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1. Operating System 32 bit Versions Architecture Windows Windows 2008 Standard x86 Windows 7 Enterprise x86 Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 Adv x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 2 Adv x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 3 Adv x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 Migration and upgrades 9 Table 4 Supported operating systems 32 bit continued Operating System 32 bit Architecture Versions Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 1 x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 2 x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 3 x86 NOTE All the above Operating Systems are supported as Guest VMs on VMware ESXi 5 1 KVM RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 3 Adv and Microsoft Hyper V Hyper V Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Table 5 Virtual machine management supported versions Supported features Table 6 Supported Network Advisor features Virtual machine Versions ESX 4 0 41 ESXi 4 0 5 0 5 1 VCenter 4 0 4 1 5 0 5 1 Feature Network Advisor Network Advisor Network Advisor Enterprise Professional Professional Plus Number of fabrics 36 36 Type of fabric supported Fabric OS M EOS Fabric OS Mixed M EOS Fabric OS Mixed Number of ports 1 000 2 560 9 000 Fabric OS 5 000 M EOS Mixed 4 Gb 8 Gb and16 Gb Yes Yes Yes Switches DC SAN Director 10 24 FCoE Yes Yes Yes Blade 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch 1606 Extensio2. Select one of the following options to verify the SLP service is advertising the WBEM SLP template over its configured client protocol adapters e Enter gt slptool findattrs service wbem http IP Address Port and press Enter e Enter gt slptool findattrs service wbem https IP_Address Port and press Enter NOTE IP Address Port is the IP address and port number that display when you use the slptool findsrvs service wbem command Enumeration issue with HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch running on Fabric OS 6 3 x or earlier When Network Advisor manages an HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch running Fabric OS 6 3 x or earlier connected to an FDMI enabled CNA enumeration instance fails for the following classes Brocade EthernetPortLANEndPoint Brocade_EthernetAdminDomainHostedLanEndPoint Brocade_EndpointOfNetworkPipe Brocade_LANEndpoint Brocade_EthernetSwitchHostedLANEndPoint Brocade InEthernetlogicalNetwork Brocade_PlatformHostedLANEndPoint Instance class key property with special character Get instance operation fails if the key property value contains either a semicolon or a non printable character 20 FC port type value for imported HBAs Brocade topologyview AntecedentFCPortType property value corresponding to the imported HBA is shown as L_ Port Documentation Updates For the most recent Network Advisor documentation visit the following HP website http h18006 wwwl hp com roducts storag
3. 4 256 SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade FC 10 6 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade FS8 18 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP DC SAN Director 10 24 FCoE Blade FCoe 10 24 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade FX8 24 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP SAN Director 16 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 16 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP SAN Director 32 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 32 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP SAN Director 48 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 48 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP SAN Director 64 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 64 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP B series Multiprotocol Router Blade FR4 18i HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP 4 256 SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade FC10 6 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP DC Switch Encryption FC Blade FS8 18 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP DC SAN Director 10 24 FCoE Blade FCoe 10 24 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade FX8 24 HP DCO4 SAN Director Switch with HP SAN Director 64 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 64 HP SN8000B 4 Slot SAN Director Switch DCX8510 4 HP SN8000B 8 Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch DCX8510 8 HP SN80008 4 Slot SAN Director Switch DCX8510 4 and HP SN8000B 8 Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch DCX8510 8 with HP SN8000B 16Gb 32 port Fibre Channel Blade FC 16 32 HP SN80008 4
4. Slot SAN Director Switch DCX8510 4 and HP SN8000B 8 Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch DCX8510 8 with HP SN8000B 16Gb 48 port Fibre Channel Blade FC 16 48 HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch 6510 HP SN80008 4 Slot SAN Director Switch DCX8510 4 Sand HP SN8000B 8 Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch DCX8510 8 3 with HP SN8000B 8Gb 32 port Enhanced Fibre Channel Blade FC8 32E HP SN8000B 4 Slot SAN Director Switch DCX8510 4 Sand HP SN8000B 8 Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch DCX8510 8 with HP SN8000B 8Gb 48 port Enhanced Fibre Channel Blade FC8 48E 2 HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch 6505 HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb FC Switch 6520 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 7 1 x 7 2 x Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP cClass BladeSystem 4024 Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem cClass 5480 HP EVA4400 embedded switch module 8Gb Brocade 5410 Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem cClass 6548 5 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 R
5. tools To accept MD5 signatures edit the following text file On 32 bit Windows or Linux lt install dir gt jre lib security java security On 64 bit Windows or Linux lt install dir gt jre64 lib security java security Remove MD5 from the following line near the end of the file idk tls disabledAlgorithms MD5 DES 3DES RC2 The modified line should appear as idk tls disabledAlgorithms DES 3DES RC2 The change takes effect the next time the Network Advisor server is restarted Reset Ports operation in Logical switches dialog NOTE 1 Reset ports to default operation is applicable only when the ports are moved from one Logical Switch to another Logical Switch through the Right Arrow button i e from Chassis ports Tree Tree Table LHS to Logical Switches Device Tree RHS device tree It is not applicable when e Ports from a Logical switch are moved to default Logical Switch through Left Arrow button that is from Logical Switches Device Tree RHS to Chassis ports Tree Tree Table LHS e When a Logical switch is deleted its ports will not be reset to default before moving to Default Logical switch before its deletion Ports which are moved to the default logical switch can be reset to default if they are moved from Chassis ports Tree Tree Table LHS to Logical Switches Device Tree RHS device tree 2 Reset ports to default operation does not clear FCIP configurations in the following scenarios e In the HP 40
6. 0 Multi protocol Router switch and the HP Multi protocol Router Blade VE ports cannot be reset to default unless their corresponding GE ports are cleared of their FCIP configurations e Inthe HP 1606 SAN Extension switch and HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade GE ports cannot be reset to default unless their corresponding VE ports are cleared of their FCIP configurations Network Advisor Professional Plus and Enterprise Editions A 64 bit Operating System is required to run Network Advisor Professional Plus and Enterprise Editions McData Switches Starting with Network Advisor 12 0 0 McData switches are unsupported as seed switches or member switches Privilege names Privilege names are displayed in the Role Management dialog with SAN prefixes After migration from an older version new privilege names are displayed in the role Management dialog with these prefixes Startup time Network Advisor server startup and restart can take up to 10 or so minutes to complete Configuring SSL When configuring Network Advisor in SSL enable mode in the application configuration wizard ensure that both HTTP and HTTPS ports are free and available for Network Advisor Currently the application checks only if the HTTPS configured port is available and not the HTTP port Increase in number of client connections Starting with Network Advisor 12 0 0 the number of supported client connections has increased to 25 See the install
7. 00 HP SAN Switch 4 32B Brocade 5000 HP 8 8 8 24 SAN Switch Brocade 300 HP 8 40 SAN Switch Brocade 5100 HP 8 80 SAN Switch Brocade 5300 HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch Brocade 8000 Switch 2 64 Brocade 12000 HP 1606 SAN Extension Switch Brocade 7800 HP Encryption SAN Switch Brocade Encryption Switch HP 4 256 SAN Director Brocade 48000 with HP 4 256 SAN Director with 16 Port 4Gb Blade FC4 16 HP 4 256 SAN Director Brocade 48000 with HP 4 256 SAN Director 32 Port 4Gb Blade FC4 32 HP 4 256 SAN Director Brocade 48000 with HP 4 256 SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade FC4 48 HP 4 256 SAN Director Brocade 48000 with HP B series Multiprotocol Router Blade FR4 18i HP 4 256 SAN Director Brocade 48000 with HP 4 256 SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb Blade FC10 6 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP SAN Director 16 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 16 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP SAN Director 32 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 32 HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP SAN Director 48 port 8Gb FC Blade FC8 48 y Migration and upgrades 7 Table 2 Supported switches and firmware continued Supported switches and firmware Fabric OS 5 0 x 5 1 x 5 2 x 5 3 x 6 0 x 6 1 x 7 1 x 7 2 x 6 2 x 6 3 x 6 4 x 7 0 x Switch Director HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP B series Multiprotocol Router Blade FR4 18i HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch with HP
8. CFM 10 4 x running on the Solaris platform must first migrate to a supported operating system Once migration from the Solaris platform to either Linux or Windows is complete upgrade to Network Advisor 11 1 x and then upgrade to Network Advisor 12 0 0 12 0 3 and then upgrade to Network Advisor 12 1 5 Earlier versions of DCFM must first be upgraded to DCFM 10 4 x then upgraded to Network Advisor 11 1 x and then upgraded to Network Advisor 12 0 0 12 0 3 and then upgrade to Network Advisor 12 1 5 Upgrades from DCFM to Network Advisor 11 1 x do not require a new software license key Supported switches and firmware Table 1 page 7 and Table 2 page 8 list switches and firmware families supported with HP Network Advisor 12 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 I Supported switches and firmware Supported switches and firmware 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 7 1 x 7 2 x Switch Director HP 400 Multiprotocol Router Brocade 7500 HP 4 8 4 16 SAN Switch Brocade 200E HP SAN Switch 4 64 Brocade 49
9. HP B series Network Advisor Enterprise Professional Plus and Professional 12 1 5 Release Notes HP Part Number 5697 3234 Published March 2014 Edition 1 Copyright 2011 2014 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Contents Ke RE NE NR NN MN 5 ENN 5 Key feature enhancements introduced in Network Advisor 12 11 5 Key feature enhancements introduced in Network Advisor 121 2 5 Key feature enhancements introduced in Network Advisor 12 1 4 5 Migration and WOO EEE EE EE ee ne 5 Supported switches and me send add n e 6 Supported operating SEN dre out trt teess intl ei seit in 9 Supported EA iiis iiae coche EEEE EEE REEE EEr ETEA rA eutiedodnin lectus 10 Fs el gs k En Ph FAVS REE EEE ln 11 Installing Network Advisor on Windows Server 11 Installing Network Advisor on Linux Server 11 Launching the Network Advisor Clint dans 11 Launching the Network Advisor client from a remote host 12 Important 110 ERE ETE SEE RR ENN 12 Display of logical SMS sn one 14 Destination columns are blank for HP Encryption SAN Switch in top talkers dialog 14 SSL connections using certificates with MD5 signature 14 Reset Ports operation in Logical switches dialog 15 Network Advisor Professional Plus and Enterprise Editions 15 DAG Gi MIE RE da ee one num 15 Privilege NOM S SEE EEE SEE NE EEA 15 DIU D FINNS ESN 15 Contig ring Les 15 Incre
