HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition (server/software bundle) Release Notes (403107-008, February 2008)

Version: 3.6.0
Description
The 3.6.0 relea
se of H P StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 includes the following new features:
• Role-based security—Allow users to create a role to manage Virtual C I FS Servers, Virtual File
Shares, and Matrix File Shares
• Support for of
fline caching—Allows users to cache files and programs from Virtual File Shares
or
Matrix File Shares to their local machines.
Update recommendation Recommended
Supersedes HP StorageWor
ks Clustered File Sy s tem 3.4.0 for Windows Release Notes, October 2006
Languages
English
Windows Stor
age
Server platform
This product
is built
on top of HP’s ProLiant Storage Server platform. It uses the Microsoft® Windows
Storage Ser ver (WSS) operating system. The same licensing, patching, and third-party application terms
that
apply to H P’s Proliant Storage Ser ver products also apply to this product. For more details, see the
NAS
web site: h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/NAS.
Look for the following links on the right-hand side of the window:
• Software Up
date & Security Patch Process
• Supported solutions onHP ProLIant Storage Servers
Enhancements and new features in 3.6.0
HP Clustered File System 3.6.0 includes the following enhancements a nd new features.
Security f
eatures:
• Single sign-on. Clustered File System now uses AD single sign-on semantics to authorize users
attempti
ng to access the cluster.
• Role-Based Security Control. You can create roles, define the operations that are allowed or
denied for each role, a nd add specific user or group accounts to the roles.
• Auditing
of all login attempts and user-initiated actions that change the cluster configuration.
Availability features
• Dynamic volume recovery.
• Online membership pa r tition repair and replacement. Membership par titions can now be added,
repaired, or replaced while Clustered File System is running.
Cluster management features
• New eve
nt
viewer. The event viewer shows the Clustered File System event messages currently
in
the W
indows event log. You can filter the output to limit the messages that appear, and you
can
di
splay details about specific messages.
• New event notifier services. The event notifier services can be configuredtosendanSNMPtrap,
to
send email, or to run a script when specific Clustered File System events occur.
HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 WSS Edition (server/software bundle) release notes
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