HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager v5.3.0a release notes (AA-RWFGA-TE, October 2007)

Enhancements
This section summarizes Fabric Manager 5.3.0a enhancements.
New operating system support
No new operating system suppor t was added with Fabric Manager 5.3.0a.
NOTE:
For a list of supported operating systems for each switch, see h
ttp://
h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html.
New features introduced in Fabric Manager 5.3.0a
Fabric M anager 5.3.0a includes the following new features:
• Fault Management―Fabric Manager will act as a syslog listener to receive,
process, store, and help analyze events from subscribed switches in the SAN,
and to a id with quick problem identification and resolution.
• Performance Management Enhancements―A new feature to support real-time
performance monitoring (for performance statistics and error counters) for a
selected number of ports, and an enhancement to the historical performance
management feature to add support for error counters.
• Configuration Management Enhancements ―An enhancement to the existing
Configuration Management feature to support automatic backup of c on figuration
files from managed switches, either on a periodic basis or on demand. And the
ability to quickly restore a stored configuration to a switch.
• Long Distance (FCIP) Connectivity Management―Fabric Manager includes new
FCIP features including a wizard-driven approach to help easily setup FCIP
tunnels, visualization of the tunnels and associated properties in the topolo gy,
and the ability to modify, delete, or disable existing FCIP tunnels.
• Meta SAN views―A n ew feature to support Meta SAN visualization in the
topology including specific backbone fabrics of interest and the LSAN zones
within them, display of virtual device nodes within the scope of specified LSAN
zones, and visualization of Inter Fabric Links (IFLs) . Fabric Manager also provides
the ability to easily perform Meta SAN management operations such as device
sharing, FCR configuration, a nd device diagnostics.
• Usability enhancements―Includes several usability enhancements to provide a
more seamless look-and-feel across the different GUI screens, and also addresses
specific usability improvements based on customer feedback on the previous
release.
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