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New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco Data Mobility Manager Enhancements Cisco Data Mobility Manger (DMM) is a SAN-based, intelligent fabric application offering data migration between heterogeneous disk arrays. Cisco DMM offers rate-adjusted online migration to enable applications to continue uninterrupted while data migration is in progress. Beginning with NX-0S Release 4.1(1b), the Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager (DMM) application is supported on the Cisco MSM-18/4 Port Multiservice Module. DMM is supported on the following cluster configurations: • Oracle RAC • VCS (Veritas) • MSCS (Microsoft) Cisco Storage Media Encryption Enhancements Beginning in NX-OS Release 4.1(1b), SME key management and provisioning are decoupled enabling the KMC to be installed on a separate server from Fabric Manager Server (FMS). In addition, new roles are available to allow separate administration privileges. The new roles enable key management to be handled by a security group instead rather than the SAN administrators. The new Cisco SME roles are as follows: • SME Storage Administrators can configure tape backup groups and add or delete tape devices. • SME Key Administrators can archive, purge, export, and import keys. In environments with multiple data centers, the KMC can be located and administered centrally in a primary data center while SME provisioning and SAN management can be performed locally in other data centers. Decoupling key management from Cisco SME provisioning also provides the following benefits: • Enables the KMC to be hardened by closing all ports except those used for Java remote method Invocation (RMI), and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Many other ports are used on a typical FMS installation. • Reduces the inter-database traffic required to maintain a high-availability clustered database. • Improves KMC scalability for multiple SME clusters because fabric discovery is not needed for key management. However, fabric discovery is needed for SME provisioning. Switch Interoperability with Brocade 5.x and McData 9.07 Cisco NX-OS software supports interoperability between Brocade 5.x and McData 9.07. OL-17675-02 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) 37

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b)
OL-17675-02
New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b)
Cisco Data Mobility Manager Enhancements
Cisco Data Mobility Manger (DMM) is a SAN-based, intelligent fabric application offering data
migration between heterogeneous disk arrays. Cisco DMM offers rate-adjusted online migration to
enable applications to continue uninterrupted while data migration is in progress.
Beginning with NX-0S Release 4.1(1b), the Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager (DMM) application is
supported on the Cisco MSM-18/4 Port Multiservice Module. DMM is supported on the following
cluster configurations:
•
Oracle RAC
•
VCS (Veritas)
•
MSCS (Microsoft)
Cisco Storage Media Encryption Enhancements
Beginning in NX-OS Release 4.1(1b), SME key management and provisioning are decoupled enabling
the KMC to be installed on a separate server from Fabric Manager Server (FMS). In addition, new roles
are available to allow separate administration privileges. The new roles enable key management to be
handled by a security group instead rather than the SAN administrators. The new Cisco SME roles are
as follows:
•
SME Storage Administrators can configure tape backup groups and add or delete tape devices.
•
SME Key Administrators can archive, purge, export, and import keys.
In environments with multiple data centers, the KMC can be located and administered centrally in a
primary data center while SME provisioning and SAN management can be performed locally in other
data centers. Decoupling key management from Cisco SME provisioning also provides the following
benefits:
•
Enables the KMC to be hardened by closing all ports except those used for Java remote method
Invocation (RMI), and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Many other ports are used on a typical FMS
installation.
•
Reduces the inter-database traffic required to maintain a high-availability clustered database.
•
Improves KMC scalability for multiple SME clusters because fabric discovery is not needed for key
management. However, fabric discovery is needed for SME provisioning.
Switch Interoperability with Brocade 5.x and McData 9.07
Cisco NX-OS software supports interoperability between Brocade 5.x and McData 9.07.