HP StorageWorks 2/8-EL SAN Switch 2/8 - Release Notes - Page 5

New Features and Enhancements - Switch Connection Controls and Device Connection Controls, which strictly control the switches and devices allowed to operate in the fabric. - Standards-based authentication (using digital certificates and PKI or Public Key Infrastructure) of all switches in the fabric, to prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric. - A workstation-based utility, PKICERT, to acquire and install digital certificates for all switches in the fabric that do not already have them. (The digital certificates are required to enable secure mode.) ■ Support for the Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI), allowing centralized management of some Host Bus Adapters via the fabric, including the download of new HBA firmware to the HBAs via the fabric. ■ Enhancements to Zoning - New commands for searching the Zoning data base - Improved performance - More selective State Change notifications (SCNs)-they are now sent only to devices in zones where there has been a status change among the online members of those zones. ■ Enhancements to Web Tools-Replacement of the Fabric View panel with a switch explorer tree. An approach that allows Web Tools to handle larger fabrics more efficiently. ■ Disabling and enabling of ports, including entire switches, may now be made persistent across reboots and power cycles. ■ Fabric Time Service - Synchronizes time among switches in the fabric - Fabric time may be set from a CLI session or obtained from an external NTP server ■ Enhancements to Fabric Watch - Improved reporting of port and switch uptime statistics ■ Configuration of ports to negotiate directly to R_RDY flow control mode, simplifying operations by allowing the connection of many WAN gateway products without requiring a Remote Switch license. SAN Switch 2/8 Version 3.1.x Release Notes 5