HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ-TE, May 2008)

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• Support for iSCSI re-direction

• Support for CHAP binding

• Support for LUN delete from a virtual target

• Access Gateway mode support on the HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch (not supported on the

4/8 SAN Switch)

• Access Gateway enhancem ents:

• Web Tools support

• Fabric Manager support

•NPIVonF_ports

• Fibre Channel Routing enhancements

• IP B roadcast zone support

• IP over FC also via FCR

• IP Filter support (formerly M AC and M anagement port ACLs i n Secure Fabric OS (SFOS))

• Support for FCS with base Fabric OS (formerly in SFOS)

• Support for multiple NTP ser vers

• Port mirroring for 4/32B switch

• Security Enha ncem ents

• Support for security Admin role

• Support for account lock-out for admin role

• Support for strong password policies preventing repeat or sequence characters

• P-EAP/MS-CHAPv2 support for RADIUS

• FC-IP

• Fast Write and Tape Pipelining are supported over secure tunnels (not supported by HP at time of

release of these release notes)

• Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) markings.

• New FC Fast Write feature

• New SNMP Features

•SNMPAD/RBACsupport

• 3DESandAESprivacyprotocolsupport

•FCIPMIB

• IPv6 trap destination

• IPv6 SNMP ACL entries

Access Gateway support

Acces

s Gateway is supported in the following HP products only:

• Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012)

• Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)

• HP St

orageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E)

IMPORTANT:

The HP Storage Works 4/8 SAN Switch, although using the same hardware as the 4/16 SAN Sw itch, does

not support Access Gateway. Also, Access Gateway mode is not supported with the Brocade 4Gb SAN

Swit

ch for HP p-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4012) if any half-height BladeServers (BL3xp) are conﬁgured

in t

he same sleeve within the p-Class enclosure. Please check h

ttp://www.hp.com for the latest updates.

Access G a teway was initially introduced with Fabric OS 5.2.1b. It allows a switch to operate in a special

agmode that allows simpliﬁed connectivity between large numbers of servers and the SAN. Access

Gateway leverag es N_port ID virtualization (NPIV) to hide the complexity of the servers (both physical

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes