HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1 release notes (AA-RWEYI-TE, March 2008)

requiring a domain and the associated fabric rebuild traffic that is prevalent when switches are powered
on, or a dded, or removed from a fabric.
Refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide available on h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/san
for more i nformation.
Access Gateway support in non-Brocade fabrics
In addition to being suppor ted 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 & 9509
• McDATA fabrics running EOS 09.00.xx with Brocade FOS 5.2.1b
• McDATA fabr
ics 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 fabrics running EOS 09.06.02 with Brocade FOS 5.3.1 or 6.0.0b
• Cisco fabr
ics 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 fabr
ics running SAN-OS 3.0(2a) with Brocade FOS 5.3.1 or 6.0.0b
Dynamic Ports on De m and (DPOD)
IMPORTANT:
DPOD is an optional features supported in the following HP product only:
• Brocade 4G b SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)
Please check h
ttp://www.hp.com for the latest updates.
DPOD takes the expansion capability of fixed Ports on Demand (PODs) and adds the flexibility of
connecting to any available port as long as a valid license is available. Previously, POD allowed only
specific por ts to be utilized. With DPOD, any physically available port can be made active as long as a
valid license is available. This allows customers the flexibility of automatically changing port assignments
where previously the port assignments were fixed and inflexible.
Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)
The R ASLog is modified to suppor t IPv6. RAS will also obsolete traceftp and savecore CLI and
add its functionality to supportsave and supportftp.
Management
Fabric OS 5.3.0 added a new user role, the secAdmin or Security Administrator. This role maintains
security administration including logging and auditing. The addition of the secAdmin role allows users
to isolate security management from c omplete Administrator management.
Security
Secure Fabri c OS is no longer sold as an option, but integrated into Fabric OS 5.3.0 and later.
IMPORTANT:
Fabric OS 5. 3 . 0 is the last major release that is compatible with SFOS.
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