HP StorageWorks 4/16 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.0.1a release notes (AA-RWFMA- - Page 7

8Gb capable ports, allocates the largest portion of available bandwidth to high priority traffic and the smallest amount to low priority traffic. SID/DID flow pairs not explicitly set as having high or low priority automatically default to medium priority. Flow Based Prioritization can be configured by utilizing existing zones, allowing the user to quickly establish priority for specific application flows within a fabric. Top Talkers The new Top Talkers feature, part of the optional Advanced Performance Monitoring license, provides real-time information about the top 'n' bandwidth consuming flows passing through a specific point in the network. Top Talkers can be enabled on individual Fx_ports. Traffic Isolation Zones Traffic Isolation Zones is a new capability that allows the user to isolate traffic assigned to ISLs within the fabric. This provides the option to segregate some applications from others, guaranteeing separate paths through the fabric. FCIP • FCIP IPv6-With Fabric OS 6.x, the individual FCIP tunnels can be configured as either IPv4 or IPv6 • VLAN tagging-Each FCIP tunnel has the option to specify whether VLAN tagging will be supported, with a designated VLAN ID and L2 CoS (priority bits) specified at the time of creation. All frames will be tagged according to IEEE 802.1Q and 802.1p specifications. Access Gateway enhancements Auto Port Configuration (APC) policy Provides the ability to automatically discover port types (host versus fabric) and dynamically update the routing maps when a new connection is detected. This policy is intended for a fully hands-off operation. Multi-fabric connectivity Fabric OS 6.x allows an Access Gateway enabled product to connect to multiple fabrics. This is done through partitioning related host and fabric connections into independently operated groups. Enhanced path failover Customers can explicitly restrict N_Port failover to a group of N_Ports (Port Grouping Policy) or to a single secondary path (Preferred N_Port). Secure Fabric OS (SFOS) feature not compatible with Fabric OS 6.x and later Customers that wish to use the security features available in SFOS should upgrade to Fabric OS 5.3.x or later, which includes all SFOS features. For environments with SFOS installed on switches that cannot be upgraded to Fabric OS 5.3 or later, FC routing can be used to interoperate with Fabric OS 6.x. Prerequisites Table 1 summarizes current Fabric OS firmware versions. However, HP recommends using the latest supported firmware release versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN. For a list of retired products, visit the HP website http://www.hp.com. HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.0.1a release notes 7