QuickSpecs

Overview
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch & 4/32B SAN Switch Power Pack /B-Series Family
The HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch is the successor to the 4/32 SAN Switch, which shipped in January, 2005. The 4/32B SAN Switch offers an improved TCO because it consumes 20 percent less power, generates less heat, and requires less cooling then the 4/32 SAN Switch. The HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch delivers excellent overall value and investment protection as the foundation for a small SAN or as an edge switch in a larger core to edge enterprise SAN. Whether incorporated into an expansive core fabric or tactically placed at the edge, this switch delivers the performance of 1,2, or 4 Gb technologies in a 1u footprint. The switch is available in three models: HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch Power Pack with 32 active ports and value added software HP StorageWorks 4/32B Full SAN Switch with 32 active ports HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch with 16 active ports (Base) An optional 8 port license scales the number of active ports to 24 or up to 32 ports. Each switch variant has removable redundant power supplies/cooling units. These integrated POWER/FAN units reduce overall Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) count, lower power dissipation, and reduce cooling requirements. The switch is ideal for supporting medium to large corporate infrastructure implementations. The 4/32B SAN Switch Power Pack includes the 4/32B SAN Switch (Full) with additional software: Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric, and Performance Monitor. Power Pack software provides SAN administrators with the necessary tools to monitor the health and performance of the network while insuring the highest levels of security, scalability, and manageability. Small form factor pluggable optical transceivers (SFPs) must be ordered separately.
1. Console port 2. Ethernet port 3. Power supply/fan assembly
4. Switch ID pull out tab 5. Power cord retainer

DA - 12712

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Key Features and Benefits
Protects existing investments by providing 4 Gbit/sec technology with auto-sensing capabilities to recognize earlier 1 and 2 Gbit/sec devices Supports full 4 Gbit/sec operations at distances up to 100 kilometers (or 500 kilometers at 1 Gbit/sec) for cost-effective business continuance operations. Requires appropriate 4Gb SFPs. Increases network performance with enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking, which enables a high-speed data path up to 32 Gbit/sec Utilizes Ports on Demand for fast, easy, and cost-effective scalability from 16 to 32 ports, in 8 port increments Meets high-availability requirements with redundant, hot-pluggable components, non-disruptive software upgrades, and hot code activation for a wide range of SAN configurations Integrated Power/Fan unit reduces overall Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) count, lowers power dissipatation, and reduces cooling requirements Leverages intelligent B-series SAN management and monitoring tools to increase operational efficiency and maximize SAN investments

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Models
HP StorageWorks 4/32B HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch Power Pack SAN Switch Models HP StorageWorks 4/32B Full SAN Switch with 32 active ports HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch with 16 active ports

AG758A AG757A AG756A

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Product Highlights

4/32B SAN Switch
Simplifies enterprise SAN deployment by combining higher edge switch port density with exceptional scalability, performance and reliability Delivers 16, 24, or 32-ports in a 1U enclosure Meets enterprise level availability requirements with redundant, hot pluggable components, nosingle-points-of-failure within the switch Provides 1 Gb, 2 Gb, and 4Gb/s* performance Employs optional Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking to provide a high-speed data path between switches which enables a high speed data path between 4Gb/s switches up to 32 Gbit/sec * Full 4Gb/s end to end storage performance requires 4 Gb/s HBAs, 4Gb/s controllers, and 4Gb/s switches. 4Gb/s ISL performance can be obtained between two 4Gb/s switches.
Configuration Support High-availability features
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html Integrated redundant, hot swappable cooling fans and power supplies Enhanced Fault Detection Logic Parity protection on all data paths and system memory Hardware and Software Enforced Zoning Frame Filtering Built-in Web browser management tools 22U, 36U, and 42U; 5000, 9000 and 10,000 series StorageWorks Cabinets are supported 25U, 33U, and 41U HP system/e cabs

Advanced Fabric Services

Cabinet Support
Software Components, Standard, Base Models
Frame Filtering An ASIC based capability that enables new applications and features. The switch has the ability to "view" the first 64 bytes of the Fibre Channel frame. At this time, Frame Filtering enables advanced capabilities such as Advanced Zoning and Advanced Performance Monitoring. WWN Zoning and Access Control are enforced by hardware that provides the same simple administration previously enforced only with software. Administrators can organize a physical fabric into logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by devices outside the Zone. WebTools is an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical interface that enables organizations to monitor and manage SAN fabrics. Tasks can be performed through a Java-capable Web browser from a standard laptop, desktop PC or workstation from any location within the enterprise.

Advanced Zoning

Web Tools

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Enhanced Group Management (EGM) is a FOS license that is included with all B-Series switches and enables multi-switch operations. It helps automate operations across multiple switches to save time and streamline repetitive operations, which are typically prone to error. EGM drives consistency across fabrics, while minimizing the risk associated with potential downtime due to configuration mismatches. EGM provides streamlined troubleshooting for more effective fabric monitoring and diagnosis. Both Data Center Fabric Manager Professional and Enterprise enable EGM functionality. Customers have EGM functionality enabled within the hardware product and need only to make the decision around which management application is right for them - Data Center Fabric Manager Professional or Enterprise.
Software Components, Optional
4/32B SAN Switch Power The Power Pack Software Bundle for 4/32B SAN Switch includes the following: Pack Software Bundle Fabric Watch Advanced Performance Monitor Extended Fabric ISL Trunking Fabric Watch Fabric Watch enables each switch to monitor the SAN for potential faults and automatically alert network managers to problems before they become failures. Fabric Watch tracks a variety of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters. Monitoring fabric-wide events, ports, SFPs, and environmental parameters permits early fault detection and isolation as well as performance measurement. Each switch in the SAN needs its own Fabric Watch license. This enabling technology helps administrators monitor and watch specific fabric metrics from a SID (Source ID) to a DID (Destination ID), so they can fine-tune and scale the fabric more efficiently. Plus, Advanced Performance Monitoring includes the ability for early warning detection of hot spots within the fabric, a powerful tool for maintaining overall balanced performance. Extends all of the scalability, reliability, and performance benefits of Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs) beyond the native 10 km distance specified by the Fibre Channel standard.

