HP B-series Fabric OS 7.1.0c Release Notes (5697-2892, October 2013 - includes all 7.1.0x versions)

• 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

switch’s native VLAN.

• When operating in Converged Mode, tagged frames coming with a VLAN tag equal to the

configured native VLAN are dropped.

• The Converged Network Adapter (CNA) may lose connectivity to the HP 2408 FCoE Converged

Network Switch/HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade if the CNA interface is toggled

repeatedly over time. This issue is related to the CNA and rebooting the CNA restores

connectivity.

• The HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade

support only one CEE map on all interfaces connected to CNAs. HP does not recommend

CEE map for use with non-FCoE traffic. HP recommends QoS commands for interfaces carrying

non-FCoE traffic.

• Before upgrading to Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later, if the CEE map default value already exists,

the same default value is preserved after upgrading to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later. However,

if the CEE map default is not configured before upgrading to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later, the

following CEE map default is created automatically after upgrading to 7.0.0a or later:

◦ cee-map default

◦ priority-group-table 1 weight 40 pfc

◦ priority-group-table 2 weight 60

◦ priority-table 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

• When upgrading from Fabric OS 6.3.x or 6.4.x to Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later, note that the

CEE startup configuration dcf.conf file is incompatible with the FCoE provisioning changes

implemented in Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later. To ensure the HP DC SAN Backbone Director

Switches and HP DC04 SAN Director Switches have the same startup configuration as in the

older release, users can save the dcf.conf file as a backup and apply it once the firmware

upgrade is completed.

• HP recommends that Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants be disabled on CEE interfaces

that are connected to an FCoE device.

• The Fabric Provided MAC Address (FPMA) and the FC Identifier (FCID) assigned to a VN_Port

cannot be associated with any single front-end CEE port on which the FLOGI was received.

• LLDP neighbor information may be released before the timer expires when DCBX is enabled

on a CEE interface. This occurs only when the CEE interface state changes from active to any

other state. When the DCBX is not enabled, the neighbor information is not released until the

timer expires, regardless of the interface state.

• The FCoE Login Group Name should be unique in a fabric-wide FCoE Login Management

Configuration. The merge logic is designed to modify the Login Group Name during merge

when Login group names in participating configurations conflict with each other. The current

OUI being used by Brocade, assigns the WWNs to HP 2408 FCoE Switches, HP DC SAN

Backbone Director Switches and HP DC04 SAN Director Switches. However, only the last

three bytes are different for any two HP 2408 FCoE Switches, HP DC SAN Backbone Director

Switches or HP DC04 SAN Director Switches. As compared to the OUI assignment method,

the merge logic renames the login group by including the last three bytes of WWN in the

• Ethernet switch services must be explicitly enabled using the command fosconfig –enable

ethsw before powering on an HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCOE Blade. Failure to do so

causes the blade to be faulted (fault 9). Users can enable ethsw after upgrading firmware

without FC traffic interruption.