HP StorageWorks FabricManager 5.4.0a release notes (AA-RWFHA-TE, March 2008)

Version:
Fabric Manager 5.4
.0a
Description
Fabric Manager is a p owerful application that manages multiple B-Series switches,
directors and fabrics in real time. In particular, Fabric Manager provides the essential
functions for config uring, monitoring, dynamically provisioning, and managing B-Series
Fibre Channel switch fabrics.
Through its single-point Storage Area Network (SAN) management platform, Fabric
Manager facilitates the integration and execution of management tasks across multiple
fabrics, thereby lowering the overall cost of SAN ownership. As a result, Fabric Manager
provides a flexible and powerful tool, optimized to provide organizations with rapid
access to critical SAN information.
Fabric Manager is tightly integrated with other SAN management products, such
as Web Tools and Fabric Watch. Organizations can also use Fabric Manager in
conjunction with other leading SAN and storage resource management applications as
the drill-down element manager for a single B -Series or multiple B-Series fabrics.
These release notes contain information about installing, operating, and maintaining the
HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.4.0a application.
Update recommendation
HP strongly recommends that users upgrade to Fabric Mana ger 5.4.0a as soon as
possible.
Supersedes
This version supersedes Fabric Manager version 5.3. 0a.
Effective date
March 2
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Language
English
HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.4.0a release notes
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