New Hardware Support; Temporary License Support; Standards Compliance - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Release Note

Included licensed software
The Enhanced Group Management license is included with all HP 8-Gb switches. Enhanced Group
Management enables full management of the device in a data center fabric with increased element
management functionality and management task aggregation throughout the environment. This license
is used in conjunction with DCFM application software.

Temporary license support

HP does not currently support temporary licenses.
Previously licensed software now included with base Fabric OS
The capabilities described in this section are included as part of the base Fabric OS. No additional
purchase or licensing is necessary.
NOTE:
Advanced Zoning and Web Tools licenses are no longer necessary. These features are enabled
automatically on all products running Fabric OS 6.1 or later.

Standards compliance

This software conforms to the FC standards and accepted engineering practices and procedures. In
certain cases, HP might add proprietary supplemental functions to those specified in the standards.
For a list of standards conformance, see the HP website: http://www.hp.com.

New hardware support

Support for the HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director was introduced with Fabric OS 6.2.0a. The
DC04 SAN Director:
Has 192 ports, 8 Gb/s technology in an 8U chassis with horizontal slots (9U with standard port
side airflow kit)
Supports HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8-Gb FC Blade, SAN Director 32 Port 8-Gb FC
Blade, and SAN Director 48 Port 8-Gb FC Blade
Supports all special-purpose blades available for the DC SAN Backbone Director
Supports ICL connectivity to other DC04 SAN Director or DC SAN Backbone Director chassis
Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduced support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the DC
Switch Encryption FC Blade. The encryption switch provides:
48 Gb/s of encryption processing power, upgradeable to 96 Gb/s
Industry standard AES-256 algorithms for data-at-rest encryption
32 FC ports, 8 Gb/s in 2U form factor
Integration with HP StorageWorks SKM
The encryption blade provides 16 ports and is supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director and
DC04 SAN Director.
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