HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0 Release Notes (AA-RWEYD- - Page 6

Dynamic Ports on Demand DPOD, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability RAS, Management, Security

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Refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide available on http://www.hp.com/go/san for more information. Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics In addition to being supported in Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported for connectivity to the following: • McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.00.xx with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b • McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.02.xx or 09.03.xx with Brocade FOS 5.3.0 • Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b • Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.1(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.0 Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD) IMPORTANT: DPOD is supported only in the following HP product: • Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024) Please check http://www.hp.com for the latest updates. DPOD is an optional feature on the embedded switch listed above. DPOD takes the expansion capability of fixed Ports on Demand (PODs) and adds the flexibility of connecting to any available port as long as a valid license is available. Previously, POD allowed only specific ports to be utilized. With DPOD, any physically available port can be made active as long as a valid license is available. This allows customers the flexibility of automatically changing port assignments where previously the port assignments were fixed and inflexible. Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS) The RASLog has been modified to support IPv6. RAS will also obsolete traceftp and savecore CLI and add its functionality to supportsave and supportftp. Management Fabric OS 5.3.0 adds a new user role, the secAdmin or Security Administrator. This role has responsibility for logging, auditing, security administration and user management. The addition of the secAdmin role allows users to isolate security management from complete Administrator management. Security All remaining essential elements of Secure Fabric OS have now been integrated into the base Fabric OS 5.3.0. IMPORTANT: Fabric OS 5.3.0 will be the last major release that is compatible with SFOS. Fabric OS 5.3.0 integrates the following new features: • FICON Cascading no longer requires SFOS • MAC policies have now been replaced by IP filters, allowing configuration of acceptable IP addresses and ranges that may gain management access to the switch. • Protected-Extensible Authentication Protocol (P-EAP with MSCHAP-v2) support for RAdmin DomainIUS. • DH-CHAP now supported for authentication of HBAs and end-devices in addition to switches 6

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Refer to the
Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
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Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics
In addition to being supported in Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported for connectivity to the
following:
•
McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.00.xx with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
•
McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.02.xx or 09.03.xx with Brocade FOS 5.3.0
•
Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
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Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.1(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.0
Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD)
IMPORTANT:
DPOD is supported only in the following HP product:
•
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)
Please check
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for the latest updates.
DPOD is an optional feature on the embedded switch listed above. DPOD takes the expansion capability
of
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xed Ports on Demand (PODs) and adds the
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exibility of connecting to any available port as long
as a valid license is available. Previously, POD allowed only speci
fi
c ports to be utilized. With DPOD,
any physically available port can be made active as long as a valid license is available. This allows
customers the
fl
exibility of automatically changing port assignments where previously the port assignments
were
fi
xed and in
fl
exible.
Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)
The RASLog has been modi
fi
ed to support IPv6. RAS will also obsolete
traceftp
and savecore CLI and
add its functionality to
supportsave
and
supportftp
.
Management
Fabric OS 5.3.0 adds a new user role, the
secAdmin
or Security Administrator. This role has
responsibility for logging, auditing, security administration and user management. The addition of the
secAdmin
role allows users to isolate security management from complete Administrator management.
Security
All remaining essential elements of Secure Fabric OS have now been integrated into the base Fabric
OS 5.3.0.
IMPORTANT:
Fabric OS 5.3.0 will be the last major release that is compatible with SFOS.
Fabric OS 5.3.0 integrates the following new features:
•
FICON Cascading no longer requires SFOS
•
MAC policies have now been replaced by IP
fi
lters, allowing con
fi
guration of acceptable IP
addresses and ranges that may gain management access to the switch.
•
Protected-Extensible Authentication Protocol (P-EAP with MSCHAP-v2) support for RAdmin
DomainIUS.
•
DH-CHAP now supported for authentication of HBAs and end-devices in addition to switches
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