HP StorageWorks 2/140 FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 240
Flexport Technology, SANtegrity Authentication, SANtegrity Binding
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Physical Planning Considerations 5 • Connectivity to an IBM eServer zSeries 800 (z800), zSeries 900 (z900), or zSeries 990 (z990) processor, with one or more FICON or FICON Express channel adapter cards installed, using the z/OS operating system, Version 1.1 or later. • A host-attached Hardware Management Console. The console runs the Hardware Management Console application (HWMCA) and is the operations and management PC platform for S/390 or zSeries servers. Flexport Technology Sphereon 3232, 4300, and 4500 Fabric Switches can be purchased at a discount without all Fibre Channel ports enabled. The Flexport Technology feature is a hardware port expansion kit that allows customers to upgrade switch capacity on demand in eight-port increments. Flexport Technology kits are available to upgrade the: • Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch from 16 to 24 ports or from 24 to 32 ports. • Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch from four to eight ports or from eight to 12 ports. • Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch from eight to 16 ports or from 16 to 24 ports. Each port expansion kit includes four or eight SFP optical transceivers, upgrade instructions, and a feature key that enables the added port capacity through the Element Manager application. SANtegrity Authentication SANtegrity Authentication is a feature that significantly enhances and extends SAN data security by providing password safety; CHAP or DHCHAP verification for fabric elements, management servers, and devices; a PCP user database; CT authentication for the OSMS interface; RADIUS server support; inband and out-of-band access controls lists; encrypted SSH protocol; and security logging. For additional information about the feature, refer to SANtegrity Authentication. SANtegrity Binding SANtegrity Binding is a feature that significantly enhances SAN data security. The feature includes: • Fabric binding - This portion of the feature allows only specified directors or fabric switches to attach to specified fabrics in a SAN. 5-36 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual