FW 05.01.00 and SW 07.01.00 HP StorageWorks SAN High Availability Planning Guide (AA-RS2DC-TE, June 2003)

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■ The minimum OS/390 level for a director or switch without the control unit
port (CUP) feature is Version 2.6, plus service listed in PSP bucket upgrade
2032, device subset 2032OS390G5+. The minimum OS/390 level for a
director or switch with the CUP feature is Version 2.1, plus service listed in
the preceding PSP bucket for that function.
■ A host-attached Hardware Management Console. The console runs the
Hardware Management Console application (HWMCA), and is the operations
and management PC platform for S/390 servers.
For additional information, refer to the IBM publication, System Automation for
OS/390, Operations (GC28-1550).
Flexport Technology
The Edge Switch 2/16, Edge Switch 2/32, and Edge Switch 2/24 can be purchased
at a discount without all Fibre Channel ports enabled. The Flexport technology
feature is a hardware port expansion kit that allows customers to upgrade switch
capacity on demand in eight-port increments.
Flexport technology kits are available to upgrade the following:
■ Edge Switch 2/16 from 8 to 16 ports.
■ Edge Switch 2/32 from 16 to 24 ports, or from 24 to 32 ports.
■ Edge Switch 2/24 from 8 to 16 ports, or from 16 to 24 ports.
Each port expansion kit includes eight SFP optical transceivers, upgrade
instructions, and a feature key that enables the added port capacity through the
Product Manager application.
SANtegrity Binding
SANtegrity Binding is a feature that enhances data security in large and complex
SANs that are comprised of numerous fabrics and devices provided by multiple
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The feature allows or prohibits
director or switch attachment to fabrics (fabric binding) and Fibre Channel device
attachment to directors or switches (switch binding). The SANtegrity binding
feature includes:
■ Fabric binding — Using the fabric binding feature, an administrator allows
only specified directors or switches to attach to specified fabrics in a SAN.
This provides security from accidental fabric merges or potential fabric
disruption when multiple fabrics segment because they cannot merge. This
feature is managed through the HAFM Manager application.