10. LX Discovery of the MLX router fails with PSQL exception On a 64 bit Virtual Machine VM users are unable to restore a backup created by the same version of Network Advisor running on a 32 bit VM Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 1 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 1 Host port mapping fails when there is a change in the initiator target property HP Network Advisor 12 1 3 fixes Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 1 Table 12 page 24 lists defects closed in the HP Network Advisor 12 1 3 release Migration and upgrades Table 12 HP Network Advisor 12 1 3 closed defects Closed defects summary Cloning of MAPS policy does not copy all the current rules to the New Policy Distribution of the MAPS All Fabrics policy does not complete and the dialog becomes unresponsive HP Network Advisor 12 1 4 fixes Table 13 page 24 lists defects closed in the HP Network Advisor 12 1 4 release Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 3 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 3 Table 13 HP Network Advisor 12 1 4 closed defects Closed defects summary Unable to select zone DB when trying to perform zone merge from drop down menu in Compare Merge dialog Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 FCIP compression ratios do not match between Network Advisor and CLI interface Duplicate IP addresses are shown for devices in the Topology display Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 Fixed in Network Ad
11. ade 804 8Gb FC HBA Emulex LPe1205 HP 8Gb FC HBA Qlogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA Software firmware Version HP SIM 6 2 71 HP VCEM 6 2 71 Onboard Administrator OA 2 41 or later VC E net module HP VC 8Gb 20 Port FC Module amp HP 3 15 VC 8Gb 24 Port FC Module For Network Advisor that has more than 30K instances 2 MB zones the CIMOM takes more memory to generate CIM instances If users perform Enumerate Instances or Enumerate Instances Names and the total size is more than 2 MB for all managed fabrics then a CIM_ERROR_FAILED status will be thrown because the Total Zone DB size is more than 2 MB For such configurations users need to use Association calls NOTE If the total zone DB is more than 1 MB or more than 10000 instances users should change the max jvm heap size to 2048 MB in order to access the data without failure in a 64 bit machine SMI alert indication BRCD60 is not sent out to SMI clients if Fabric OS switches are discovered but SNMP trap registration has failed Ensure that the Network Advisor server is successfully registered for traps on all switches If DCB switches are running Fabric OS 6 3 x VLAN ACL deployment through SMI A fails You must upgrade the DCB Fabric OS to 6 4 x 7 0 0a for VLAN ACL deployment support through the SMI Agent Indications delivery depends on SAN Size and SNMP registration The time to deliver the indication varies based on Network Advisor SAN size selected during instal
12. ase in number of clienhcGnne Cons sceciesesscasossvevecderedosesavsdueselelesoudeonndicedleanasvasesadebies 15 Connecting to the Cate oss sansa darccnincdonsiocecnendavsiszededvex nuncneyohvand oe dnunanudsieeas eemenesaupeoneee 16 Remote host connection to ODBC ananas 16 Linux Server Installation Issues 16 Patch installer troubleshooting iz aiveorinssccice devsertsannh sesam Gea 16 Go EE ER EEE REN SE 16 Support Saves may take a long time with large databases 16 Installation on Network Mounted Drives is not supported 16 Cli nt dre 16 Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager VCEM Support rrrrrrrrrrvrrrrnrrrrrnvnrnrrrrrrrrrnnrnnsrrsrrnnnnnn 16 DE Eg EEE NE EE EE 17 Indications delivery depends on SAN Size and SNMP registration 17 togging for CIMOM ORRE NE 17 Service Location Protocol SLP SUBbOrESS nas a Rand 17 slptool CA A ENING 7 cesses rt RE oven one 18 Frk SEGA 19 SLP on Windows SSN 20 Enumeration issue with HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch running on Fabric OS En EN NE TE 20 Instance class key property with special character rrrrrrrrrrrnrrvrrrrrrrrrrrnrrrrnrrrrrnnnnnrnrrrrrennn 20 FC port type value for imported HRA sco An ie 21 Documentation bee EE EDER oc 21 HP Network Advisor 12 0 0 REE 21 HP Network STN 22 HP Network Advisor 12 0 2 EN 22 HP Network Advisor 12 0 3 TRES a dm an nou 23 HP Network Advisor 1201 IN ne uae 23 HP Network Advisor 12 1 3 Tixes svaxs
13. ation guide for the details about this feature In addition to those details a change to the database memory setting is required The PostgreSQl s parameter shared_buffers memory allocation should be increased to 1024 MB This can be done by editing the lt installation_directory gt data databases postgresql conf file changing the shared_buffers parameter and then restarting the server To modify the shared buffers parameter change the following line Migration and upgrades 15 shared buffers 256MB To shared buffers 1024MB Connecting to the database In Linux 64 bit machines connecting to the database through Open office using ODBC does not work As a solution connect from the Windows ODBC Client to the 64 bit Linux machine where Network Advisor is running to view the Database tables Remote host connection to ODBC After migration to Network advisor 12 0 x remote host connections to an ODBC database are no longer supported If you want to connect from the remote host refer to the Configuring remote client access to the database section of the Installation and Migration Guide Linux Server Installation Issues e During installation on a Linux server if the user sets the password for the Network Advisor database starting with a installation of the application fails e When attempting to install Network Advisor on a Linux Server if the message Insert New Media is displayed the ulimit n 2000 command mu
14. eb tools Display of Logical switches If you create logical switches through the Logical Switch dialog box the logical switch displays under undiscovered Logical Switch in the existing Logical Switches Panel You must rediscover the newly created logical switch fabric by going to the discovery dialog and adding the IP address of the chassis using the add dialog Destination columns are blank for HP Encryption SAN Switch in top talkers dialog When the Top Talkers dialog box is launched for the HP Encryption SAN Switch the columns Destination Destination port and Destination switch port are sometimes empty SSL connections using certificates with MD5 signature To avoid potential security vulnerabilities Network Advisor versions 12 0 and later do not support SSL connections using certificates with MD5 signatures If Network Advisor is configured to use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with SAN switches and the SAN switch has a certificate installed that is signed with an MD5 algorithm discovery of the switch fails with the following pop up message Authentication failure during discovery operation 4002 The recommended solution is to replace the certificate on the network device with a certificate using the more secure SHA signature If that is not practical the Network Advisor server configuration can be changed to accept MD5 signatures Note that accepting MD5 signatures might result in warnings from network security scanning
