HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.2_cee1 release notes (5697-0045, June 2009)

FCoE capabilities

The HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch supports T11 FCoE Entity and FCoE

bridging, an FCoE Hardware Engine that performs FCoE frame encapsulation and decapsulation,

FCoE VF_port (Virtual F_Port) and Fabric Provided MAC Address (FPMA) discovery. See the Fabric

OS 6.1.1 administrator guide for details on the Fabric OS v6.1.1 capabilities.

Unsupported features

The following Fabric OS features are not supported by Fabric OS v6.1.2_cee1 on the HP StorageWorks

2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch:

• Adaptive Networking - Ingress rate limiting and QoS (SID/DID based prioritization)

• Traffic Isolation zones

• Integrated Routing

• Extended Fabrics

• FICON

• Hot Code Load (non-disruptive firmware upgrade)

• Administrative Domains

• Access Gateway

• FCIP

• M-EOS/McDATA interoperability

• Virtual Fabrics

• Port-based zoning

• QoS zoning

WARNING!

Users must not attempt to configure any unsupported feature. Trying to configure or use an unsupported

feature may result in unpredictable behavior.

Optionally-licensed software

ISL Trunking provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced

network performance and fault tolerance. This feature is applicable only to the FC ports on the HP

StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch.

Advanced Performance Monitoring enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources.

this license includes the TopTalkers feature, which is applicable only to the FC ports on the HP

StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch.

Fabric Watch monitors mission critical switch operations. Fabric Watch includes Port Fencing

capabilities, which is applicable only to the FC ports on the HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged

Network Switch.