HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16V, 2/16N Fabric OS - Page 4

Overview Overview HP Fabric OS 4.2.x provides the following enhancements for the SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V and SAN Switch 2/16N models: ■ Reduced fabric configuration downtime. Extended Edge PID for mixed fabrics eliminates host reboot for hosts that statically bind PIDs. ■ Improved fabric diagnostics: - The pathinfo command displays path information between any two ports of a fabric. - The diagnostics monitor compact flash utilization and clean the file systems during periods of high utilization. - The supportshow command has improved functionality. - Hardware watchdog failures capture a kernel trace dump prior to reset. Improvements The following improvements have been made to the Fabric OS software since the last HP 4.x release: ■ Secure Telnet may now be connected with two LAN cards. ■ Improvements have been made to the reboot code. ■ Problems that caused compaqt flash full have been resolved. ■ We have increased the number of HBAs that can be displayed by Web Tools. ■ Web Tools events now use adjusted time zone time, rather than UTC time. Supported Switches Fabric OS v4.2.x supports the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/16N, SAN Switch 2/32, Core Switch 2/64, and SAN Director 2/128. 4 SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16V, 2/16N Fabric OS 4.2.x Release Notes