Advanced Performance Monitor

Extended Fabric

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Data Center Fabric Manager Professional
HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager Professional is a server based management application available at no-charge and comes with B-series SAN Switches and includes the following features: Allows management of a single Fabric OS (FOS) fabric (up to a 1,000 B-Series switch ports) at a time Performs group switch management beyond the scope of Web Tools Does not offer management of the DC SAN Backbone Director It is targeted for SMB customers that use FOS based SAN fabrics and require a management solution for smaller SANs based on a single fabric. SMB customers that initially start off with Data Center Fabric Manager Professional and have a small SAN environment may over time feel the need for an enterprise-class product (Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise) as their environments start to grow in size and complexity, and as they start to uptake more enterprise-class functionality (such as Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP, etc.). A non-disruptive upgrade path is available from Data Center Fabric Manager Professional to Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise.
Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise
HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise is a server based enterprise-class product that supports FOS products as well as FOS and M-EOS products together. It provides complete DC SAN Backbone Director management including enterprise-class features/environments such as FICON, Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP, Adaptive Networking, etc. It also delivers unprecedented scalability with support for up to 24 SAN fabrics and 9,000 B-series switch ports. HP will provide a free license upgrade to Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise for existing HAFM/FM customers that have an active maintenance and support contract at the time Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise is available. Data Center Fabric Manager does require at least one FOS based Bseries SAN switch.

ISL Trunking

For high performance enhanced Trunking, this optional license logically groups up to four E-ports to provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 4Gb switch needs its own license. The switch operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 32Gb) when routing connections between 4G switches. Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which comprise the logical trunk group. Secure Fabric OS is available only on the B-Series platform and is the only solution that provides protection for both management access and switch-to-switch authentication. This comprehensive security solution for SAN fabrics provides policy-based security protection for more predictable change management, assured configuration integrity and reduced risk of downtime. Secure Fabric OS protects the network by using the strongest, enterprise-class security methods available, including digital certificates and digital signatures, multiple levels of password protection, strong password encryption and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based authentication, and 128-bit encryption of the switch's private key used for digital signatures. With its flexible design, Secure Fabric OS enables organizations to customize SAN security to meet specific policy requirements. In addition, Secure Fabric OS works in conjunction with Advanced Zoning to further secure access to the SAN, simplify storage management, and reduce provisioning time.

Secure Fabric OS

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Warranty

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information
(1-1-1) Hardware Warranty; 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (standard business hours, next business day response) and 1-year labor. NOTE: The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software. For extended hardware installation and maintenance information, click the link below: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/. NOTE: Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Customer Support Center for details. Hardware or Software product installation is not included in the warranty, but is available and highly recommended. HP Service & Warranty Support HP Service & Warranty Support Additional Warranty protection and/or HP Installation packages can be purchased. NOTE: Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Customer Support Center for details. HP provides a one-year, hardware limited warranty, fully supported by a worldwide network of resellers and service providers. The first year of Rights to New License Version and standard business day, standard business hours telephone support is included with the purchase of an HP Power Pack. In order to continue to receive telephone support and Rights to New License Version after the first year, the purchase of a software support contract or Care Pack is required. In addition, available service offerings include a full range of HP Care Pack packaged hardware and software services: Installation Extended coverage hours and enhanced response times System management and performance services For more information on warranty and support options, please visit our Web site at: http://www.hp.com/hps/tech/storage/supp/. Software Product Services Software Warranty - HP warrants only that the software media will be free of physical defects for a period of ninety (90) days from delivery. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY -The entire liability of HP and its suppliers and your exclusive remedy for software that does not conform to this Limited Warranty shall be the repair or replacement of the defective media. This warranty and remedy are subject to your returning the defective media during the warranty period to HP in the country in which you obtained the software. NOTE: Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Customer Support Center for details. Stand-alone Telephone Support Rights to new version Media and documentation updates Hardware or Software product installation is not included in the warranty, but is available and highly recommended.

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Hardware Product Services
Installation services On-site Maintenance (includes warranty support) Response time upgrades during the warranty period Post-warranty coverage Service offerings include a full range of Customer HP Care Pack services for both hardware and software services: Response - Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4-hours Coverage - Extend hours of coverage from 5 days x 9 hours to 7 days x 24 hours Duration - Select duration of coverage for a period of 1, 3, or 5 years Additional Warranty protection and/or HP Installation packages can be purchased. NOTE: Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the HP Customer Support Center for details
HP Care Pack Services Warranty Upgrade Options
HP Care Pack Information HP Care Pack is defined as an upgrade to the product warranty attribute, available for a specific duration and hours of coverage. HP Care Pack is not available for less than the product's warranty duration. HP Care Pack is available for sale anytime during the warranty period for most products, but the commencement date will be the same as the Warranty Start Date (delivery date to end user customer). Proof of purchase may be required. HP Care Pack services are prepaid. For additional HP Care Pack (hardware & software) information, as well as orderable part numbers, please refer to the URL listed below: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/ Additional Services Installation service; SAN Solution service; SAN-Environmental Support service; SAN Architecture service; Proactive 24 For more information on these and other service options, please contact any of our worldwide sales offices or visit our Web site at: http://www.hp.com/hps/support

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Family Information

Features

Targeted Environment Port Bandwidth Aggregate device bandwidth OS Support Storage system support Ports SFP Advanced Trunking
8/8 SAN Switch 8/24 SAN Switch 8/40 SAN Switch 8/80 SAN Switch DC04 SAN DC SAN Base and 8/8 Base and 8/40 SAN and 8/80 SAN Director and Backbone Switch Power SAN Switch Switch Power DC04 SAN Director Power Pack+ Pack+ Director Power Pack+ Pack+ Workgroups, Workgroups, Workgroups, Workgroups, Data Centers Data Centers Departments Departments Departments Departments 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 128 - - - - Tbit/sec end-to- 6.5 Tbit/sec endGbit/sec Gbit/sec Gbit/sec Gbit/sec end-toend to-end end-to-end end-to-end end-to-end end NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign or http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide XP, EVA, MSA 8 Enabled 24 Max B-series Optional Upgrade 16 Enabled 24 Enabled 48 Enabled Up to 192 Up to Max 40 Max 80 Max B-series B-series B-series B-series B-series Included with Included with Included with Included with Included with Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade Included with Included with Included with Included with Included with Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Power Pack+ or Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade 1U 1U 2U 7U 14U Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Adaptive Networking

Optional Upgrade
Form factor Zoning Software Hot plug, redundant power supplies Hot plug fans

