Brocade EFCM 9.7.3 Software Release Notes v3.0 (rev C)
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1. 8 Disabling the SNMP Proxy eet ei dei a eerte eie e here ee EU be Eie S SEE TENKES DEKO Erus oks 9 Managing Blade Switch Considerations essere ennt neee trennen trennen eene enne 9 Important Notes eae Rp ohne dnte picto omes 10 Zoning Related Change for FOS based Fabrics 10 SUE 10 Sol tion e eo Rs nie mese ess 10 Fabric Binding ne eor EP ee ek PREIS GP MR DH ERI RE 11 Fabric Binding In B model Routing Environments essere eene eene 13 Advanced Call Home n oet Pee 14 No Disk Error upon Launching Local Client 14 Related Documentation RAAE E E EET T E id oes ads ree Oe 19 Opening the Online s Le i o 5 en REI nea omm iodeerin op DEED DPRIMIP IN 19 Opening the User Mantials 4 ete e hte meat ches b me rede er gite eet 19 Documentation Updates oce ete ete I PIPER e bebe VEEE Se E EEES 20 EFCM User Manual Publication Number 53 1000663 03 nnne 20 Fixes Code Enhancementsan EFCM 9 7 3 etie e t OR Re e e ERR RE EE Rte IR DRUSI 20 Open Issues 1 BRCM 977 3 etch te UE re bi ee iro bi tec A ER eee 21 Reported Issues to be fixed in EFCM 9 7 3 nnne rennen tne 26 EFCM Sof2. BROCADE Brocade EFCM 9 7 3 Software Release Notes v3 0 rev C P N 53 1000636 12 November 21 2008 Document History Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Brocade EFCM 9 7 3 Release Notes v3 0 rev C First release November 21 2008 Copyright 2006 2008 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved Brocade Fabric OS File Lifecycle Manager MyView and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B wing symbol DCX and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc in the United States and or in other countries All other brands products or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use This informational document describes features that may not be currently available Contact a Brocade sales office for information on feature and product availability Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the United States government The authors and Brocade Communications Systems Inc sha
3. T 5 z lt B 5 O BEC I B 5 B B c 3 e olo e e o 5 o e 3 S amp 0 E 3 6 S g 2 S g B o a 3 eje 5 O go A 92771 EFCM not reporting all devices available for zoning in remote fabric with two connections 92803 Physical Map Domain ID displayed wrongly for M Model switches without mangeability 92930 loffline sequences Txd counter in efcm is never updating when it is changing in CLI 92890 Topology view fabric tree refresh issue when rearranging columns 9289 Stale information shown in the switch group when the fabric contains Cisco device with unsupported firmware 92892 Topology view current selected view of switch changes over time 92974 Physical Map All the configured ports are not displayed in topology for LSI Logic loop HBA 93030 AG AG devices is shown as HBA when the N Port trunking area port is not online 93133 lOk VF Virtual switch is not created while assigning ports of already created virtual switch to new virtual switch 93137 CM 9 5 Customer has identified CM ports as security risks 93138 CM 9 6 1 discovery java lang ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at com mcdata mpii nmru fc port PortManagerImpl getPort 93180 Physical Map B model switch shown link with the segmented switch in the topology 93182 Physical Map Duplicate HBA shown in the topology when indirectly discovered switch c
4. 2 Open the config properties file in a text editor For example use a text editor like Microsoft Window s Notepad EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 8 of 26 3 Modify the smp logs limit parameter to the desired value The values should be an integer in the range 2000 to 20000 Any value other than this range or non integer values like alphanumeric characters would result in the EFCM client failing to start 4 After specifying valid values for this parameter start the EFCM client application Note a Whenever you change the value of this parameter you need to restart the EFCM client for the latest value to take effect Note b The Monitor Logs dialogs will still display a maximum of 1000 entries that match the item category This display limit is not configurable Note c The smp logs limit parameter does not alter the behavior of the Master Log display which is limited by design to displaying entries from the most recent 2000 logged events on the EFCM server This limit is not configurable Use the Monitor Logs dialogs to review older entries or review the Event log files on the EFCM Server host directly Disabling the SNMP Proxy SNMP Proxy is enabled by default on all M model Blade switches To ensure proper function of EFCM disable the SNMP Proxy feature before attempting to discover the M model Blade switch in EFCM Perform the following steps to disable the SNMP Proxy 1 Telnet to the switch Login to the swi
5. EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 7 of 26 Blade Type B Model Firmware Versions FOS 5 2 x 5 3 x 6 0 x 6 1 0 and 6 1 1 Brocade 3014 Brocade 3016 Brocade 4020 Brocade 4016 Brocade 4024 Brocade 4018 Brocade 4012 Brocade 5410 Switch Type M Model Firmware Versions M EOSc 9 1 9 2 9 6 9 6 1 9 6 2 9 7 9 7 1 9 7 2 and 9 8 Brocade M6064 and M6140 Brocade M4300 M4400 M4500 and M4700 Brocade M3016 M3032 M3216 and M3232 E OSi 4 7 and 5 0 Brocade M1620 and M2640 M EOSn 6 x 9 1 9 2 9 6 9 6 1 9 6 2 9 7 9 7 1 9 7 2 9 8 and 9 8 1 Brocade Mil0K M EOSc 9 0 9 1 9 2 9 6 9 6 2 9 7 9 7 1 9 7 2 and 9 8 M EOSn 9 1 9 2 9 6 9 6 1 9 6 2 9 7 9 7 1 9 7 2 9 8 and 9 8 1 QPM Quad Port Module card for Brocade M6064 and M6140 and LMQ 4G line module for the Brocade Mi10K director E OSq 5 2 2 5 2 3 5 5 1 5 5 2 and 6 4 0 M model blade switch Configuring the Number of Event Limits Perform the following steps to control how many event entries are read in from the event logs on the server when the Client Monitor gt Logs dialogs are used to review specific log categories such as Audit logs By default only the last 2000 entries are scanned default smp logs limit value for events matching the dialog category e g Audit to display 1 Onthe EFCM client navigate to the following directory location lt EFCM Installation Home gt resources Client
