User guide
Supported switches4
• Trunking over Extended Fabrics
• For the HP StorageWorks 2 GB, Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 switches,
two links up to 50 km at 2 Gbit/sec and 4 links at 10km at 2Gbit/sec
• For the SAN Switch 4/32, three links up to 250 km at 2Gbit/sec and 100 km at 4
Gbit/sec
• Increased scalability to 2560 ports and 50 domains
• Port scalability via license keys
• Fabric Watch improvements:
• Improved notification
• Switch health reports
• Standardized messaging: for example, including information such as time stamp,
message number, severity, and switch name for all system messages
• Updated security enhancements:
•SSH
•RADIUS
• DH-CHAP authentication
• Fabric Watch and Advanced Web Tools usability enhancements
Supported switches
Fabric OS v4.4.x supports the following switches:
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16N
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32
• HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64
• HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32