HP B-series Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv Release Notes (5697-2827, September 2013)

In-flight Encryption and compression: In-flight encryption and compression allows for wire-speed
encryption and compression of the incoming data, so data is protected as soon as it enters an HP
SAN.
Forward Error Correction (FEC): The FEC feature allows recovering of error bits in 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.
Advanced SFP Monitoring: Fabric Watch has been enhanced to monitor 16 Gbps SFP+ transceivers.
It also allows thresholds to be configured based on the type of SFP.
Access Gateway Enhancements
Detection of Unreliable N_Port Links: This feature monitors the reliability of a link on every N_Port
of an Access Gateway (AG). If the number of ONLINE/OFFLINE State Change Notifications (SCNs)
for a port exceeds a certain threshold within a pre-defined time period, the link is considered
unreliable, and fail back is disabled for that port. Once the port is reliable again, user-configured
fail back settings are enforced. The port becomes reliable when the number of SCNs is less than
the threshold value in the most recent time interval.
RADIUS/LDAP support: RADIUS/Active Directory for user management is supported on switches
operating in AG mode.
APM (Advanced Performance Monitoring) End-to-End and Frame Monitoring capability: Select
Advanced Performance Monitoring capabilities in AG mode are supported. Two types of
performance monitors are supported in AG mode: End-to-End Monitor and Frame Monitor.
F_Port Static Mapping: This feature allows users to change an existing F_Port to N_Port mapping
by executing a single CLI. In this instance, F_Ports are statically mapped to an N_Port, and port
properties such as failover/failback/preferred are always disabled. This new static mapping
capability is in addition to previously supported F_Port to N_Port mappings, in which a user must
execute multiple CLIs to map an F_Port to an N_Port.
Fabric Watch Enhancements
Switch Status Policy enhancements:
• So-called "Error Ports" are supported in the switch status policy to monitor ports that are
segmented and disabled due to reasons such as security violations and port fencing.
• The unit for thresholds (both default and user-defined) of Marginal, Faulty, Error Ports and
Missing SFPs are reported as a percentage of the current number of physical ports present in
the switch at a given time, rather than the absolute number of physical ports that a switch can
support. The total number of physical ports accounted for in the switch status policy during
threshold calculation excludes FCoE /VE ports/Internal Ports.
Support for multiple e-mail recipients for Fabric Watch events: The Fabric Watch mail alert feature
is used to notify the user of events through a configured email address. In this release, this feature
supports the configuration of multiple email recipients. A maximum of five recipients per class can
be configured using the fwMailCfg command.
Advanced SFP monitoring based on SFP type: Fabric Watch can monitor voltage, current, RXP
(receive power), TXP (transmit power), temperature, and operational hours of 16 Gbps SFP+
transceivers. Fabric Watch applies "sfptype" thresholds for SFP monitoring. If Fabric Watch does
not find the SFP’s "sfptype" in its threshold database, it applies the "Other" thresholds (pre-FOS
v7.0 thresholds) to the SFP.
NOTE: By default, Fabric Watch monitoring is disabled on 16 Gbps SFP+. Advanced "sfptype"
monitoring can be enabled on these SFPs using the new command thmonitor.
SFP monitored as a Field Replaceable Unit: Fabric Watch supports the monitoring of SFPs as Field
Replaceable Units (FRUs). If a FRU state changes, Fabric Watch sends an email or generates a
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