HP Surestore 64 FW 05.01.00 and SW 07.01.00 Director Release Notes (AA-RTDVC-T - Page 13

Important Information Hard Zoning Hard Zoning is a security enhancement in firmware version 05.01.00-24 that prevents ports from accessing devices outside their zones. Hard Zoning is enabled by default when using firmware version 05.01.00-24 or greater and cannot be disabled. All HP-approved host bus adapters (HBAs) limit access to devices within their zones, so you will not see a change in fabric behavior unless you are using nonstandard HBAs. Hard Zoning improves security against intruders that load nonstandard HBA drivers. Hard Zoning is compatible with legacy zone definitions, including World Wide Name (WWN) and port zoning. You can use your existing zones and zone sets without any changes. There are no changes to the zoning interfaces, so you do not need to modify your zone management practice, documentation, or retrain Storage Area Network (SAN) administrators. Hard Zoning controls access at the ingress port. When a port attempts to send a frame to a destination outside its zones, the frame is blocked. A Class 2 frame will be fabric rejected, and a Class 3 frame will be dropped. Zoning Change RSCN Control Normally, when a zone set is activated, a fabric format domain Register State Change Notification (RSCN) is sent to all devices in the fabric. With firmware version 05.01.00-24. you can disable these RSCNs from being sent. This is done using the Suppress RSCNs on zone set activations check box on the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box. This feature significantly changes the normal behavior of the fabric. Devices will have no warning when zones change and will not automatically update their zoning information. The ability to suppress RSCNs is disabled (check box is not selected) by default. This feature can be configured through HA-Fabric Manager (HAFM), Embedded Web Server (EWS), and the Command Line Interface (CLI). Embedded Web Server (EWS) Changes With firmware version 05.01.00-24. the EWS now provides support for configuration of Port Binding. The zoning interface has also been enhanced to allow you to easily add members to a zone that are not directly attached to the locally managed switch. You are presented with a list of all devices that are logged in to the fabric. You can select these devices for addition to a zone. Director Release Notes 13