Dell Brocade 6510 Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0
Dell Brocade 6510 Manual
 |
View all Dell Brocade 6510 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Dell Brocade 6510 manual content summary:
- Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 1
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 August 17, 2012 Document History Document Title Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Summary of Changes Initial Release Publication Date August 17, 2012 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 2
or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at Brocade products, view the licensing terms applicable to the open source software, and obtain a copy of the programming source code, please visit http://www.brocade.com/support/oscd Fabric - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 3
16 Fabric OS Compatibility ...16 Blade Support...18 Scalability...23 Other Important Notes and Recommendations 23 Adaptive Networking/Flow-Based QoS Prioritization 23 Access Gateway ...23 Brocade HBA/Adapter Compatibility ...24 D-Port...24 Encryption Behavior for the Brocade Encryption Switch (BES - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 4
Forward Error Correction (FEC) ...29 FICON...29 FL_Port (Loop) Support...29 ICLs on DCX/DCX-4S ...30 Native Connectivity (M-EOS interoperability)...30 Port Mirroring ...30 Port Statistics ...30 SNMP...30 Virtual Fabrics ...30 Zoning...31 Miscellaneous ...31 Defects ...33 Closed with Code Change in - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 5
on FOS v7.0.1x. All hardware platforms and features supported in FOS v7.0.1x are also supported in FOS v7.0.2. Resolution of Important Defects • 404780 High count of CRC w/Good EOF errors across multiple card types • 403996 Enhancement needed to link credit loss recovery on 8G platforms FOS v7 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 6
emulation requires the Advanced FICON Acceleration license. This feature is supported on 7800 and FX8-24. D-port (Diagnostic Port) Support between Brocade 16G Fabric Adapter and Brocade 16G FC switch D-port functionality is supported between a Brocade 16G Fabric Adapter with adapter firmware version - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 7
both the adapter and the switch. For additional information please consult the Brocade Adapter Release Notes for firmware version 3.1 or later, and the Brocade Adapter Administrator's Guide. Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Page 7 of 99 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 8
Brocade 6510, DCX-4S, DCX, 5300, 5100, 7800, or Brocade Encryption Switch to be configured as an EX_Port or VEX_Port (on some platforms) supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates the need to add a dedicated router to a fabric for FCR purposes. Encryption Performance Upgrade - This license - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 9
-8/DCX 8510-4 for the FX8-24 on an individual slot basis. 7800 Upgrade - This license allows a Brocade 7800 to enable 16 FC ports (instead of the base four ports) and six GbE ports (instead of the base two ports). This license is also required to enable additional FCIP tunnels and also for advanced - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 10
an expiration date upon which the license can no longer be installed on any unit. Supported Switches Fabric OS v7.0.2 supports the Brocade 300, 5410/5424/5450/5460/5470/5480/NC-5480, 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch (BES), DCX/DCX-4S, 8000, 7800, 6505, 6510, DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 11
802.1 • FC-BB-5 Priority-based Flow Control Enhanced Transmission Selection DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of IEEE 802.1 Working Group) FCoE (Rev 2.0) Technical Support Contact your switch supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 12
the port side • Brocade DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4 - Back, upper left under the power supply 3. World Wide Name (WWN) When the Virtual Fabric feature is enabled on a switch, each logical switch has a unique switch WWN. Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN. If you cannot use the wwn command because - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 13
issues addressed in this list of TSBs may also be resolved in other FOS releases. Refer to the specific Release Notes for each release to verify resolution details. TSB TSB-2012-143-A Summary In Fabric OS v7.0.1 and v7.0.1a, an Integrated Routing license is incorrectly required for VEX_Ports on - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 14
be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v7.0.2. This upgrade is non-disruptive to both FCoE traffic through FCOE10-24 blades and FC traffic. Non-disruptive upgrade to FOS v7.0.2 on 8G switches is allowed from FOSv6.4.1a or later. Disruptive upgrades to Fabric OS 7.0.2 are allowed and supported from FOS - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 15
DCFM 10.4 cannot manage switches running FOS v7.0 or later. Brocade Network Advisor 11.1.3 is required to manage Brocade 6505 platform. DCFM Compatibility DCFM is not qualified or support the management of switches operating with FOS v7.0 and later firmware versions. You must first upgrade DCFM to - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 16
installing on your switch. Use only FOS versions that are supported by the provider. For a list of the effective end-of-life dates for all versions of Fabric OS, visit the following Brocade Web site: http://www.brocade.com/support/end_of_life.jsp Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 17
scalability (refer to separate "Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines" documentation for details), please use 5300, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4. Zoning Compatibility Note: Users are recommended to upgrade to the following versions of firmware when interoperating with a switch running FOS - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 18
