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New features introduced in Fabric OS 6.x, Adaptive Networking with Quality of Service QoS

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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 HP's Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported for connectivity to the following switches: • McDATA 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64 (ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, M4700, & Mi10k • Cisco 9216, 9216A, 9506 & 9509 The applicable switch firmware information is as follows: • 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, 5.3.0a, 5.3.0b, 5.3.0c or 5.3.0d • McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.06.02 with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a, 6.0.0b or 6.0.1a • Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b • Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS versions 3.1(2a), 3.1(3), 3.1(3a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.0, 5.3.0a, 5.3.0b, 5.3.0c or 5.3.0d • Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a, 6.0.0b or 6.0.1a New features introduced in Fabric OS 6.x This section lists features and improvements. 1MB security database Fabric OS now supports a security database up to 1MB in size, four times the previous 256KB database. This database, which is used to store DCC, SCC, and FCS policies, can now accommodate ACL security settings for environments with up to approximately 14,000 attached devices. This is supported on all platforms except the 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch. Active Directory Provides Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client module support in Fabric OS for user authentication and authorization against Active Directory services in corporate networks. FIPS compliance Fabric OS 6.x introduces a new Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mode in Fabric OS where only FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms will be allowed. The certification of the Fabric OS 6.x code is in progress. Adaptive Networking with Quality of Service (QoS), licensed feature Ingress rate limiting This feature allows the ASIC to delay the return of BB credits to the external device. By doing so, a user can limit the throughput on the ingress side of a port, thereby removing potential congestion scenarios within a fabric caused by heavy bandwidth consumption by low priority applications. Ingress rate limiting is only supported on F/FL ports, and is only available only on 8Gb capable ports. Flow based prioritization By exploiting the Virtual Channel (VC) capability using advanced ASICs, a user can specify a specific priority for any existing zones. This new licensed Quality of Service (QoS) capability, available on all 6

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Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics
In addition to being supported in HP’s Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported for connectivity to
the following switches:
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McDATA 2/16 (ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64 (ED6064), 2/140 (M6140), M4400, M4700, &
Mi10k
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Cisco 9216, 9216A, 9506 & 9509
The applicable switch
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McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.00.xx with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
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McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.02.xx or 09.03.xx with Brocade FOS 5.3.0, 5.3.0a, 5.3.0b, 5.3.0c
or 5.3.0d
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McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.06.02 with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a, 6.0.0b or 6.0.1a
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Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
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Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS versions 3.1(2a), 3.1(3), 3.1(3a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.0, 5.3.0a,
5.3.0b, 5.3.0c or 5.3.0d
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Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a, 6.0.0b or 6.0.1a
New features introduced in Fabric OS 6.x
This section lists features and improvements.
1MB security database
Fabric OS now supports a security database up to 1MB in size, four times the previous 256KB database.
This database, which is used to store DCC, SCC, and FCS policies, can now accommodate ACL security
settings for environments with up to approximately 14,000 attached devices. This is supported on all
platforms except the 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch.
Active Directory
Provides Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client module support in Fabric OS for user
authentication and authorization against Active Directory services in corporate networks.
FIPS compliance
Fabric OS 6.x introduces a new Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mode in Fabric OS where
only FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms will be allowed. The certi
fi
cation of the Fabric OS 6.x code is
in progress.
Adaptive Networking with Quality of Service (QoS), licensed feature
Ingress rate limiting
This feature allows the ASIC to delay the return of BB credits to the external device. By doing so, a user
can limit the throughput on the ingress side of a port, thereby removing potential congestion scenarios
within a fabric caused by heavy bandwidth consumption by low priority applications. Ingress rate limiting
is only supported on F/FL ports, and is only available only on 8Gb capable ports.
Flow based prioritization
By exploiting the Virtual Channel (VC) capability using advanced ASICs, a user can specify a speci
fi
c
priority for any existing zones. This new licensed Quality of Service (QoS) capability, available on all
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