6. from EFCM the Insistent Domain ID IDID setting on B model switches will be turned on For pure B model EFCM will not enable Insistent Domain ID As a result user will not be able to merge pure B model in IM2 IM3 with other fabrics User will have to use web tools for enabling Insistent Domain ID for Pure B model fabrics and then merge the fabrics For more details on this issue refer to PRs 91392 89785 and 89864 Issue Issue In Unique nickname mode user will not be able to set the same nickname for routed devices Solution User will have to change the nickname settings from unique to non unique mode For more details on this issue refer to PR 93243 Fabric Binding In B model Routing Environments Fabric Binding support in the routing environments might fail in few cases Please see the issues below to check if your fabric setup falls in any of the cases and ensure that fabric binding is supported for your fabric setup Fabric Binding in Pure B model Edge fabric is supported for InterOp Mode O Brocade Native mode InterOp Mode 2 McData Mode and InterOp Mode 3 McData Open mode are not supported Issue FWCP is not set to tolerant when Front domain Translate domain is added as detached WWN Solution When user merges a pure B model fabric to pure B model edge fabric with fabric binding enabled separately the merge fails because of FWCP mismatch User needs to manually set FWCP to tolerant via Element Manager or CLI in the pure B mode
7. port with without end device MI10k Changing management style in local client is not reflected in remote client unless we close the local client EM Manager MilOk When slots of one partition assigned to other partition port properties is not updated until a rebuild discovery Manager NPIV hosts from VMware environment logged into a switch are shown as seperate host NPIV icons Zoning Zoning Safe zoning option is not available when a brocade switch is indirectly discovered Zonin in a mixed fabric in mcdata mode 8 Phantom directors are listed in ACH product list EFCM 9 6 40 When NPIV devices are moved from one physical port to another some nicknames do not display Over a 3 4 day period in Routing environments with Large IM2 IM3 edge fabrics Memory increases to 450 MB and stabilizes later on NPIV Hardware view slot view of i10K is not updating after paddle swap Manager Able to activate a zoneset containing a Domain port member with invalid port number Zoning Fabric Binding Even when discovery is OFF User is able to perform FB operations in pure B Model and Mixed fabric PortFencing Alert symbol is not displayed in Violation type menu and Port table when ports are blocked by Portfencing d vu gt 5 9 am V lt amp S amp 8 e olg oj 2 S ole S Ale S S S 1 Q UG T B loud b Su mE me m Ec 5 meg g E B 5 v ola
8. same zone in Zonetree Activating a zoneset from EFCM clears the frame redirection zones Zoning Warning message banner for zoning library updation by another client is displayed when there is only one client activate zone button is greyed out Open Issues in EFCM 9 7 3 PR Number 89158 89176 89187 89207 89334 89801 90003 90292 90953 91610 91732 91804 92041 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 PR Description Physical Map Fake NPIV devices are shown connected to 48k with FC4 16IP blade when its ISLed with 10K ISCSI initiator connected to Brocade 48k is not shown in EFCM Translate Phantom switch in the edge fabric is not being discovered in EFCM Proxy devices in a Backbone edge configurations is not displayed in EFCM Gigabit Ethernet port information for 4 181 Blade is not shown in EFCM Call home status shown as Not manageable for few switches which have Call home notification enabled Domain ID absolute value not displayed in EFCM on Brocade 5K switch with v 6 0 firmware Zoning When there is a huge zoneset zone compare operation results in memory leak Performance Data Report i10k VF No Switch Data Available message shown when links present in Performance summary are clicked 110k Element Manager Migration Options Dialog Performance Right Click Menus Zoning Zoning Zoning Zoning Problem Category The Edit Centers window does not pop up whe
9. 07 EFCM Applying an Incorrect Domain Offset for some FOS switches in Mixed Fabric Zoning when zoning as Domain Port Members 92843 EFCM quering 48K results in snmpd and fspf overload with FOS v6 1 0b Q CM 92869 Migration Firmware download fails after migration from 9 6 x 9 7 x for FOS based switches from GCM in a dual NIC environment 93021 SMI S in config phase there is a timeout attempting to connect to EFCM 9 7 89443 Large Fabric moving from View All to Security tab is giving grey screens and the application hangs 86886 Imported nicknames not being applied to switch and fabric appear to be lost not in Configure Nicknames dialog box 87106 Node not getting shown under a switch in the zoning screen takes longer time to get Zoning displayed 87591 Performance Spike in TX RX values of B Model M Model performance graph on blocking and unblocking a connected port 87885 6140 EM Nickname assigned to E Port in Node list view of EM is not getting updated in an E T Ze al T amp v L 09 6 B Ales 2 B 3i 2 Z 51 aval Ez foh D Bla C wW 5 lt lt 5 lt 5 jg lt oO Q ec 2 Cc 5 X ga the Node List Manager 87987 110 Offline Sequences RX and Offline Sequences TX counters are not incremented Element correctly in EM Manager 88916 Sometimes not able to perform any switch telnet operations CLI 89021 EFCM having trouble in discovery displa
10. Ports 5 N N ON 90605 90635 90707 90727 90728 90736 90776 90809 90815 90836 90845 90986 90997 91011 91244 72617 77310 80738 83001 86800 87030 87224 88910 89143 89173 91378 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 110 PFE key The installed feature marks are not shown in the Configure feature key dialog for linux platform Manager Duplicate EM opens up for 6140 switch and Physical map shows two Icons of the same product 110k VF View Management View not refreshing when any installed ports are assigned to User defined a Virtual Switch having only Not Installed ports Views In a large fabric environment momentary grey screens are observed while switching between tabs Incorrect Message for a managed FOS device under Security tab Security Storage port mapping After rebuild discovery the persisted fabric is shown like isolated device in topology GUI icon shown in the topology as if it has partition even though there is no partition created to that 110k switch Port fencing Ports column of Port Fencing dialog displays blank when a policy is added to All Fabrics Discovery The Fabrics flushes out from the topology and updated after 30 seconds after the restart of the server Performance Graph Values for Set Event Thresholds getting changed when Apply to all ports on this switch check box is checked EFCM generates mul