can be extended under special circumstances, but must be approved by Brocade's Product Team. Up to 8 FR4-18i blades can be installed in a DCX if they are used only for FCIP without routing. Note: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in FOS v7.0 or later FR4-18i does not support EX-ports, FC FastWrite - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 19
Matrix FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade FC8-32E, FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades FC10-6 Intelligent blade FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Next Generation Distance Extension Blade (FX8-24) Supported - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 20
-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) FC10-6, FC816, FC8-32, FC 8-48, FC864 FR4-18i FS8-18, FX8-24, FCOE10-24 Port Blade Intelligent Blade Intelligent Blade 2 Power Supplies Not Supported Not Supported 2 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies DCX: 2 or 4 Power Supplies DCX-4S: 2 Power Supplies Comments - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 21
to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual) Configured Number of Ports Blades Type of Blade DCX 8510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX 8510-8 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports with QSFP ICLs - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 22
VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments 336 8Gb ports + QSFP ICLs 384 16Gb ports + QSFP ICLs FC8-48E (Maximum of seven FC8-48E blades, with one empty port blade slot) FC16-32, FC16-48 Port Blade Port Blade 4 Power Supplies 2 Power Supplies Not Supported 4 Power Supplies 384 8Gb ports + QSFP - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 23
configurations) Comments 96 ports max with QSFP ICLs Any combination of 8Gb or 16 Gb ports and intelligent blades with QSFP ICLs FC16-32, FC8-32E FC16-32, FC16-48, FC8-32E, FC8-48E, FC8-64, FS8-18, FX8-24 Port Blade Intelligent Blade /Combination 2 Power Supplies Not Supported 2 Power Supplies - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 24
card reader. Card reader already in use by default key. Unable to complete TEP/TAP process as window for selecting card and entering password does not appear. • Please refer to SafeNet Keysecure install documentation for setting up and initially configuring the SSKM key vaults. There are some - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 25
is supported. The procedure for setting up the RKM Appliance with BES or a DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510 with FS8-18 blades is located in the Encryption Admin Guide. • Support for registering a 2nd RKM Appliance on BES/FS8-18 is blocked. If the RKM Appliances are clustered, then the virtual IP address hosted - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 26
commands WRITE SAME and EXTENDED COPY, which are related to VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration) hardware acceleration in vSphere 4.1. This will result in nonVAAI methods of data transfer for the underlying arrays, and may affect the performance of VM related operations. FCIP (FR4-18i, Brocade - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 27
o IP Configuration where multiple GigEs have same subnet values o For a tunnel configuration on 1GE ports that has more than 4 circuits o Teradata emulation enabled o Circuits configured explicitly to be listeners or an initiators FCoE/DCB/CEE (Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24) • When upgrading a Brocade - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 28
allow device logins. • Ethernet switch services must be explicitly enabled using the command "fosconfig -enable ethsw" before powering on an FCOE10-24 blade. Failure to do so will cause the blade to be faulted (fault 9). Users can enable ethsw after upgrading firmware without FC traffic interruption - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 29
-32E, FC8-48E, Brocade 6510, and Brocade 6505. • The FC8-48 and FC8-64 blade support attachment of loop devices. • Virtual Fabrics must be enabled on the chassis and loop devices may only be attached to ports on a 48-port or 64-port blade assigned to a non-Default Logical Switch operating with the - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 30
or later is supported via FCR. Port Mirroring • On the Brocade 5300, the port mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror resources must stay within the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configured mirror port, Source Device, and Destination Device or ISL, if the Destination - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 31
alias member WWN in lower case characters, the merge will fail, since the switches do not recognize these zoning configurations as being the same. For additional details and workaround solutions, please refer to the latest FOS Admin Guide updates or contact Brocade Customer Support. Miscellaneous - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 32
or enable trunking on the switch). • During non-disruptive firmware upgrades, E_Ports in R-RDY mode may cause some frame drops on the E-port links. • For the configure command, in FOS v6.4, or later the default value that displays for Maximum Logins per switch is different than the value that - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 33
In Release: FOS6.2.2 Service Request ID: 519669 Defect ID: DEFECT000347173 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: HAfailover on the Brocade 48000 with FC8-xx blades installed may encounter rare race condition Symptom: If this rare condition is encountered, a reset of the port blades may result - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 34
