HP B-series Fabric OS 7.0.2d Release Notes (5697-2822, August 2013--includes all 7.0.x versions)

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HP Network Advisor 11.1.3 is the minimum version required to manage the SN3000B 16 Gbps
FC Switch and the HP SN8000B 8 Gbps 32-port and 48-port Enhanced FC Blades. HP Network
Advisor 12.0.0 is the minimum version required to manage the HP StoreFabric SN65000B 16Gb
FC Switch.
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DCFM 10.4.x cannot manage switches running Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later. Network Advisor
11.1.0 or later must be used to manage these switches.
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To benefit from the enhanced IPsec capability, the minimum required firmware version is Fabric
OS 7.1.0a. When running any previous Fabric OS versions, this blade behaves exactly as the HP
DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade (FX8-24).
DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 7.0.2d is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 2 (page
15).
Table 2 DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support matrix
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with
up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone
FC8-16
FC8-32
Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN
FC8-48
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up
to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a or later.
FC8-64
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. Up
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only
for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing on the DC SAN
Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric
OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades.
NOTE: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS
7.0.0a or later. FR4-18i does not support EX_Ports, FC fastwrite
and WAN optimization features in Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later.
FR4-18i supports VEX ports on Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later.
Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director or
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade)
DC04 SAN Director. Up to two FX8-24 blades are supported
beginning with Fabric OS 6.3.0x. Up to four are supported
beginning with Fabric OS 6.4.0x.
NOTE: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS
7.0.0a or later.
Supported starting with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of
two blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
FCoE Blade can be installed in the same chassis only with
FC8-xx (except FC8–64) and/or FC10-6 blades. It is not
supported in the chassis with any other blades.
SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot Director blade support
Fabric OS 7.0.2d software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the HP SN8000B 8-Slot
SAN Backbone Director Switch and the HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch noted in
Table 3 (page 16). The SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot Directors, SN8000B 16 Gbps 32-port and
48-port FC Blades, and the SN6000B 16 Gbps FC Switch must run Fabric OS 7.0.0a at a minimum.
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