11. des Native Interoperability support for these platforms as well into M EOS environments Support for 8Gb HBAs is also included with this release Other specific enhancements are outlined in detail below New Hardware Support 8Gb switches e Brocade 5300 e Brocade 5100 e Brocade 300 8Gb HBAs e Brocade 415 e Brocade 425 e Brocade 815 e Brocade 825 New Features e Native Interoperability support for the 8Gb switches e Access Gateway support for the Brocade 300 switch e Cascaded FICON support between Mil0K M6140 and Brocade 48K Brocade DCX configuration of and management of cascaded FICON will be accomplished via a combination of EFCM and the FOS element managers Web Tools e support for the Mil0K and M6140 from the EFCM client to the server to the switch e Fabric Binding support for Open Fabric mode InterOp Mode 3 o Note Please refer important notes section for Fabric Binding support in B model Routing Environments Upgrade Downgrade Considerations e f you have EFCM 8 7 or later you can perform a direct migration to EFCM 9 7 3 without a stop over at EFCM 9 1 e If you have SANavigator 4 2 and 4 2 1 first upgrade to EFCM 9 5 or 9 6 and then to EFCM 9 7 3 e Upgrade your EFCM CM to EFCM 9 7 CM 9 7 before upgrading the Mil0k director to M EOSn 9 7 or later e Ifyou have 8 8 or later first upgrade to EFCM 9 5 or 9 6 and then to EFCM 9 7 3 For detailed upgrade instructions refer to the EFCM Software Upg
12. emoved Attached logs are posted in master log Manager Host and Storage Group changes not persisting when EFCM server cleanly restarted Shutdown SMI S Interface EFCM 9 7 Connection Lost issues and random loss of switches Uninstall Uninstallation of EFCM in Fresh PC does not remove Registry Key Settings port shows wrong blocked unblocked status in EFCM on a 6064 Ports EFCM Server continually tries to connect to TCP port 55555 on the EFCM Client host IP Client Server long after the client session has exited Logs IPv6 address is not displayed in the switch Audit log Identifier column Logs Discovery Unknown switch is shown in the topology when the port of the B Model switch Discovery is segmented Topology view went blank though few fabrics were shown under the fabric tree M 6064 becomes unmanageable with ISL to Brocade 7500 after firmware changed and restored Access Gateway Blocked ports show as Unblocked in port properties for AG device Properties In Fabric Properties Fabric Binding option is Blank for pure Brocade fabrics Migration CtxMgr9 1 1 CtxMgr9 6 RMI Export Port value is not getting migrated in Server properties EFCM should send Ctrl C when the switch prompts to enter a new password Change B Model Password Fabric Binding dialog box takes 1 2 mins to open in case of a medium sized fabric and upto 4 mins in large fabrics Port Fencing Default policies with the same name different limit and period ca
13. ght click over the SPTA alert panel if it displays over switch modules SWM s in the Hardware e Tab over and select Clear Switch Performance Threshold Alert o This clears all SPTAs for the selected partition Event Management User Manual 53 1000666 03 Group Configuration Management User Manual 53 1000667 03 LUN Management 53 1000670 02 Rev A Open VSANs User Manual 53 1000671 03 Planning 53 1000673 02 Rev A Remote Discovery 53 1000674 02 Rev A SAN Routing 53 1000675 02 Topology Layout 53 1000677 02 Rev A View Management 53 1000678 02 Rev A Zoning User Manual 53 1000679 03 Supported hardware and software page vii or viii Bullet 4 Read it as M EOS and M EOSn 9 6 or later Bridge Agent Installation Instructions 53 1000751 01 Uninstall Bridge Install for Solaris Page 4 1 Run BAStop in the McDATA BridgeA gent directory 2 Run Uninstall Bridge Agent in McDATA BridgeA gent directory Read these steps as follows 1 Run BAStop in the BROCADE BridgeA gent directory 2 Run Uninstall Bridge Agent in the BROCADE BridgeAgent directory EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 18 of 26 Related Documentation In addition to the EFCM Management online help the following publications about this product are available on the EFCM CD ROM The most recent version of documentation is provided on the Brocade Web site through Brocade Connect Go to http www brocade com and click Brocade Connect
14. h and select the Telnet option For more details on this issue refer to PR 88916 Issue EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 15 of 26 When EFCM application is shutdown with the Shutdown client option checked the EFCM client window is not closed and all open Element Managers grey out Solution Close all open Element Managers and then shutdown the server and client For more details on this issue refer to PR 88163 Issue When EFCM Server has IPv4 and IPv6 protocols installed and the server is manually forced to bind to the IPv6 address ECC API will not connect to this EFCM Server This issue affects the Fibre Zone Bridge Agent Brocade SWAPI Bridge Agent MOM Discovery and SMI S for M EOS provider in proxy mode Solution Use the default setting of Automatic in SAN gt Options gt IP Configuration gt Server IP Configuration to have EFCM Server bind to all interfaces Or change the setting to Manual to bind to an IPv4 address For more details on this issue refer to PR 89210 Issue SNMP Trap stating Login information via Telnet HTTP from EFCM server IP is shown in the Master Log When fabric containing B model switches Brocade native mode are discovered logs will be posted every polling cycle as telnet to switch is done to collect the Zoning information Solution In the advanced filter set an option to filter these logs For more details on this issue refer to PR 88942 Issue Support Save and Firmwa
