Release Notes

Fabric OS v7.3.0c Release Notes v1.0 Page 3 of 52
Contents
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
New Hardware Support ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Summary of New Software Features ...................................................................................................................... 5
New Feature Descriptions .......................................................................................................................... 7
New FCIP Features on Brocade 7840 .................................................................................................................... 7
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) Enhancements ................................................................................ 8
Flow Vision Enhancements ..................................................................................................................................... 9
ClearLink Diagnostic (D_Port) Enhancements ..................................................................................................... 10
Read Diagnostics Parameters .............................................................................................................................. 11
Link Cable Beacon (Port Peer Beacon)................................................................................................................. 11
E_Port Balance Priority Routing ............................................................................................................................ 11
FCR enhancements ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Security Enhancements ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Access Gateway Enhancements ........................................................................................................................... 12
Zoning Enhancements ........................................................................................................................................... 12
High Integrity Fabric ............................................................................................................................................... 12
RAS Enhancements ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Brocade 8510 ICL Scalability Enhancement ....................................................................................................... 13
Miscellaneous Enhancements .............................................................................................................................. 13
Optionally Licensed Software .................................................................................................................. 15
Temporary License Support .................................................................................................................... 19
Supported Switches .................................................................................................................................. 20
Standards Compliance ............................................................................................................................. 20
Technical Support ..................................................................................................................................... 20
FOS Migration Considerations ................................................................................................................ 22
FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations........................................................................................ 22
Recommended Migration Paths to FOS v7.3.0c .................................................................................................. 22
Important Notes ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility ............................................................................................................... 23
WebTools Compatibility ......................................................................................................................................... 24
SMI Compatibility ................................................................................................................................................... 24
Fabric OS Compatibility ......................................................................................................................................... 24
SNMP Support ....................................................................................................................................................... 26
Blade Support ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Scalability................................................................................................................................................... 40
Other Important Notes and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 40
Adaptive Networking/Flow-Based QoS Prioritization ........................................................................................... 40
Access Gateway ..................................................................................................................................................... 41