ility Firmw are version HAFM version (min im um) 01.01. 0 2 04. 00.01 (HP EFCM) 01.0 2 .0 2-06 04.01. 0 2-14 (SDCM[...]

Pr erequisites f or i nstalling and usi ng fi rmware 0 7 .01 .0 2 If you ar e using H AF M, fi rmw ar e 0 7 . 01. 0 2 req uir es HAFM 0 7 .0 1.00 o r later (c heck w ith HP Cus tomer Suppo rt for the lates t shipping ver sion of HAFM) . HAFM should be at the minimum le vel be f or e installing the new fi rm ware. NO TE: HAFM is not requir ed for[...]

If you get one of the se messages during the upgr ade , the fi rmw are upgr ade failed, but the unit continues wor king with the e x isting fi rm war e withou t an interruption in serv ice . The upgr ade pr ocess chec ks f or suf fi ci ent memor y befor e acti vating the ne w fi rmware image . The fi r mw are upgr ade do es not complete withou[...]

Bef ore do wngr ading belo w 0 7 .01. 0 2-4 , there can onl y be one user as signed access ri ghts as Administr ator and one user assigned as Oper ator for Embedded W eb Server and CLI. If additi onal users w er e cr eated, y ou hav e to delete them bef ore do wngr ading . F irm war e 0 7 . 01.0 2-4 does not allow the las t user w ith Administrator[...]

Do wngrades dir ectl y to 05 . 03 . 01 fr om 06.xx .xx is not concur rent w hen the second-generati on E dge Sw itch 2/2 4 is con fi gured in Open Fabric oper ating mode. In other wor ds, do wngrades in Open Fabric m o d ec a n n o tb ed o n ew i t ht h e second-generati on Edge S w itc h 2/2 4 online with out disrupting port operati ons. Since se[...]

If y ou are u sing the 1U rac k-mount HAFM appliance to manage the dir ector or edge s witc h, the minim um HAFM versi on req uired is 0 7 .0 2 .00-9 , whic h is the minimum ver sion installed . This HAFM softwar e is contai ned on the HP Stor age W orks ha-fa bri c manager documen tation and softw are CD (P art Number 516-00002 4-7 20). The p revi[...]

T h eZ o n eF l e x P a rf e a t u r ei sa v a i l a b l ei nb o t hO p e n F a b r i c1 . 0a n dH o m o g e n e o u s F abri c 1. 0 Inter op modes , as well as in e nv ir onments w ith loop-attached de v ices. In Homogeneous F abr ic 1. 0 mode , the def ault z one is t reat ed lik e any othe r z one , and RS CNs are sent onl y to the affected dev [...]

• Enhanced Maintenance P or t Security —This allo ws us ers to enable enhanced author i z ation on the maint enance port, w hich i s the sw itc h or dir ector R S-2 3 2 connecti on. Enhanced Author i zati on mode enfor ces str onger sec uri ty polic ies , r equiring user s to change the w ell-kno wn pass wor d to a case - sensitiv e pri vat e p[...]

Embedded Audit Log The A udit log is a new log a vailable thr ough CLI and EW S . This is not the s ame Audit Lo g a va i l ab l e t h ro u g h H A F M . Th e lo g re c o rd s a l l c o n fi guration c hanges to the s witc h to pro v ide data f or analyzing pr oblems caused b y con fi gurati on changes. Embedded P or t Log The Embedded P ort Log [...]

19 2 .168. 0. 0 thr ough 19 2 .16 8.0 .2 5 5—T his subnet is us ed inter nally t o the HAFM appliance . Using an IP address in this r ange caus es the call-home featur e to funct ion incorr ectly . Har d z oni ng Hard z oning is a secur ity enhancement intro duced in fi rm war e 05 .01. 00-2 4 that pr ev ents ports fr om accessing de vi ces outs[...]

SNMP r equests can be rece iv ed in either 3 . 0 or 3 .1 of the F ibr e Alliance (F A) M IB, and the sw itc h re sponds in the same ver sion . The sw itc h can also be con fi gure d to use a spec i fi c versi on for tr aps gener ated b y the sw itc h. Z oning l imitations With fi rmw are 06 . 00.00 and later , you hav e the ability to con fi gu[...]

F or customers who want to ad d a second -ge neration sw itch to their existing S AN, b ut ar e not read y to upgr ade their S AN fr om 5 .x to 06. 0 2 .00, there is a dow ngrade fi rm war e ve rsion f or each of thes e edge sw itc hes whi ch pr ov ides compatib ility with a S AN running 05 .0 2 .00. F irm w are 0 5 . 03 . 01-01 is a vailable f or[...]

The featur e con fi gures a s witc h or dir ector so that no frame data is stor ed after a pow er off . Without F ull V olatilit y , if the sw itc h or director e xperi ences a fault conditi on, a dump of the embedded memory space is captured into non v olatile memor y . This dump re tains the last 30 f rame s tra nsmitted fr om and last f our fr [...]

BB_Credit A llocati on for ports Wit h fi rmware 0 7 .00 .00 and later , this suppor ts the ability to allocate a spec i fi cn u m b e r of buffer c redits per port . This f eature pr ov ides bene fi t prim a ri ly i n t h e Edg e Swi tch 2 / 1 2 and 2/2 4 s w itches , wher e a single pool of buffers is shar ed among all ports. Users wi ll now b[...]

NO TE: This l imit is disabl ed when the s wit ch par amet er Suppress Z oning RSCNs on Zone set activations c heck box is ena bled. F ull-fabr ic capab ilit y for E dge S wi tch 2/12 Unlike other edge s w itch and dir ector pr oducts, a pr oduct featur e enablement (PFE) k ey , contr ols E dge Sw itc h 2/12 E_P ort-to-E_P ort connecti ons. Once th[...]

Wo r k a r o u n d None . HS G80 tr ansparent mode not r ecommended with contr oller in SC SI-3 mode w ith HP-UX operating s ys tems Due to an issue w ith nonex istent dupli cate L UNs being display ed w ith the HP-UX operating s y stems, the HS G80 controller is r estr icted to S CS I-2 mode of oper ation w hen set to T rans paren t failo ver mode[...]

Wo r k a r o u n d If an older HB A has dif fi c u l t yl o g g i n gi n t oas w i t c hp o r tt h a th a si t sp o r ts p e e d con fi gur ed as Negotiat e ,c o n fi gur e that por t speed to 1Gb/sec or 2Gb/sec according to the operati on speed of the HBA connected to that port. Po r t s m a y a c c u m u l a t e s p u r i o u s e v e n t s A p[...]