15. ialog box for virtual switch front Model domain Access Gateway il Ok connected to AG shows 110 connected to HBA in MOM discovery Port Fencing NPE amp Unable to add a policy to a port in core switch if the same port has a policy assigned amp unassigned to it in virtual switch js j d ns Es as SD d a Ry z gt B S 9 Sg SIS zo gt da 5 2 2 a 2 2 lt a lt 5 lt SE c et e o w Al cz 3 e et E alm al ees Sil2elmie2 amp 5 a N na lt S m d S T trj PN g amp lt lt amp S c 3 S D o o Q 2 ill 1 o e Bre m d F o e EIE m5 xs 5 z E ad ee ea ee lt B o de S aa e de E S a 5 o zi o 9 El 5 amp 5 B lt n n 91425 91434 91557 91584 91601 91653 91713 91813 91880 91886 91928 91952 92027 92104 92146 92230 92235 92358 92423 92462 92483 92519 92685 92728 92729 92767 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 EFM Operation Failed when trying to deactivate the Enterprise Fabric mode and Exception throws in Client for Virtual Switch 110kVF Hidden ports 10Gb are shown in export configuration report taken for default VS even though the ports does not belong to this VS After enabling switch binding the attached nodes are not listed dynamica
16. ion 09 07 03 Page 9 of 26 e Note that switch binding is deactivated when the learned fabric policy is merged To activate switch binding you must activate the policy you created within the Element Manager again manually Failure to perform this task can lead to a security lapse e If switch binding is not activated within an Element Manager and fabric binding is activated within EFCM deactivate fabric binding on the switch using EFCM working as designed e If switch binding is activated through an Element Manager and there is a Port logged into the blade that is not in the switch binding membership list for example an administrator command has not logged out the unwanted port then fabric binding cannot be activated using EFCM Important Notes Traffic Isolation and Frame Redirect Zone Customers must upgrade to EFCM 9 7 3 if the fabric Contains Traffic Isolation TI or Frame Redirect RD zones EFCM 9 7 3 will not support creating deleting or updating Traffic Isolation or Frame Redirect zones However if the fabric has Traffic Isolation or Frame Redirect zones EFCM will not modify or clear them upon activation of other zone sets EFCM will fail to collect zone information if the B model switch prompts to change its default password Zoning dialog will fail to show active zones in the active zone set tab and the activate button will be disabled when the switch prompts to change its default password To overcome this condition use
17. l fabric which needs to be merged to the Edge fabric For more details on this issue refer to PR 91465 Issue Fabric Binding fails in Mixed Edge Fabric in IM3 when user doesn t configure the preferred front port domain ID Solution The preferred front port domain must be configured for fabric binding to work The default value will not work User needs to issue the portcfgexport command on FOS and use the d option to explicitly set a domain id The domain id configured on the EX must be in the range 97 127 For more details on this issue refer to PRs 91343 and 91415 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 13 of 26 Brocade 4G 8G HBA EFCM discovery will identify the Brocade HBA 4G 8G HBA and accordingly show the corresponding launch point ESCM or the HCM Brocade FC HBA tool 1 If the HBA is a Brocade 4G HBA Brocade 410 420 model PCIe HBA the right click menu will contain a menu to launch the ESCM tool 2 If the HBA is a Brocade 4G or 8G HBA Brocade 415 425 815 825 model PCIe FC HBA a If the OUI in the WWN is not 00051E then it will be shown as an HBA in the topology and the right click menu will have an option to launch the HCM tool b Ifthe OUI in the WWN is 00051E the HBA will be shown as a NPIV device in the topology and the right click menu will contain HCM tool Advanced Call Home Issue When a B model switch is assigned to an ACH Call Center a CallHome event will be triggered if a firmwa
18. ll have no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss cost liability or damages arising from the information contained in this book or the computer programs that accompany it The product described by this document may contain open source software covered by the GNU General Public License or other open source license agreements To find out which source software is included in 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 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 2 of 26 Contents OVEIVIEW chen arene eaten ROO DEG D ORDRE RH REA 4 Whats Newin EFCM Version 0 7 iicet ibt He OR PEE re 3 New Hardware Support iem mei erred e RO ec RE cei onte 5 New Eeat res e eate estem ee wh cee mei bd ROS 5 Upsrade Downprade Considerations oreet ema te RO Dp ere ER Operating Systems Supported oie retener e e eR pee eerte eem 5 Server sissies sessed M 6 Product Operating eee ade e ee e es e e ee dea 7 Flavors tise cies reo PRO RR EO HERO EHE URBI DOE 7 Compatibility e ett tte e ge ec e rete be tenete RE Ge eec NEM eee S 7 Configuring the Number of Event Limits nennen nennen rennen eene tnnt tenete
19. ll the community string entries will make the switch undiscoverable by EFCM Mi10K Director Element Manager User Manual 53 1000662 03 Configuring SNMP Operating Parameters Page 68 Add a note stating Clearing all the community string entries will make the switch undiscoverable by EFCM Threshold Alerts Page 95 Add Bullet 6 as Clearing threshold alerts Creating a New Virtual Switch Page 53 Step 7 Read The Node port Virtualization checkbox appears if the firmware version 9 6 as The Node port Virtualization checkbox appears if the firmware version 9 6 or later View Alerts Page 98 After View Alerts section add the following details for Clearing Threshold Alerts Clearing Threshold Alerts Use the following steps to clear threshold alerts Port Threshold Alerts e Open the Clear Threshold Alerts dialog box o For switches right click on a port in the Hardware Port List or Performance tab and select Clear Threshold Alert s For directors open the Port Card view Line Module view Mil0K Director or Performance tab Right click on a port and select Clear Threshold Alert s from the shortcut menu EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 17 of 26 e Select one of the following options o This port only o All ports on switch or director e Click OK Switch Performance Threshold Alerts e Clear SPTAs using one of the following methods o From the SPTA Properties dialog box select Clear Alerts o Ri
