HP 4400 HP B-series Fabric OS 6.4.1b Release Notes (5697-0886, March 2011-incl - Page 9

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Deprecated features • FAL API-Fabric OS 6.4.0 and later no longer includes FAL API support. Equivalent functionality is available through the following SMI-S agents: ◦ SMI-S 120.11.0 ◦ DCFM 10.4 Professional Plus and DCFM 10.4 Enterprise editions. Option to install only SMI-S without DCFM client capabilities is also supported. Optionally licensed software There were no new licenses introduced in Fabric OS 6.4.0. Optionally licensed features in Fabric OS 6.4.0 include the following: • Ports on Demand-Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports through a license key upgrade (applies to select switch models). • Extended Fabrics-Provides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distances. (Depending on the platform, the distance can be up to 3,000 km.) • ISL Trunking-Enables aggregation of multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. It also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on the products that support the Access Gateway deployment. • Advanced Performance Monitoring-Enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources. This license includes the Top Talkers feature. • High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as FC-IP Services)-For the HP StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade and 400 MP Router, this license key also includes the FC FastWrite (FCFW) feature and IPsec capabilities. • Accelerator for FICON license-Enables unique FICON emulation support for the IBM Global Mirror (formerly XRC) application (including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC XRC), as well as tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and tape backup/recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP Router and B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade. • Fabric Watch-Monitors mission-critical switch operations and includes Port Fencing capabilities. • FICON Management Server (also known as the control unit port [CUP])-Enables host control of switches in mainframe environments. • 16 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 16 link)-Provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two DC SAN Backbone Director chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8Gb ports. Each DC Backbone Director must have the ICL license installed in order to enable ICL connections (available on the DC Backbone Director only). • 8 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 8 link)-This license activates all 8 links on ICL ports on a DC04 SAN Director chassis for connection of two DC04 directors, or half of the ICL bandwidth for each ICL port on the DC SAN Backbone Director platform by enabling only 8 of the 16 links available. This allows users to purchase half the bandwidth of DC SAN Backbone Director ICL ports initially, and then upgrade with an additional 8-link license to utilize the full ICL bandwidth. This license is also useful for environments in which you want to create ICL connections between a DC SAN Backbone Director and a DC04 SAN Director. (The DC04 SAN Director can support only 8 links on an ICL port.) This license is available on the DC04 SAN Director and DC SAN Backbone Director platforms only. It replaces the original ICL license for the DC04 SAN Director and is new for the DC SAN Backbone Director. • Adaptive Networking-Ensures high-priority connections and obtains the network resources necessary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. The QoS SID/DID Deprecated features 9

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Deprecated features
•
FAL API
—Fabric OS 6.4.0 and later no longer includes FAL API support. Equivalent functionality
is available through the following SMI-S agents:
◦
SMI-S120.11.0
◦
DCFM 10.4 Professional Plus and DCFM 10.4 Enterprise editions. Option to install only
SMI-S without DCFM client capabilities is also supported.
Optionally licensed software
There were no new licenses introduced in Fabric OS 6.4.0. Optionally licensed features in Fabric
OS 6.4.0 include the following:
•
Ports on Demand
—Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional
ports through a license key upgrade (applies to select switch models).
•
Extended Fabrics
—Provides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth
over long distances. (Depending on the platform, the distance can be up to 3,000 km.)
•
ISL Trunking
—Enables aggregation of multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced
network performance and fault tolerance. It also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on
the products that support the Access Gateway deployment.
•
Advanced Performance Monitoring
—Enables performance monitoring of networked storage
resources. This license includes the Top Talkers feature.
•
High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC
(formerly known as FC-IP Services)—For the HP
StorageWorks B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade and 400 MP Router, this license key also
includes the FC FastWrite (FCFW) feature and IPsec capabilities.
•
Accelerator for FICON license
—Enables unique FICON emulation support for the IBM Global
Mirror (formerly XRC) application (including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC XRC), as
well as tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve
XRC and tape backup/recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP
Router and B-series Multiprotocol Router Blade.
•
Fabric Watch
—Monitors mission-critical switch operations and includes Port Fencing capabilities.
•
FICON Management Server
(also known as the control unit port [CUP])—Enables host control
of switches in mainframe environments.
•
16 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 16 link)
—Provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two
DC SAN Backbone Director chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8Gb ports. Each
DC Backbone Director must have the ICL license installed in order to enable ICL connections
(available on the DC Backbone Director only).
•
8 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 8 link)
—This license activates all 8 links on ICL ports on a DC04
SAN Director chassis for connection of two DC04 directors, or half of the ICL bandwidth for
each ICL port on the DC SAN Backbone Director platform by enabling only 8 of the 16 links
available. This allows users to purchase half the bandwidth of DC SAN Backbone Director
ICL ports initially, and then upgrade with an additional 8-link license to utilize the full ICL
bandwidth.
This license is also useful for environments in which you want to create ICL connections between
a DC SAN Backbone Director and a DC04 SAN Director. (The DC04 SAN Director can
support only 8 links on an ICL port.) This license is available on the DC04 SAN Director and
DC SAN Backbone Director platforms only. It replaces the original ICL license for the DC04
SAN Director and is new for the DC SAN Backbone Director.
•
Adaptive Networking
—Ensures high-priority connections and obtains the network resources
necessary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. The QoS SID/DID
Deprecated features
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