15. electable in the Network Advisor Historical Data Collectors Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 Data migration fails from Network Advisor 11 3 0 to 12 0 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 The Power center dialog may not display the correct port information such as port name or status HP Network Advisor 12 0 3 fixes Table 10 page 23 lists the closed defects for this release Table 10 HP Network Advisor 12 0 3 closed defects Closed fixes summary False Offline Online events reported in Network Advisor due to ICMP processing Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 3 Client logins may fail following a migration to Network Advisor 12 0 2 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 3 Migration from Network Advisor 11 2 to 12 0 2 fails if default Event Actions are deleted before the migration NOTE HP does not support Network Advisor 11 2 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 3 Historical performance data is not migrated when upgrading to Network Advisor 12 0 1 or 12 0 2 from any prior 12 0 releases HP Network Advisor 12 1 1 fixes Table 11 page 23 lists the closed defects for this release Table 11 HP Network Advisor 12 1 1 closed defects Closed fixes summary Historical data is not collected and not visible for CPU Utilization Memory Utilization and System Uptime Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 3 Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 1 M
16. ement Manager from the Network Advisor client On a Windows server if Administrators only have access to a drive windows does not allow Postgres to create some required directories As a result migration from a previous version of Network Advisor to a newer supported version fails The following procedure is required to resolve the issue a Make sure that the previous version of Network Advisor is up and running b Right click on the drive where the new version of Network Advisor is intended to be installed For example D c Navigate to the Security tab gt Edit gt Add Add Authenticated Users and give full permission click Ok e Now install the new version of Network Advisor and start the migration progress Important notes Consider the following information before using Network Advisor 12 0 0 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 12 0 0 or later The supported AG limit for a 64 bit OS is a maximum of 200 AGs Network Advisor cannot manage an ESXi 5 0 host due to a VMware issue KB 2012672 SFCB CIMOM on ESXi 5 0 is incompatible with JRE 1 6 U29 and later Users are required to update to ESXi 5 0 update 1 or later to be able to manage the host in Network Advisor through the host adapter discovery If the following error message occurs Signature could not be validated during firmware do
17. equires Fabric OS 7 0 1 or later and Network Advisor 11 1 3 as a minimum version 14 Requires Fabric OS 7 1 0a or later and Network Advisor 12 0 0 as minimum version 15 Requires Fabric OS 7 1 0_blv and Network Advisor 12 0 2 as minimum version Supported operating systems Table 3 page 9 lists the operating systems that support HP Network Advisor 12 1 5 NOTE The minimum required system physical memory for running Network Advisor 12 1 5 server plus one local client is e Network Advisor Professional Edition 4 GB 32 bit OS 8 GB 64 bit OS e Network Advisor Professional Plus and Enterprise Editions supported on 64 bit OS only Small SAN fabric 8 GB o Any combination that includes a medium large SAN fabric 16 GB Table 3 Supported operating systems 64 bit Operating System 64 bit Versions Architecture Windows Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Enterprise Datacenter Windows Server 2012 Standard Datacenter Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 8 Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 Adv Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 2 Adv Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 3 Adv Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 1 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 2 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 3 NOTE Only Network Advisor Professional Edition is supported on 32 bit Operating Systems Network Advisor Professional Plus and Enterprise Editions require a 64 bit Operating System for installation Table 4 Supported operating systems 32 bit
18. er e Enter Management Application cimom bin slptool findattrs service wbem https IP Address Port and press Enter NOTE IP Address Port is the IP address and port number that display when you use the slptool findsrvs service wbem command Migration and upgrades 19 SLP on Windows systems This section describes how to verify the SLP daemon on Windows systems The following are SLP file locations SLP log Management Application cimom cfg slp log SLP daemon Management_Application cimom cfg slp conf the SLP daemon can be reconfigured by modifying this file SLP register Management Application cimom cfg slp reg Statically register an application that does not dynamically register with SLP using SLPAPIs by modifying this file For more information about these files read the comments contained in them or see http www openslp org doc html UsersGuide index html Verifying SLP service installation and operation on Windows systems 1 2 3 4 Launch the Server Management Console from the Start menu Click Start to start the SLP service Open a command window Enter cd c Management_Application cimom bin and press Enter to change to the directory where slpd bat is located Enter gt slptool findsrvs service service agent and press Enter to verify the SLP service is running as a Service Agent Enter gt slptool findsrvs service wbem and press Enter to verify the SLP service is advertising its WBEM services