1U Yes (Included) No No

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4/8 SAN Switch Base 4/16 SAN Switch 4/32B SAN Switch 4/64 SAN Switch 4/256 SAN Director and 4/16 SAN and 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/32B SAN and 4/64 SAN and 4/256 SAN Switch Power Pack Switch Power Pack Switch Power Pack Director Power Pack Workgroups, Workgroups, Workgroups, Workgroups, Data Centers Targeted Departments Departments Departments Departments Environment 4Gbit/sec 4Gbit/sec 4Gbit/sec 4Gbit/sec 4Gbit/sec Port Bandwidth Aggregate device 64 Gbit/sec end-to- 128 Gbit/sec end-to- 128-256 Gbit/sec 512 Gbit/sec end-to- 3.2 Tbit/sec end-toend end end-to-end end end bandwidth OS Support NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign or http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide Storage system XP, EVA, MSA support 8 Enabled 16 Enabled 16 Min 32 Min Up to 384 Ports 16 Max 32 Max 64 Max HP HP HP HP HP SFP Optional Upgrade Included with Power Included with Power Included with Power Included with Power Advanced Pack or Optional Pack or Optional Pack or Optional Pack or Optional Trunking Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade 1U 1U 1U 2U 14U Form factor Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Zoning Software No No Yes Yes Yes Hot plug, redundant power supplies No No Yes Yes Yes Hot plug fans Features Embedded SAN Switch for Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch HP 400 Multi-protocol for HP c-Class EVA4400 Router BladeSystem Workgroups, Departments Workgroups, Departments Workgroups, Departments 8Gbit/sec 320 Gbit/sec end-to-end 4Gbit/sec 192 Gbit/sec end-to-end 4 Gbit/sec Ethernet: 1 Gbit/sec 128 Gbit/sec end to end B-Series Multi-protocol Router Blade Data Centers 4 Gbit/sec Ethernet: 1 Gbit/sec N/A
Targeted Environment Port Bandwidth Aggregate device bandwidth OS Support Storage system support Ports
NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign or http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide XP, EVA, MSA 20 external per EVA Controller Pair B-series Optional Upgrade 4 or 8 external / 8 or 16 internal HP Optional Upgrade No 18 ports: 16 FC and 2 Gigabit Ethernet HP Optional Upgrade No 18 ports: 16 FC and 2 Gigabit Ethernet HP Optional Upgrade to chassis Optional Upgrade to DC SAN Director Backbone Chassis Blade in SAN Director Yes (Included)
SFP Advanced Trunking Adaptive Networking Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade Form factor Zoning Software Embedded Yes (Included)

Embedded Yes (Included)

1U Yes (Included)

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Hot plug, redundant power supplies Hot plug fans Yes, in EVA 4400 Enclosure Yes, in EVA 4400 Enclosure
Yes, in BladeSystem Enclosure Yes, in BladeSystem Enclosure

Yes Yes

Yes, in SAN Director chassis Yes, in SAN Director chassis

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Configuration Information
Step 1 Base Configuration
Select one: Model Model Description 4/32B SAN Switch Power 4/32B SAN Switch with 32 active ports; rackmount kit; accessory kit (enterprise safety and regulatory information, installation guide, rack-mounting instructions), power Pack cords, Advanced Fabric OS, Advanced Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch, Advanced Performance Monitor, Extended Fabric, ISL Trunking. Includes serial cable NOTE: Requires optical transceivers listed below 4/32B Full SAN Switch with 32 active port; rackmount kit; accessory kit (enterprise 4/32B Full SAN Switch safety and regulatory information, installation guide, rack-mounting instructions), power cords, Advanced Fabric OS, Advanced Web Tools and Advanced Zoning. Includes serial cable NOTE: Requires optical transceivers listed below 4/32B SAN Switch Base 4/32B SAN Switch with 16 active ports; rackmount kit; accessory kit (enterprise safety and regulatory information, installation guide, rack-mounting instructions), power cords, Advanced Fabric OS, Advanced Web Tools and Advanced Zoning. Includes serial cable NOTE: Requires optical transceivers listed below 8 port upgrade license for 4/32 SAN Switch (base model) 8 port upgrade license Part Number AG758A

AG757A

AG756A

T3677A

Step 2 Options
Select each type of required options with quantities specified: Model Description 4Gb shortwave transceiver- Single 4 Gb Transceivers Distance 4Gb performance: 150 meters between devices 2Gb performance: 300 meters between devices 1Gb performance: 500 meters between devices 4Gb Long Wave transceiver - 10km Short Wave, 300 m, 2X, FC Long Wave - 10 km Long Wave - 35 km LC-LC for between two 2 Gb or 4Gb devices 2 m LC-LC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 5 m LC-LC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 15 m LC-LC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 30 m LC-LC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 50 m LC-LC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable LC-SC for between a 1 Gb and a 2 Gb device 2 m LC-SC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 5 m LC-SC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 15 m LC-SC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 30 m LC-SC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable 50 m LC-SC Multi-Mode Fibre Channel Cable Quantity 1 Part Number A7446B

2 Gb Transceivers

AE493A A6515A A6516A 300836-B21 221692-B21 221692-B22 221692-B23 221692-B26 221692-B27 221691-B21 221691-B22 221691-B23 221691-B26 221691-B27

2 Gb optical cables

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Step 3 Optional Software

Software for 4/32B SAN Switch Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise Power Pack Software Bundle NOTE: The Power Pack Software Bundle kit includes Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric, and Advanced Performance Monitor. Extended Fabric Fabric Watch Advanced Performance Monitor ISL Trunking Secure Fabric OS T5542A 313448-B21
313458-B21 313454-B21 313450-B21 313452-B21 332925-B21
Fibre Channel Standards For Fabric OS 5.2.0 and later, running on associated hardware, Brocade conforms to the Following Fibre Channel Standards: And Revisions FC-AL-2 INCITS 332: 1999 FC-GS-5 ANSI INCITS 427:2006 (Final stages of approval, includes the Following.) FC-GS-4 ANSI INCITS 387: 2004 FC-IFR revision 1 FC-SW-4 INCITS 418:2006 (includes the following) FC-SW-3 INCITS 384: 2004 FC-VI INCITS 357: 2002 FC-TAPE INCITS TR-24: 1999 FC-DA INCITS TR-36: 2004 (includes the following) FC-FLA INCITS TR-20: 1998 FC-PLDA INCIT S TR-19: 1998 FC-MI-2 ANSI/INCITS TR-39-2005 FC-PI INCITS 352: 2002 FC-PI-2 INCITS 404: 2005 FC-FS-2 ANSI/INCITS 424:2006 (includes the following) FC-FS INCITS 373: 2003 FC-LS revision 1.51 (under development) FC-BB-3 INCITS 414: 2006 (includes the following) FC-BB-2 INCITS 372: 2003 FC-SB-3 INCITS 374: 2003 (replaces FC-SB ANSI X3.271: 1996; FC-SB-2 INCITS 374: 2001)

