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Gbps FC license on the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch). In Fabric OS 7.0.0x, this feature is
supported only on the first eight ports of the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch and each HP SN8000B
16Gb blades.
Advanced Diagnostics Support on 16 Gbps FC Platforms
• D_Port support
Fabric OS 7.0.0x introduced the concept of the Diagnostic port or D_Port. The D_Port feature
allows diagnosis of components associated with a link, such as SFPs and cables. This test
performs connectivity checks between various components on the ISL, drives link saturation
and measures link distance. This feature is supported on ISLs between 16 Gbps FC platforms
using 16 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.
• Forward Error Correction (FEC)
The FEC feature allows recovery of error bits in a 10 Gbps or a 16 Gbps data stream. It can
correct up to 11 error bits in every 2112-bit transmission. This feature is enabled by default
on all ISLs of 16 Gbps FC platforms.
• Real-time Power Monitoring
The new 16 Gbps blades (HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port or 48-port FC Blades and the Core
blades) support real-time measurement of power being consumed by those blades. The real-time
power consumption of the HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port and 48-port FC Blades can be displayed
using the chassisshow command.
• Advanced SFP Monitoring
Fabric Watch has been enhanced to monitor 16 Gbps SFP+, 10 Gbps SFP+ and 16 Gbps
QSFP. It also allows thresholds to be configured based on the type of the SFP.
Dynamic Fabric Provisioning - Fabric Assigned WWN
To simplify and accelerate server deployment and improve operational efficiency, Fabric OS 7.0.0x
now supports Fabric Assigned WWN or FA-WWN, which uses a virtual WWN for a server instead
of the server’s physical PWWN to create zoning and LUN mapping/masking. Once the server is
attached to the SAN, this feature allows the fabric to assign this virtual WWN to the server. This
feature requires servers to be using Brocade HBAs/Adapters with HBA driver version to be released
in the future. Also, configuration is required at the HBA to utilize FA-WWN.
FCIP Enhancements
Fabric OS 7.0.0x implements the following FCIP enhancements:
• 10 GigE lossless failover on HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade
The 10 GigE lossless failover feature allows users to configure a new set of IP addresses and
allow a tunnel to failover to the secondary 10 GigE port. There are two types of configurations
that are supported: active/active and active/passive. In the active/active case, the data is
sent on both 10 GigE ports, thus load-balanced across 10 GigE ports. In active/passive case,
the data is failed-over to a passive circuit (one with a higher metric) if all active circuit paths
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