Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes, Firmware
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1. 16 and 64 refer to the documents at http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs Network_Storage Solutions Hubs_ and Switches index html click Other Documentation Version Compatibility TABLE 1 describes the firmware and SANbox Manager version compatibility for Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb and 2 Gb FC switches TABLE1 Compatibility between Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb and 2 Gb FC Switches and SANbox Manager Switch and Firmware SANbox Manager 1 03 and 1 05 SANbox Manager 2 0 2 Gb FC switch Fully compatible e Manageable inband only with 1 3 or 1 5 e Cannot install firmware firmware e Cannot archive or restore configuration 2 Gb FC switch Not supported Fully compatible with 2 0 0 x firmware 1G FC switch with Fully compatible Manageable inband only 4 02 4x firmware e Cannot install firmware Cannot archive or restore configuration 2 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 Quick Installation This installation upgrades Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC switches from 1 3 xx or 1 5 xx firmware to 2 0 0 x firmware This installation also upgrades the SANbox Manager application from version 1 03 xx or 1 05 xx to version 2 00 16 SANbox Manager is compatible with Sun Solaris Operating System versions 8 and 9 Log in as root Determine which version of SANbox Manager is installed on the workstation by opening SANbox Manager and selecting Help2. on page 9 Command Line Completion Pressing the Tab key now completes the command phrase If there is not a unique command phrase pressing the Tab key a second time displays all options In addition pressing Ctrl A moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line and pressing Ctrl E moves the cursor to the end of the command line The up and down arrow keys move the cursor to the previous and next entries respectively in the command buffer 8 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 Enhanced Show Fabric Command Symbolic switch name and Fibre Channel IP address have been added to the Show Fabric command output display This feature requires the following of all switches in the fabric m The Set Config Port command parameter MSEnabled is set to True m In band management is enabled either through SANbox Manager or the Set Config Switch command parameter InBandEnabled a Remote switches support the GS 3 GIELN and GMAL commands IP Configuration The set setup system command has been changed so that the resulting menu does not prompt for the IP address netmask and gateway if you previously chose a network discovery method other than static Force Offline RSCNs Immediately You can now configure a port to send an RSCN immediately when the port goes offline The default behavior is to delay the RSCN message a minimum of 200 msec when a port goes offline To con
3. Workaround Reset the port that is not displaying FC 4 type in SANbox Manager m 4901550 Nondisruptive code load update fails if the download is tried through SANbox Manager and on a different subnet than the one to which the is switch is attached Workaround Use FTP and the command line interface to update firmware on switches or open a fabric in SANbox Manager through each switch in the fabric and update firmware on each switch out of band You can also update the switch from a system attached on the same subnet as the switch m 4928278 In a big fabric SANbox Manager becomes unresponsive after a few days Workaround End the unresponsive SANbox manager session and start another SANbox Manager session The switch is totally functional and this issue has no impact on the IO and Telnet Bugs Fixed in Patch 112434 04 The following bugs have been fixed in SANbox Manager between versions 1 05 14 and 2 00 xx a Bug 4774913 Can not start tool by specifying an IP address m Bug 4832428 Bug in flushing the queue 12 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 Bugs Fixed Between V1 5 0 7 0 and V2 0 0 x The following bugs have been fixed between firmware versions 1 5 0 7 0 and V2 0 0 x Bug 4790610 PLOGI failed hardware error Bug 4816283 T4s connected to the switch s TL_Port becomes inactive or grayed Bug 4819523 Terminating the Hotswap wizard causes the switch to han
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5. Sensitive Help 6 Downing of Ports 6 Event Browser 6 Extended Credits 6 Fabric View 7 IP Address of Foreign Switches 7 Start SANbox Manager on a Solaris System 7 Selective Restore 7 Show Active Zone Members by Color 7 Startup Dialog 7 User Account Administration 8 Zoning Checks 8 Command Line Interface Features 8 Command Line Completion 8 Enhanced Show FabricCommand 9 IP Configuration 9 Force Offline RSCNs Immediately 9 Ping Command 9 SCSI Probe Enable or Disable 9 Date and Time Update Without Reset 10 Display and Set Firmware Image Versions From Maintenance Mode 10 FC SW 2 Mode 10 New ELS Support 10 POST Without Power Cycle 10 Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC Switch Support 11 SNMP Proxy Disable 11 SNMP V1 Trap Support 11 User Account Expiration 11 Bugs 12 Bugs Fixed in Patch 112434 04 12 Bugs Fixed Between V1 5 0 7 0 and V2 0 0 x 13 Service Contact Information 13 iv Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release This document contains important information about the Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch 8 16 and 64 that was not available at the time the product documentation was published Review this document so that you are aware of issues or requirements that can impact the installation and operation of the switches Note For detailed information on the Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch 8