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Technical Specifications
System Architecture Fibre Channel ports Scalability

Certified maximum

Interoperability

Performance

ISL Trunking Aggregate bandwidth Fabric latency Maximum frame size Classes of service Port types Data traffic types Media types
32 ports, universal (E, F, and FL) Full fabric architecture: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ san/documentation.html Refer to SAN Design Guide for current configuration information: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ san/documentation.html SAN Switch 8 SAN Switch 16 SAN Switch 8-EL SAN Switch 2/8V 4/8 SAN Switch SAN Switch 16-EL SAN Switch 2/16V SAN Switch 2/16N FF 4/16 SAN Switch Integrated /32 SAN Switch 2/32 4/32 SAN Switch 4/64 SAN Switch Core Switch 4/64 SAN Director 2/128 DC04 SAN Director DC SAN Backbone Director SAN Switch 2/16 SAN Switch 1/16-EL MSA SAN Switch 2/8 SAN Switch 8/8 SAN Switch 8/24 SAN Switch 8/40 SAN Switch 8/80 Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for p-class HP BladeSystem Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for c-class HP BladeSystem 400 MP Router 1.063 Gbit/sec line speed (full duplex); 2.125 Gbit/sec line speed (full duplex); 4.25 Gbit/sec line speed (full duplex); auto-sensing of 1 Gbit/sec, 2 Gbit/sec, and 4 Gbit/sec port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec ports Up to eight 4.25 Gbit/sec ports per ISL trunk; up to 32 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk 256 Gbit/sec end to end <0.8 sec with no contention, cut-through routing at 4 Gbit/sec 2112-byte payload Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) FL_Port, F_Port, and E_Port; self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port) Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) media; short-wave up to 500 meters (1640 feet); long-wave up to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles); extended long-wave up to 40km (24.8 mi). Distance depends on fiber optic cable and port speed.

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Fabric services

Management

Options Management software supported Management access Diagnostics Enclosure Size

Mechanicals

Environment
System Weight Temperature Humidity Altitude Shock Vibration

Airflow Power

High speed Low speed (65%) Maximum output System power consumption Nominal input voltage Input line frequency Minimum input voltage Maximum input voltage BTU rating (80% efficiency) Inrush current
Simple Name Server; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Advanced Zoning; WEB TOOLS. Enhanced group Management, Optional fabric services include: Fabric Watch; Extended Fabrics; ISL Trunking; Advanced Performance Monitoring. SFP media Telnet; RADIUS,SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Advanced WEB TOOLS (optional); Enhanced group Management, ; Data Center Fabric Manager 10/100 Ethernet port (RJ-45); Serial port (RS-232); in-band through Management Server POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics Back-to-front airflow (non-Fibre Channel port side to Fibre Channel port side). Power from front. 1.0U, 19-inch EIA compliant Width: 42.87 cm (16.88 in) Height: 4.35 cm (1.71 in) Depth: 26.4 cm (10.39 in) 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) with dual power supplies, no SFP Operating: 0 to 40 C (32 to 104 F) Non-operating: -25 to 70 C (-13 to 158 F) Operating: 10 to 85 percent non-condensing at 40C (104F) Operating: Up to 3000 meters (9842 feet) Storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet) Operating: 20 g, 6 ms half-sine Non-operating: Half sine, 33G 11ms. 3/eg Axis Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz 20.8 CFM (cu. ft./min) 15.4 CFM 70 Watts 70 Watts max, 60 Watts typical 90- 264 VAC, Universal 47 - 63 Hz 90 VAC 264 VAC 240 BTU/hr Maximum of 15 amps for period between 10-150 ms at 50 C (122 F)
Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Lossless DLS enhancements
Lossless DLS enables Dynamic Load Sharing for optimal utilization of the ISLs without causing any frame loss. Note that No frame loss can be guaranteed only when a new additional path is used to do load rebalance. No frame loss cannot be guaranteed on an existing data path that encounters failure. Fabric OS 6.4.0 added support for the Lossless DLS with DPS (Exchange based routing). The In Order Delivery (IOD) capability can be enabled optionally for both Port Based Routing and Exchange Based Routing policies. In pre-Fabric OS 6.4.0, the Lossless DLS feature was supported only for Port Based Routing and IOD was always enabled.
Access Gateway enhancements
The following enhancements were made to the Access Gateway functionality in Fabric OS 6.4.0:
Device-based mappingThis feature allows mapping of individual NPIV logins to individual Nports of an Access Gateway. Even if an NPIV device logs in through a different F-port of an Access Gateway, it stays mapped to the same N-port. This feature also supports the N-port failover policy. WWN to N-port load balancingFabric OS 6.4.0 implemented a new WWN to N-port load balancing policy for Access Gateway. When enabled, this policy allows future NPIV logins to be automatically distributed uniformly within a port group. Individual port level NPIV limit configurationIn Fabric OS 6.4.0 individual ports can be configured with unique NPIV login limits. This feature provides more flexibility to deploy Virtual Machines based on real system needs by allowing more NPIV logins through some ports than others. This feature is supported in both Access Gateway and Switch modes.
Virtual fabrics enhancements
Fabric OS 6.4.0 added support for the Dynamic Area Addressing for the Default Switch in DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Directors when VF is enabled. This enables several capabilities in the Default Switch in DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Directors which could not be supported in pre-Fabric OS 6.4.0 releases. These capabilities include the following: Ability to assign any area to a port without doing portswap Support for WWN based PID assignment in the Default Switch Port mirroring support for devices directly attached to 8 Gb 48- and 64-port blade ports in the Default Switch Maximum NPIV limit support of 255 devices per port for these blade ports within the Default Switch