19. eworks dc fabricmar index html Under Support select HP Support amp Documents and then select Manuals HP Network Advisor 12 0 0 fixes Table 7 page 21 lists the closed defects for this release Table 7 HP Network Advisor 12 0 0 closed defects Closed fixes summary Port numbers overlap when Link Information Visibility is enabled in the Options Dialog in L2 IP VLAN Topology for multiple connections and trunk connections Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Users are able to see the properties of a device through the static product group properties which has been removed from an AOR Workaround prior to upgrade Re login into the client Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Users are able to see imported loop devices in the topology even after removing them from the LSAN Zone Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Unable to disable MSTP on a port level for an MSTP non instance O Workaround prior to upgrade Use the element manager to perform the disable Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 The operation fails when users attempt to de register the key vault using CLI Workaround prior to upgrade Use double quotes around the label in CLI during deregistration Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 SAN discovery fails with an incorrect error message when users attempt to discover an SSLenabled switch without enabling the SSL option in Network Advisor Workaround prior to upgrade Enab
20. gh Network Advisor Network Advisor outputs a request for a Fabric Watch license on an HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch even though the license is already installed on the switch Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 After an upgrade to Network Advisor 12 0 2 from 11 1 4 users are unable to create SNMP trap filters with all the traps under RASLog Events Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 Table 14 HP Network Advisor 12 1 5 closed defects continued Closed defects summary Solution Transactions fail with the error CIM native error Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 No Transaction if zoning operations are done on the Fabric simultaneously by more than one SMI Agent When a filter is applied with virtual Switch IP address Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 chassis level events are not forwarded for the corresponding virtual switches The SNMP Filter blocks Chassis level information Migration from Network Advisor 12 0 2 to 12 1 4 is failing Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 when the db password contains a special character The migration is reported as successful but at the very end on the Start Server page either the window does not close when the Finish button is selected or an error message stating Migration Failure appears SNMP Traps are not received after the Network Advisor Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 server is restarted The Master log does not display SNMP traps The Zoning Wind
21. ion of the Fabric OS Administrator s Guide for details on updating certificates Receive Throughput measure is not updated in the Flow Vision dialog D port test fails for F ports with the result as nu11 in the report Migration and upgrades 13 e In Real Time performance graphs percentage utilization fluctuates between O to 100 if a single port is selected The workaround is to select more than one port while generating Real Time performance graphs e By default Network Advisor uses SNMPv3 to discover SAN products If required users can select the Manual option in Discovery dialog and choose SNMPv1 for discovery e A delay of 5 to 7 minutes is observed when Web Tools is launched on a system through Network Advisor or directly in a web browser where internet access is not available and the network does not returna destination unreachable message This issue occurs as Java tries to validate the SSL certificates with external CAs To avoid this issue occuring on such systems modify the following Java properties On Windows C Users AppData LocalLow Sun Java Deployment deployment properties On Linux home lt logged in user name gt java deployment deployment properties In the deployment properties file edit the below parameters and set them to false deployment security validation ocsp false deployment security validation crl false If these parameters are not present add them and save the file Then re launch W
22. lation If a large SAN size is selected indication delivery time is longer Provider classes may take more time to update the fabric changes if the switches managed in Network Advisor are not SNMP registered All the switches managed in Network Advisor should be SNMP registered to avoid the delay in indication delivery Logging for CIMOM The default logging level is INFO in the integrated Agent To change the logging level to DEBUG update the com brocade category value in the cimom 1og4 xm1 file located in the lt Installation Dir gt conf folder The log file size and number of log files can also be changed by modifying the file rolling appender parameters in this cimom log43j xm1 file Logging Level File size and Number of Log files can be changed by modifying the following fields Log Level File Size and Number of Files from Configuration Tool through the CIMOM tab Service Location Protocol SLP support The Management application SMI Agent uses Service Location Protocol SLP to allow applications to discover the existence location and configuration of WBEM services in enterprise networks Migration and upgrades 17 You do not need a WBEM client to use SLP discovery to find a WBEM Server that is SLP discovery might already know about the location and capabilities of the WBEM Server to which it wants to send its requests In such environments you do not need to start the SLP component of the Management application SMI Age