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7. gt About a If the version is 1 05 14 go to Step 3 a Otherwise do the following then proceed to Step 3 a Remove the 1 03 xx package pkgrm SUNWsmgr2 b Install the package for SANbox Manager 1 05 pkgadd d SUNWsmgr2_2 1 2003 03 05 14 20 You can obtain the SANbox Manager 1 05 package from http sunsolve sun com Install patch 112434 04 from the CD Move to the directory on the CD that contains the patch file and add patch 112434 04 cd cdrom cdrom0 StorEdgeSAN4 0 Patches patchadd 112434 04 After installing the patch the firmware resides in the following directory default installation path usr opt SUNWsmgr2 firmware SANbox2 4 4 Install firmware on each switch in the fabric In this release the Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC 8 16 and 64 switches use the same firmware version Use SANbox Manager version 1 05 or FTP and the Telnet command line interface to load the new firmware For a detailed procedure on installing firmware refer to the Switch Management User s Manual that corresponds to your product a SANbox2 8c 16 Switch Management User s Manual Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch 8 16 875 3264 a SANbox2 64 Switch Management User s Manual Sun StorEdge Network 2Gb FC Switch 64 Switch Management User s Manual 875 3409 Note If you are upgrading to SANbox Manager 2 00 16 for use with Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC switches the fabric entry swi
8. S amp o SUN microsystems Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara CA 95054 U S A 650 960 1300 Part No 817 3717 10 September 2003 Revision A Submit comments about this document at http www sun com hwdocs feedback Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara California 95054 U S A All rights reserved Sun Microsystems Inc has intellectual property rights relating to technology hat is described in this document In particular and without limitation these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the U S patents listed at http www sun com patents and one or more additional patents or pending patent applications in the U S and in other countries This document and the product to which it pertains are distributed under licenses restricting their use copying distribution and decompilation No part of the product or of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the produet may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and in other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Micros
9. ddition to setting a port to an Online Offline or Test state you can also place a port in a Down state Event Browser The Alarm Log tab has been replaced by an event browser The event browser is a separate window that displays alarm messages and other application events The data can be sorted filtered or saved to a file Extended Credits SANbox Manager now calculates how many credits are required for a specified distance and determines whether enough donor ports are available 6 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 Fabric View You can now save Fabric View user preferences save statistics to a file print graphs to a printer save the current fabric to a file and reload on start IP Address of Foreign Switches SANbox Manager displays the IP address of non QLogic switches both in the Topology Display under the appropriate switch icon and in the Switch tab Start SANbox Manager on a Solaris System You can now start SANbox Manager from the command line of a Solaris system by typing SANbox_Manager ip_address login_id Selective Restore SANbox Manager displays a dialog box that enables you to select the specific types of data to be restored from the switch configuration archive file Show Active Zone Members by Color The Edit Zoning window the Configured Zone Set data window and the Active Zone Set data window display port icons in green to indicate that a dev
10. figure a port to send the RSCN immediately when a port goes offline set ForceOfflineRSCN to True using the Set Config Port command Ping Command You can now send an ICMP ECHO request to another host or switch by typing Ping ip_address SCSI Probe Enable or Disable This feature enables or disables the nameserver device probe for FC 4 descriptors This probe is configured on a per port basis using the Set Config Port command parameter DeviceScanEnable Date and Time Update Without Reset In previous releases it was necessary to reset the switch after changing the date With this release the switch automatically reads the hardware clock after a date change Display and Set Firmware Image Versions From Maintenance Mode You can now display and set active firmware image versions from maintenance mode Maintenance mode was previously known as prom mode FC SW 2 Mode FC SW 2 Compliant enabled is the only option supported by Sun StorEdge 2 Gb FC switches New ELS Support Support was added for the FC FS Rev 1 70 Read Port List RPL Read Port Status block RPS and Scan Remote Loop SCL ELS commands POST Without Power Cycle You can reset the switch with SANbox Manager or the Hardreset command and force POST to run without cycling power 10 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC Switch Support With SANbox Manager 2 00 16 there are s
11. g Bug 4819531 Misleading Hotswap errors occur during a blade insertion failure Bug 4821346 Some switches return errors during discovery of SNMP information in a large fabric Bug 4825260 Prompt users to save log settings after making changes Bug 4837937 Device on FL_Port in diagnostic mode does not log in after placing the port offline or online Bug 4842198 Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment sensor names on SANbox2 64 switch does not match SANbox Manager Bug 4843495 Online QLogic switch API diagnostics fail to start Bug 4848710 Util application internal firmware error Bug 4825899 Switch nameserver loses login to the TL_Port Service Contact Information If you need help installing or using this product within the U S call 1 800 USA 4SUN or go to http www sun com service contacting index html 14 Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003
