New Hardware Support - HP StorageWorks 8/8 - SAN Switch Release Note

Supersedes
Fabric OS 6.2.0e, released May 2009

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/sec technology in an 8U chassis with horizontal slots (9U with standard
port side air flow kit)
Supports HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8Gb FC blade, SAN Director 32 Port 8Gb FC
blade, and SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC blade
Supports all special purpose blades available for the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Dir-
ector
Supports ICL connectivity to other HP StorageWorks 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, upgradable to 96 Gb/s
Industry standard AES-256 algorithms for data-at-rest encryption
32 Fibre Channel ports, 8 Gb/s in 2U form factor
Integration with HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager (SKM)
The encryption blade provides 16 ports and is supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director and
DC04 SAN Director.
NOTE:
The encryption switch and encryption blade are unique products compared to standard Fibre Channel
switches. HP highly recommends that you read the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide before
configuring these products in any fabric.
Supported product models
The following product models can be upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2.0g:
HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch and 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200E)
HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch (Brocade 4100)
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch (Brocade 5000)
HP StorageWorks 4/48 SAN Director Blade (FC4–48)
HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch (Brocade 4900)
HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (Brocade 48000)
HP StorageWorks 16 Port 4–Gb Blade (FC4–16)
HP StorageWorks 32 Port 4–Gb Blade (FC4–32)
B-series MP Router Blade (Brocade FR4–18i)
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