HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012)

FCAP
• Due to limitations with the certificates, FCAP authentication cannot be supported on user-defined
logical switches. FCAP will continue to function with existing certificates for non-VF and the
default logical switch of VF enabled switches. Note that authutil is not restricted from other
logical switches at this time, and it can still be enabled on unsupported LS.
• The pkicert (1.06) utility can cause evm errors. Therefore, each new switch should be isolated
from the fabric in non-VF mode to install new certificates.
• For FIPS mode, certificates must be installed before FIPS activation.
FICON
For the DC SAN Backbone Director, FICON CUP is not allowed with a 48-port blade in the Default
Logical Switch. All ports on a 48–port blade must be assigned to a user-defined Logical Switch to
use them in a FICON CUP enabled switch.
FL_Port (loop) support
• The 8-Gb 48 port FC blade now supports the attachment of loop devices in the DC SAN and
DC04 Directors.
• VF must be enabled on the chassis, and loop devices can be attached only to ports on a
48-port blade assigned to a non-default 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 chassis.
• Loop devices are supported when attached to ports on the 8-Gb and 4-Gb 16- and 32-port
FC 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
will be broken if the port mirror resources are spread across multiple port groups.
• Port Mirroring is not supported on a switch with the VF feature enabled.
10 G interoperability
10 G interop between HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10 Gb FC blade and McDATA
blades is not supported due to a hardware limitation. However, the SAN Director 6 Port 10 Gb
FC blade is supported in a chassis running in interopmode 2 or 3 (SAN Director 6 Port 10 Gb FC
blade to SAN Director 6 Port 10 Gb FC blade connections only). A SAN Director 6 Port 10-Gb
FC blade will not synchronize with a McDATA 10 G blade, but will not negatively impact the
system.
Zoning
Beginning with Fabric OS 6.2.0, all WWNs containing uppercase characters are automatically
converted to lowercase when associated with a zone alias and stored as part of a saved
configuration on a switch. For example, a WWN entered as either AA.BB.CC.DD.EE.FF.GG.HH
or aa.bb.cc.dd.ee.ff.gg.hh when associated with a zone alias will be stored as
aa.bb.cc.dd.ee.ff.gg.hh on a switch operating with Fabric OS 6.2.0 or later.
This behavioral change in saved zone alias WWN members does not impact most environments.
However, in a scenario where a switch with a zone alias WWN member with uppercase characters
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