Dell Brocade 300 Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 - Page 6
Summary of New Software Features - fc switch
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Summary of New Software Features In addition to new hardware support, FOS v7.1 also includes support for several software features and enhancements: Diagnostic Port (D_Port) enhancements D_Port on optical ICLs of the DCX 8510 platforms New D_Port test options - users can specify number of frames, frame size, test duration, etc. Full D_Port support between Brocade 16G Adapter and 16G FC switch (requires Brocade adapter driver version 3.2 or later) D_Port between Access Gateway (enabled on 16G FC platform) and 16G FC switch In-flight encryption and compression enhancements FEC (Forward Error Correction) support enhancements Performance optimization enhancements on FC long distance ISLs FOS security enhancements Addition of TACACS+ support Support for Open LDAP FCIP platform enhancements Virtual Fabrics support on the Brocade 7800 platform IPsec support on VE ports 22-31 of FX8-24 (supported only on new FX8-24 SKUs) Various FCIP RAS enhancements Scalability Enhancement: Support for up to 2MB zone database in a fabric with only DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510 systems (the presence of any other platform will limit the maximum zone database to 1MB) Fabric Services enhancements Zoning enhancements Name Server enhancements FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) enhancements FCR enhancements Access Gateway enhancements Various RAS (Reliability Availability Serviceability) enhancements Encryption platform (BES/FS8-18) enhancements Miscellaneous enhancements Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Page 6 of 41