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Release Notes for Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage
Router, Release 3.5.1
March 5, 2004
These release notes support Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router software release 3.5.1.
For a list of software caveats that apply to Release 3.5.1, see the “Caveats” section. The caveats are
updated for every maintenance release and are located on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Contents
These release notes describe the following topics:
• Introduction, page 2
• System Requirements, page 4
• Installation Notes, page
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Introduction The Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router provides universal access to storage over IP networks. The storage router software controls the operation of the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router. You can configure the software to provide the following types of access to storage over IP networks: • SCSI routing only • Transparent SCSI routing only • FCIP only • SCSI routing and FCIP • Transparent SCSI routing and FCIP SCSI routing provides IP hosts with access to Fibre Channel (FC) storage devices,
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Figure 3 FCIP FC hosts and FC hosts and storage devices storage devices SN 5428-2 SN 5428-2 SAN IP SAN The SN 5428-2s connect SANs by tunneling though the IP network In addition to providing services for accessing storage over IP networks, the SN 5428-2 Storage Router software provides the following services: • VLAN Access Control—provides IP access control to storage based on a VLAN identifier (VID) number (in addition to access control through access lists) • Authentication—provides iSCSI, Ena
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• LUN Trespass feature—provides a LUN failover feature for selected storage arrays that operate on the active/passive port model. When enabled, the trespass feature provides a redundant path from the storage router to the storage array by allowing the storage router to detect a path failure to a storage array port and perform the necessary operations to fail LUNs over to the other port on the storage array without using any multi-path software. See the “LUN Trespass Feature” section on page 6 fo
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Graphical User Interface The SN 5428-2 Storage Router web-based GUI officially supports the following browsers. The browser must be enabled to support JavaScript and style sheets. Browser Platform Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 with service pack 2, or later Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000 Note To use the HTTP Put File function to update software, you must use Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later Netscape Navigator version 4.76 Linux Netscape Navigator versio
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LUN Trespass Feature The SN 5428-2 LUN trespass feature provides LUN failover capability for selected storage arrays that operate on the active/passive port model.The trespass feature has been tested with the following storage arrays: • EMC Clarion 4500/4700 • EMC Clarion Cx400 • HP MSA1000, with firmware version 4.24 Installation Notes This section describes how to obtain updated SN 5428-2 software and upgrade an existing SN 5428-2 software installation, and includes the following information:
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Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version To determine the version of SN 5428-2 software running on the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router, establish a Telnet or console port session with the storage router, and enter the CLI show version command. (See Example 1.) The Application field displays the version of software currently running on the storage router. The System Bootstrap field displays the software version that will run the next time the storage router is restarted. You can also check the v
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Step 6 At Select next boot version, select the new software version. If you have made configuration changes to the storage router that have not been saved, click the Save unsaved changes? checkbox to save any configuration changes that have been made but not saved to the storage router’s bootable configuration Step 7 Click Reset System. Step 8 After the storage router has rebooted, verify that it is running the new software. (See the “Determining the SN 5428-2 Software Version” section on page 7
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Command Description Step 6 show version Verify that the SN 5428-2 Storage Router is now running the correct software. Step 7 delete software version 3.5.1 (Optional) Remove the updated software from the SN 5428-2 Storage Router. To return to a previous SN 5428-2 software release and remove the updated SN 5428-2 software using the SN 5428-2 web-based GUI, follow these instructions: Step 1 In the web-based GUI, log in as “admin”. To access the GUI, enter the URL for the SN 5428-2 by pointing your
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New CLI Commands • clear debug: Removes an iSCSI trace capture from system memory. • debug iscsitrace default: Sets the default iSCSI trace parameters. • debug scsirouter target iscsitrace: Enables trace facilities for debugging iSCSI connections on a per-target basis. • show debug iscsitrace defaults: Displays the default PDU and trace buffer size to be used for iSCSI tracing. • slp enable: Enables Service Location Protocol (SLP) service on the storage router. Modified CLI Commands • fcip desti
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Note If you have an account with Cisco.com, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of any severity for any release. You can reach Bug Navigator II on Cisco.com at Service & Support: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. Open Caveats The caveats listed in this section are open in SN 5428-2 software release 3.5.1. SCSI • CSCin43529 Compaq SecurePath Manager software does not work with iSCSI and an MSA1000. This configuration is not currently supported. Workaround: N
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Hardware Documents Refer to the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Hardware Installation Guide for hardware installation procedures. This document is available as an electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM. Software Documents Refer to the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide Release 3.5, for configuration information and procedures. This document is available as an electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM. Refer to the Cisco SN 5400 S
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Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, log in to Cisco.com. Click Technical Support, and select Hardware Support from the menu. Step 2 At the Hardware Support web page, click Storage Networking Devices from the Hardware Support menu on the left side of the page. Step 3 At the Storage Networking Devices web page, click the appropriate link for your system. For example, click the SN 5428-2 Storage Routers link. Step 4 Click the Troubleshooting link, and then click the appropriate links for information ab
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• Training—Cisco offers world-class networking training. Current offerings in network training are listed at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/index.html This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the “Related Documentation” section. Copyright © 2004 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA on recycled paper containing 10% postconsumer waste. Release Notes for Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router, Release 3.5.1 16 OL-5241-02
