Last Modified on March 4, 2002 Welcome to Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch. Thank you for choosing our products. This file contains a description of the contents of the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch Software CD This file also contains late breaking changes to the CD that may not be included in the printed documents. The version 3.0.2 printed documents describe the functionality included in 3.0.2a. Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 Product Overview The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 is a 16-port, auto-sensing 1Gbps and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel switch, delivering the next generation of performance and functionality for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks. Based on third generation ASIC technology, the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 not only delivers Fibre Channel throughput at twice the previous speeds, but delivers a number of new features designed to enhance the manageability of the switch. Trunking between switch Interswitch Links (ISL) is supported between Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16. Installing a Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 in the core of an existing Fabric will provide a high speed, high capacity backbone switch to further scale the Fabric. Fabrics can be built with 2-Gigabit ISLs that will provide more bandwidth in less space. A 2-Gigabit backbone requires half the number of ISLs of a 1 Gigabit Backbone. The following features are supported on the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 Fibre Channel Switch: Sixteen auto-sensing 1 and 2 Gbps ports. May be optionally programmed to a fixed 1Gbps or 2Gbps speed if desired Universal, self-configuring ports (F, FL, E). Support for industry-standard removable Small Form Factor (SFP) Hot pluggable optical transceivers Short wavelength (850nm), LC connector. Both ends of the link, must be the same wavelength. Long wavelength (1310 nm), LC connector. Both ends of the link, must be the same wavelength. Full 32Gbps switching capacity for uncongested fully sustained, 2Gbps full duplex throughput for up to 16 ports Class 2, Class 3, and Class F (Interswitch) frames supported Interoperable with previous SAN Switch Fibre Channel Switches. Fabric OS™ 3.0.2a INCLUDED FEATURES The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 with version 3.0.2a firmware Supports the following Compaq included software features that are enabled by a preinstalled software key: 3.0.2a OS plus WebTools and Zoning. Make sure you copy down and save the keys in case they are deleted by accident. OPTIONAL FEATURES The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 with version 3.0.2a firmware Supports the following Compaq optional software features that are enabled by an optional software key: QuickLoop/Fabric Assist (not currently supported on 2 gigabit switches), Remote Switch, Extended Fabric, FabricWatch, Trunking and Advanced Performance Monitoring. Enhanced Trunking: An enhanced trunking feature provides a true load balancing capability when provisioning multiple Inter Switch Links (ISL) between switches. Up to four E-ports may be logically grouped to provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. The Industry Standard Fibre Shortest Path First (FSPF) routing algorithm views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 8 Gbps) when routing connections between switches. Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which comprise the logical trunk group. Frames between two endpoints may traverse different links within the group, however, frames always maintain in-order delivery. Trunking is only supported between Compaq StorgeWorks SAN Switch 2/16. Frame Filtering: A filtering capability, built into the ASIC silicon enables new applications and features. With the ability to “view” the first 64 bytes of the Fibre Channel frame. Frame Filtering enables advanced capabilities such as LUN-level Zoning and enhanced statistics gathering. Frame Filtering can be used to filter out frames based on its class of service, frame header and several bytes of optional header and/or data. Filtering is an important feature that enables enhanced Zoning features such as LUN level zoning. LUN Zoning: Logical Unit Number (LUN) Zoning provides greater flexibility and more effective partitioning of your storage infrastructure. By expanding the resolution of allowable zones to the individual LUN within a fabric. Permitting transactions from a host to a specific set of LUNs on an array while disallowing access to (and visibility of) other LUNs in that array. LUN Level zoning also provides a new levels of security within the fabric. Performance Monitoring: This enabling technology provides the ability to monitor and watch specific fabric metrics, giving unprecedented flexibility and control to the Fabric Administrator. This new feature creates a method to be able to fine-tune and scale your fabric more efficiently. Performance Monitoring also allows the ability to have an early warning detection of hot-spots within the fabric providing a powerful tool for maintaining overall balanced performance. The following are features of firmware version 3.0.2a: 3.0.2a allows you to build large SANs. Please refer to the appropriate application notes for specific