20. lly in switch I10K Element membership list Manager Portfencing Assigned policies are get deleted when new policy is added to switch which exceeds the threshold limit MOM Discovery License dialog lost its functionality on broadcast subnet discovery of EFCM servers Layout Topology After blocking the port of one 110 partition from the fabric to detattach the ISL it is showing two partition with the same IP EM Configuration is retained even though we click on cancel button on Configure FICON Element ECCAPI Management server zoning Manager I10k Discovery status is not consistent when both v4 and v6 address are added in discovery list and two EM s are launched Manager I10k Unable to launch partition property dialog after upgrading firmware through non admin partition Manager Performance Graph History Events graph shows wrong Running Average when current time range is changed Multiuserzoning While Zoneset names are changed by Properties dialog Zonesets are not merged when MergeAIl button is selected MultiuserZoning Refresh button is disabled in Client 2 when Zones deleted in Clientl rebuilds the discovery in Client2 Zoning Zoning Install Uninstall Inconsistent with the service installation of EFCM 9 6 2 MI10k IPv6 IPv4 address change of partitions through telnet is not updated in configure partition dialog Manager Zoning Error message should be displayed if a new member is added by giving the WWN of the switch
21. n an attempt to modify a call center phone Ady Call Home number is made Server memory increases when there is increase in security events ECC5 2 is not able to get the manageability for the devices in a lager fabric Fusion is not connecting to EFCM when EFCM run in different port number Login Logout Nn N isl y d Q8 S E F Tz Q gz B g lt 8 Go S amp m di 3 6 zi de 2 2 2 Q lt ve ge de e ma 5 n lt lt lt S H 3 o us s Page 21 of 26 92361 EFCM uses SNMP requests that result in fragmented responses from the 110 director 9239 Installation While External FTP service is running EFCM FTP service is not getting installed 92515 SANExport with all options selected takes a long time to complete in Routing environments with large IM2 IM3 edge fabric 92544 AG Topology does not show the slave port when a trunk is formed in edge switch connected to AG 92627 Call home not working with dialing rules using access number 2162155 2 6 e et lt SE e o e NOB g a oO Ql 5 Sz 2 lt m g E S 2 z el ele KE 92630 FOS v6 1 1_bld01 is showing as v6 1 0_bld01 in firmware library and firmware deletion upgrade is getting failed 9263 Binding Status of the Fabric cannot be enabled on a B Model Device if the interopmode is set to McDATA Open Fabric 928
22. nd server The user needs to add modify the parameter FtpServer server config host lt server IP gt in the ftpd conf file located on the EFCM server at Installed home gt ftpServervapps ftp conf Example FtpServer server config host 172 32 5 24 The same server IP needs to be mentioned in the config properties file present at Installed Home WesourcesWServer Example smp switchToServerIP Address 172 32 5 24 You must restart the EFCM server and the bundled FTP server For more details on this issue refer to PR 91366 91843 and 92084 FICON RNID The following information on Request Node Identification Data RNID is not directly available through EFCM application for FOS devices at this time Serial Class Tag Protocol RNID information for FOS devices can be seen using FOS Element Manager WebTools for switches running FOS 6 1 0 and higher Firmware Download for B model Switches after migration in a Dual Homed environment Issue Firmware download fails after migration from 9 6 x 9 7 x for FOS based switches from GCM in a dual NIC environment Solution FTP services get started before the configuration files are migrated Hence restart the FTP service after the migration For more details on this issue refer to PR 92869 Known issues Issue Unable to perform any operations through Telnet through server on EOS based switches This problem is highly intermittent Solution Right click the switc
23. nesets with the SMP prefix Activate the imported zone set 9e cp SOC UM SES Using CLI verify that the active zone set does not contain any zones or zone sets having the SMP prefix Option 2 Copy Active Zone Set into Library and Migrate 1 Before migrating to EFCM 9 7 3 e Save the active zone set of the Brocade FOS based fabric into the Zoning Library e Shut down the EFCM Server 2 Install EFCM 9 7 3 and migrate 3 Start Server and Client 4 Now the Zoning dialog box will show all active zones from the Brocade FOS based fabric with SMP prefix But the already saved zone set at the Step 1 1 will not be shown with SMP prefix 5 Activate the zone set which is already saved in Step 1 1 6 Using CLI verify that the active zone set does not contain any zones or zone sets with the SMP prefix For more details on this issue refer to PR 88462 Fabric Binding In environments that are only enabling Fabric Binding on pure EOS based fabrics the below cautions does not apply This is to highlight what users need to be aware of when enabling disabling Fabric Binding in either a mixed EOS FOS InterOp fabric or pure FOS based fabrics NOTE Fabric Binding feature is supported in B model fabrics which are running in InterOp Mode 3 Open Fabric Mode from FOS 6 1 version Enabling Fabric Binding may cause disruption to a fabric either when enabling and or disabling the feature Since the Fabric Binding feature does no
24. nnot be assigned to a port ACH Enable disable check box state is persisted but other values configured are not when the changes are not commited on Edit centers Product list is not fully exported if the device tree is collapsed prior to the export Export Performance Graph When traffic flow is stopped connection is removed from the port CRC scale is shown in place MB Sec Performance Graph On changing port speed the History Events graph differs from switch graph EFCM cannot activate the maximum sized zone config containing 2047 zones into a mixed FOS EOS fabric if FOS switch is principal Discovery CM server is able to discover itself when IPv6 address of the server is given in discovery IPv6 Server started in IPv6 when IPv4 loopback address is configured in IP configuration dialog Zoning IPv6 Persist Duplicate 11 OK appears in a fabric when two persisted fabrics are merged Properties Unable to edit the editable rows in server property dialog and exception is thrown S gt 4 D m E o da o 6 LZ lt a d gt lt o S 5 amp e b S n e 6 e n E d ct lt 5 5 RS lt ch d D lt S an amp E 5 w S 5 Q C 2 we D 2 o B qe B lt 5 o 5 5 T 5 e S lt g e 3 a a 5 da E c e e lt oO o 3 ga 5 amp View Management Port label Combo box from the toolbar is not working
25. ocumentation You can download a free version of this from http www adobe com If you run the documentation installer from the documentation CD you can access the PDF files from where you installed them Tip On Windows systems if you installed the PDF files in lt nstall_Home gt docs you can also access documentation through the Windows Start menu Browse to the application s submenu and select Documentation Documentation Updates EFCM User Manual Publication Number 53 1000663 03 On page 65 in the section Menu bar change the text in the Advanced Call Home definition as follows Event Notification Select to configure the SAN Management application to send event notifications at specified time intervals e E mail Select to configure the SAN Management application to send event notifications through e mail e Advanced Call Home Select to configure the SAN Management Server to automatically dial in to or send an E mail to a support center to report system problems Fixes Code Enhancements in EFCM 9 7 3 PR PR Description Problem Number Category Ws Adv Call 93105 Problem when in the EFCM the heartbeat interval is set to 28 day and maybe lower H ome After Migration the port numbers for some of the symmetrix and clarions are listed in the 92979 product list Device List 92977 CM 9 6 1 Fabric failure indicated but cannot determine cause and or clear Discovery 92820 switches l
26. onnected with HBA Emulex 93280 EFCM 9 6 1 Cannot manage 3 6140s 14 others work fine as do Mil0K and 6064 D d zelak o 1218 16 255 65 SE lt g zz caizgis 5 8 5 Sz E 5 lt 2 Reported Issues to be fixed in 9 7 3 PR Number PR Description Problem Category EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 26 of 26
27. ose managability and does not get managed back Discovery 93081 WWNDictionary txt file used for vendor name lookup needs to be updated Discovery 93248 Customer upgraded to EFCM 9 7 2 and can t enable discovery Discovery 93200 Login window network address field fails to accept any character after typing dot Discovery EM 6140 Recipients tab of Syslog dialog accepts invalid IP address format and no error Element 91250 message is displayed Manager 92595 EFCM Client hangs when a range of IPv6 IPv4 address is added in ACL via EM ue anager 92706 Email Notification gives macro errors on port names and nicknames and several other fields Event Notification Enabling Disabling dual mode is not properly working in non admin admin I10K Element 92777 partition Manager EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 20 of 26 90404 93167 92995 92574 92840 91525 92925 92693 92959 i10k EM The 110k managing server IP address is not displayed in the error message Call Home Service cannot start system error 1067 after upgrade to EFCM 9 7 1 While configuring external FTP server entering Remote Directory Path is mandatory but that path is not used during supportsave EFCM Client performance is slow in customer environment Right Click Menu Telnet and Webserver is not launching in Solaris Linux for CM Remote Client MultiUserZoning Zone removed from Zoneset tree displayed in Zoning dialog amp NPE thrown on Clicking Merge for
28. r needs to configure the new passwords via web tools telnet Zoning Related Change for FOS based Fabrics Issue Previous versions of EFCM prefix the zoneset name and zone name with SMP upon activation of a zoning configuration for Brocade FOS based fabrics This was designed to prevent the deletion of zones and zone sets created and activated outside of EFCM Retaining this design will introduce issues with LSAN and any other zoning prefixes used by FOS to do specific tasks Solution Customers upgrading from versions prior to EFCM 9 6 to EFCM 9 7 3 will see the SMP prefix in the Zoning dialog box for Brocade FOS based fabrics EFCM Brocade Plug will not prefix the zone set zone name when it does the zone set activation on B model switches Hence when zone set activation is done through EFCM on B model switches it will not prefix with SMP_ for the zone set zone name The following options can be used to resolve this issue but are only applicable to Brocade FOS based fabrics that were zoned using a previous version of EFCM Option 1 Use Export Import 1 Install EFCM 9 7 3 and migrate 2 Save the active zone set of the Brocade FOS based fabric into the Zoning Library 3 Export the active zone set EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 10 of 26 Edit the exported xml file and remove the SMP_ prefix from all zones and zone sets Save the zone set xml file Import the xml file The library should not show the zones or zo
29. rade Instructions provided in the EFCM 9 7 documentation CD ROM Operating Systems Supported EFCM 9 7 3 is supported on the following operating systems EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 5 of 26 Server Client Operating System Versions Windows XP Professional SP2 2003 Server SP2 2000 Professional SP4 Solaris 9 10 Linux Red Hat 9 0 kernel 2 4 20 Red Hat ES version 3 kernel 2 4 21 Red Hat ES version 4 kernel 2 6 9 5 SuSe Linux Professional Edition 9 2 kernel 2 6 x SuSe Linux Professional Edition 9 3 kernel 2 6 x No support for IPv6 on Windows 2000 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 6 of 26 Product Operating Notes Flavors The flavors supported in the EFCM 9 7 3 release are e Connectrix Manager e EFCM Compatibility The following table describes the firmware that EFCM 9 7 3 supports for both B model and M model switches and directors Operating System Switch Director Switch Type B Model Firmware Versions FOS 5 2 x 5 3 x 6 0 x 6 1 0 and 6 1 1 Brocade 7500 Brocade 200E Brocade 5000 Brocade 4900 Brocade 48000 with FC4 16 FC4 32 and FC4 48 blades Brocade 48000 with FC8 16 8 32 and FC8 48 blades Brocade DCX with FC8 16 FC8 32 and FC8 48 blades Brocade DCX with FR4 18i blades Brocade DCX with FC10 6 blades Brocade 300 Brocade 5100 Brocade 5300 Requires FOS 6 0 0 or higher 3 Requires FOS 6 1 0 or higher