Deprecated features

FAL APIFabric OS 6.4.0 and later no longer includes FAL API support. Equivalent functionality is available through the following SMI-S agents: SMI-S 120.11.0 DCFM 10.4 Professional Plus and DCFM 10.4 Enterprise editions. Option to install only SMIS without DCFM client capabilities is also supported.
Optionally licensed software
There were no new licenses introduced in Fabric OS 6.4.0. Optionally licensed features in Fabric OS 6.4.0 include the following: Ports on DemandAllows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports through a license key upgrade (applies to select switch models). Extended FabricsProvides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distances. (Depending on the platform, the distance can be up to 3,000 km.) ISL TrunkingEnables aggregation of multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. It also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on the products that support the Access Gateway deployment. Advanced Performance MonitoringEnables performance monitoring of networked storage resources. This license includes the Top Talkers feature. High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as FC-IP Services)For the HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade and 400 MP Router, this license key also includes the FC FastWrite (FCFW) feature and IPsec capabilities. Accelerator for FICON licenseEnables unique FICON emulation support for the IBM Global Mirror (formerly XRC) application (including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC XRC), as well

Important notes

This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release.
New OUI Support on B-series platforms

Overview

The OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) 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. The currently assigned OUI/WWN values are exhausted, necessitating Brocade to use a new OUI value for WWN assignment. The new OUI value for Brocade is 00:05:33. A WWN of 10:00:00:05:33:41:5c:c1, for example, demonstrates the usage of the new OUI. Fabric OS 6.4.x recognizes the new Brocade OUI value to guarantee proper functionality. It is important to note that no switch with the new OUI/WWN should be downgraded to a version of Fabric OS that does not recognize this new OUI (previous to Fabric OS 6.3.1a). It is also important to note that specific minimum requirements for recognition of the new OUI are neither validated nor enforced by Fabric OS.
Impact of products with the new OUI to existing fabrics/environments
In most situations, a switch that uses the new OUI can be seamlessly added to an existing fabric, even if the other switches in that fabric are not using Fabric OS versions that are aware of the new OUI value. However, there are some exceptions and limitations to consider before adding a switch utilizing the new OUI to an existing fabric or environment. Fabrics with encryption products: If an HP StorageWorks encryption switch or blade using the new OUI is added to an edge fabric of a Fibre Channel routed fabric, Frame Redirection capability could be impacted across the FCR backbone, thus impacting the encryption functionality. Therefore, the FC routers in the FCR backbone fabric need to be upgraded to a firmware version that supports the new OUI. Interopmode 2 and 3 fabrics: In an interopmode 2 or 3 fabric with VE ports, the switches on both ends of the VE link must run a firmware version that supports the new OUI, or the VE ports may not function correctly, resulting in unpredictable behavior.

DCFM compatibility

Fabric OS 6.4.x is fully compatible with DCFM 10.4.x management software. DCFM is a comprehensive SAN management application that enables end-to-end management of HP B-series data center fabrics. It is the next-generation product and the successor to existing B-series management products, including HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) and Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM). DCFM is available in three versions (see the DCFM release notes for full support details): DCFM ProfessionalAn application bundled with B-series switches that is ideally suited for smalland medium-size businesses that need a lightweight management product to manage their smaller fabrics (one physical fabric at a time, up to 1,000 ports). DCFM Professional supports DC04 SAN Director and 4/256 (but not DC SAN Backbone Director), FC switches, FCIP switches, FCR switches/Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, FCoE/CEE switches, and Brocade HBAs.
DCFM Professional PlusA SAN management application designed for medium-size businesses to manage up to four physical fabrics (Fabric OS, M-EOS, and mixed fabrics) and up to 2,560 switch ports. DCFM Professional Plus supports DC04 SAN Director and 4/256 (but not DC SAN Backbone Director), FC switches, FCIP switches, FCR switches/Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, FCoE/CEE switches, and Brocade HBAs. Enterprise-class customers who want to manage departmental SANs can consider deploying this product. DCFM EnterpriseAn application designed for enterprise-class customers that provides unparalleled performance and scalability (24 physical fabrics, up to 9,000 switch ports). DCFM Enterprise configures and manages the same switches and directors as Professional and Professional Plus, but also adds support for the DC SAN Backbone Director. DCFM Enterprise is required to manage FICON fabrics. Existing EFCM and FM customers that have active Maintenance and Support contracts are provided a seamless migration path to DCFM Enterprise. NOTE: DCFM 10.4.0 added the capability to manage Fabric OS switches and fabrics using Administrative Domains (ADs), although the support is limited. See the Data Center Fabric Manager 10.4.0 release notes and DCFM 10.4.0 User Guide for further information. When managing a 2408 FCoE Converged Network switch in Access Gateway mode, DCFM 10.4.0 or later is required. Use of earlier DCFM releases will prevent management of zoning on the fabric.
EFCM and FM compatibility
With the introduction of DCFM, both EFCM and FM are in sustaining mode. Consequently, neither EFCM nor FM are qualified or supported to manage switches operating with Fabric OS 6.3.x and later firmware. Significant compatibility issues exist between FM and Fabric OS 6.3.x, including (but not limited to) compromised functionality in the zoning dialog and performance graphs, port enabling/disabling, and FICON wizard. HP strongly recommends that customers migrate from these products to DCFM.

