HP Brocade BladeSystem 4/12 Mode d’emploi

HP B-series Network Advisor Enterprise,

Professional Plus, and Professional 11.1.5

Release Notes

HP Part Number: 5697-2464

Published: January 2013

Edition: 1

Version

11.1.5

Description

HP Network Advisor 11.1.5 is a software management platform that provides users with a consistent

user interface across FC and FCoE / DCB along with custom views and controls based on the

users’ areas of specialization. Network Advisor provides users with the utmost flexibility in

deployment and operational models, including traditional SAN deployments (FC) and end-to-end

convergence (FCoE, iSCSI and NAS over DCB). It provides the next evolutionary step from the

previous DCFM software management platform, and is required for management of the new

hardware platforms highlighted below, and any future hardware platforms, as well as for the new

Fabric OS 7.0.0a and later releases.

Hardware platforms

There is now support for the following 16 Gbps hardware platforms:

•HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch with up to 24 ports running 4/8/16 Gbps for open systems

•HP SN8000B 8Gb 32-port Enhanced Fibre Channel Blade and HP SN8000B 8Gb 48-port

Enhanced Fibre Channel Blade

•HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch with up to 48 ports running 4/8/10/16 Gbps FC for both

open systems and FICON environments.

•HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch and the HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director

Switch. Both director switches are highly available, modular, and scalable platforms.

•New 16 Gbps Core Blades for the 16 Gbps director switches, enabling twice the slot

bandwidth available in previous generation directors.

•HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port Fibre Channel Blade and HP SN8000B 16Gb 48-port Fibre

Channel Blade

New software features

SAN Management Feature Enhancements:

•DCB switch support Network Advisor allows users to discover and manage DCB Switches

from the SAN tabs.

•Host views are supported on the SAN Tabs and allow users to discover hosts using a Virtual

Machine Manager (VMM) such as vCenter Server.

•Virtualization now allows users to discover VMs directly from the vCenter.

•Unified ACL management allows users to consistently define and deploy ACLs across different

types of devices.

•Host Connectivity Manager Network Advisor 11.1.3 and later includes HCM 3.0.3 version

for Adapter management.

•ICL Support Support for up to nine SN8000B SAN Director chassis full mesh topology and

up to ten SN8000B SAN Director chassis in a core-edge topology using optical ICLs, beginning

with this release.

NOTE: Certain documents may state a maximum of eight SN8000B chassis for core-edge

topology due to their finalization and release prior to completion of testing that supports the

newer ten chassis maximum.

Version 3

Network Advisor brings forward the capabilities found in Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)

for SAN management with additional features and enhancements:

•Policy monitor allows users to set up best practices for their network and run a test manually,

or on a scheduled basis, to ensure the network conforms to the best practices.

•Frame monitor provides a monitoring mechanism that allows configuring different thresholds

for different types of frames and report events whenever a count for a particular frame type

crosses its respective threshold.

•D_Port: Network Advisor allows users to run optical and electrical loopback and link traffic

tests. Network Advisor also provides digital diagnostics information on 10Gb/16Gb port

optics, such as temperature, Rx/Tx power, bias current, and supply voltage.

•Bottleneck detection allows users to configure the parameters and view the statistics. In addition,

when a bottleneck is detected, Network Advisor allows users to view where the bottleneck is

occurring on topology as well as obtain information on the affected hosts.

•Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Pack populates Microsoft

SCOM with fabric details, switch details, statistics and call home events.

•Selective server support save provides the ability to include or exclude performance and

historical events from the database while capturing server support save from SMC.

•SAN size check: A popup message is displayed when the discovered port/switch/AG count

exceeds the SAN size selected (small/medium/large).

•MD5 checksum validation: MD5 checksum validation is done before importing firmware files

into the repository.

Migration and upgrades

DCFM 10.4.x running on the Linux and Windows operating systems can be upgraded to Network

Advisor 11.1.x. Network Advisor is not supported on the Solaris platform. DCFM 10.4.x running

on the Solaris platform must first migrate to a supported operating system, and then perform the

upgrade to Network Advisor 11.1.x. Earlier versions of DCFM must first be upgraded to DCFM

10.4.x and then upgraded to Network Advisor 11.1.x. Upgrades from DCFM to Network Advisor

11.1.x do not require a new software license key.