supported configurations: http://www.compaq.com/products/storageworks/raidstorage/RAIDUser_docs.html Provides fixes to problems with configuring large SANs with the Graphical User Interface. The name service query time out was extended to 1 second. The extension of this time out from 120 ms enable name service query's for large SANs to complete. A NS time out will cause the name service to return an incomplete list of devices. A change was made to no longer send PDISK to a single ALPA on a single port on the switch. This change eliminates a problem where FLOGI was successful and PLOGI messages would continue. A problem with loops on the SAN switches where certain AL_PAs on a loop become inaccessible was also fixed. Features provided by v3.0.2a and above: Provides the new user interface for managing switches. Features include graphical user interface pages for fabric discovery, zoning, name server, port enables, firmware downloads, switch administration, user administration, software readable serial number, SNMP administration, license administration, and other features for managing up to 239 switches in a fabric. Management of optional licensed features is also included for managing remote switches. Supports both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator Browsers. All commands are not case sensitive. For example, instead of entering "fabricShow", you can enter "fabricshow". The v3.0.2a firmware will be available on the Compaq website at: http://www.compaq.com/products/storageworks/hubs-and-bridges/firmwareupdate.html The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 ships with the latest version of the firmware installed. A copy of the latest version of the firmware as of this date, v3.0.2a, is also contained on this CD. Firmware v3.0.2a, contains fully supported WEB tools (easy to use graphical user interface). Instructions for downloading it into a switch and the required loaders are also contained on the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch Software CD. Please note that v3.0.2a firmware is for The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 switches only. V3.0.2a will not work if loaded into the 1 Gigabit Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switches. COMPATIBILITY 3.0.2a running in The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 is compatible with The Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch software (version 2.1.9m, 2.6 and above) allowing both 1 and 2-Gigabit switches to operate in the same fabric. The old 1 Gigabit Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switch running software (Version 1.6d) is NOT supported with Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16. CASCADING Up to 7 hops are supported, where a hop is defined as a connection from one switch to another. Connections should be made such that traffic from an NL_Port will not transverse more than 7 hops when traveling through the cascaded switches. When cascading switches, sequentially assign domain addresses to the switches prior to connecting them to other switches in a Storage Area Network (SAN). When connecting a powered-down switch to a SAN that is running, the SAN will automatically assign a domain number to the switch when it is powered up. A new configuration file save command is provided that can be used to save the current configuration and load it into a new switch prior to adding it to the fabric. When connecting a SAN to a switch that is already powered up, the switch will not join the SAN if there are duplicate domain numbers. Refer to the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch Management Guide for more on compatibility mode and zoning that can also prevent switches from connecting to a SAN. RELEASE MIB FILES V3.0.2a The Management Information Base files are used for SNMP management applications such as Compaq Insite Manager and other SNMP management tools. The release MIB Files for Version 3.0.2a are as follows: femib.smiv2 2/15/01 festd.smiv2 2/27/01 v3_OFA.mib (Management Information Base for Fabric Alliance) 2/15/01 v3_OFE.mib (Management Information Base for fabric) 2/15/01 v3_OSW.mib (Management Information Base for switch) 7/6//01 v3_OTRP.mib (Management Information Base for traps) 3/19/01 The above MIB files can be copied from the Compaq CD in the DSGGD/firmware subdirectory. Some management applications require you to change the extension to "txt" and may require you to delete the underscore between the 3 and the 0. Other non-switch specific Standard MIB files may be required to run an SNMP application and can be obtained from various sites on the internet including the American National Standards Institute. MANAGEMENT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (WEB TOOLS) Version 3.0.2a requires that the management station have at least 32 MB of RAM to operate, and at least 128 MB of memory to manage a large SAN. SAN MANAGEMENT STATION MEMORY REQUIREMENTS Number of Switches Minimum Memory Requirement 1-4 64 MB 5-9 96 MB 10-20 128MB 21 or more 256 MB USING THE JAVA PLUG-IN The proper execution of the Web Management Tools v3.0.2a application requires that the Java Plug-In is installed on your management station. Web Management Tools v3.0.2a requires a Java Plug-In version based on Java 1.2 (also known as Java 2) to operate correctly. The Java Plug-In is similar to other plug-ins used