Release Notes

Fabric OS v7.3.0c Release Notes v1.0 Page 6 of 52
• Flow Vision enhancements
o Flow Performance Monitor enhancements
o Flow Mirror enhancements
o Flow Generator enhancements
o Miscellaneous Flow Vision enhancements
• ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) enhancements
o D_Port and MAPS integration
o Dynamic D_Port and On-demand D_Port on ISLs
o D_Port Provision
o D_Port test result display enhancements
o D_Port on FC16-64 QSFPs
• Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP)
• Link Cable Beacon (Port Peer Beacon)
• E_Port Balance Priority Routing enhancement
• FCR enhancements
o Enhancements to FCR CLIs
o Support fabric alias names for edge fabric IDs
• Security enhancements
o Support SHA-256 for FCAP and DH-CHAP
o Support in-flight encryption with FCAP generated keys
o Support fabric-wide consistency policy co-existence with FCR
o Open Software Source packages upgrade
• Access Gateway enhancements
o Support user account and password database distribution to Access Gateway
o Support dynamic D_Port on links connecting to HBAs.
• Zoning enhancement
o Disallow zone merge with mismatching default zone access mode
• Support High Integrity Fabric
• RAS enhancements
• FICON enhancements
• Brocade 8510 ICL scalability enhancements
• Miscellaneous enhancements