Supported switches and firmware

Table 1 (page 5) and Table 2 (page 6) list switches and firmware families supported with HP

Network Advisor 11.1.5. This does not imply that all firmware versions listed in the left column

are still supported by HP, but rather that those are the firmware streams on which the corresponding

switches are, or were, supported. It also does not imply that all the firmware listed in streams is

supported on each of the corresponding switches. HP recommends using the latest software versions

to get the greatest benefit from the SAN.

Table 1 Supported switches and firmware

Switch/DirectorSupported switches and

firmware

HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 (Brocade 4100)Fabric OS 5.0.x, 5.1.x,

5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x,

6.2.x,6.3.x, 6.4.x, 7.0.x HP StorageWorks 400 Multiprotocol Router (Brocade 7500)1

HP StorageWorks 4/8, 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E)

HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/64 (Brocade 4900)2

HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32B (Brocade 5000)3

HP StorageWorks 8/8, 8/24 SAN Switch (Brocade 300)5

HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch (Brocade 5100)5

HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch (Brocade 5300)5

HP StorageWorks Core HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch

(Brocade 8000)9

Switch 2/64 (Brocade 12000)

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000)

HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch (Brocade 7800) 10

HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch (Brocade Encryption Switch)7

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) with HP StorageWorks 4/256

SAN Director with 16-Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-16) 2

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) with HP StorageWorks 4/256

SAN Director 32-Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-32) 2

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) with HP StorageWorks 4/256

SAN Director 48-Port 4Gb Blade (FC4-48)2

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) with HP StorageWorks

B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)1

HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000) with HP StorageWorks 4/256

SAN Director 48-Port 4Gb Blade (FC10-6)4

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch6with HP StorageWorks SAN

Director 16-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-16)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch6with HP StorageWorks SAN

Director 32-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-32)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch6with HP StorageWorks SAN

Director 48-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-48)

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Table 2 Supported switches and firmware (continued)

Switch/DirectorSupported switches and

firmware

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch6with HP StorageWorks B-series

Multiprotocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)

Fabric OS 5.0.x, 5.1.x,

5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x,

6.2.x,6.3.x, 6.4.x, 7.0.x HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP StorageWorks 4/256

SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade (FC10-6)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch7with HP StorageWorks DC

Switch Encryption FC Blade(FS8-18)

HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch10 with HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE Blade

(FCoe10-24)

HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch10 with HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol

Extension Blade (FX8-24)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks SAN Director

16-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-16)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks SAN Director

32-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-32)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks SAN Director

48-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-48)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks SAN Director

64-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-64)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks B-series

Multiprotocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN

Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade (FC10-6)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch8with HP StorageWorks DC Switch

Encryption FC Blade (FS8-18)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch10 with HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE

Blade (FCoe10-24)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch10 with HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol

Extension Blade (FX8-24)

HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch11 with HP StorageWorks SAN Director

64-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-64)

HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch (DCX8510-4)12

HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch (DCX8510-8)12

HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port Fibre Channel Blade (FC16-32)12

HP SN8000B 16Gb 48-port Fibre Channel Blade (FC16-48)12

HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch (6510)12

HP SN8000B 8Gb 32-port Enhanced Fibre Channel Blade (FC8-32E)13

HP SN8000B 8Gb 48-port Enhanced Fibre Channel Blade (FC8-48E)12

HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch (6505)13

HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch8

Fabric OS 5.0.x, 5.1.x,

5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x,

6.2.x, 6.3.x, 6.4.x, 7.0.x HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director (Brocade DCX-4S)10

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 16-Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-16)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 32-Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-32)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 48-Port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-48)

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director 64-port 8Gb FC Blade (FC8-64)7

HP StorageWorks Multiprotocol Router Blade (FR4-18i)

HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade (FS8–18)8

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade (Brocade FX8- 24)9

Table 2 Supported switches and firmware (continued) (continued)