on your browser such as Real Audio, Adobe Acrobat, and Macromedia Director. Once Java Plug-In is installed, its use is invisible. Microsoft Windows requires Java Plug-In 1.3.1_01 and Compaq Tru64 UNIX and Solaris requires 1.2. This version of the plugin is also required for the Compaq SAN Appliance and the Network View Client that manages the Compaq StoreagWorks SAN Switches. This version of the plugin is also used to run Fabric Manager version 1. The Java plug-in can be loaded from the Compaq CD ROM included with the product. The plug-in is located in the FIRMWARE subdirectory. Double- click on the jre-1_3_1_01-win.exe file to begin the installation on an NT station. ACROBAT The documentation for Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switches is present on the CD in PDF format. These documents can be opened using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can easily view and print one page at a time, or the entire user document. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for installation from the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Switch Software CD in the ACROBAT directory. The acrobat.txt document located in this directory provides information regarding the installation of this utility under Windows and other operating systems DISABLE RLS PROBING When RLS Probing is not selected (enabled or "0"), the switch port will issue RLS Extended Link service to attached devices every four seconds to collect link status data. Otherwise, RLS will not be sent to the devices. RLS Probing is selected by default (disabled or "1".) ETHERNET LINK MODE This command sets the Ethernet speed and is similar to the Telnet command "ifmodeset." The parameters are auto, 10H, 100H, 100F where H=Half duplex and F=Full duplex. Switches will sometimes get confused when attached to a network that has both 10 and 100 megabit devices and lock on the wrong speed. It is best to force the speed to match the speed of the management station Ethernet Adapter. Set the speed with the ifmodeset command. SUPPRESS CLASS F TRAFFIC Suppress Class F Traffic suppresses class F traffic for remote switch configuration. The parameters are "0" for off and "1" for on. The old ATM to Fibre Channel Adapter is not supported on the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16. A new Fibre Channel to ATM adapter is supported. Contact your Compaq Sales Rep for more information. LICENSES The table below lists the license key translations. The display format follows this format, but the information is presented in hex format, for example; 01B (hex) = 27 (decimal) which translates into Web+Zoning+QL+Fabric=1+2+8+16=27. License Decimal Hex WEB_LICENSE 1 1 ZONING_LICENSE 2 2 SES_LICENSE 4 4 QL_LICENSE 8 8 FABRIC_LICENSE 16 10 REMOTE_FABRIC 64 40 EXTEND_FABRIC 128 80 ENTRY_FABRIC 256 100 CONFIGUPLOAD TELNET COMMAND The Configupload command saves the configuration to the host from a switch including zoning and Fabric Watch settings. An FTP server must be installed and running when performing the Telnet command "configupload" on a Windows NT or 2000 system. If you do not have a Microsoft NT or 2000 FTP server previously installed on your system, you need to install it to use this command. Perform the following steps to install and configure a Windows NT or Windows 2000 FTP server. 1. Create a folder to put the switch firmware and configuration files in. 2. Install the Windows NT or 2000 FTP server on your system from your Windows installation CD. If you only use the FTP server for the firmware and configuration loads, you can specify the folder created in Step 1 as the FTP Publish Directory. 3. Open the Internet Service Manager Tool. 4. Perform a configuration save by using the Telnet command configUpload. FTP Service uses the standard users defined under Windows NT, so a valid local user and password is required. A user can be created using the Windows NT administrative tools. Appropriate permissions for the created folder (NTFS volumes only) must be setup to allow the user to have read and write privileges. Another link that may be used to create a specific directory structure for use of firmware downloads explains how to create a directory structure for a specific login, but this is not necessary if FTP is only being used for switch use. MANAGEMENT SERVER Management Server now uses Topology Discovery during the fabric topology discovery process. The process involves two standards: FC-FS and FC-GS3. • RTIN/RNID queries from FC-FS: Request Node Identification Data and Request Topology Information are now supported. • GATIN/GNID/GTIN from FC-GS3: Get Attributes of Topology Information/Get Node Identification Data/ Get Topology Information are now supported. WEB MANAGEMENT TOOLS Web Tools The following views, tabs, and features have been added or modified in Web Tool v3.0 vs older 1 gigabit switch firmware: Zone Admin View Zoning Configuration Analyze Screen: The new Zoning Configuration Analyze screen, available from the Zone Admin View, displays a summary of the saved configuration and attempts to point out some of the zoning conflicts before applying the changes to the switch. For more information, refer to the Brocade Web Tools™ User’s Guide. Admin View Network Configuration Tab: The new Network Configuration tab, available from the Admin View, can be used to manage the IP networking functionality of