Access Gateway; Port Mirroring - HP 4400 Release Note

Access gateway

When in Access Gateway (AG) mode, the Automatic Port Configuration policy may not work when
attached to M-EOS switches. M-EOS ports should be set to G_Port to prevent problems with port
type discovery.
FCS Automatic Distribution
When using the FCS Automatic Distribution feature in Fabric OS 6.0 or later, all switches in
the fabric must be running Fabric OS 6.0 or later. If any switches are running Fabric OS 5.x
or earlier, only manual distribution can be used.
Fabric OS 6.0 or later allows FCS Automatic Distribution only when in strict mode, requiring
only switches with Fabric OS 6.0 or later.
FIPS
FIPS mode should not be enabled on the 4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switches. If FIPS is enabled, the 4/8
and 4/16 SAN Switches will not boot.
LDAP
When using LDAP, downgrades from Fabric OS 6.2.x to earlier releases requires user intervention.
Authentication must be set to local and back to LDAP in order to continue using LDAP authentication.
FCAP
Due to limitations with the certificates, FCAP authentication cannot be supported on user-defined
logical switches. FCAP will continue to function with existing certificates for non-VF and the
default logical switch of VF enabled switches. Note that authutil is not restricted from other
logical switches at this time, and it can still be enabled on unsupported LS.
The pkicert (1.06) utility can cause evm errors. Therefore, each new switch should be isolated
from the fabric in non-VF mode to install new certificates.
For FIPS mode, certificates must be installed before FIPS activation.
FICON
For the DC SAN Backbone Director, FICON CUP is not allowed with a 48-port blade in the Default
Logical Switch. All ports on a 48–port blade must be assigned to a user-defined Logical Switch to
use them in a FICON CUP enabled switch.
FL_Port (loop) support
The 8-Gb 48 port FC blade now supports the attachment of loop devices in the DC SAN and
DC04 Directors.
VF must be enabled on the chassis, and loop devices can be attached only to ports on a
48-port blade assigned to a non-default logical switch operating with the default 10-bit
addressing mode. (Loop devices may not be in the default Logical Switch.)
A maximum of 144 ports can be used for connectivity to loop devices in a single logical switch
in a chassis.
Loop devices are supported when attached to ports on the 8-Gb and 4-Gb 16- and 32-port
FC blades, with no new restrictions.

Port Mirroring

On the 8/80 SAN Switch, the Port Mirroring feature has a limitation where all port mirror
resources must remain in the same ASIC port group. The resources are the configure mirror
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