HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Release Note page 3

Version
6.2.1
NOTE:
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards and accepted engineering practices and
procedures.
Effective date
August 2009
Description
Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduced support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP
DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. Fabric OS 6.2.1 continues this support. These products provide the
following features:
Data encryption support for B-series fabrics
Key management support for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)
Fabric OS 6.2.0a integrated the following new features (which continue to be supported in Fabric
OS 6.2.1):
Support for the HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
192 ports, 8-Gb technology in 8U chassis (without required front airflow mounting kit, 9U with
kit)
Supports existing 8-Gb FC blades (16, 32, and 48 ports)
Supports existing 10-Gb 6 port ISL blade
Supports existing Multi-protocol Router blade
Supports inter-chassis link (ICL) connectivity to other DC04 SAN Directors and DC SAN Back-
bone Directors
Virtual Fabrics
Full VF feature support on HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, HP StorageWorks
DC04 SAN Director, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN
Switch.
Single physical chassis that can be subdivided into two or more logical switches, creating a
logical fabric with other switches.
Per-port assignment of ports to logical switches
Shared ISLs providing connectivity for multiple logical fabrics
Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) and FCIP enhancements
FCIP (SCSI) read tape pipelining
Serial Over TCP (SOTCP) enhancements
Logical storage area network (LSAN) tagging
Support for Pathinfo over MetaSAN
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.1 release notes 3