HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0 Release Notes (AA-RWEYD-TE, July 2007)

Portstats: Selecting the “Show delta” radio button and clicking on
the clear counter button, doesn’t clear the counters. It changes the
values to negative. Clicking the clear counter button again will reset
counter to zero.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
May see FFDC warning messages when manually changing switch IP
address in D HCP network.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Able to establish API session to Admin Domain 255 using “user”
login which has Admin Domain membership only to Admin Domain
0,whichisnotallowedfromCLI,resultinginerror.UsersofSMIand
Web Tools won’t observe error because all operations performed
via Admin role user.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Web Tools currently not consistent with C LI on
configuring long distance for ports if current Admin
Domain owns them but not switchmembership.
Por t long distance settings are read-only for owned por ts on
non-owned switches in Web Tools Extended Fabric tab, but editable
for owned ports in Web Tools port configuration wizard.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
SNMP traps repeatedly sent from the switch every 2 seconds when
port taken out of a fault state implicitly by removing cable or module.
Caused b
ytoomanyportoffline SCNs being sent out during port
fault and recover when there is laser fault.
Fixed pe
r Fabric OS 5.3.0
Firmware downgrade to Fabric OS 5.1 or earlier is blocked even
after ports 256 – 384 are removed from DCC policy created using
[*] option. Currently have to delete DCC policy to avoid this.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Admin user account with permissions to only Admin Dom ain 255
can create Admin Domains, but only Admin user accounts with
permissions for all Admin Domains should b e able to do th is.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Confir
mation dialog doesn’t appear when name server table closed
by cl
icking the “X” button. User experiences unexpected close when
clic
king “X” button.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Detailed view of any device doesn’t refresh properly when Auto
refresh option is selected & user resizes/scrolls the window .
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Role name, and sometimes user name, missing from error message
when user exits from a telnet session.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
The 2/16v switch produces ARB(vc) fill words instead of idles which
could cause failures with certain long distance devices when run-
nin
g Fabric OS 5.2 with the following port configuration:
—p
ortcfglongdistance <port> LS 1 50
—p
ortcfgislmode <port> 1
Fix
ed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Web Tools not correctly reflecting physical switch state of a
persistently disabled switch w hen the switch is fastbooted. LEDs are
shown unlit in stead of slowly blinking yellow.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
No event is generated when the IP address of a switch is changed,
so user can’t d etermine IP address of the switch was changed by
issuing the command errdump or errshow because IP address
changeeventwasnotregistered.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
Several issues observed in ZoneAdmin and in Admin Domain when
switch is configured in PID format 2, including being unable to see
ports 16-32.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
During stress testing, a significant delay in trafficcomingback
from a Fibre Channel Router (FCR) failure in fully redundant SAN
configuration was seen, as traffic temporarily stopped before taking
redundant path after rebooting one of the FCRs in dual back bone
fabric.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0
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