HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.0.1a release notes (AA-RWFMA-TE, June 2008)

Refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s G uide available on http://www.hp.com/go/san

for more information.

Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics

In addition to being supported in HP’s Brocade fabrics, Access Gateway is supported 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 & 9 509

The applicable switch ﬁrm w are information is as f ollows:

• McDATA fabri

cs 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 fabr

ics running EOS 09.06.02 with Brocade FOS 5.3.1, 5.3.1a, 6.0.0b or 6.0.1a

• 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, 6.0.0b or 6.0.1 a

NewfeaturesintroducedinFabricOS6.x

This section lists features and improvements.

1MB securi

ty database

Fabric OS now supports a security database up to 1MB in size, four times the previous 256KB database.

This data

base, which is used to store DCC, SCC, and FCS policies, can no w accommodate ACL security

settings for environments with up to approximately 14,000 attached devices. This is supported on all

platforms except the 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch.

Activ e Directory

Provides Light weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client module support in Fabric OS for user

authentication and authorization against Active Directory services in corporate networks.

FIPS compliance

Fabric O

S 6.x introduces a new Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mod e in Fabric OS where

only FI

PS 140-2 compliant algorithms will be allowed. The certiﬁcation of the Fabric OS 6.x code is

in progress.

Adaptive Networking with Quality of Service (QoS), licensed feature

Ingress rate limiting

This feature allows the ASIC to delay the return of BB credits to the external device. By doing so, a user

can limit the throughput on the ingress side of a port, thereby removing potential congestion scenarios

within a fabric caused by heavy bandwidth consumption by low priority applications. Ingress rate limiting

is only supported on F/FL ports, an d is only available only on 8Gb capable ports.

Flow based prioritization

By exploiting the Virtual Channel (VC) capability using advanced ASICs, a user can specify a speciﬁc

priority for any existing zones. This new licensed Quality of Service (QoS ) capability, available on all