HP StorageWorks 1606 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.0 release notes (5697-0358, - Page 4

New features, Layer 2 Ethernet enhancements for 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director

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• Adaptive Networking enhancements • Bottleneck detection for F_Ports (does not require Adaptive Networking license) • QoS support for D,I zone definitions and WWN zone definitions • Access Gateway enhancements • Adaptive Networking license supported on switches running in Access Gateway (AG) mode • APC Auto Rebalancing support for port groups; optional login balancing for individual port groups • Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when new N_Ports are detected • Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when fewer F_Ports are detected • Optional support for persistent ALPA assignment • APC auto detection of connection to M-series switch as N_Port connection • Encryption platform enhancements • System card support • Quorum card support for multi-admin-based authorization of sensitive operations • HP tape encryption support • Support for multipath through a single encryption engine (EE) • Support for host clustering applications and VMware ESX Server • Key vault credentials support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM) • HA clustered key vault support for HP SKM • FICON enhancements: Blade-based port swaps • Native connectivity enhancements • Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn 239 DID Open Fabric Mode fabrics • Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn/c fabrics using nondefault DID base offset in McDATA or Open Fabric Mode • Layer 2 Ethernet enhancements for 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade • 802.1x • FIP VLAN discovery • Miscellaneous • Persistent WWN-based PID assignment • Fabric Watch support for CPU and memory utilization • Support for additional 3-chassis ICL connection topologies • Support for new 8-link (half-bandwidth) ICL license on DC SAN Backbone Director • Audit logs for additional CLI and Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) security configuration events • Last 256 audit entries retained on the switch or control processor (CP) for viewing or clearing • Port Mirroring support with Virtual Fabrics and embedded switch platforms • Support for SNMP informs New features This section describes new features introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.0. 4

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Adaptive Networking enhancements
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Bottleneck detection for F_Ports (does not require Adaptive Networking license)
•
QoS support for D,I zone definitions and WWN zone definitions
•
Access Gateway enhancements
•
Adaptive Networking license supported on switches running in Access Gateway (AG) mode
•
APC Auto Rebalancing support for port groups; optional login balancing for individual port
groups
•
Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when new N_Ports are detected
•
Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when fewer F_Ports are detected
•
Optional support for persistent ALPA assignment
•
APC auto detection of connection to M-series switch as N_Port connection
•
Encryption platform enhancements
•
System card support
•
Quorum card support for multi-admin-based authorization of sensitive operations
•
HP tape encryption support
•
Support for multipath through a single encryption engine (EE)
•
Support for host clustering applications and VMware ESX Server
•
Key vault credentials support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)
•
HA clustered key vault support for HP SKM
•
FICON enhancements
: Blade-based port swaps
•
Native connectivity enhancements
•
Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn 239 DID Open Fabric Mode fabrics
•
Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn/c fabrics using nondefault DID base offset in McDATA or
Open Fabric Mode
•
Layer 2 Ethernet enhancements for 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director
Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
•
802.1x
•
FIP VLAN discovery
•
Miscellaneous
•
Persistent WWN-based PID assignment
•
Fabric Watch support for CPU and memory utilization
•
Support for additional 3-chassis ICL connection topologies
•
Support for new 8-link (half-bandwidth) ICL license on DC SAN Backbone Director
•
Audit logs for additional CLI and Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) security configuration
events
•
Last 256 audit entries retained on the switch or control processor (CP) for viewing or clearing
•
Port Mirroring support with Virtual Fabrics and embedded switch platforms
•
Support for SNMP informs
New features
This section describes new features introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.0.
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