HP Fabric OS 6.2.2f Release Notes (5697-1756, February 2012)

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Version....................................................................................................................................5

Description..............................................................................................................................5

Update recommendation.......................................................................................................6

Supersedes.........................................................................................................................7

New feature descriptions...........................................................................................................7

Optionally licensed software.................................................................................................9

Included licensed software....................................................................................................9

Temporary license support..................................................................................................10

Previously licensed software now included with base Fabric OS...............................................10

Standards compliance........................................................................................................10

New hardware support...........................................................................................................10

Supported product models.......................................................................................................10

Unsupported product models....................................................................................................11

Devices supported..................................................................................................................11

Operating systems..................................................................................................................11

Access Gateway support.........................................................................................................11

Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics....................................................................12

Secure Fabric OS feature not compatible with Fabric OS 6.x and later..........................................13

Zoning and fabric operations...................................................................................................13

Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................14

4/256 SAN Director blade support..........................................................................................16

DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support.........................................................16

Power supply requirements for Director blades............................................................................17

FC Routing scalability..............................................................................................................17

Important notes......................................................................................................................17

New OUI Support on B-Series platforms................................................................................18

Overview.....................................................................................................................18

Impact of products with the new OUI to existing fabrics/environments..................................18

HP Network Advisor compatibility........................................................................................18

DCFM compatibility...........................................................................................................19

Fabric OS compatibility......................................................................................................19

Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes........................................................19

Firmware upgrades and downgrades....................................................................................22

Firmware upgrade instructions.........................................................................................23

Scalability.........................................................................................................................23

FICON support..................................................................................................................23

Other important notes and recommendations.............................................................................23

Virtual Fabrics...................................................................................................................23

Licensing behavior.............................................................................................................24

Frame Redirection..............................................................................................................24

Adaptive networking/flow-based QoS prioritization................................................................24

FC Routing........................................................................................................................25

FCR backbone fabric ID changes.........................................................................................25

Traffic isolation over FCR.....................................................................................................25

Integrated routing..............................................................................................................25

Access gateway.................................................................................................................25

FCS Automatic Distribution..................................................................................................25

FIPS.................................................................................................................................25

LDAP................................................................................................................................25

FCAP...............................................................................................................................26

FICON.............................................................................................................................26

FL_Port (loop) support.........................................................................................................26

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