HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional 10.3.4 Release Notes (5697-0436, April 2010 - includes all 10.3.x versions)
Table Of Contents
- B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional
- Version
- Description
- New hardware platforms
- New software features
- Enhancements
- Supported switches and firmware
- Supported operating systems
- Supported feature summary for DCFM
- Important notes
- Installation instructions
- Documentation updates
- DCFM 10.3.0 fixes
- DCFM 10.3.1 fixes
- DCFM 10.3.2 fixes
- DCFM 10.3.3 fixes
- DCFM 10.3.4 fixes
- Effective date
Version
10.3.4
Description
HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) is HP's next-generation fabric
management application and the successor to its legacy fabric management application, HP
StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM).
New hardware platforms
DCFM 10.3.0 introduced support for the following new hardware platforms:
• HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (earlier versions only supported Discovery
for this switch)
• HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade
• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
New software features
DCFM 10.3.0 introduced support for the following new software features:
• DCFM Professional Plus—A new product in the DCFM product line designed for medium-sized
businesses or departmental storage networks
• Uses the same binary as DCFM Enterprise, but with limited features and scalability
• Supports up to 4 fabrics and 2,560 switch ports
• Supports the same hardware platforms as DCFM Enterprise, with the exception of the HP
StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
• Supports fabrics that contain only M-EOS switches
• Does not support FICON
• Can be upgraded to DCFM Enterprise with a license-key update
• Support for fabrics with only M-EOS switches by adding discovery functionality to M-EOS switches
• M-EOS V9.6.x or later is required for seed switch compatibility.
• An M-EOS seed switch with firmware earlier than V9.9.2 supports the following fabric member
information:
• Domain ID
• Switch WWN
• Topology
• An M-EOS seed switch with firmware V9.9.2 or later supports the following fabric member
information, in addition to the information supported by earlier versions:
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