HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.2.0a Release Notes (569 - Page 3

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Version Fabric Manager 5.2.0a Description Fabric Manager is a powerful application that manages multiple B-Series switches and fabrics in real time. In particular, Fabric Manager provides the essential functions for configuring, monitoring, dynamically provisioning, and managing B-Series Fibre Channel switch fabrics. Through its single-point SAN management platform, Fabric Manager facilitates the integration and execution of management tasks across multiple fabrics-thereby lowering the overall cost of SAN ownership. As a result, it provides a flexible and powerful tool, optimized to provide organizations with rapid access to critical SAN information. Fabric Manager is tightly integrated with other SAN management products, such as Brocade Web Tools and Fabric Watch. Organizations can also use Fabric Manager in conjunction with other leading SAN and storage resource management applications as the drill-down element manager for a single B-Series or multiple B-Series fabrics. These release notes contain information about installing, operating, and maintaining the HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.2.0a application. Update recommendation HP strongly recommends that users upgrade to Fabric Manager 5.2.0a as soon as possible. Supersedes history This version supersedes Fabric Manager version 5.2.0. Effective date February 2007 Language English Devices supported For the latest supported devices, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide, available at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html. Fabric Manager 5.2.0a 3

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Version
Fabric Manager 5.2.0a
Description
Fabric Manager is a powerful application that manages multiple B-Series switches and fabrics in
real time. In particular, Fabric Manager provides the essential functions for configuring, monitoring,
dynamically provisioning, and managing B-Series Fibre Channel switch fabrics.
Through its single-point SAN management platform, Fabric Manager facilitates the integration and
execution of management tasks across multiple fabrics—thereby lowering the overall cost of SAN
ownership. As a result, it provides a flexible and powerful tool, optimized to provide organizations with
rapid access to critical SAN information.
Fabric Manager is tightly integrated with other SAN management products, such as Brocade Web Tools
and Fabric Watch. Organizations can also use Fabric Manager in conjunction with other leading SAN
and storage resource management applications as the drill-down element manager for a single B-Series
or multiple B-Series fabrics.
These release notes contain information about installing, operating, and maintaining the HP StorageWorks
Fabric Manager 5.2.0a application.
Update recommendation
HP strongly recommends that users upgrade to Fabric Manager 5.2.0a as soon as possible.
Supersedes history
This version supersedes Fabric Manager version 5.2.0.
Effective date
February 2007
Language
English
Devices supported
For the latest supported devices, see the
HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide
, available at
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