HP StorageWorks 1606 HP StorageWorks FOS 6.3.0b Release Notes (5697-0360, Apri - Page 4

Audit logs for additional CLI and Data Center Fabric Manager DCFM security configuration

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• Automatic Port Configuration (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 Arbitrated Loop Physical Access (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) • High availability (HA) clustered key vault support for HP SKM • FICON enhancements: Blade-based port swaps NOTE: For information about specific versions of FOS support for FICON, see the B-series FICON Connectivity Stream. • 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 • FIP 1 support was introduced with FOS 6.3.0b (FC-BB5 FIP V2.0.0) • 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 4

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Automatic Port Configuration (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 Arbitrated Loop Physical Access (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)
High availability (HA) clustered key vault support for HP SKM
FICON enhancements
: Blade-based port swaps
NOTE:
For information about specific versions of FOS support for FICON, see the B-series FICON
Connectivity Stream.
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
FIP 1 support was introduced with FOS 6.3.0b (FC-BB5 FIP V2.0.0)
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
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