cause switch reboot. No problem when connecting through console, then CMSH. Workaround: Telnet/SSH from same subnet or connect from console Risk of Fix: Low Feature: CEE-MANAGEABILITY Probability: High Function: CONFIGURATION MANAGER INTERFACE Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 35
Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 673067 Defect ID: DEFECT000373880 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Issue observed with perfcfgrestore command Symptom: If a number of rwmonitors are created for a particular port using 'perfaddrwmonitor' command and these are deleted, then - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 36
Medium Summary: ifmodeset is set to default after firmware upgrade Symptom: Management ports went down after code upgrade. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Firmware Download Reported In Release: FOS6.3.2 Service Request ID: 683983 Defect ID: DEFECT000377806 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 37
| FID 128, INFO, FOP Port#3/30,TX Performance, is above high boundary(High=85, Low=0). Current value is 137 Percentage(%)/minute. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Management Services Reported In Release: FOS6.3.2 Service Request ID: 693491,683501 Fabric OS v7 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 38
Software Probability: High Function: ASIC Driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 678557 Defect ID: DEFECT000381459 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FCIP FastWrite: SRDF cannot handle busy response to commands Symptom: Customer may get data corruption on SRDF replication - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 39
hareboot Symptom: Sometimes AG does not show up in agshow. F-ports cannot login. Workaround: Reboot switch (NOT hareboot) Risk of Fix: Low Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Probability: Low Function: C2 ASIC driver Reported In Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000383769 Technical Severity: High - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 40
not reconnect. Switch port stays stuck at G-port and requires switch reset to regain connectivity. Workaround: Don't do firmwaredownload with -s option by default Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: High Function: ASIC Driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 41
Probability: Low Function: ASIC Driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.1 Service Request ID: 704947 Defect ID: DEFECT000386728 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FICON Printer Emulation enabled encounters DP Panic with 3900 type printers Symptom: FCIP Complex DP reset, FCIP Tunnel failure (on - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 42
. Workaround: To avoid this problem the customer can just do a hafailover when the firmware is completely upgraded. Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Fabric Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.1 Service Request ID: 709913 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 43
Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000389202 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: After changing F-port buffers via WebTools 0n 7800 cannot set buffers back to 8 (Default) Symptom: After set F-port buffer credits to 16 using WebTools > port admin (advanced mode) > F-port BB credit - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 44
: Use port indexes 239-254 Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Fabric Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 712525 Defect ID: DEFECT000391046 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: portledtest, portloopbacktest etc diag command are updated - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 45
.4.x when using DHCP Symptom: After upgrading embedded Brocade SAN switch to FOS v6.4.0 and above, the management IP address is shown as 0.0.3.0 Workaround: Reboot switch after firmwaredownload Risk of Fix: Low Feature: Embedded Platform Services Probability: High Function: Bulova Reported - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 46
FCIP Probability: Medium Function: Emulation Reported In Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000395880 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Allow non-FC ports to support : Low Function: FCIP Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 724213 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Page - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 47
of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Low Function: Fabric Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 722589 Defect ID: DEFECT000398718 Technical Severity: High Summary: VEX port on FR4-18i requires Integrated Routing license on FOS v7.0.1 and FOS v7.0.1a; previous - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 48
with good EOF errors on DCX system when an FC8-64 is installed in slot 1,3,9 Risk of Fix: Low Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Probability: Low Function: C2 ASIC driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 721423 Defect ID: DEFECT000399142 Technical Severity: High Summary: PortPerfShow - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 49
Low Function: ASIC Driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 724603 Defect ID: DEFECT000401414 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: False positive Call home received for "power supplies not redundant". Symptom: When there is race condition during bootup between fabric watch and - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 50
Fix: Low Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Probability: Low Function: C2 ASIC driver Reported In Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000405501 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Brocade 5460 POST timeout, takes over 60 secs to complete Symptom: Third party management module timeout and reset. Risk of - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 51
