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

driver 3.2.0.0 or later is required and the HBA ports must be operating at the maximum
speed of 8 Gb.
• Authentication support in AG mode between an AG and a switch and between an AG and
an HBA.
◦ For switch to AG authentication when FCAP or DH-CHAP protocol is used.
◦ For HBA to AG authentication only when DH-CHAP protocol is used.
Additional RAS enhancements
• SFP monitoring:
Updates of the SFP serial data information when a new SFP is inserted, even in a disabled
port, and to show the valid data (for example Temperature, Current, Voltage and Tx/Rx
power) once the port is enabled and SFP data has been polled for that port.
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◦ Addition of a new field in the command sfpshow port# [-f] to display the last poll
timestamp for a port.
• RASlog management:
A new RASlog command rasadmin has been added that can be used to disable/enable
a specific RASlog message or a group of RASlog messages. This command provides
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control to the end users to suppress frequently occurring or unwanted RASlog messages
and to re-enable the logging when required.
◦ Abiltiy to change a RASlog message’s default severity level via the rasadmin command.
For example, users may choose to lower the severity of a message from “Warning” to
“Informational” if they believe it is the appropriate severity level for that message in their
environment.
◦ Users can view the message documentation, such as the message text, message type,
class (for audit messages), message severity, cause, and action on the switch console by
using the rasMan message_ID command.
• New options have been added to the existing errDump CLI command to filter RASlog messages
according to slot, severity, etc.
• CLI history:
CLI history is persistent across reboot and firmware download. A maximum of 1680
records can be saved.
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◦ Additonal CLI history information such as timestamp, username, IP address of the telnet
session, command options, and arguments are saved whenever a command is executed
on the switch.
◦ Each command executed on the switch from a non-root account is saved as an Audit log.
A new RASlog message, “RAS-3005”, has been added to log the CLI name, including
arguments. This RASlog is an audit only message and is not saved in the RASlog’s storage.
• When changing bottleneck detection configuration, unspecified parameters do not revert back
to their default value, if they currently have non-default values. See the bottleneckmon CLI
command description for additional details.
• Support for the user-defined EHT (Edge Hold Time) configurations only in the default switch
in a Virtual Fabrics environment. Additionally, pre-defined EHT values can be configured for
individual logical switches.
• Frame Viewer displays class 3 discard log messages associated with the backend ports (internal
ports) of a chassis.
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