Release Notes HP C-series FC Switches for NX-OS_5.2(6b)(5697-2551, April 2013)

17 MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director & Multilayer Fabric Switches Release Notes
DATA CENTER NETWORK MANAGER & DEVICE MANAGER
GUI SETUP
Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) have merged into a unified
product that can now manage and monitor both SAN and LAN environments. As a part of this merger,
Cisco Fabric Manager has been rebranded as Cisco DCNM for SAN.
DCNM for SAN introduces server-based licenses that allow you to purchase a pool of DCNM for SAN
licenses instead of a switch-based Fabric Manager Server (FMS) license. The DCNM licenses are not yet
available, but FMS licensees will be available from HP until the DCNM licenses are available. These and
existing FMS licenses are grandfathered into DCNM for SAN, which means that you do not have to
purchase a new license to use DCNM for SAN if you have an existing FMS license.
The following new features are available in Cisco DCNM Release 6.1(2):
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Cisco DCNM Server federation offers high availability (automatic failover).
• The Performance Manager Printer Report shows Rx and Tx peaks.
• The Performance Manager shows Rx, Tx, PeakRx, and PeakTx utilization percentage.
• The Performance Manager provides data export in a unit-less number for CSV/Excel format.
• The host and storage dashboard Performance Manager traffic chart shows events.
• An alert notification for new events has been added to the Health Events tabl
• NPV discovery property is enabled in the discovery dialog box.
• The switch dashboard shows a 24-hour Rx and Tx chart.
• A map toggle allows you to hide or show NPV switches.
• Host enclosure names can now be edited in the host dashboard.
• Host tracking is enhanced to include these features:
– An option to delete servers that are timed out, when a server's MAC address has timed out on a Cisco Nexus switch.
– Servers that are removed from the network are automatically removed from the Network Servers screen.
• Device groups are enhanced to be in sync for both Cisco DCNM LAN and the web client.
• NPV devices now show attached ports as non-loop ports.
• End-to-end path does not show loops in a topology.
• A Move Fabric task and a Move LAN task have been added to the web client.
• A search capability to edit all local zone sets panels has been added.
• SAN scope device alias creation and modification has been enhanced.
• A 24-hour Performance Manager chart in the topology view for the summary dashboard is now available.
• The capability to show when the Performance Manager threshold exceeds a percentage in the data center summary
ISL and host or storage pods is now available.
• Cisco DCNM LAN now supports TCP clustering.
• OTV overlay support is now available.
• IPv6 features, including HSRP and interfaces, are now supported on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 5500
Series devices.
• VM FEX extends the fabric from the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series platform switch chassis such as the Cisco Nexus
5548UP, Cisco Nexus 5596UP to the Virtual Machine (VM).
• The Adapter-FEX provides the benefits of the Cisco Fabric Extender Link (FEXLink) architecture with that of a
server I/O virtualization to create multiple virtual interfaces over a single Ethernet interface that allows the deployment
of a dual-port NIC on the server.
• This release supports the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series, including the Cisco Nexus 3064-TQ switch and feature support
for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)U4(1) and later releases.
• Support for the following features on the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series is provided:
– IPv6 addressing for routed interfaces, subinterfaces, switch virtual interfaces (SVI), and port-channel interfaces
– IPv6 support for router ACLs
– HSRP support (both IPv4 and IPv6)