Service Manual

Fabric OS 7.4.0a Release Notes v2.0 Page 3 of 53
Contents
Document History ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
New Hardware Support ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Summary of New Software Features ...................................................................................................................... 8
Obsoleted FOS Features ......................................................................................................................................... 8
New Feature Descriptions ........................................................................................................................ 10
New Hardware Support ......................................................................................................................................... 10
IP Extension features for Brocade 7840 .............................................................................................................. 10
Support System Configuration for IP Extension ............................................................................................... 10
Support GE Port Configuration for IP Extension ............................................................................................... 10
Tunnel configuration for IP Extension ............................................................................................................... 10
Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL) ............................................................................................................................. 10
TCP/IP Features ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Traffic Control List .............................................................................................................................................. 11
FCIP Enhancements to Brocade 7840 ................................................................................................................. 11
Base Switch Support for 7840 ......................................................................................................................... 11
FCIP Hot Code Load (HCL) ................................................................................................................................. 11
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) Enhancements.............................................................................. 11
Monitoring without Fabric Vision license .......................................................................................................... 11
Monitor NPIV device login limits ....................................................................................................................... 11
Monitor backend ports ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Monitor FCIP circuit QoS .................................................................................................................................... 12
Monitor FCIP circuit RTT and jitter on 7800 and FX8-24 ................................................................................ 12
Fabric Performance Impact monitoring enhancement.................................................................................... 12
Slow drain device quarantine action for Fabric Performance Impact monitoring ......................................... 12
Port toggle action for Fabric Performance Impact monitoring ........................................................................ 12
FICON notification action ................................................................................................................................... 12
Alert quiet time support ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Usability enhancements .................................................................................................................................... 12
Flow Vision Enhancements ................................................................................................................................... 12
All F_Port Flow Monitoring ................................................................................................................................. 12
Scalability Improvement .................................................................................................................................... 13
Identify All Devices in a Flow ............................................................................................................................. 13
Fabric Flow Dashboard ...................................................................................................................................... 13
ClearLink Diagnostic (D_Port) Enhancements ..................................................................................................... 13
Link Power (dB) Loss Calculation...................................................................................................................... 13
Dynamic D_Port and On-demand D_Port with DWDM..................................................................................... 13