Fabric OS 6.4.1 IM 2

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes6 Yes Yes7 Yes8 Yes Yes7
Yes Yes Yes1 No Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes No5 No No5 Yes Yes7 Yes8 Yes Yes7
Fabric OS features (supported in interopmode 0) IM = interopmode
FICON Management Server (Cascading) FICON MIHPTO Full Scalability (to maximum M-EOS fabric limits) Adaptive Networking QoS Adaptive Networking: Ingress Rate Limiting Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) APM: Top Talkers Admin Domains Secure Fabric OS9 Fabric Watch Ports on Demand (POD) NPIV Timer Server Function (NTP) Open E_Port10 Broadcast Zoning FDMI Remote Switch Port Mirroring Extended Fabrics Alias Server Platform Service FCIP (VE_Ports) IPFC (IP over FC) M-EOS ALPA 0x13 configuration VE_Port to VEX_Port Integrated Routing4 Domain Offset Support 239 Domain Support (available on Mi10K only)
Yes Yes Yes No No5 No5 No5 No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes12 Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A
No5 No5 Yes No No5 No5 No5 No N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A No No No Yes Yes11 No No Yes Yes12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Masterless F_Port Trunking (AG connect to Fabric OS switches only) FC10-6 to FC10-6 ISL RASLog Events on Duplicate WWNs Virtual Fabrics Logical Fabric using LISLs (XISLs in base Fabric) Port Fencing Bottleneck Detection Lossless DLS
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Only Frame Reduction zones can be configured on Fabric OS platforms and sent to fabrics operating in McDATA Open Fabric Mode (interopmode 3). M-EOS 9.9 is required to support Frame Reduction zones in McDATA Open Fabric Mode. Requires M-EOS 9.7 or later for redirection between devices attached to Fabric OS switches, M-EOS 9.8 for redirection between devices attached to M-EOS switches, M-EOS 9.9 for use in McDATA Open Fabric Mode. Supported EOS platforms include M4400, M4700, M6140, and Mi10K.
To support Frame Reduction to an M-EOS edge fabric, there must be at least one Fabric OS switch in the edge fabric to configure Frame Redirection zones. All routers (EX_Ports) must reside in a backbone fabric running in interopmode 0 only. Only edge fabrics with devices imported to the backbone fabric or other edge fabrics can operate in interopmode 2 or 3. The feature is available, but not tested or supported. SCC policies are supported only in conjunction with L2 Fabric Binding. Allowed only between Fabric OS-based switches.
DPS is supported outbound from Fabric OS-based switches. M-EOS can provide reciprocal load balancing using Open Trunking. Not supported in Fabric OS 6.0 or later. Mode 3 is qualified only with M-EOS switches. Not on FCR. Supported only locally on the Fabric OS switch.

NOTE: FICON Cascaded CUP is qualified on select platforms only.
Firmware upgrades and downgrades
Upgrading to Fabric OS 6.4.1 is allowed only from Fabric OS 6.3.x. The policy to support one-level migration only, which began with Fabric OS 6.0.0, provides more reliable and robust migrations. By having fewer major changes in internal databases, configurations, and subsystems, the system can perform the upgrade more efficiently, ensuring a truly seamless and nondisruptive process for the fabric. The one-release migration policy also reduces the number of upgrade-downgrade permutations that must be tested, allowing for thorough testing and verification of supported migration paths. If you are migrating from Fabric OS 6.1.x, HP recommends that you use Fabric OS 6.2.2d as the migration path to 6.3.x, and on to 6.4.1 in order to reduce the risk of exposure to known issues at earlier 6.2.x levels.
The 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch does not support nondisruptive HCLs. As a result, any firmware upgrades are disruptive to the I/O through the switch. Similarly, a code load of DC SAN Director or DC04 SAN Director with one or more DC SAN 10/24 FCoE blades disrupts traffic through the blade. If there are multiple node encryption groups (EGs) in a fabric, complete the firmware download on one node at a time before downloading on another node. Disable the ports in DC SAN Backbone Director Logical Switches that use 10 bit addressing mode that have 8 bit areas in the range 0x70-0x8F before upgrading to Fabric OS 6.4.x. Otherwise firmware upgrade fails with an error message. This step is necessary even if you do not plan to use FC8-64 blades after performing firmware upgrade to Fabric OS 6.4.0. However, if areas 0x70-0x8F are not in use, this step is not necessary. Use portAddress CLI to find out the areas in use within a Logical Switch. If Bottleneck detection feature is currently enabled on the switch running Fabric OS 6.3.x, you must disable it before upgrading to Fabric OS 6.4.x; otherwise, frame drops may occur due to increased Hot Code Load (HCL) time. 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC SAN Director Switch Multiprotocol Extension blade must be power cycled after upgrading from Fabric OS 6.3 to Fabric OS 6.4. This is necessary to load the new FPGA image that enables IPv6 capability for FCIP links to the switch and the blade. This step is mandatory even if IPv6 is not used on the FCIP ports. Not performing this step will result in unpredictable behaviors on the FCIP links. Note that in the case of the extension blade, only the blade needs to be power cycled and not the entire DC SAN/DC04 SAN Director chassis.

The recommended Keep Alive Timeout must be the same on the tunnel and circuits on the switches on both sides of a link. Latency measurements supported on FCIP tunnels (tested limit under Fabric OS 6.3.1): 1 GbE with 200 ms round-trip time and 1% loss 10 GbE with 100 ms round-trip time and 0.1% loss The 1606 Extension SAN Switch supports optical and copper media types on GE0 and GE1 interfaces. Copper media is the default on GE0/GE1 ports and does not support autosense functions. Inserting a 4 Gb SFP in GE ports of an HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade can occasionally return the following message: Can't read serial data in sfpshow output. Remove and reinsert the SFP to resolve this issue. HP recommends that you perform sfpshow immediately after inserting the SFP and ensure it is seated properly before connecting the cables. When running Fabric OS 6.4.x, if any of the following features are enabled in the FCIP configuration, a downgrade operation earlier than Fabric OS 6.4.0 is blocked until the features are removed from the FCIP config: IPv6 IPSec on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension blade DSCP Markings Advanced Compression options 2 and 3 on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension blade VEX ports When configuring an FCIP Tunnel to use VLAN tagging on an HP StorageWorks 400 Multiprotocol Router or an HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade, a static ARP entry must be configured on the GE interface for the local gateway. Also a static ARP entry must be added in the local gateway for the multiprotocol router/router blade GE port. FICON networks with FCIP tunnels do not support DPS (aptpolicy 3) configurations. This applies to both emulating and non-emulating FCIP tunnels.
FCoE/CEE (2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade)
The 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch balances the FCoE bandwidth across all six port groups (each port group contains four ports). For you to get optimum performance for FCoE traffic, HP recommends that you distribute server CNA connections across these six port groups. Hot-plugging a CP with a firmware level earlier than Fabric OS 6.3.0 into a DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with an active DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade results in the new standby CP not being HA synchronized. To avoid this scenario, upgrade the code on the standby CP directly to match the version on the active CP. HP recommends that Converged Mode be enabled on all interfaces connected to CNAs. When operating in Converged Mode, tagged traffic on the native VLAN of the switch interface is processed normally. The host should be configured not to send VLAN tagged traffic on the switchs native VLAN - tagged frames coming with a VLAN tag equal to the configured native VLAN are dropped. The CNA may lose connectivity to the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch/DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade if the CNA interface is toggled repeatedly over time. This issue is related to the CNA; rebooting the CNA restores connectivity. Although the 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch/DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade support the configuration of multiple CEE maps, HP recommends that you use only one CEE

FC Routing with Mi10K

Using FC routing in a backbone-to-edge configuration with an Mi10k in the edge fabric can result in slow throughput for hosts attached to the Mi10K following a bounced IFL connection between the backbone and edge fabric. To resolve this slowdown, disable and then re-enable the Mi10K ports for the affected hosts. Mi10k directors operating with firmware earlier than MEOS 9.9.5 may experience repeated system faults when attached as an FCR edge switch to a 1606 Extension SAN Switch EX_Port. To avoid this, ensure that the Mi10k is operating with MEOS 9.9.5 or later for this configuration.

