HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0b Release Notes (AA-RWEYF-TE, October 2007)

Fabric OS 5.3.0a
fixes
Table 4 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 5.3.0a firmware release.
Table 4 Fabric OS 5.3.0a closed defects
Closed defect summary
Solution
Iswitchd pa nic occurred during data m igration with DMM when
inv alid fr ame issued to the sw itch.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
Diag failure ca
used FA4-18 to report a fault after continuously
running CP failover test.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
Panic occurred on SAN Director 2/128 when running MS commands
GPT/GPPN/GPS/GAPNL continuously.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
When the 4/64 SAN Switch is constantly rebooted, the Name server
crashed in rare conditions.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
4/32B SAN Switch running 5.3.0 rejected GID_Ft command from
an HBA with “FC4-type not registered” error. HBA sees no devices.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0a by
implementing a more robust zone
name check t
oavoidconfusing
frame redirection zones with regular
zone nam es.
In isolated cases, degraded performance can occur with the Brocade
4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem when internal ports
are operated a t 4Gb/sec.
Fabric OS 5.3.0a optimizes certain
settings in the switch to address this
issue.
Unable to configure FCIP tunnels using Web Tools in FOS 5.3.0.
FCIP wizard and stand-alone tab
support added for near end tunnel
configuration with Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
In frame redirect mode, GA_NXT query from initiator returns VI PID
and PWWN instead of host PWWN.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
scpd can crash on rare occasions due to memory leak in NS
API/library during NS queries.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
In Open mod e, when F-Ports are connected to ports 16-47 on the
FC4-48 Blade with WWN zoning, the Zone enforcement shows
as SESSION BASED and the portcamshow command displays
misleading information.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
In frame redirect mode, GPN_NN query returns VI PWWN and PID
instead of initiator PWWN and PID.
Fixed per Fabric OS 5.3.0a.
Fabri
c OS 5.3.0b fixes
Table 5 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 5.3.0b firmware release.
Table 5 Fabric OS 5.3.0b closed defects
Closed defect summary
Solution
With FC Tape Pipelining enabled on a 400 MP Router/MP Router
Blade FCIP connection, data written to tape using a block size of
greater tha n 128 KB will not be readable by some applications,
causing backup to be unreadable.
Backup application could be
configured to use less than 128 KB
blocksizetoavoidtheproblem,but
this is now fixed in 5.3.0b.
In rare cases, CRC errors can occur on Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for
HP c-Class BladeSystem internal ports when operating at 4Gb/s.
Fabric OS 5.3.0b addresses this
issue.
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