HP B-series Fabric OS 7.1.0c Release Notes (5697-2892, October 2013 - includes all 7.1.0x versions)

There are several enhancements to features that were introduced in Fabric OS 7.1.0a. The
enhancements are summarized below and explained in more detail in the section “New features”
(page 5).
• D_Port enhancements:
D_Port on optical ICLs of the HP SN8000B Director platforms◦
◦ New D_Port test options – users can specify number of frames, frame size, test duration,
etc
◦ D_Port between Access Gateway (enabled on 16G FC platform) and 16G FC switch
• In-flight encryption and compression enhancements
• FEC (Forward Error Correction) support enhancements
• Performance optimization enhancements on FC long distance ISLs
• FOS security enhancements
Addition of TACACS+ support◦
◦ Support for Open LDAP
• FCIP platform enhancements
Virtual Fabrics support on the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800) platform◦
◦ Various FCIP RAS enhancements
◦ IPsec support on VE ports 22-31 of the HP StoreFabric Enhanced Multiprotocol Extension
Blade (Brocade FX8-24E)
• Scalability Enhancement:
Support for up to 2 MB zone database in a fabric with only HP DC SAN Backbone Director/HP
DC04 SAN Director/HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director/HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director switches (the presence of any other platform will limit the maximum zone database
to 1 MB).
• Fabric Services enhancements
Zoning enhancements◦
◦ Name Server enhancements
◦ FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) enhancements
• FCR enhancements
• Access Gateway enhancements
• Various RAS enhancements
• Encryption platform enhancements on the HP Encryption SAN Switch/HP DC Swtich Encryption
FC Blade
• Miscellaneous enhancements
Update recommendation
HP strongly recommends that you upgrade to Fabric OS 7.1.0c as soon as possible to take
advantage of the latest fixes and features.
For more information, see “Firmware upgrade instructions” (page 36).
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