Effective Date - HP StorageWorks 4/8 - SAN Switch Release Note

Version
6.2.0b
NOTE:
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards and to accepted engineering practices and
procedures.

Effective date

March 2009
Description
Fabric OS 6.2.0b introduces support for the HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch and the HP
DC Switch Encryption FC Blade. 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 (these features continue to be supported in
Fabric OS 6.2.0b):
Support for the new 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 port)
Supports existing 10–Gb 6 port ISL blade
Supports existing Multi-protocol Router blade
Supports ICL connectivity to other DC04 and DC SAN Backbone directors
Virtual Fabrics (VF)
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 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 provide connectivity for multiple logical fabrics.
FCR and FCIP enhancements
FCIP (SCSI) read tape pipelining
Enhancements to SoTCP
LSAN tagging
Support Pathinfo over MetaSAN
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.0b release notes 3