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

and virtual) attached to it while allowing easy SAN connectivity. The e dge fabric switch provides all
the fabric services while Access Gateway connects to the edge switch by what appears as a Host Bus
Adapter (HBA) connection. This architecture allows the deployment of many additional servers without
requiring a domain and the associated fabric rebuild traffic that is prevalent when switches are powered
on, or added, or removed from a fabric.
Refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide available on h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/san
for more information.
Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics
In addition to being s uppor ted in HP’s Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is suppor ted for connectivity to
the following switches:
• McDATA 2/16
(ES3216), 2/32 (ES3232), 2/64 (ED6064), 2/140 (M6140) , M4400, M4700, &
Mi10k
• Cisco 9216, 9216A, 9506 & 9509
• McDATA fab
rics running EOS 09.00.xx with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
• McDA TA fabrics running EOS 09.02 .xx or 09.03.xx with Brocade FOS 5.3.0, 5.3.0a, 5.3.0b, 5.3.0c
or 5.3.0d
• McDATA fab
rics running EOS 09.06.02 with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a or 6.0.0b
• Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
• Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS versions 3.1(2a), 3.1(3), 3.1(3a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.0, 5.3.0a,
5.3.0b, 5
.3.0c or 5.3.0d
• Cisco fabrics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a or 6.0.0b
Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD)
IMPORTANT:
DPOD is an optional feature supported in the following HP product only:
• Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)
See h
ttp://www.hp.com for the latest updates.
DPOD takes the expansion capability of fixed Ports on D ema nd (PODs) and ad ds the flexibility of
connecting to any available por t as long as a valid license is available. Previously, POD allowed only
specific ports to be utilized. With DPOD, any physically available port can be made active as long as a
valid license is available. This allows customers the flexibility of automatically changing port assignments
where previously the port assignments were fixed and inflexible.
Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)
The R ASLog is modified to support IPv6. RAS will also obsolete traceftp and savecore CLI and
add its functionality to supportsave and supportftp.
Management
Fabric OS 5.3.0 added a new user role, the secAdmin or Security Administra tor. This role maintains
security administration, including logging and auditing. The addition of the secAdmin role allows users
to isolate security management from c omplete Administrator management.
Security
Secure Fabric OS is no longer sold as an option, but integrated into Fabric OS 5.3.0 and later.
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