HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.0b Release Notes (AA-RWEYB-TE, February 2007)

IMPORTA NT:

Any enhancements fo r the above models will be deliver ed in Fabric OS 3.2.x, Fabri c

OS 5.0.x and XPath OS 7.4.x sustaining releases.

Devices supported

See the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide for supported devices:

ttp://www.hp.com/go/san.

Operating systems

See http: //www.hp.com/go/san for a list of supported operating systems.

Enhancements

This section describes Fabric OS 5.2 . 0b new features.

Security-related enhancement

Password aging, password enforcem ent, and password strength/history has been added

to Fabric OS 5.1.0 and later.

Reliabilit y, Availability, Serviceabilit y (RAS)

• Audit logging—provides lo gs per user-generated events, such as security

violation, zoning, firmware d ownload, and configura tion changes.

• Configuration m anagement enhancements—improve switch availability by

allowing Fabric Watch and SNMP parameter changes to be non-disruptive.

• Firmware upgrade enhancements—provide clearer error messages and remove

the need to enter “release.plist” in the command line.

• Daemon restart/monitoring—restarts management daemons automatically when

they fail without swi tch reboot:

• Simple Network Mana gem ent Protocol Daemon (SNMPD)

• Web Server Daem on (Webd)

• Common Access Layer Daemon (CALD )

• Remote Procedure Call Daemon (RPCD)

• Event Monitor Daemon (EVMD)

• Asynchronous Response Router Daemon (ARRD), sends management data to

hosts when the switch is accessed via FA API or SMI-S.

• Track Changes Daemon (Trackd)

Fabric OS 5.2.0b