23. le 8 page 22 lists the closed defects for this release Table 8 HP Network Advisor 12 0 1 closed defects Closed fixes summary Users may be unable to manage an encryption switch or blade due to a memory leak in the switch blade An EE busy Operation failed error may be output Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 1 FCIP data collection fails for tunnels in a Historical graph Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 1 In the IP Discovery feature if NOS collection fails Network Advisor polls the NOS devices at short polling time intervals HP Network Advisor 12 0 2 fixes 22 Table 9 page 23 lists the closed defects for this release Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 1 Table 9 HP Network Advisor 12 0 2 closed defects Closed fixes summary RMON alerts for interface CRC errors are incorrectly interpreted by Network Advisor as CPU utilization The Network Advisor Historical Graph option dialog does not allow selection of start date for the previous year historical data The value set by the user reverts back to the current year Solution Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 Virtualization information is missing from the VDX switches in Network Advisor Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 The Network Advisor server log is filled with invalid credentials errors Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 2 Stacking ports are not s
24. le the SSL option in the Product Communication tab of the Options dialog of Network Advisor Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Customers are unable to install the HP Branded SCOM package Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 In the Port Optics dialog the table cannot be sorted by Tx Power or Rx Power columns Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 The local LIC client logs when client is launched through the SMI A configuration tool are not collected when the support save operation is triggered from the Server Console Workaround prior to upgrade Manually copy the client log file along with client supportsave which is generated at the time of LIC client launch Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Customizations made to columns in the Diagnostics Results Avg Round Trip Delay dialog of the L2 Traceroute dialog are not persisted Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 On Netlron MIX devices the L3 ACL value is shown as O in the port configuration dialog when the IPv6 access list is assigned to the ports Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Migration and upgrades 21 Table 7 HP Network Advisor 12 0 0 closed defects continued Closed fixes summary Cannot set port priority in excess of 240 for Serverlron ports when selected along with other non Serverlron IOS products Solution Workaround prior to upgrade Select Serverlron products only and not other non Serverlron IOS products to set the
25. m 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 Download and extract the tar gz archive Navigate to the Linux folder Execute Install bin from the File Manager window RWN gt 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 gt Programs gt Network Advisor 12 1 5 gt Network Advisor 12 1 5 The client can be launched using the Desktop icon 2 At the Windows command prompt go to the location lt Install_location gt bin and enter dcmclient For Linux The client can be launched via Desktop icon Launch terminal go to the location lt Install_location gt bin and enter sh demclient For Windows and Linux follow the steps below on launching the client from a web browser Migration and upgrades T Launching the Network Advisor client from a remote host il Open a browser window and enter the Network Advi
26. n SAN Switch Yes Yes Yes 4 256 SAN Director Yes Yes Yes DC04 SAN Director Switch Yes Yes Yes SN8000B 4 Slot SAN Director Yes Yes Yes Switch HBA Management HCM Yes Yes Yes Virtualization support Yes Yes Yes Encryption SAN Yes Yes Yes Switch Encryption Blade DC Director Switch MP Yes Yes Yes Extension Blade Real time stats Yes Yes Yes Historical stats No Yes Yes DBMS ODBC amp JDBC No Yes Yes Partner software integration No Yes Yes Table 6 Supported Network Advisor features continued Feature Network Advisor Network Advisor Network Advisor Enterprise Professional Professional Plus Role Based Access Control No Yes Yes RBAC FICON No No Yes DC SAN Backbone Director No No Yes SN8000B 8 Slot SAN No No Yes Backbone director Real time stats for GE ports FC ports E E Monitors and TopTalkers Historical 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 co
27. nt However in a dynamically changing enterprise network environment many WBEM clients might choose to use SLP discovery to find the location and capabilities of other WBEM Servers In such environments start the SLP component of the Management application SMI Agent to allow advertisement of its existence location and capabilities SLP installation is optional and you can configure it during Management application configuration Once installed SLP starts whenever the Management application SMI Agent starts Management SMI Agent SLP application support includes the following components e The slpd script which starts the slpd platform e The slpd program acts as a Service Agent SA A different slod binary executable file exists for UNIX and Windows systems e The slptool script which starts the slptool platform specitic program e The slptool program can be used to verify whether SLP is operating properly A different slptool exists for UNIX and Windows By default the Management application SMI Agent is configured to advertise itself as a Service Agent SA The advertised SLP template shows its location IP address and the WBEM Services it supports The default advertised WBEM services show the Management application SMI Agent which e Accepts WBEM requests over HTTP without SSL on TCP port 5988 e Accepts WBEM requests over HTTPS using SSL on TCP port 5989 slptool commands Use the following slptool commands to
28. ow displays incorrect FC addresses for Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 ports Users are unable to discover the Fabric because the WWN Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 5 for Access Gateway AG is incorrectly computed which causes device discovery to fail Effective date March 2014 Effective date 25
