Release Notes HP C-series FC Switches for NX-OS_5.2(8a)(5697-2659, July 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 and Enhancements are available in Cisco DCNM Release 6.2(1):
Common LAN and SAN Features and Enhancements
The following features are available in the Cisco DCNM web client for LAN and SAN functionality:
• Redundant Cisco DCNM architecture with automated failover and load balancing
• Archive backup enhancement
• Enhancement to Web Services API
• Enhanced event forwarding based on syslog description
• Delete switches from Cisco DCNM that have been decommissioned
• Enhanced performance export based on a consistent unit of measure
• FCoE discovery over FEX
• Multi-switch terminal access through single or multiple commands from the Cisco DCNM thin client
• Enhancement to Host and Storage dashboards for multi-device selection
LAN Features
Cisco DCNM Release 6.2 supports these LAN features:
• Cisco Nexus 3000 buffer usage charts and tabular data for microburst monitoring
• Traffic by VLAN report
SAN Features
Cisco DCNM Release 6.2 supports these features for Cisco DCNM SAN:
• Fibre Channel; Flow wizard enhancement based on end-port traffic utilization
• Enhanced inactive path report adding device-alias login check
• Enhanced zone and alias discrepancy report now provides suggestion on how to fix identified discrepancy
• VSAN traffic enhancement enabling host device report
Platform-Specific Features
Cisco DCNM Release 6.2 supports certain platform-specific features:
• Cisco MDS 9000 Series
– Cisco MDS 9710 Director 10-slot chassis
– Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
• Cisco Nexus 6004P-96Q switch
– N6004P LEM module 12xQSFP+
• Cisco Nexus 3548P switch
– Cisco Nexus 3000 buffer usage charts and tabular data for microburst monitoring
• UCS B-series enhanced visibility into blade attributes and LAN features
• Nexus 1000v Hyper-V support
• FCoE discovery over FEX