12. ice is logged in to the port A gray port icon indicates that no device is logged in In addition WWN device icons are grayed out to indicate that the device WWN is not in the nameserver database Startup Dialog If SANbox Manager does not find a fabric file upon startup a startup dialog prompts you to choose one of the following actions m Open an existing fabric by entering an IP address account name and password m Open existing fabric view file m Start the application without specifying a fabric User Account Administration You can now administer user accounts This includes adding accounts removing accounts assigning admin authority setting expiration dates and changing passwords Zoning Checks After saving zoning changes you can check the zoning configuration for errors by selecting Perform Error Check in the Error Check dialog SANbox Manager performs the following checks Empty zone sets Empty zones a Empty aliases a ACL or VPF hard zones with nondomain port members a Overlapping VPF zones a ACL zones segmented by VPF zones m Soft zones segmented by ACL or VPF zones Command Line Interface Features The command line interface offers the following new features a Command Line Completion on page 8 a Enhanced Show Fabric Command on page 9 a IP Configuration on page 9 a Force Offline RSCNs Immediately on page 9 a Ping Command on page 9 a SCSI Probe Enable or Disable
13. o enable future loading and activation of a new firmware image without fabric disruption For example in the future you can load and activate 3 0 firmware on a switch running 2 0 firmware without disrupting service Refer to the Hotreset command in the Switch Management User s Manual for more information about nondisruptive code load and activation The Hot reset command help text should be corrected to read as follows hotreset This command will activate the new switch firmware without disrupting traffic All running switch applications will save their FC state and that information is used by the applications after the switch has activated the new firmware Admin mode is required for this command SANbox Manager Features SANbox Manager offers the following new features a Context Sensitive Help on page 6 a Downing of Ports on page 6 a Event Browser on page 6 a Extended Credits on page 6 a Fabric View on page 7 a IP Address of Foreign Switches on page 7 a Start SANbox Manager on a Solaris System on page 7 m Selective Restore on page 7 a Show Active Zone Members by Color on page 7 a Startup Dialog on page 7 a User Account Administration on page 8 a Zoning Checks on page 8 Context Sensitive Help Each dialog box now has a Help button Clicking that button starts the online help on the page describing that specific dialog box Downing of Ports In a
14. ome limitations when managing a Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC switch in a mixed fabric that contains Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC switches running firmware 2 0 or later These limitations include m Firmware upgrades for the Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC switch require SANbox Manager 1 05 m Restoring the configuration from SANbox Manager only works on the entry switch and therefore requires SANbox Manager 1 03 or 1 05 to restore configuration data to a Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC switch m All Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC switches in a fabric running 2 0 firmware must be managed with SANbox Manager 2 00 16 SNMP Proxy Disable You can turn off the in band SNMP proxy using SANbox Manager or the Set Setup Snmp command parameter ProxyEnabled SNMP V1 Trap Support This release adds support for V1 traps to the existing support for V2 traps The trap version is specified for each trap address To select the trap version use SANbox Manager or the Set Setup Snmp command parameter TrapVersion User Account Expiration Using SANbox Manager or the User Add command you can now specify the number of days that a user account is valid The default is no expiration date Bugs The following bugs appeared too late in the test cycle to correct them for the current release m 4846819 Switch loses the FC 4 type of the connected device as displayed in SANbox Manager An error may occur when the switch is reset or under LIP error injection
15. tch must be a Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC switch running 2 0 firmware SANbox Manager 2 00 16 does not directly communicate out of band with a Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC switch running pre 2 0 firmware or a Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC switch Locate the SANbox Manager executable After installing the patch SANbox Manager executables can be found in the following directories if the default installation path was used m Version 1 05 14 usr opt SUNWsmgr2 bin SANbox_ Manager m Version 2 00 xx usr opt SUNWsmgr2 bin2 SANbox_ Manager Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC Switch Release Notes Firmware 2 0 0 x Release September 2003 New Features With This Release New features apply only to Sun StorEdge Network 2 Gb FC switches This section contains information about the following features a Nondisruptive Code Load and Activation on page 5 a SANbox Manager Features on page 6 a Command Line Interface Features on page 8 a Date and Time Update Without Reset on page 10 a Display and Set Firmware Image Versions From Maintenance Mode on page 10 a FC SW 2 Mode on page 10 m New ELS Support on page 10 a POST Without Power Cycle on page 10 a Sun StorEdge Network 1 Gb FC Switch Support on page 11 a SNMP Proxy Disable on page 11 a SNMP V1 Trap Support on page 11 m User Account Expiration on page 11 Nondisruptive Code Load and Activation Support has been added t
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