Symptom: While managing switch via SMI-A and when SMI-A sends management server request "MS_GPORT_NG command" during code upgrade, switch panics Risk of Fix: Low Feature: FOS Software Probability: Medium Function: Management Services Reported In Release: FOS6.4.3 Service Request ID: 743601 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 52
ports on Brocade 300 and 5300 Symptom: Hardware tool shows serdes is still on and generate signals on ports without POD license cause EMI issue. Workaround: Run portdisable CLI on ports without POD license Risk of Fix: Low Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Probability: Low Function: C2 ASIC driver - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 53
up on zoning admin windows Symptom: When trying to zone the WWN's, the WWN of the HBA port going through the AG switch did not appear. Customer cannot configure zoning through BNA/Web Tools for HBA port. Workaround: Use CLI to manually configure zoning Feature: Access Gateway Services Function - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 54
link errors without hardware fault. The issue are associated with Good EOF CRC errors: This defect tracks SERDES tuning for FS8-18 in DCX on slot 12, FC8-16 on DCX4s in slot1,2,7... Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.1 Service Request ID - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 55
FWDL to v6.4.x when using DHCP Symptom: After upgrading embedded Brocade SAN switch to FOS v6.4.0 and above, the management IP address is shown as 0.0.3.0 Workaround: Reboot switch after firmwaredownload Feature: Embedded Platform Services Function: Bulova Probability: High Found in Release - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 56
chassis system. Please use --slot option or setslot command to provide a valid slot. Workaround: Use slotstatsclear command Feature: Field Escalation Function: Fabric Services Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.1 Service Request ID: 724465 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Page 56 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 57
64 is installed in slot 1. Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: C2 ASIC driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 721423 Defect ID: DEFECT000399592 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: BR6505 switch LED behavior of FAN FRU does not match the hardware manual. Symptom - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 58
cannot login. Workaround: Reboot switch (NOT hareboot) Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: C2 ASIC driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000384078 Technical Severity: High Summary: FCIP tunnel performance drop in FOS v7.x Symptom: Small performance drop in FCIP - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 59
cause switch reboot. No problem when connecting through console, then CMSH. Workaround: Telnet/SSH from same subnet or connect from console Feature: CEE-MANAGEABILITY Function: CONFIGURATION MANAGER INTERFACE Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 657425 Fabric OS - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 60
were F_Port trunk configured during switch running at FOS v6.1, Then selected F_Port trunk configuration performed when FOS v6.2.x/v6.3.x was installed may be lost after an upgrade from FOS v6.2.x/v6.3.x to FOS v6.4.x. Feature: Field Escalation Function: Fabric Services Probability: Low Found - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 61
data structure. FOS turboramtest command line does not fail, reboot does not fail, slot power on/off does not fail. Misleading error message and test name is cleaned up Feature: Diagnostics Function: Post Diags Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Service Request ID: NA Fabric - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 62
local keep alive timeout Symptom: Customer will get FICON keep alive timeout if there is not enough bandwidth on the FCIP tunnel. Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCIP Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.1 Service Request ID: 670797 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Page 62 of 99 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 63
configuration. Feature: Striker/Spike Platform Services Function: VF Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000381543 Technical Severity: High Summary: Device Discovery between backbone fabric and edge fabric fails after changing FCR switch domain ID. Symptom: Host - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 64
to completion and not stop them. Feature: FC Services Function: D-port Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000367436 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Fabric Watch email alerts use the default switch name instead of current switch name in the "Sent From" field - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 65
which port has the WWN already assigned. Feature: Fabric Provisioning Function: CLI Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000374924 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Port Admin Dialog: FC8-32E and FC8-48E blades will list speed combo values which are not supported on - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 66
could login to the remote SAN fabric directly to acquire the FC4 Type information. Feature: 8G FCR Function: Other Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000378573 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: CEE/FCoE: MSTP instance cost is not changing after configuring the - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 67
[3518]: slot 7 chip 0 asic port 24 has LOS peerSlot -1 (null) asicChip 0 asicPort 0 FAILED to set speed 16 G BLADE ID 0x60 in slot 7 reset, mode:5 SKIPPED!. Feature: Field Escalation Function: Diagnostics Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Service Request ID: 679251 Fabric OS v7 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 68