the switch. For more information, refer to the Brocade Web Tools User’s Guide. Port Settings Tab: The new Port Settings tab, available from the Admin View, can be used to disable and enable ports on a switch. The Port Settings tab is also used to set port speed to 1 GB/2GB/ Autosense as well as disable and enable the Trunking feature. For more information, refer to the Compaq Web Tool User’s Guide. Routing Tab: The new Routing tab, available from the Admin View, can be used to view the routing table and to set the link cost for the selected ports and static route. For more information, refer to the Web Tools User’s Guide. Trunk Information Tab: The new Trunk Information tab, available from the Admin View, is a read-only tab that displays trunk information. For more information, refer to the Web Tools User’s Guide. Report Tab: The new Report tab, available from the Admin View, is a read-only tab that displays information about all of the switches, interswitch links, and ports in the Fabric. For more information, refer to the Brocade Web Tools™ User’s Guide. SNMP Tab: The SNMP tab, available from the Admin View, has been updated to include “Community and Trap Recipient Configuration” and “Access Control List Configuration” information. It can now be used to specify the switch community string, location, trap level, and trap recipients. For more information, refer to the Brocade Web Tools™ User’s Guide. Netscape 4.6 (IRIX) fails to load Switch Manager.html (core dump of Netscape or SwitchApplet cannot start error). When using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or lower, scrolling error may occur. Internet Explorer version 5.01 or higher is recommended. When using an Internet Explorer or Netscape browser, for the SUN plug-in to work correctly you must type backslash after the URL (for example http://192.168.60.45/). SNMP Traps Many of the Fibre Channel Management programs have the capability to log SNMP trap information (error and status events) occurring on the switch into the Windows NT application Event log. To enable this capability , the following parameters must be set on the switch: swEventTrapLevel:(0..5) - must be set for a severity level from 0 to 5. 0 - none 1 - critical 2 - error 3 - warning 4 - informational 5 - debug note: Additional information is provided in the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch Management Guide. authTrapsEnabled: (true, t, false, f) must be set to "true" or "t" to enable sending of traps. (Note: This parameter is set to "true" or "t" by default.) These parameters can be set by using the switch Telnet interface along with the agtcfgSet Telnet command. Note that the switch will send one copy of a trap message to each IP address that is listed the communities. If you enter the same IP address into all of the communities, you will get as multiple copies of the same trap message. TELNET COMMANDS The following telnet commands have been added or modified in Fabric Os v3.0.2a: • turboRamTest • portCfgSpeed • switchCfgSpeed • msTDEnable • msTDDisable • islShow • portCfgShow • diagHelp • statsTest • fDefectTest • perfAddEEMonitor • perfAddIPMonitor • perfAddReadMonitor • perfAddRWMonitor • perfAddSCSIMonitor • perfAddUserMonitor • perfAddWriteMonitor • perfCfgClear • perfCfgRestore • perfCfgSave • perfClrAlpaCrc • perfDelEEMonitor • perfHelp BACKSPACE COMMAND FOR Tru64 and VMS The Backspace, Delete, and Left Arrow keys do not work properly with the default settings for a telnet session to a Fibre Channel SAN Switch from a Compaq Tru64 UNIX or Open VMS machine. The keyboards shipped with these machines produce a "question mark" character instead of deleting characters when using the Backspace key. It is necessary to type Control+H to delete characters. Use the backspace command to change the backspace character. backspace, without any parameters, returns the current state of the parameter. backSpace 1 sets the backspace character in the switch to the Delete character. backSpace 0 sets the Backspace character to Backspace (Control + H). This makes the delete key work on Tru64 UNIX and Open VMS machines. New Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switches are configured with a default IP address of 10.77.77.77. This IP address may not be compatible with your configuration. . The IP address can be changed by the following methods. One method is using the serial connection on those switches that have a serial connection. The IP address is not required to connect to a switch using the serial connection. Once the serial line is connected use the ipAddrSet to change the default IP address to the IP address that is suitable for your configuration. See the Users Guide for the respective switch for additional information. Connect the serial line to the serial connector on the switch to change the IP address to an address specified by your network administrator. An other method to change the IP address is to use the default IP address and an Ethernet connection to the switch. Once the Ethernet is connected to the switch, use the ipAddrset command to change the IP address. You have to set up a computer with an address on the same subnet to do this. Note: When using a serial port connection, the flow control must be set to None with 9600 baud. Compaq Fibre Channel Switch CD files: -DSGGB | | | -----DOCs | | | | | - readme.txt (CPQ SWK RELEASE