Dell Brocade 6520 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 6

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