with a code change as of December 15, 2011 in Fabric OS v7.0.1. Defect ID: DEFECT000326023 Technical Severity: High Summary: HA-Failover of switch seen when running IP over FC with multi-frame sequences. Symptom: With IPFC configuration, run IPFC Broadcast frames with multi frames in sequence - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 69
Symptom: Encrypted link goes down after hafailover and gets stuck at G-Port. Workaround: Slotpoweroff /slotpoweron the blade Feature: 16G ASIC Driver Function: In-flight encryption/compression Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Page 69 of 99 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 70
non-default Extended Fabric mode on a licensed 10G FC port without requiring the Extended Fabric license - non-10G ports still require the Extended Fabric license for this operation. On the 6510 pizza box, for 10G ports, from CLI you cannot configure anything but the default Extended Fabric modes - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 71
: Field Escalation Function: Fabric Services Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 627097 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 b GA Defect ID: DEFECT000354348 Technical Severity: High Summary: Not receiving the RAS log Cx-5021 message for front port partial credit loss on - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 72
Symptom: Customer unable to remove admin domains when defzone --allaccess is set (which is an invalid configuration, involving an unlikely "loophole" to configure.) Workaround: remove zone files from switch and reboot Feature: Field Escalation Function: Fabric Services Probability: Low Found in - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 73
. Feature: FABRIC WATCH Function: PORT FENCING Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000368931 Technical Severity: High Summary: Deprecate FruReplace CLI command in FOS Symptom: Use of FruReplace command in the process of performing replacement of a defective WWN card - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 74
Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000369703 Technical Severity: High Summary: Host could not Link up on 8G FC port when the port is configured at a fixed speed of 4G or 8G. Symptom: When an 8G capable port is configured at fixed - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 75
Symptom: When connected to 4G switch, during a specific storage device power-up sequence, host cannot access target. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.1.2 Service Request ID: 444823 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 76
and recovery Symptom: Previously, if backend credit is lost, the user needs to reseat the blade to recover. This release added user configuration options to generate link reset, port re-init, or blade fault upon detection of backend credit loss. Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: ASIC Driver - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 77
Devices unable to communicate with peer devices after logout/login sequence. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.1 Service Request ID: 567863 Defect ID: DEFECT000348516 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Switch failed to go active due to - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 78
dropping frames. Symptom: Tape Device Driver is failing with a check condition - illegal command while trying to retrieve a drive dump. Feature: Data Security Function: Tape Encryption Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.1 Service Request ID: 635267 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 79
recovery after a CP Failover or during Firmware Download. This is observed under rare conditions, in FCR fabrics FFDC does not pull kernel data during OOM (Out Of Memory CLI on the GE ports Feature: Legacy FCIP (7500/FR4-18i) Function: FCIP CLI Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 80
during read pipelining on the Brocade 7800/FX8-24 blade. Symptom: IEBCOPY may fail when read pipelining is enabled. Other tape jobs will not be impacted Feature: FCIP Function: Emulation Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 658691 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 81
RRS Chain after getting immediate command retry status Symptom: Host receives ABTS from the XRC utility device. Normal abort recovery successful. Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCIP Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 676649 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 82
Severity: Medium Summary: Switch Ethernet port sends frame with invalid MAC address on Brocade 300E, 5100, 6510 and 7800 Symptom: Switch Ethernet port sometimes sends frames with invalid Ethernet MAC address. There is no functional impact due to TCP/IP retransmit frame successfully; However - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 83
crossport circuits in chassis with multiple FX8-24 blades. Symptom: Unable create more than three tunnels with crossport circuit configuration in a chassis with multiple FX8-24 blades. Feature: FCIP Function: Other Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Fabric OS v7.0.1b Release Notes v1 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 84
. Feature: FCIP Function: FCP TCP/IP Stack Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000368931 Technical Severity: High Summary: Deprecate FruReplace CLI command in FOS Symptom: Use of FruReplace command in the process of performing replacement of a defective WWN card will - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 85
read emulation Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000365735 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: In Extended Fabric sub tab shows the port speed as 0 for ports configured as N16. Symptom: Configured N16 port speed is not displayed - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 86
