HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 4.4.0F Release Notes (AA-RW89A - Page 4

Fabric OS 4.4.0f enhancements Fabric OS 4.4.0f is a patch release that includes fixes to several defects found since the release of Fabric OS version 4.4.0c. Fabric OS 4.4.0f integrates the same features as Fabric OS 4.4.0, including significant enhancements in the areas of Fibre Channel long-distance support, scalability and manageability. Major new features of Fabric OS 4.4.x include: • Support for the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 and the HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol (MP) Router • Greater than two-fold increase in HP Extended Fabric support: • SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, and SAN Director 2/128 support distances up to 200 km at 1 Gbit/sec and 100 km at 2 Gbit/sec. • SAN Switch 4/32 supports distances up to 500 km at 1 Gbit/sec and 100 km at 4 Gbit/sec. • Trunking over Extended Fabrics • The HP StorageWorks 2 GB switches, Core Switch 2/64,and SAN Director 2/128 switch, support two links up to 50 km at 2 Gbit/sec and four links of 10 km at 2 Gbit/sec. • The SAN Switch 4/32 supports three links of up to 250 km at 2 Gbit/sec or 100 km at 4 Gbit/sec. • Increased scalability to 2560 ports and 50 domains • Ports on Demand (POD) for instant scalability via license keys • Fabric Watch improvements: • Improved notification • Switch health reports • Standardized messaging: for example, including information such as time stamp, message number, severity, and switch name for all system messages • Updated security enhancements: • SSH • RADIUS • DH-CHAP authentication • Fabric Watch and Web Tools usability enhancements HP Software release policy is to carry forward all fixes in patches to subsequent maintenance and feature Fabric OS releases. 4 Fabric OS 4.4.0f enhancements