Dell Brocade 6520 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 13

Encryption Platform Enhancements

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 Frame Viewer (Class 3 Discard Log) Enhancements In FOS v7.1 Frame Viewer has been enhanced to display class 3 discard log messages associated with the backend ports (internal ports) of a chassis.  Backend Link Monitoring Enhancements FOS v7.1 introduces three different options/policies to fault the core blade/edge blade when the link reset threshold of a Back End (BE) port is exceeded. Please see the bottleneckmon command description for additional details.  LR_IN and LR_OUT in fabriclog FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to indicate whether a Link Reset (LR) was initiated by the local or remote switch. LR_IN will be set if the remote device initiates the link reset and LR_OUT will be set if it was initiated by the local switch. The LR_IN or LR_OUT indication will be displayed in the fabriclog output along with existing fabric logs.  CLI to Read Real-time Error Status Block of an F_Port FOS v7.1 implements a new command, "fcpRlsProbe", with option --start to read the error status block of an F_Port. This command sends an RLS (Read Link Status) ELS to the device and caches information such as the number of loss-of-signal, loss-of-sync, CRC errors, and protocol errors encountered on the specified device port. The cached data is displayed through the fcpRlsProbe --show command.  Timestamp for portStatsClear, statsClear and slotStatsClear Operations FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to display the time when port statistics were last cleared.  Updating enc_out, bad_os and pcs_err Counters after Port Online FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to update enc_out, bad_os, and pcs_err counters only after a port has come online. This ensures that users are not misled by the values these counters may have had before a port is fully online. Encryption Platform Enhancements FOS v7.1 implements the following enhancements for the BES/FS8-18 platforms:  Thin Provisioning Support  A new feature that enables BES/FS8-18 to support Thin Provisioning of the disk LUNs. Thin Provision support is only available on storage arrays that have been tested by Brocade.  Encrypted Data Throughput Performance Monitoring  A new feature in BES/FS8-18 to monitor the throughput of the redirected I/O flow to the Encryption engine. A new FOS command has been added to display the performance data.  Increased Path Commit Limit for CTC Configuration  Increasing the number of transactions to 512 for disk LUN operation for virtualized environments. This enhancement is applicable only through Brocade Network Advisor.  Expanded Device Decommissioning Support  Expanding support for the Device Decommissioning of disk LUNs for all the supported keyvaults types, i.e. RSA DPM, NetApp LKM/SafeNet KeySecure in SSKM mode, HP ESKM, Thales EKA, IBM TKLM and KMIP (using SafeNet KeySecure).  KMIP-compliant Key Management Client  A new feature in BES/FS8-18 platform that enables the FOS native KMIP client support for Safenet KeySecure key vault server when running in KMIP mode.  RD Zone Creation Failure without L2 Zones  Prevent creation of redirection zones if regular zones for the corresponding host/target are not present in the effective configuration for cryptoConfig commit operations. Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Page 13 of 41

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Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
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Frame Viewer (Class 3 Discard Log) Enhancements
In FOS v7.1 Frame Viewer has been enhanced to display class 3 discard log messages associated with the
backend ports (internal ports) of a chassis.
Backend Link Monitoring Enhancements
FOS v7.1 introduces three different options/policies to fault the core blade/edge blade when the link reset
threshold of a Back End (BE) port is exceeded. Please see the bottleneckmon command description for
additional details.
LR_IN and LR_OUT in fabriclog
FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to indicate whether a Link Reset (LR) was initiated by the local or remote
switch.
LR_IN will be set if the remote device initiates the link reset and LR_OUT will be set if it was initiated by the
local switch. The LR_IN or LR_OUT indication will be displayed in the fabriclog output along with existing
fabric logs.
CLI to Read Real-time Error Status Block of an F_Port
FOS v7.1 implements a new command,
“fcpRlsProbe”
, with option
-start
to read the error status block of
an F_Port. This command sends an RLS (Read Link Status) ELS to the device and caches information such
as the number of loss-of-signal, loss-of-sync, CRC errors, and protocol errors encountered on the specified
device port. The cached data is displayed through the fcpRlsProbe --show command.
Timestamp for portStatsClear, statsClear and slotStatsClear Operations
FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to display the time when port statistics were last cleared.
Updating
enc_out, bad_os and pcs_err
Counters after Port Online
FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to update enc_out, bad_os, and pcs_err counters only after a port has come
online. This ensures that users are not misled by the values these counters may have had before a port is
fully online.
Encryption Platform Enhancements
FOS v7.1 implements the following enhancements for the BES/FS8-18 platforms:
Thin Provisioning Support
A new feature that enables BES/FS8-18 to support Thin Provisioning of the disk LUNs. Thin
Provision support is only available on storage arrays that have been tested by Brocade.
Encrypted Data Throughput Performance Monitoring
A new feature in BES/FS8-18 to monitor the throughput of the redirected I/O flow to the
Encryption engine. A new FOS command has been added to display the performance data.
Increased Path Commit Limit for CTC Configuration
Increasing the number of transactions to 512 for disk LUN operation for virtualized
environments. This enhancement is applicable only through Brocade Network Advisor.
Expanded Device Decommissioning Support
Expanding support for the Device Decommissioning of disk LUNs for all the supported
keyvaults types, i.e. RSA DPM, NetApp LKM/SafeNet KeySecure in SSKM mode, HP ESKM,
Thales EKA, IBM TKLM and KMIP (using SafeNet KeySecure).
KMIP-compliant Key Management Client
A new feature in BES/FS8-18 platform that enables the FOS native KMIP client support for
Safenet KeySecure key vault server when running in KMIP mode.
RD Zone Creation Failure without L2 Zones
Prevent creation of redirection zones if regular zones for the corresponding host/target are
not present in the effective configuration for cryptoConfig commit operations.