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

• Brocade ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical
link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway
ISL Trunking on those products that support Access Gateway deployment.
This license is available as an option and can be applied to the Brocade 16Gb/16 SAN
Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class and the Brocade 16Gb/28 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class switch models.
• Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring enables performance monitoring of networked
storage resources. This license includes the Top Talkers feature.
This license is available only as a bundle option for the Brocade 16Gb/28 SAN Switch for
HP BladeSystem c-Class and the Brocade 16Gb/16 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class.
It is bundled with the Extended Fabrics, Fabric Watch and ISL Trunking.
• Brocade Fabric Watch monitors mission-critical switch operations and provides notification if
established limits or thresholds are exceeded. Fabric Watch includes Port Fencing capabilities.
This license is available onlyas a bundle option for the Brocade 16Gb/28 SAN Switch for
HP BladeSystem c-Class and the Brocade 16Gb/16 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class.
It is bundled with the Extemded Fabrics, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and ISL Trunking.
Standards compliance
This software conforms to the FC standards and accepted engineering practices and procedures.
In certain cases, HP might add proprietary supplemental functions to those specified in the standards.
For a list of standards conformance, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com.
Supported product models
Fabric OS 7.1.0_blv is supported only on the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class. The switch is available in the following 3 models:
• Brocade 16Gb/16 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
• Brocade 16Gb/28 SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
• Brocade 16Gb/28 SAN Switch Pwr Pk+ for HP BladeSystem c-Class.
Unsupported features and functionality
Features and functions of the Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class are generally
equivalent to the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC SAN Switch with the following exceptions. There is no
support for:
• 10 Gbps FC Speed Support
• Virtual Fabric or FC Routing capabilities
• Port mirroring
Devices supported
For a list of supported devices, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/san
Operating systems
For a list of operating systems, see the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/san
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