NOTES, late breaking | | | doc changes) | | - AA-RR84A-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Installation | | | and Hardware Guide) | | - AA-RR85A-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Release | | | Notes) | | - AA-RR7TA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Advanced Performance | | | Monitoring Release Notes) | | - AA-RR7UA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Advanced Performance | | | Monitoring User Guide) | | - AA-RR7XA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Fabric Watch Release | | | Notes) | | - AA-RR7YA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Fabric Watch User | | | Guide) | | - AA-RR81A-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 ISL Trunking Release | | | Notes) | | - AA-RR82A-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 ISL Trunking User | | | Guide) | | - AA-RR89A-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Performance Bundle | | | Release Notes) | | - AA-RQ6EA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Fabric OS Procedures | | | User Guide) | | - AA-RR7PA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Extended Fabric | | | Release Notes) | | - AA-RR7QA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Extended Fabric User | | | Guide) | | - AA-RR7KA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Quick Loop Fabric | | | Assist Release Notes) | | - AA-RR7LA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Quick Loop Fabric | | | Assist User Guide) | | - AA-RQ6FA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Fabric OS Reference | | | Guide) | | - AA-RQ6GA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Web Tools User | | | Guide) | | - AA-RQ6HA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 MIB Reference | | | Guide) | | - AA-RQ6YA-TE.pdf (CPQ SWK SAN Switch 2/16 Zoning User | | | Guide) | | | -Firmware (Folder for Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Firmware | | and updates) | | | -firmwareupdate.txt (instructions for updating | | firmware) | -v3.0.2a (switch firmware) | -j2re-1_3_1_01-win.exe (sun Java plug-in for windows self install for browser) | -v3_OFA.mib (Management Information Base for Fabric Alliance) 2/15/01 | -v3_OFE.mib (Management Information Base for Fabric Element) 2/15/01 | -v3_OSW.mib (Management Information Base for switch) 7/6//01 | -v3_OTRP.mib (Management Information Base for traps) 3/19/01 | -NTAlpha | | | | | -CAT.exe (mover for upgrading firmware from | | | an Alpha) | | -RSHD.exe (small server for upgrading | | firmware from an Alpha) | ----NTIntel | | | -CAT.exe (mover for downloading firmware | | from an PC) | -RSHD.exe (small server for upgrading | firmware from PC) -Acrobat | -rp505enu.exe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORTED CONFIGURATIONS Please refer to the appropriate application notes for specific supported configurations: http://www.compaq.com/products/storageworks/raidstorage/RAIDUser_docs.html It is recommended that all switches in a SAN be updated to the latest firmware. CABLES: Optical Cables for the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch must be ordered separately. The cables used for 1 gigabit signals that are 500 meters or less should be multi-mode Fibre Channel Cables. Cables that are run at 2 gigabit should be restricted to 300 meters or less. Multi-mode optical cables are connected to short wave GBICs in the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch. The cables that are longer than 500 meters for 1 gigabit or longer than 300 meters for 2 gigabit should be single-mode. Single-mode optical cables are connected to long wave SFFs in the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16. Multimode cables should use 50/125 optical fibers, LC Duplex connectors with a PC finish. Cables with LC connectors on one end and SC connectors on the other are also available from Compaq. These cables can be used with a sleeve to enable you to connect from a switch with LC connectors to cables with SC connectors to older equipment with SC connectors. An SC Sleeve or Coupler can be purchased from Molex part number 86166-0110 for plastic. This will couple two SC Duplex Connectors together. These are the same sleeves that are used to make jumper panels. cable cable old equipment SC-----SC-sleeve-SC------LC new equipment New Cables should be LC connectors. To connect an LC to LC cable to old equipment with SC connectors use an SC to LC cable with an LC duplex to LC duplex sleeve. PART STYLE / SLEEVE / HOUSING MANUFACTURER C1100A-2 duplex / metal / plastic Lucent Use of 62.5/125 should be restricted to situations where 62.5/125 optical fiber was previously installed and the link lengths are to be kept shorter than 150 meters when run at 2 gigabits per second and shorter than 200 meters at 1 gigabit per second. The bend radius of the cables should not be allowed to be less than 20x the diameter of the cables. Single mode cables typically use 9/125 optical fibers. Small Form Factor Plugable Transceivers (SFP): Multi mode Small Form Factor Plugable transceivers for the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 must be ordered separately. The Compaq part number for the Optical SFP is 221470-B21 2Gb SFF-SW Trncvr Kit. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright January, 2002, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.