HP StorageWorks C-Series Fabric Switches for SAN-OS 3.1(2a) and FabricWare 2.1(3) Release Notes (AA-RWEHE-TE, March 2007)

8 MDS Multilayer Director & Multilayer Fabric Switches Release Notes
Fabric & Device Manager GUI Setup
The optional Cisco Fabric/Device Manager GUI (graphical user interface) is a Java application.
The Fabric/Device Manager installation process is based on requirements for installing Java Web
Start. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Release Notes for system requirements and
installation instructions.
To install the GUI components on a client machine, use a web browser to make an http://
connection to the IP address of a C-Series switch.
Note: Fabric & Device Manager can not be installed from the MDS 9020.
Note: The MDS 9020 currently runs FabricWare 2.1(3); HP recommends using the latest
supported Fabric/Device Manager when managing this switch via the GUI.
FCIP Write Acceleration Feature Must Not Be Enabled
When Implementing Continuous Access Enterprise
Virtual Array
Continuous Access Enterprise Virtual Array includes an FCIP write acceleration feature. For this
reason, Cisco’s FCIP write acceleration must not be enabled in a Continuous Access EVA
environment. By default Cisco SAN-OS write acceleration is disabled.
FCIP Tape Acceleration
SAN-OS FCIP Tape Acceleration (Write & Read) is disabled by default. Enabling FCIP Tape
Acceleration may cause a tape library to go offline with certain tape backup applications that
support shared tape library options. If this issue is encountered, disable the feature.
Note: FCIP Tape Read Acceleration can only be enabled when both ends of an FCIP tunnel are
running SAN-OS 3.0(1) or newer.