29. port priority above 240 Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 User documentation incorrectly states Large configurations are not supported on a 32 bit OS Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Changes to L2 links are not reflected when a profile based re discovery is performed Workaround prior to upgrade Perform a manual re discovery or wait until the next asset collection for an update to occur Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 The Network Advisor client hangs during logical switch configuration Workaround prior to upgrade Move the ports one slot at a time Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Network Advisor login through RADIUS requires two attempts Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 The Network Advisor client hangs for operations performed in the product tree and users are blocked to proceed until the client session is terminated manually Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 Periodic scheduled Network Advisor server backup is not working Workaround prior to upgrade Perform a manual backup Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 The master log description contains the word FICON even though it is a non FICON device Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 The active occupied VE ports are not shown in the main Network Advisor display Fixed in Network Advisor 12 0 0 An incorrect switch name appears in the properties tab for a given port HP Network Advisor 12 0 1 fixes Tab
30. senennvcavesancasnonsnineadeunventnensnce Veuadineevaubnimeddaaensvonanenanaunueas 23 Contents 3 4 HP Netwo HP Netwo Effective date Contents rk Advisor 12 1 4 pe LE R T PICINGWISOR V2 V9 IES ee Version 12 1 5 Description HP Network Advisor 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 1 and later releases HP Network Advisor offers enhancements to flexible SAN performance analysis as well as supporting updated platform firmware versions HP Network Advisor 12 1 5 is a software maintenance release based on HP Network Advisor 12 1 1 12 1 4 that include the same hardware support features and fixes supported in Network Advisor 12 1 112 1 4 plus additional fixes important to HP for 12 1 5 Key feature enhancements introduced in Network Advisor 12 1 e Fabric OS 7 2 0a support e Fabric Vision Enhancements with MAPS and Flow Vision configura
31. sor server hostname or IP address in the Address field For example http NetworkAdvisorServerhost 1 companyname com http 192 x y z 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 NetworkAdvisorServerhost l companyname com 8080 http 192 x y z 8080 The required Client Oracle JRE version is 1 7 0_25 For remote clients client Oracle JRE must be installed prior to establishing a server connection NOTE 1 Launching element manager applications within the Network Advisor Client is done using Java Web Start technology This requires the web browser of the local system to be able to run Java web start applications This setting might be turned off due to recent Java zero day vulnerabilities To turn on Java content in the browser a Launch the Java Control Panel see http java com en download help win controlpanel xml to locate the Java Control Panel application on Windows In the Java Control Panel click Security c Select the check box for Enable Java content in the browser This enables the Java plug in in the browser d Click Apply When the Windows User Account Control UAC dialog appears allow permissions to make the changes Click OK in the Java Plug in confirmation window e Launch the El
32. st be executed from a terminal Patch installer troubleshooting The patch installer may not launch if UAC is enabled on a Windows 7 8 2008 2008 R2 2012 Editions Users must first disable the UAC using the procedure provided in the troubleshooting section of the Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual 12 0 0 and then launch the patch installer Call home Network Advisor 12 0 0 and later do not support Brocade domestic and international call home centers Support Saves may take a long time with large databases As databases grow larger from Event sFlow and Performance Collector data the support save operation may take a long time to run Larger databases promote longer support save operations Make sure you have a minimum of 20 GB disk space for support save and backup operations Installation on Network Mounted Drives is not supported Installation onto a windows network mounted drive is not supported but installation if attempted is allowed and DB fails to start Client disconnects Under heavy server load or degraded network links there is a potential for the Network Advisor client to disconnect from the server The workaround is to restart the client Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager VCEM Support Below is the list of supported and tested configuration components Hardware Model Enclosure HP BladeSystem c3000 or c7000 SMI Agent Servers Proliant BL465c G7 Proliant BL460c G6 HBA Broc
33. the IP address and port number that display when you use the slptool findsrvs service wbem command SLP on UNIX systems This section describes how to verify the SLP daemon on UNIX systems The following are SLP file locations on UNIX systems e SLP log Management Application cimom cfg slp log e SLP daemon Management Application cimom cfg slp conf The SLP daemon can be reconfigured by modifying SLP register Management Application cimom cfg slp reg You can statically register an application that does not dynamically register with SLP using SLPAPIs by modifying this file For more information about these files read the comments contained in them or see http www openslp org doc html UsersGuide index html Verifying SLP service installation and operation on UNIX systems 1 Open a command window 2 Enter su root and press Enter to become the root user 3 Enter Management Application cimom bin slptool findsrvs service service agent and press Enter to verify the SLP service is running as a Service Agent SA 4 Enter lt Management Application gt cimom bin slptool findsrvs service wbem and press Enter to verify the SLP service is advertising its WBEM services 5 Select one of the following options to verify the SLP service is advertising the WBEM SLP template over its configured client protocol adapters e Enter Management Application cimom bin slptool findattrs service wbem http IP Address Port and press Ent
34. tion and dashboard support Key feature enhancements introduced in Network Advisor 12 1 2 Real Time graphing support for Flow Vision Key feature enhancements introduced in Network Advisor 12 1 4 e Historical Graph and Historical Report for GIGE ports e FEC measures support in Performance Graphs e Flow Vision Frame size support e vCops SMI Enhancements e SCOM events enhancements e D port support e Pagination support in Zoning dialog Migration and upgrades Network Advisor 11 3 0 12 0 X 12 0 0 12 0 3 and 12 1 X 12 1 112 1 4 running on the Linux and Windows operating systems can be upgraded to Network Advisor 12 1 5 NOTE Migrations to Network Advisor 12 1 5 from earlier versions require an earlier version of Network Advisor to be installed and running Partial and Network path Migrations to Network Advisor 12 1 5 are not supported from prior versions See the Application Configuration chapter in the Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual 12 0 0 for the configuration backup procedure and the Data Migration chapter in the Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 12 0 0 for details about migration DCFM 10 4 x running on the Linux and Windows operating systems can be upgraded to Network Advisor 11 1 x 11 1 0 11 1 5 first and then upgraded to Network Advisor 12 0 0 12 0 3 Version 5 and then upgrade to Network Advisor 12 1 5 Network Advisor is not supported on the Solaris platform D