Switch/DirectorSupported switches and

firmware

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE10-

24)9

HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (Brocade 8000)11

HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800)9

Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem1(4024)Fabric OS 5.2.x, 5.3.x,

6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x, 6.3.x,

6.4.0, 7.0.0x Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class2(5480)

Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (4012)

HP StorageWorks EVA4400 embedded switch module, 8Gb Brocade2(5410)

Sphereon 4400 (Brocade 4400)M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x,

9.9.x Sphereon 4700 (Brocade 4700)

Intrepid 10000 Director (Brocade Mi10K)M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x,

9.9.x

1. Requires Fabric OS 5.1.0 or later

2. Requires Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later

3. Requires Fabric OS 5.2.1b or later

4. Requires Fabric OS 5.3.0 or later

5. Requires Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later

6. Requires Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later

7. Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1_enc or later

8. Requires Fabric OS 6.2.0 or later

9. Requires Fabric OS 6.1.2_CEE or later

10. Requires Fabric OS 6.3.x or later

11. Requires Fabric OS 6.4.0 or later

12. Requires Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later

13. Requires Fabric OS 7.0.1 or later and Network Advisor 11.1.3 as a minimum version

Supported operating systems

Table 3 (page 7) lists the operating systems that support HP Network Advisor 11.1.5.

Table 3 Supported operating systems

VersionsOperating system

Windows Server 2003 Std SP2 (x86 32-bit)Windows

Windows Server 2008 Std (x86 32-bit)

Windows XP Pro SP3 (x86 32-bit)

Windows 7 Professional (x86 32-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86 64-bit) Data Center, Standard and Enterprise Edition

RedHat AS 4.8 (x86 32-bit)Linux

RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Adv (x86 32-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, 11 (x86 32-bit)

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5 (x86 32-bit)

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Table 3 Supported operating systems (continued)

VersionsOperating system

VMware ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 with Guest VMs of:VMware

•Windows Server 2003 Std SP2 (x86 32-bit)

•Windows Server 2008 Std (x86 32-bit)

•Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86 64-bit) Data Center, Standard and Enterprise Edition

VMware ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 with Guest VMs of:

•RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Adv (x86 32-bit)

•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, 11 (x86 32-bit)

•Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5 (x86 32-bit)

Table 4 Supported Network Advisor features

Network Advisor EnterpriseNetwork Advisor

Professional Plus

Network Advisor

Professional

Feature

2441Number of fabrics

M-EOS, Fabric OS, MixedM-EOS, Fabric OS, MixedFabric OSType of fabric supported

9,000 (Fabric OS); 5,000

(M-EOS/Mixed)

2,5601,000Number of ports

YesYesYes4-Gb and 8-Gb Switches

YesYesYesDC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE

Blade/2408 FCoE Converged

Network Switch

YesYesYes1606 Extension SAN Switch

YesYesYes4/256 SAN Director

YesYesYesDC04 SAN Director Switch

YesYesYesSN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director

Switch

YesYesYesHBA Management (HCM)

YesYesYesVirtualization support

YesYesYesEncryption SAN

Switch/Encryption Blade

YesYesYesDC Director Switch MP

Extension Blade

YesYesYesReal time stats1

YesYesNoHistorical stats2

YesYesNoDBMS (ODBC & JDBC)

YesYesNoPartner software integration

YesYesNoRole Based Access Control

(RBAC)

YesNoNoFICON

YesNoNoDC SAN Backbone Director

YesNoNoSN8000B 8-Slot SAN

Backbone director

1Real-time stats for GE ports. FC ports, E-E Monitors, and TopTalkers

2Historical stats for FC ports and E-E Monitors

Installing Network Advisor

This section provides installation instructions for Microsoft Windows and Linux. The Network Advisor

Server runs as multiple services on Windows and multiple processes on Linux; they start automatically

after installation.

NOTE: All versions of DCFM (Data Center Fabric Manager) have entered EOL (End Of Life)

status. Any customers who want to upgrade from DCFM Professional Plus to HP B-series Network

Advisor Enterprise will need to upgrade their DCFM to Network Advisor (available at no charge

at hp.com), and then apply the Network Advisor Professional Plus Upgrade license, TC354A.

