HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1 Release Notes (AA-RUQYF-TE, January 2006)

3Fabric OS 3.2.1 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 3.2.1 enhancements, page 3
• HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 3.2.1 addendum, page 6
• Accessing documentation, page 6
• Important notes, page 8
• Documentation updates, page 10
Audience
These Release Notes are intended for systems administrators and technicians
who are responsible for installing, operating, and maintaining Fabric OS version 3.2.1.
Fabric OS 3.2.1 enhancements
Fabric OS v3.2.1 is a maintenance release containing fixes to a number of defects found since
the release of Fabric OS v3.2.0a. Aside from these changes, this maintenance release includes
the same feature set as the Fabric OS v3.2.0 release.
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS v3.2.1 contains significant enhancements in the areas of Fibre
Channel long-distance support, scalability, and manageability. Several improvements since the
release of HP StorageWorks Fabric OS v3.1.3 have been incorporated in this release. Major
new features include:
• Additional support for the HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol (MP) Router
• Updated security enhancements:
•RADIUS
• DH-CHAP authentication
• Improved manageability and ease-of-use for Fabric Watch and Advanced Web Tools