assignment Symptom: Connectivity problems in the fabric after changing FID assignment, switch in fabric reported [RTWR-1002] and [RTWR-1003] RAS log messages. Workaround: Reboot or power cycle the affected switch or switches Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: C2 ASIC driver Probability: Medium - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 87
Firmware Download Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000355613 Technical Severity: High Summary: Fabricd crash encountered during D-port testing Symptom: Fabricd crash could be encountered when utilizing D_Port functionality Feature: FC Services Function: D-port - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 88
out errors on Brocade 300 ISL ports running at 8G Symptom: Customer may notice excessive port errors (enc out) on Brocade 300 ISL ports in a configuration consisting of a mix of 4G user ports interconnected via 8G ISLs. Feature: 4G Platform Services Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Medium - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 89
Workaround: port bounce where the device connected. Feature: FC Services Function: Name Server Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.3.2 Service Request ID: 641021 Defect ID: DEFECT000359493 Technical Severity: High Summary: If FX8-24 blades are swapped, the Inband Mgmt configuration is - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 90
Fabric OS v7.0.0b Defect ID: DEFECT000349465 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: TopTalker Monitor fails if user changes the monitor from Egress to Ingress Symptom: User will be unable to create data reads from 3rd party tape drives which may result in data read failures. Feature: FC Services - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 91
FCIP 5480 when it is installed in a C-7000 Interoperability tab to change switch to Brocade Native Fabric Mode Symptom: When upgrading a switch in IM2/IM3 to v7.0 via WebTools, the failure message references the interopmode command, but does not provide WebTools instructions. Feature: FC Services - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 92
from FOS 6.4.0c to FOS 7.0 due to a deprecated feature. Symptom: Firmware upgrade from v6.4 to v7.0 is blocked, and user does not get sufficient information from the error message. Feature: FABRIC WATCH Function: Other Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000356933 - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 93
NPIV had been disabled on FCoE ports prior to upgrading to v7.0, NPIV cannot be enabled on those FCoE ports. Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCoE Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Service Request ID: 639985 Defect ID: DEFECT000360186 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Brocade - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 94
: Documentation Defect: CEE command reference guide missing operands in "show runningconfig" Symptom: CEE command reference guide missing operands in "show running-config" Feature: Tech Pubs Function: Guides Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Service Request ID: 656483 Fabric OS - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 95
30. Solution is effective upon upgrade, hafailover or re-init of blade. 3. 5100 experience CRC error with 3rd party tape device. 4. FC10-6 in DCX detects backend port with stuck VC after link level error (CDR-5021) Feature: FC10-6 Platform Services Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found in - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 96
Data host Command ASIC Driver Function: In-flight encryption/compression Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000350457 Technical Severity: High Summary: Access Gateway N-port stuck in G-port after code upgrade Symptom: After upgrade fabric switch attached to AG switch - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 97
non-default Extended Fabric mode on a licensed 10G FC port without requiring the Extended Fabric license - non-10G ports still require the Extended Fabric license for this operation. On the 6510 pizza box, for 10G ports, from CLI you cannot configure anything but the default Extended Fabric modes - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 98
to generate link reset, port re-init, and blade fault depends on user configuration upon defect BE credit lose. Refer to bottleneck on man page: bottleneckmon -cfgcredittools -intport -recover [off | onLrOnly | onLrThresh] Feature: 8G ASIC Driver Function: ASIC Driver Probability: Low Found - Dell Brocade 6510 | Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 99
Fabric OS v7.0.1 Beta Defect ID: DEFECT000349010 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Component (ms) dropping HA data update during logical switch delete and moving of ports 5011] internal messages Symptom: List of TopTalker flows will not be accurate since some flows are not being monitored.
-
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8
-
9
-
10
-
11
-
12
-
13
-
14
-
15
-
16
-
17
-
18
-
19
-
20
-
21
-
22
-
23
-
24
-
25
-
26
-
27
-
28
-
29
-
30
-
31
-
32
-
33
-
34
-
35
-
36
-
37
-
38
-
39
-
40
-
41
-
42
-
43
-
44
-
45
-
46
-
47
-
48
-
49
-
50
-
51
-
52
-
53
-
54
-
55
-
56
-
57
-
58
-
59
-
60
-
61
-
62
-
63
-
64
-
65
-
66
-
67
-
68
-
69
-
70
-
71
-
72
-
73
-
74
-
75
-
76
-
77
-
78
-
79
-
80
-
81
-
82
-
83
-
84
-
85
-
86
-
87
-
88
-
89
-
90
-
91
-
92
-
93
-
94
-
95
-
96
-
97
-
98
-
99
 |
 |
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2
.2
.2
.2
Release Notes v1.0
August 17, 2012
Document History
Document History
Document History
Document History
Document Title
Document Title
Document Title
Document Title
Summary of Changes
Summary of Changes
Summary of Changes
Summary of Changes
Publication Date
Publication Date
Publication Date
Publication Date
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0
Initial Release
August
17, 2012