Integrated routing

To allow HCL on an 8/40 SAN Switch when using Integrated Routing, the edge switch connected to the 8/40 SAN Switch must be running Fabric OS 6.1 or later. Integrated Routing EX_Ports are supported only in the base switch on a switch with VF enabled. To test Integrated Routing functionality, first disable the VF feature (fosconfig --disable vf). Integrated Routing and Top Talkers cannot run concurrently in Fabric OS 6.3.x and later. To use Integrated Routing, be sure to disable Top Talkers before configuring EX_Ports.

VEX device sharing

VEX edge to VEX edge device sharing is not supported.

FC FastWrite

When an FC FastWrite Initiator is moved to a port that does not have FC FastWrite enabled, I/O recovers and reverts to the slow path route (non-FC FastWrite). This change was introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.

Native connectivity

Fabric OS-based platforms operating in interopmode 2 or 3 should never be deployed in a fabric without at least one M-series switch. Fabric OS switches in interopmode 3 (McDATA Open Fabric Mode) do not support configuration of zoning without an M-series switch in the fabric. When migrating from M-series to B-series switches, all B-series switches should be configured to interopmode 0 (Brocade Native mode) after the last M-series switch has been removed from the fabric. M-EOSc switches may exhibit a behavior where they block all attached devices with a reason indication of Blocked Temporarily, Internal. This can occur when you power cycle the M-series switch while it was participating in a fabric with Frame Redirection zoning, a capability used for Fabric OS-based application or encryption services. If the switch is still participating in the fabric with Frame Redirection, issue the cfgsave command from a Brocade Fabric OS-based switch with the Frame Redirection zone in its defined zone database. If the M-EOS switch is no longer attached to the fabric with Frame Redirection zoning, issue the Config.Zoning.deleteSplZoneSet command via the CLI to the M-EOS switch.

Firmware Downloads

Manageability

Manageability Optics

Serviceability
Performance of optical links depends on the cleanliness of the cables and connectors, especially at 8 Gb/s or higher speeds. For proper cable maintenance, consult your switch and cable vendors. The 8Gb 48 port blade is supported as follows: The switch, or logical switch, must be configured for Brocade Native mode (interopmode 0). Only on VF-enabled chassis on the DC SAN Director. Not supported in the default switch on the DC SAN Director.
Traffic Isolation Zones Traffic Isolation Zones
Enable Lossless DLS when activating Traffic Isolation (TI) Zones to avoid any traffic disruption. Traffic Isolation (TI) Zoning with FICON supports enabling or disabling of the failover option. Seek assistance from service support before attempting to enable this feature.
Table 7 Recommended fencing criteria
Criteria ITW (Invalid Transmission Words) CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check) LOS (Loss of Sync) Protocol errors Value 2 2

FL_Port (loop) support

The 8Gb 48-port and 64-port Fibre Channel blades now support the attachment of loop devices in the DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director. VF must be enabled on the chassis, and loop devices can be attached only to ports on a 48-port or 64-port blade assigned to a nondefault logical switch operating with the default 10-bit addressing mode. (Loop devices may not be in the default logical switch.) A maximum of 144 ports can be used for connectivity to loop devices in a single logical switch in a DC04 SAN Director in 10-bit dynamic area mode. A maximum of 112 ports can be used for connectivity to loop devices in a single logical switch in a DC SAN Backbone Director in 10-bit dynamic area mode. Loop devices are supported when attached to ports on the 8Gb and 4Gb 16- and 32-port Fibre Channel blades, with no new restrictions.

Port Mirroring

On the 8/80 SAN Switch, the Port Mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror resources must remain in the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configure mirror port, Source Device, and Destination Device or ISL, if the Destination Device is located on another switch. The ASIC port groups are 0-15, 16-31, 32-47, 48-63, and 64-79. The routes are broken if the port mirror resources are spread over multiple port groups. Port Mirroring is not supported on the 1606 Extension SAN Switch. See the portMirror command in the Command Reference Guide for more information on mirror port configuration and requirements.

Beginning with Fabric OS 6.2.0, the data collected by SupportSave operations was greatly expanded to include all readable registers within the ASIC. In cases where some registers may be unused and therefore contain invalid data, a CDR-1003 error message would be issued. Fabric OS 6.3.1b and later now reclassifies these messages as warnings, rather than critical errors. HP recommends that no more the 50 F_Port Top Talkers be enabled on a 4/256 Director in a large fabric (>4000 devices). HP recommends that for directors with more than 300 E_Ports, the switch be disabled prior to executing the switchCfgTrunk command (used to disable or enable trunking on the switch). For the configure command in Fabric OS 6.4.0x, the default value that displays for Maximum Logins per switch has been corrected. The actual default value is now displayed. The default value itself has not changed. POST diagnostics for the 8/40 SAN Switch have been modified in Fabric OS 6.3.1b, 6.4.0, and later releases to eliminate an INIT NOT DONE error at the end of an ASIC diagnostic port loopback test. This modification addresses BL-1020 Initialization errors encountered during the POST portloopbacktest.

