Dell Brocade 5100 Brocade Fabric OS v7.3.0a Release Notes v2.0 - Page 11

Read Diagnostics Parameters, Link Cable Beacon Port Peer Beacon, E_Port Balance Priority Routing,

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Read Diagnostics Parameters FOS v7.3 introduces the Read Diagnostics Parameters feature to support reporting diagnostics parameters associated with optics and media for any link between Nx_port and Fx_port from any point within a fabric. Administrators can use this ability to discover and diagnose link related errors or degrading conditions from a single point anywhere within a fabric. Link Cable Beacon (Port Peer Beacon) FOS v7.3 introduces the support of Link Cable Beacon feature, with which administrators can run the portpeerbeacon command to turn on port LED beacon on both end of a link cable connection. Administrators can use this feature to quickly identify peer ports of a connection without physically tracing the cables in a data center. E_Port Balance Priority Routing FOS v7.3 enhances routing policy with the E_Port Balance Priority option. With this enhancement, when multiple paths to a domain exist, routing policy would assign routes so that the bandwidth demands from source ports are evenly distributed among all E_Ports. FCR enhancements FOS v7.3 adds a number of enhancements to FCR. lsanZoneShow Change FOS v7.3 enhances CLI lsanZoneShow (via -d option) to display the fabric IDs for devices exist in a fabric and devices imported to a fabric. lsCfg Change FOS v7.3 enhances CLI lsCfg (via --show -n option) to display additional information for a logical switch. Fabric Alias Name FOS v7.3 supports assigning alias names to each edge fabric IDs. Administrator can use the fabric alias name to represent each edge fabric. Security Enhancements FOS v7.3 has a number of important security enhancements. FCAP and DH-CHAP Enhancements FOS v7.3 supports SHA-256 hashing algorithm for FCAP and DH-CHAP in both FIPS mode and non-FIPS mode to provide stronger security. In-flight Encryption Enhancements FOS v7.3 supports in-flight encryption with session keys derived from FCAP. With this enhancement, administrators can use FCAP and in-flight encryption features at the same time. Fabric-wide Consistency Policy Enhancements FOS v7.3 supports FCRs to be present in a fabric with strict fabric-wide consistency policy configuration. Administrators can turn on strict fabric-wide consistency policy even when an FCR is connected to the fabric via an Ex_Port. Open Source Software Packages Fabric OS v7.3.0a Release Notes v2.0 Page 11 of 55

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Fabric OS v7.3.0a Release Notes v2.0
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Read Diagnostics Parameters
FOS v7.3 introduces the Read Diagnostics Parameters feature to support reporting diagnostics parameters
associated with optics and media for any link between Nx_port and Fx_port from any point within a fabric.
Administrators can use this ability to discover and diagnose link related errors or degrading conditions from a
single point anywhere within a fabric.
Link Cable Beacon (Port Peer Beacon)
FOS v7.3 introduces the support of Link Cable Beacon feature, with which administrators can run the
portpeerbeacon
command to turn on port LED beacon on both end of a link cable connection. Administrators
can use this feature to quickly identify peer ports of a connection without physically tracing the cables in a data
center.
E_Port Balance Priority Routing
FOS v7.3 enhances routing policy with the E_Port Balance Priority option. With this enhancement, when
multiple paths to a domain exist, routing policy would assign routes so that the bandwidth demands from
source ports are evenly distributed among all E_Ports.
FCR enhancements
FOS v7.3 adds a number of enhancements to FCR.
lsanZoneShow Change
FOS v7.3 enhances CLI lsanZoneShow (via -d option) to display the fabric IDs for devices exist in a fabric and
devices imported to a fabric.
lsCfg Change
FOS v7.3 enhances CLI lsCfg (via --show -n option) to display additional information for a logical switch.
Fabric Alias Name
FOS v7.3 supports assigning alias names to each edge fabric IDs. Administrator can use the fabric alias name
to represent each edge fabric.
Security Enhancements
FOS v7.3 has a number of important security enhancements.
FCAP and DH-CHAP Enhancements
FOS v7.3 supports SHA-256 hashing algorithm for FCAP and DH-CHAP in both FIPS mode and non-FIPS mode
to provide stronger security.
In-flight Encryption Enhancements
FOS v7.3 supports in-flight encryption with session keys derived from FCAP. With this enhancement,
administrators can use FCAP and in-flight encryption features at the same time.
Fabric-wide Consistency Policy Enhancements
FOS v7.3 supports FCRs to be present in a fabric with strict fabric-wide consistency policy configuration.
Administrators can turn on strict fabric-wide consistency policy even when an FCR is connected to the fabric via
an Ex_Port.
Open Source Software Packages