HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.3.3d Release Notes (5697-0493, May 2010 - includes all 6.3.0x versions)
• Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when new N_Ports are detected
• Option to disable Auto Rebalancing of logins when fewer F_Ports are detected
• Optional support for persistent Arbitrated Loop Physical Access (ALPA) assignment
• APC auto detection of connection to M-series switch as N_Port connection
• Encryption platform enhancements
• System card support
• Quorum card support for multi-admin-based authorization of sensitive operations
• HP tape encryption support
• Support for multipath through a single encryption engine (EE)
• Support for host clustering applications and VMware ESX Server
• Key vault credentials support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)
• High availability (HA) clustered key vault support for HP SKM
• FICON enhancements: Blade-based port swaps (effective with Fabric OS 6.3.0b)
NOTE:
For information about specific versions of Fabric OS support for FICON, see the B-series FICON
Connectivity Stream.
• Native connectivity enhancements
• Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn 239 DID Open Fabric Mode fabrics
• Layer 2 connectivity to M-EOSn/c fabrics using nondefault DID base offset in McDATA or
Open Fabric Mode
• Layer 2 Ethernet enhancements for 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch and DC SAN Director
Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
• 802.1x
• FIP VLAN discovery
• FIP 1 support was introduced with Fabric OS 6.3.0b (FC-BB5 FIP V2.0.0)
• Miscellaneous
• Persistent WWN-based PID assignment
• Fabric Watch support for CPU and memory utilization
• Support for additional 3-chassis ICL connection topologies
• Support for new 8-link (half-bandwidth) ICL license on DC SAN Backbone Director
• Audit logs for additional CLI and Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) security configuration
events
• Last 256 audit entries retained on the switch or control processor (CP) for viewing or clearing
• Port Mirroring support with Virtual Fabrics and embedded switch platforms
• Support for SNMP informs
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