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• 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 that the FC-SP bit 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 specify 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 for information about 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 a license key upgrade (applies to select switch models). • Extended Fabrics provides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distances (depending on platform, the distance can be up to 3000 km). • ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. This also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on the products that support Access Gateway deployment. • Advanced Performance Monitoring enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources. This license includes the TopTalkers feature. • High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as FC-IP Services) for the HP StorageWorks B-series Multi-protocol Router blade and 400 MP Router). This license key also includes the FC-Fast Write feature and IPsec capabilities. • The accelerator for FICON license enables unique FICON emulation support for IBM's Global Mirror (formerly XRC) application (including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC's XRC) as well as tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and tape backup/recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP Router and B-series Multi-protocol Router blade. • Fabric Watch monitors mission-critical switch operations, and now includes new Port Fencing capabilities. • The FICON Management Server (also known as CUP or Control Unit Port) enables host-control of switches in mainframe environments. • Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) provide dedicated high-bandwidth links between two HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Director switch chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8G ports. Each DC Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director must have the ICL license installed in order to enable the ICL connections (available on the DC Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director only). • Adaptive Networking allows a user to ensure high priority connections and obtain the network resources necessary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. The QoS SID/DID Prioritization and Ingress Rate Limiting features are the first components of this license, and are available on all 8G platforms. • The Integrated Routing license allows ports in an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, or HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch to be configured as EX_Ports, supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates the need to add a B-series Multi-protocol Router blade or use the 400 MP Router for FCR purposes, and also provides double the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another 8G-capable port). 6

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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 that the FC-SP bit 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 specify 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 for information about 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 a license key upgrade (applies to select switch models).
•
Extended Fabrics provides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth
over long distances (depending on platform, the distance can be up to 3000 km).
•
ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for en-
hanced network performance and fault tolerance. This also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking
on the products that support Access Gateway deployment.
•
Advanced Performance Monitoring enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources.
This license includes the TopTalkers feature.
•
High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as
FC-IP Services
) for the HP Storage-
Works B-series Multi-protocol Router blade and 400 MP Router). This license key also includes the
FC-Fast Write feature and IPsec capabilities.
•
The accelerator for FICON license enables unique FICON emulation support for IBM
’
s Global
Mirror (formerly XRC) application (including Hitachi Data Systems HXRC and EMC
’
s XRC) as well
as tape pipelining for all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and
tape backup/recovery performance over virtually unlimited distance for the 400 MP Router and
B-series Multi-protocol Router blade.
•
Fabric Watch monitors mission-critical switch operations, and now includes new Port Fencing
capabilities.
•
The FICON Management Server (also known as
CUP
or
Control Unit Port
) enables host-control of
switches in mainframe environments.
•
Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) provide dedicated high-bandwidth links between two HP StorageWorks
DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Director switch chassis, without consuming valuable
front-end 8G ports. Each DC Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director must have the ICL license
installed in order to enable the ICL connections (available on the DC Backbone Director/DC04
SAN Director only).
•
Adaptive Networking allows a user to ensure high priority connections and obtain the network
resources necessary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. The QoS SID/DID
Prioritization and Ingress Rate Limiting features are the first components of this license, and are
available on all 8G platforms.
•
The Integrated Routing license allows ports in an HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director,
HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, or HP StorageWorks
8/40 SAN Switch to be configured as EX_Ports, supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates
the need to add a B-series Multi-protocol Router blade or use the 400 MP Router for FCR purposes,
and also provides double the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another
8G-capable port).
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