Access Gateway - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Release Note

New feature summaries
This section lists features and improvements initially introduced with Fabric OS 6.1.x, and carried
forward to 6.1.1b.
Enhanced connectivity with McDATA products
McDATA connectivity enhancements include:
• M-EOS Native Fabric Mode support—HP supports interopmode 2 on Fabric OS 6.1.x on the
4/256 SAN Director and DC SAN Backbone Director. This allows Directors to participate directly
in M-EOS fabrics running in McDATA Fabric Mode. M-EOS products in the fabric must be running
M-EOS 09.07.00 or later.
• M-EOS Open Fabric Mode support—HP supports interopmode 3 on Fabric OS 6.1.x with the
4/256 SAN Director & DC SAN Backbone Director. This allows Directors to participate directly
in M-EOS fabrics running in Open Fabric Mode. M-EOS products in the fabric must be running
M-EOS 09.07.00 or later. interopmode 3 scalability limits have also been increased to match
those of interopmode 2.
Traffic Isolation Zones supported in mixed fabrics in Interopmode 2—Fabric OS 6.1.x allows the
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Traffic Isolation Zones in fabrics with M-Type products. The M-EOS-based products can also provide
the same capability through Preferred Path configurations.
Frame Redirection—Fabric OS 6.1.x allows Frame Redirection on Fabric OS products that are
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operating in interopmode 2 or 3. This provides even greater flexibility and support for environments
that use the powerful Frame Redirection capability.

Access Gateway

Access Gateway enhancements include:
• Trunking with Access Gateway—Enables frame distribution across a set of available paths linking
Access Gateway to an adjacent switch. The adjacent switch to the Access Gateway must be an
HP StorageWorks switch running Fabric OS 6.1.x or later. This feature also enhances availability
by enabling seamless failover of traffic from a failed N_Port to other ports in a trunk group.
Trunking is an optional licensed feature.
• Advanced Device Security Policy (ADS)—Extends the DCC policy to a switch module in Access
Gateway mode. The DCC policy support enables a user to restrict N_Port logins through an F_Port
of an Access Gateway. The user must provide a list of device port WWNs for an F_Port to enable
those devices to login through that F_Port. This policy is also supported for NPIV connections on
F_Ports.
• 16 bit routing enhances interoperability of Access Gateway with Cisco fabrics. This capability
only applies to 8-Gb platforms.
Traffic Isolation Zones over FCR
This enhancement enables traffic isolation across EX_Ports and VEX_Ports. This benefits applications
like Tape Pipelining and Fast Write, which traverse VE_Ports, where customers want to control the
exact path and ports.
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