35. to verify access to the drive on which the installation is performed If user Administrator has access only to the drive the required permissions should also be provided to the Authenticated Users and then continue with the installation On devices running Fabric OS 7 1 or earlier which do not support firmware download via FTP users get a false notification that the firmware download is successful when trying to download firmware using FTP For such devices SCP must be used to download firmware using Network Advisor When the active and defined zone sets have identical zones which differ only by the case of their names users will be alerted that the active zone set is different from the defined configuration in the zone database The workaround is to edit the identical zone names for such zones in the defined set so that after modification both zone names are identical in active and defined zone sets After upgrading to Network Advisor 12 x from 11 x SSLbased product communication fails if the devices have weak authentication certificates Users can see a 4002 error on attempting to discover such devices Devices discovered prior to migration will not be manageable in Network Advisor after migration Java 1 7 used by Network Advisor 12 x disables the use of certificates with weak authentication The certificates on such devices need to be updated to be compliant with JRE 1 7 See the Secure Sockets Layer protocol sect
36. verify whether the SLP is operating properly e slptool findsrvs service service agent Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly running as a Service Agent SA Example output service service agent 127 0 0 1 65535 e slptool findsrvs service wbem Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly advertising its WBEM services Example outputs service wbem https 10 0 1 3 5989 65535 9 service wbem http 10 0 1 3 5988 65535 This output shows the following functionalities of the Management application SMI Agent e lt accepts WBEM requests over HTTP using SSL on TCP port 5989 e lt accepts WBEM requests over HTTP without SSL on TCP port 5988 slptool findattrs service wbem http IP Address Port Use this command to verify that Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly advertising its WBEM SLP template over the HTTP protocol Example input slptool findattrs service wbem http 10 0 1 2 5988 NOTE IP Address Port is the IP address and port number that display when you use the slptool findsrvs service wbem command slptool findattrs service wbem https IP Address Port Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly advertising its WBEM SLP template over the HTTPS protocol Example input slptool findattrs service wbem https 10 0 1 2 5989 NOTE IP Address Port is
37. visor 12 1 4 After migration user is unable to log into the Network Advisor client using LDAP credentials Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 NPIV Port details are not shown in the Virtual Connect Properties dialog and users are not able to perform zoning Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 ConnectivityMemberType is incorrectly displayed for storage with a single port of the same WWN Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 After historical data collectors are disabled custom dashboard widgets for sFlow cannot be removed The widget remains and the database continues to grow Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 Users are unable to load download firmware to Fabric OS switches using an external SCP server Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 SMI Agent shows a remote code execution vulnerability in a Nessus scan report Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 The old Host Name is retained after a restore operation Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 When the SNMP user ID has Network Advisor fails to register as an SNMP Trap recipient and users will be unable to view the PM statistics HP Network Advisor 12 1 5 fixes 24 Table 14 page 24 lists defects closed in the HP Network Advisor 12 1 5 release Fixed in Network Advisor 12 1 4 Table 14 HP Network Advisor 12 1 5 closed defects Closed defects summary Fabric watch configurations cannot be done on the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch throu
38. wnload or technical support data collection using SCP SFTP it could be due to a mismatch in the signature key used in the ssh handshake between the switch and SCP SFTP server Execute the following CLI command as a work around to this issue For Fabric OS devices sw0 FID128 admin gt sshutil delknownhost IP Address Hostname to be deleted lt IP Address of SSH server to be deleted gt o Firmware version 2 1 1b IP Address Hostname to be deleted sw0 execute script sshdeleteknownhost IP Address Hostname to be deleted lt IP Address of SSH server to be deleted gt If the above CLI commands do not work go to Server gt Options gt Software Configuration gt FTP SFTP SCP and uncheck the SCP SFTP option The Encryption Smart Card Driver is supported only for 32 bit Linux It is not supported on 64 bit Linux Firmware Download operation on Fabric OS switches fails via SCP SFTP when trying to upgrade from Fabric OS 6 3 2b to 6 4 2b4 The workaround is to use the FTP option in Network Advisor to perform the firmware download operation Firmware Download operation on Fabric OS switches fails when trying to upgrade from Fabric OS 6 4 2a to 7 0 2c The workaround is to use CLI for this operation Trying to move 200 ports to a Logical Switch with the Reset to Default option selected results in an operation time out During installation if Network Advisor database initialization fails on the Windows Operating System users need
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