HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0b release notes (5697-0352 - Page 5

providing efficient use of resources by sharing common ISL and ICL connections among multiple logical fabrics. • The Virtual Fabrics feature is part of the base Fabric OS and does not require a license. Virtual Fabrics is fully compatible with legacy Brocade products as well as M-Series switches and directors. FCR and FCIP enhancements • FCIP (SCSI) Read Tape Pipelining anticipates host read operations and buffers data to reduce latency from the FCIP WAN. • LSAN Tagging provides special behavior for designated LSAN zones using either a new speed tag or enforce tag. The enforce tag allows individual FCRs to be configured only to import devices in specific LSAN zones, increasing scalability. The speed tag allows designated targets to remain imported, allowing sensitive hosts to discover targets much faster. This is useful when performing boot over LSAN operations • SoTCP Enhancements improve network congestion management in Slow Start Mode and helps prevent host I/O timeouts. • Support for Pathinfo over MetaSAN. The Pathinfo command has been enhanced to provide path information across routed fabrics, which is especially useful when troubleshooting connectivity problems across routed fabrics. • FSPF cost in FCR backbone fabric uses the most efficient route to reach a destination fabric, preventing the use of an FCIP link when an ISL is available. • In-band management link over FCIP connections for the HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol Router allows a management station to communicate with a remote 400 Multi-protocol Router through the GE ports. This allows a single management station located on the WAN side of the 400 Multi-protocol Router to communicate with the management interface on the CP for management tasks such as firmware downloads, snmp polling, snmp traps, trouble shooting, and configuration. Enhanced Native Connectivity with McDATA products • Fabric OS 6.2 and M-EOS 9.9 now support Frame Redirection in McDATA Open Fabric Mode (interopmode 3) fabrics. Frame Redirection zones must be created and activated from Fabric OS platforms. • Fabric OS platforms now support EX_Port connections to McDATA Open Fabric Mode Mi10ks using the 239 DID setting. Security enhancements • Configurable stateless IPv6 auto-configuration support. • IPSec with IPv6 support provides greater security for management ports and configurable security policies for IPv4/6 addresses. • A switch-wide policy requiring HBA authentication requires the FC-SP bit to be set in FLOGI. If the bit is not set, the FLOGI is rejected and the port is disabled. • A new warning for RADIUS login allows users to configure how many days in advance they should be notified of password expiration. • An LDAP enhancement adds the ability to provide an alternate UPN (userPrincipalName) to domain authentication. Contact your switch vendor regarding the use of other backup applications. Optionally licensed software The following are optionally licensed features in Fabric OS 6.2: • Ports on Demand allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports via license key upgrade (applies to select models of switches). HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0b release notes 5