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3Fabric OS 4.4.x release notes
About this document
This section identifies the audience of these Release Notes and provides a high-level
description of the information it contains.
Release Notes overview
These Release Notes cover the following major topics:
• Fabric OS 4.4.x enhancements, page 3
• Accessing documentation, page 6
• Standards compliance, page 6
• Important notes, page 7
• Commands modified in Fabric OS 4.4.x, page 21
• Documentation updates, page 22
• Closed issues from previous 4.2.2a release, page 24
Audience
These Release Notes are intended for systems administrators and technicians
who are responsible for installing, operating, and maintaining Fabric OS version 4.4.x.
Fabric OS 4.4.x enhancements
Fabric OS 4.4.x contains significant enhancements in the areas of Fibre Channel long-distance
support, scalability, and manageability. In addition, several improvements since the release of
Fabric OS version 4.2.x have been incorporated in this release.
Major new features include:
• Support for the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32 and the HP StorageWorks
Multi-protocol (MP) Router
• Increased HP Extended Fabrics support. For specific parameters, access the
HP
StorageWorks SAN design reference guide
, part number AA-RMPNS-TE from:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=Suppor
tManual&locale=en_US&docIndexId=179911&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=4
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