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New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a) Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc.com. • Smart Call Home Enhancement, page 33 • F port Trunking and F port Channeling with NPV, page 33 • Port Owner, page 33 • Port Guard, page 34 • Cisco Data Mobility Manager Enhancements, page 34 - Cisco Data Mobility Manager Method 3, page 34 - Support for DMM on the MDS 9222i Switch, page 34 • Cisco Storage Media Encryption Enhancements, page 34 - Media Key Auto-replication, page 34 - High Availability KMC, page 35 • Cisco Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3a) New Features, page 35 - Web Client Real-time Performance Charts, page 35 - Zone Database Backup Enhancements, page 35 - Find in table Command, page 35 - Tools Menu Reorganization, page 35 - Flow Wizard List Filtering, page 35 - Fabric Manager Installer Changes, page 35 Smart Call Home Enhancement MDS 9000 Family switches previously required an e-mail gateway to send notifications. Starting from Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a), MDS switches are capable of sending notifications via https. F port Trunking and F port Channeling with NPV Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a) introduces F port trunking and F port channeling. These features are already available for E ports and are now available for F ports connected to NP ports on a switch where N port virtualization (NPV) is enabled. F port trunking allows multiple VSANs on a single uplink in NPV mode. Each physical blade server behind the NPV port can belong to a separate VSAN. Without F port trunking, the number of VSANs is limited to the number of physical uplink ports. Using F port channeling with NPV, customers can take a group of F ports connected to NP ports on the NPV switch and group them as a single logical port. The feature provides both higher aggregate bandwidth for the NP link and greater resiliency. It also reduces the need for link reconfiguration triggered by broken links, failed ports, or module maintenance. Channeling is supported between NPV and core switches. Port Owner The port owner feature is intended for environments where there is more than one administrator. Port owner allows an administrator to mark some ports so that they appear as reserved in Device Manager. This feature can be used by one administrator to signal to another administrator that certain ports have been reserved. OL-17675-05 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a) 33

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a)
OL-17675-05
New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a)
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Smart Call Home Enhancement, page 33
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F port Trunking and F port Channeling with NPV, page 33
•
Port Owner, page 33
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Port Guard, page 34
•
Cisco Data Mobility Manager Enhancements, page 34
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Cisco Data Mobility Manager Method 3, page 34
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Support for DMM on the MDS 9222i Switch, page 34
•
Cisco Storage Media Encryption Enhancements, page 34
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Media Key Auto-replication, page 34
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High Availability KMC, page 35
•
Cisco Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3a) New Features, page 35
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Web Client Real-time Performance Charts, page 35
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Zone Database Backup Enhancements, page 35
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Find in table Command, page 35
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Tools Menu Reorganization, page 35
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Flow Wizard List Filtering, page 35
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Fabric Manager Installer Changes, page 35
Smart Call Home Enhancement
MDS 9000 Family switches previously required an e-mail gateway to send notifications. Starting from
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a), MDS switches are capable of sending notifications via https.
F port Trunking and F port Channeling with NPV
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a) introduces F port trunking and F port channeling. These features are
already available for E ports and are now available for F ports connected to NP ports on a switch where
N port virtualization (NPV) is enabled. F port trunking allows multiple VSANs on a single uplink in
NPV mode. Each physical blade server behind the NPV port can belong to a separate VSAN. Without F
port trunking, the number of VSANs is limited to the number of physical uplink ports.
Using F port channeling with NPV, customers can take a group of F ports connected to NP ports on the
NPV switch and group them as a single logical port. The feature provides both higher aggregate
bandwidth for the NP link and greater resiliency. It also reduces the need for link reconfiguration
triggered by broken links, failed ports, or module maintenance. Channeling is supported between NPV
and core switches.
Port Owner
The port owner feature is intended for environments where there is more than one administrator. Port
owner allows an administrator to mark some ports so that they appear as reserved in Device Manager.
This feature can be used by one administrator to signal to another administrator that certain ports have
been reserved.