30. re Download do not work with Solaris and Linux when the internal FTP Server is running Solution Enter the IP address of the EFCM server in etc hosts file For more details on this issue refer to PR 89215 Issue EFCM fails to manage an 110K after upgrading the firmware with custom community string set in the snmp agent Solution Reset the community string to default in both 110K and EFCM address properties before migrating the firmware and after migration do a snmp reset and then give the appropriate community string both in 110K and EFCM For more details on this issue please refer to PR 92878 Issue EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 16 of 26 External FTP option creates a folder on FTP location if delete permissions are not given to the FTP user account Solution EFCM creates a folder in FTP location when the user account used for external FTP is not given delete permissions User can manually delete the created folder with user account which has delete permission For more details on this issue please refer toPR 92981 Documentation Corrections M6140 Fabric Switch Element Manager User Manual 53 1000668 03 Configuring SNMP Operating Parameters Page 50 Add a note stating Clearing all the community string entries will make the switch undiscoverable by EFCM M6140 Director Element Manager User Manual 53 1000661 03 Configuring SNMP Operating Parameters Page 56 Add a note stating Clearing a
31. re download reboot operation is performed on a B model switch that is currently in a Marginal Down health switch status Solution The firmware download reboot operation that is performed on B model switches will trigger a Call Home when the switch was previously in a non healthy state for example Marginal or Down The call home can be avoided by bringing the switch to a healthy state before doing f w upgrade or manual reboot of the switch For more details on this issue refer to PR 92470 No Disk Error upon Launching Local Client Issue After installing EFCM 9 7 3 an error message Windows No Disk may be displayed when the local EFCM Client is launched Solution Reboot the host machine running EFCM 9 7 3 Client For more details on this issue refer to PR 31648 Multi homed Environment Issue SNMP Trap registration may have the wrong IP set during initial discovery of B Model thereby no messages will be displayed in the master log and Call Home will fail Firmware download and SupportSave using built in FTP will also fail NOTE After discovering a B model switch please verify that the IP address registered in SNMP configuration is reachable from Client and Server with the help of Element Manager Webtools or CLI Solution EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 14 of 26 From Webtools or Element Manager edit the IP address of the switch s SNMP Trap Recipient configuration to an address which is reachable from client a
32. t set the InterOp mode it is recommended that you first build the fabric then enable the Fabric Binding feature This is to ensure you resolve fabric conflicts first before trying to enable this feature Some examples of conflicts could be InterOp mode Domain ID overlap Time Out values etc The table below outlines the Fabric Wide Consistency Policy FWCP that is set when enabling fabric binding Each row represents a fabric with a specific InterOp mode setting InterOp mode that the fabric Fabric Binding Membership List to be Activated is currently set to FWCP setting B model only WWNs Brocade Native Strict B model only WWNs McData Fabric Mode Strict B model only WWNs McData Open Mode Strict EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 11 of 26 InterOp mode that the fabric Fabric Binding Membership List to be Activated is currently set to FWCP setting Modifying an existing membership list of only B model Brocade Native Tolerant WWNS to add one or more model WWNs Modifying an existing membership list of only B model McData Fabric Mode Tolerant WWNS to add one or more model WWNs Modifying an existing membership list of only B model McData Open Mode Tolerant WWNS to add one or more model WWNs B model and M model WWNs Brocade Native Tolerant B model and M model WWNs McData Fabric Mode Tolerant B model and M model WWNs McData Open Mode Tolerant Modifying an exis
33. tch Type admin start and press ENTER Type set setup snmp and press ENTER Set the ProxyEnable setting to False Dw Bow At Do you want to save and activate the snmp setup y n n type y yes Managing Blade Switch Considerations If an error message received error in attempt to release admin privileges reason no response is received while configuring the secure socket shell SSH service for switch blades using Element Manager you must install the M model Element Manager feature Do not use the Element Manager fabric binding feature on blade switches Element Manager fabric binding does not synchronize with EFCM fabric binding Therefore if you use both the Element Manager and EFCM fabric binding features you can create a disconnect between the two features and this may result in any of the following e f you activate an ISL set when a port set is already active the ISL set takes over and vise versa working as designed e Ifyou activate switch binding within Element Manager and then activate fabric binding within EFCM the fabric binding is stored by the blade and appended to the current switch binding security policy working as designed e However after carrying out the above procedure if you deactivate fabric binding within EFCM it only deactivates on the M model switches To deactivate the policy on the Element Manager you must open the Element Manager and deactivate the policy there EFCM Software Vers
