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

blade, and Brocade HBAs. Enterprise-class customers who want to manage departmental
SANs can consider deploying this product.
• HP Network Advisor Enterprise—An application designed for enterprise-class customers that
provides unparalleled performance and scalability (24 physical or virtual fabrics, up to 9,000
switch ports). HP Network Advisor Enterprise configures and manages the same switches and
directors as Professional and Professional Plus, but also adds support for the DC SAN Backbone
Director and SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch. HP Network Advisor Enterprise
is required to manage FICON fabrics. Existing DCFM customers that have active Maintenance
and Support contracts are provided a seamless migration path to HP Network Advisor
Enterprise.
DCFM compatibility
With the introduction of HP Network Advisor, DCFM has been put into sustaining mode. DCFM
is not qualified or supported for management of switches operating with Fabric OS 7.0.0a and
later firmware versions.
IMPORTANT: HP recommends upgrading to Network Advisor as soon as possible. You must first
upgrade DCFM to Network Advisor 11.1.0 or later if you are planning to upgrade devices to
Fabric OS 7.0.2d or you risk losing management connectivity.
Migration from HP DCFM to HP SAN Network Advisor is easily accomplished at no extra charge
and with no requirement for a license, provided the migration occurs between the same level
(Professional to Professional, Professional Plus to Professional Plus or Enterprise to Enterprise). To
perform the migration, install SAN Network Advisor (11.1.x) and migrate the data using the
installation wizard. The DCFM license is converted to SAN Network Advisor as part of the migration.
To migrate to SAN Network Advisor 11.1.x, you must first upgrade from earlier versions of DCFM
to DCFM 10.4.x, and then migrate to Network Advisor. Refer to the Network Advisor Migration
Guide on hp.com for complete details.
NOTE: To upgrade from one level to another (for example from DCFM Professional Plus Software
to SAN Network Advisor Enterprise Software), you must first migrate from DCFM Professional Plus
to SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus and then purchase and apply the SAN Network
Professional Plus Upgrade.
Fabric OS compatibility
“Supported Fabric OS versions” (page 13) lists the earliest versions of software supported in this
release, that is, the earliest supported software versions that interoperate. HP recommends using
the latest software versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN.
When using the Virtual Fabrics (VF) feature, HP recommends that all switches participating in a
fabric with a logical switch use the latest firmware available. All switches must be operating at the
minimum firmware levels or later, as noted in the Fabric OS Interoperability table.
Web Tools compatibility
Fabric OS 7.0.2d is qualified and supported only with Oracle JRE 1.6.0 update 24.
SMI compatibility
• Host SMI-S agents cannot be used to manage switches running Fabric OS 7.0.2d.
• To manage a switch running Fabric OS 7.0.2d using the SMI-S interface, you must use HP
Network Advisor’s integrated SMI agent.
Important notes and recommendations 19