Encryption behavior

HP recommends that the encrypted LUN containers be created when all of the nodes/encryption engines (EEs) in the Data Encryption Key (DEK)/High Availability Cluster (HAC) are up and enabled. If two Encryption Engines are part of a High Availability Cluster, configure the host/target pair such that they form a multipath from both EEs. Avoid connecting both the host/target pairs to the same EE. This connectivity does not give full redundancy in case of EE failure resulting in HAC failover. Since the quorum disk plays a vital role in keeping the cluster in sync, configure the quorum disk to be outside of the encryption environment. LUN configuration To configure a LUN for encryption: Add the LUN as clear-text to the Crypto Target Container (CTC). When the LUN comes online and the clear-text host I/O starts, modify the LUN from cleartext to encrypted, including the enable_encexistingdata option to convert the LUN from clear-text to encrypted. An exception to this LUN configuration process: If the LUN was previously encrypted by the HP Encryption Switch or HP Encryption Blade, the LUN can be added to the CTC with the encrypt and lunstate =encrypted options. LUN configurations must be committed to take effect. No more than 25 LUNs can be added or modified in a single commit operation. Attempts to commit configurations that exceed 25 LUNs fail with a warning. There is also a five-second delay before the commit operation takes effect. Always ensure that any previously committed LUN configurations or LUN modifications have taken effect before committing additional LUN configurations or additions. All LUNs should be in an Encryption Enabled state before committing additional LUN modifications. LUN Size Expansion consideration (as an example for EVA LUNs): When an EVA LUN is encrypted, and then needs to be expanded using HP Command View, no additional configuration is required from the Encryption SAN Switch side. However, make sure not to change the LUN size while any re-key operation is in progress. The cryptocfg -manual_rekey -all command should not be used in environments with multiple encryption engines (encryption blades) installed in a director-class chassis when more than one encryption engine has access to the same LUN. In such situations, use the cryptocfg

Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a Workaround prior to upgrade: Disable FICON Emulation.
In FICON environment, IFCCs are seen when enabling ICL ports with Lossless DLS enabled, traffic can be adversely affected. Port-based routing frames were out of order when FCP image pairs concurrently initiated exchanges as originators over GE ports. Thirdparty device has very poor performance over FCIP link between two 1606 Extension SAN Switches over 1G GE port. Same issue applies to multiprotocol extension blades. Multiple critical CDR-1003 raslog during supportsave. After a nondisruptive upgrade from Fabric OS 6.1.x to 6.2.x, CDR-1003 CRITICAL messages may be posted during a supportsave operation on Brocade 4Gb platforms. With the fix in this release, the critical message is update to Warning and it can be ignored unless it is persistent and not occurring during supportsave. With FICON emulation, core hangs during error recovery. After an FCIP link failure, an FFDC occurs and some traffic across remaining FCIP links continue to be disrupted. Data Encryption, Manual HA failback command on Fabric OS 6.4.0 fails. Manual failback command (cryptocfg -failback -EE ) issued from node other than failed-over node fails with an error.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a Workaround prior to upgrade: Ignore if CDR-1003 occurs during supportsave and is not persistent.
Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.0a Workaround prior to upgrade: Issue the manual failback command from the node hosting the failed-over containers.

Fabric OS 6.4.0b fixes

Table 11 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 6.4.0b firmware release. Table 11 Fabric OS 6.4.0b closed defects Closed defect summary
A device with a node WWN of zero connected to an NPIV port causes the switch to panic and reboot about every 20 to 30 minutes when queried by CALD. IP addresses are allowed to be deleted, even when in use by a route, on tunnel configurations with the 1606 Extension SAN Switch, Multiprotocol Extension Blade, 400 MP Router, or Multiprotocol Router Blade.

Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.1. Fixed in Fabric OS 6.4.1.
Using a value of 0xffffffff for the N_Port topology in the config file causes the configdownload command to fail on an HP StorageWorks Encryption switch in Access Gateway mode with SRDF enabled. The error is: strtoul failed str 0xffffffff, errno =2 aglib_strtobm failed for ag.pg.pgporttopo.0 value = 0xffffffff configDownload: agImport() failed key = ag.pg.pgp. The fmconfig command does not display counters for frame monitors after firmware downgrade and subsequent upgrade operations are executed. Some firmware upgrade messages are not visible in the logs after upgrading to Fabric OS 6.2.x or later, because of changes made to support virtual fabrics. Communication problems between the Control Processor (CP) and the HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade can result in a loss of sync causing the blade to be rebooted. The internal RASLOG will have FCIP-5030 messages indicating that the Multiprotocol Router Blade has lost heartbeat with the CP. The switch is rebooted and logs a HAM-1004 reboot unknown error message in the RASLOG. Ambiguous text appears in Web Tools for Dynamic Load Sharing and Lossless in the Switch Administration Routing tab. The DLS label must be removed from the Dynamic Load Sharing and Lossless group boxes. QoS circuits running over a 1G/10G bandwidth circuit have incorrect QoS distributions with large I/O, resulting in QoS priority traffic distribution not being enforced properly over an FCIP Tunnel. Customer using QoS zoning may see performance issues. Customers may see RAS-1004 Software 'Verify' errors every 3 minutes on each VF, filling up the RASLOG and causing an eventual FFDC event on a switch being managed by DCFM or Web Tools, with VF-enabled and Radius server configured. When running tape operations using tape pipelining in an HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch or HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade, the FCP_CONF command may be dropped, causing the tape operation to fail. RAM errors are not detected by systemverification diagnostic in the HP 2408 FCoE Switch and HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE Blade. Frame drops and undefined behavior occur while running spinfab. After port enable/disable of a primary port, NPIV PIDs disappear from the cam table entries, which causes data disruption in an HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director and HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 4/48 blade. The switch is delayed in bringing an F_Port online with certain specific servers that do not cut off light during reboot.
The HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch and HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade require reboots to recover from long TPERF runs that result in inaccurate stats and FCIP tunnel bounces. Several security vulnerabilities are reported by a network vulnerability scan against a fabric with the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. During either a firmware download (Fabric OS 6.2.0e to 6.3.0d), or hafailover, the active CP fails to come online completely, requiring a reboot of both CPs to regain hasync. A panic occurs followed by a CP panic, with an Oops: kernel access of bad area message seen in the RASLOG on an HP StorageWorks 400 Multiprotocol Router or HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade. Web Tools erroneously able to be launched from Fabric Tree when using auto configured IPv6 address. Tape performance is degraded after a tape drive has been idle for a few hours and then traffic is restarted on the HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch. SCSI command frames are dropped through IFL links in an FCR Fabric. An FCIP tunnel periodically goes down and then recovers when a large number of small FCIP frames are run through a network with a WAN Optimizer present and an FCIP Tunnel in byte streaming mode. This problem is seen on an HP StorageWorks 400 Multiprotocol Router or an HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade. An iscsicfg --commit all operation on an HP StorageWorks Bseries iSCSI Director Blade does not complete and hangs the switch Telnet session. An hafailover is needed to recover from this state. The switchstatusshow command outputs an invalid switch status rather than the expected marginal status on Application (AP) Blades This is caused by the blade handler monitor not properly handling the status of the blades.

Effective date

November 2010