34. ting membership list of both B model Brocade Native Strict M model WWNs to remove all M model WWNs Modifying an existing membership list of both B model and McData Fabric Mode Strict M model WWNs to remove all M model WWNs Modifying an existing membership list of both B model McData Open Mode Strict M model WWNs to remove all M model WWNs B model and other WWNs that do not fall within the B M Brocade Native Tolerant model WWN ranges B model and other WWNs that do not fall within the B M McData Fabric Mode Tolerant model WWN ranges B model and other WWNs that do not fall within the B M McData Open Mode Tolerant model WWN ranges Issue Cannot enable disable Fabric Binding when a transaction is already in progress through Web tool CLI Solution EFCM will display an error message Fabric binding failed because another transaction is in progress It is recommended that the user uses only the EFCM application to create modify the Fabric Binding SCC Policy on FOS based switches policy as using the CLI EFCM Basic Web tools may cause the EFCM application to get out of sync when opening the Fabric Binding dialog box For more details on this issue refer to PRs 89610 and 89585 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 12 of 26 Issue Insistent DID not enabled for pure B model fabric Solution In case of mixed fabrics fabric connected with M model and B model switches when fabric binding is enabled
35. tiple events when a port is blocked or port operational status changes Client Server Properties The speed supported field always carries a null value for brocade switches PortFencing Policy assigned Port is not blocked by Port Fencing policy when Loop device is connected to E Port EFCM should restrict when IPV6 enabled switch is downgraded to an IPV6 unsupported firmware should ask to discover using IPv4 address Manager PhysicalMap View gt Show Connected End Devices is not enabled after enabling Show Connected End Devices check box in all fabrics 110 Apply To changes failed in Software tab due to cannot configure API authentication in virtual switches EM takes long time to launch for large fabrics from a Remote Client separated over a Element WAN Manager Security Connectrix Manager incorrectly displays a Cisco switch as a Router Hex Display Domain ID is displayed in decimal in Fabric binding message when it is configured as Hex Display Time shown in the master log is not the SP time but is the time set on the blade switch Logs 110k Duplicate entries are created in EFCM while modifying the portfencing policy through CLI ACH Call Home logs and Call Home messages are still containing McDATA instead of Brocade based on Branding changes in T4 When a TTA is edited to CTA or when a CTA is edited to TTA the changes are not Element correctly reflected in EM Manager Wrong Port Number 129 is displayed in the properties d
36. to register at no cost for a user ID and password Note To improve readability these documents refer to the release number of the application as instead of the official release number 0X 0X 00 1 EFC Manager Software User Manual 2 EFC Manager Software Quick Start Guide 3 EFCM Software Upgrade Instructions 4 Event Management User Manual 5 Group Configuration Management User Manual 6 LUN Management User Manual 7 MilO0K Director Element Manager User Manual 6 4700 Fabric Switch Element Manager User Manual 9 M6140 Director Element Manager User Manual 10 Open VSANs User Manual 1l Performance User Manual 12 Planning User Manual 13 Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switch Element Manager User Manual 14 Sphereon 4400 Switch Element Manager User Manual 15 Sphereon 4500 Switch Element Manager User Manual 16 User Group Management User Manual 17 View Management User Manual 18 Remote Discovery Connector User Manual 19 SAN Routing User Manual 20 Security Center User Manual 21 Topology Layout Customization User Manual 22 Zoning User Manual 23 IU Server Installation and Service Manual Opening the Online Help 1 Start EFCM 2 Select Contents from the Help menu or press F1 Opening the User Manuals The user manuals and other documentation are provided in PDF format and are available on the documentation CD ROM EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 19 of 26 Note You must have Adobe Reader to view the user d
37. tware Version 09 07 03 Page 3 of 26 Overview Brocade Communications Systems Inc is pleased to deliver the EFCM 9 7 3 release e A list of the defects that were closed in EFCM 9 7 3 has been added to the end of these release notes Fixes in EFCM 9 7 3 Refer to the EFCM 9 7 software manual set and online help for instructions on using this application As issues are discovered and fixed this document is updated The most recent version of documentation is provided on the Brocade Web site through Brocade Connect Go to http www brocade com and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password Note To improve readability this document refers to the release number of the application as 9 7 3 instead of the official release number 09 07 03 Note For your convenience we have retained the legacy McDATA names to avoid any confusion Please refer to the following table for the equivalent Brocade names for legacy McDATA products Brocade Names Legacy McDATA Names Brocade EFCM EFCM Brocade M EOSc E OSc Brocade M EOSn E OSn Brocade M6140 Director Intrepid 6140 ED 6140 Brocade M4700F Switch Sphereon 4700 Brocade Mil0k Director Intrepid 10000 Director 110 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 Page 4 of 26 What s New in EFCM Version 9 7 The focus of the EFCM 9 7 release is to cover the 8Gb switches that will be available as part of the Mariner release This inclu
38. y when has multiple virtual N ports NPIV without a primary login 89577 EFCM Performance EFCM takes over 25 minutes to activate a maximum limit zone config into a pure Fabric OS fabric 89760 Nicknames assigned via Configure Nickname dialog box after launching EM is not Element reflected in EM Node list Manager 90244 EFCM 9 5 discovery of B4020 shows a port count of zero 90932 Install Uninstall Bin folder is not removed in Win 2000 when Full Uninstall is performed 91033 Unexpected error when modifying Fabric Binding membership lists Switches which currently part of the fabric cannot be removed 91035 Fabric Binding activation fails on attempt to add detached EOS switches to a FOS fabric 91036 EFCM Client is hanging when we select show connected end devices CPU utilization is steadily above 50 and comes back after sometime Em d d b s ay Z J d g g 2 8 Si g oO o lap H E z a a w w EIE 9 5 5 B lt 5 5 Gc e e 3 Q Q E g g 2 a i ga B EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 91134 91265 91304 91724 91796 91842 92022 93085 93246 93249 89252 89563 89707 89724 89971 89980 90019 90031 90074 90075 90095 90392 90397 90484 90497 90498 EFCM Software Version 09 07 03 EM Port type shown as UNKNOWN for a 6140 switch and continuous ISL Element r
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