NOTE: Install the Network Advisor application on a dedicated machine that is not running any

other server applications, such as another database server.

Installing Network Advisor on Windows (Server)

1. Download and extract the zip archive.

2. Navigate to the Windows folder.

3. Execute install.exe.

4. Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation.

Installing Network Advisor on Linux (Server)

1. Download and extract the tar.gz archive.

2. Navigate to the Linux folder.

3. Execute Install.bin from the File Manager window.

4. Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation.

Launching the Network Advisor Client

To launch the Network Advisor Client on the same local machine as the Network Advisor Server:

For Windows:

1. Select Start > Programs > Network Advisor 11.1.x > Network Advisor 11.1.x.

The client can be launched using the Desktop icon.

2. At the Windows command prompt, go to the location <Install_location>/bin, and

enter dcmclient.

For Linux:

The client can be launched via Desktop icon.

Launch terminal, go to the location <Install_location>/bin, and enter sh dcmclient.

For Windows and Linux, follow the below steps on launching the client from a web browser.

Launching the Network Advisor client from a remote host

1. Open a browser window and enter the Network Advisor server hostname or IP address in the

Address field. For example:

http://NetworkAdvisorServerhost1.companyname.com/

http://192.x.y.z/

Migration and upgrades 9

2. If a Network Advisor web server port number was specified (instead of the default 80) when

the Network Advisor server was installed, you must specify the port number after the hostname

or IP address. In the following examples, 8080 is the web server port number:

http:// NetworkAdvisorServerhost1.companyname.com:8080/

http://192.x.y.z:8080/

The required Client Oracle JRE version is 1.6.0_24. For remote clients, client Oracle JRE must be

installed prior to establishing a server connection.

NOTE: For Linux, if a value less than 1,024 is provided for the database port, the Network

Advisor installer becomes unresponsive at the Initialize Database step of the Configuration

Wizard.

Important notes

Consider the following information before using Network Advisor 11.1.5.

•A correction has been made for the issue described in the next bullet, which is related to

manageability of servers running DCFM 10.4.0, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4 out of

application memory when managing HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director for several

weeks and resulting in recurring server restarts.

•DCFM 10.4.x cannot manage products running Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later. To manage those

products, upgrade the management application to Network Advisor 11.1.x before upgrading

the products to Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later.

•Host-based standalone SMI agents cannot manage products running Fabric OS 7.0.0a or

later. It requires use of the integrated SMI Agent with Network Advisor 11.1.x.

•While running diagnostic port test, selecting more than one port from the same switch or blade

and running a diagnosis on them simultaneously might result in failure. HP recommends that

you choose only one port at a time from any given switch or blade for running the diagnostic

port test.

•If a fabric has a large zone database or effective zone configuration (approximately 1 MB),

zoning report generation may fail.

•If IPv6 is enabled on the Fabric OS switch, along with the Network Advisor server host, IPv6

is the chosen mode of communication between server and switch.

•When migrating from the DCFM 10.4.x to Network Advisor 11.1.x, the corresponding DCFM

application service is expected to be up and running. The GUI message shown when the

DCFM server is not running prompts the user to start the Network Advisor service rather than

the DCFM application service.

•When any FC switch is upgraded from 6.4.x to 7.x.x firmware and downgraded again to

6.4.x, DCFM 10.4.x, servers will show a caution badge on switches and the discovery status

will not reflect the reason for this status.

•Firmware upgrades performed with Network Advisor on the HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE

Converged Network Switch are disruptive to I/O on the HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE

Converged Network Switch.

•SCOM Plug-in is non-functional. The SCOM (Microsoft's Systems Center Operation Manager)

plug-in that allows fabric inventory information collected by the management application to

be displayed on the Microsoft console is non-functional. The temporary workaround for this

issue follows:

NOTE: The following steps are based on a new installation of Network Advisor, but can be

modified accordingly for existing installations. Additionally, this procedure is based on using

the Brocade-branded SCOM plug-in.

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