New Feature Descriptions; Diagnostic Port (D_Port) Enhancements; In-Flight Encryption And Compression Enhancements - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 300 Release Notes

New Feature Descriptions

Diagnostic Port (D_Port) Enhancements

FOS v7.1 implements the following enhancements to the D_Port functionality:
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Support for D_Port on optical ICL ports of DCX 8510
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New D_Port test options
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D_Port between 16G Access Gateway and 16G FC Switch
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D_Port between 16G Switch and Brocade 16G FC Adapter
Support for D_Port on Optical ICL ports of DCX 8510
FOS v7.1 implements D_Port functionality on the optical ICL ports of the DCX 8510 platforms. This support
however does not include Electrical and Optical loop-back functionality as these are not supported by the
QSFPs used on the optical ICLs ports.
New D_Port Test Options
New options are added to extend the D_Port functionality in FOS v7.1.0. These allow users to specify the
following options such as the number of frames, frame size, data pattern, duration of the test, etc. while
running the D_Port test
D_Port between 16G Access Gateway and 16G FC Switch
FOS v7.1 adds D_Port support on 16G platforms configured as Access Gateways (AG).
The supported configurations are:
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D_Port between 16G AG and 16G switch
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D_Port Between 16G AG and another 16G AG
D_Port between 16G Switch and Brocade 16G FC Adapter
FOS v7.1.0 enhances the D_Port support between a Brocade 16G FC Adapter and a Brocade 16G FC switch.
This enhancement includes support for the Dynamic D_Port mode which does not require any D_Port
configuration at the adapter. This functionality also requires Brocade HBA driver v3.2.

In-Flight Encryption and Compression Enhancements

FOS v7.1 implements the following enhancements for the In-flight Encryption/Compression features:
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Increase the number of Encryption/Compression ports based on port speed – For any supported 16G
blade or 16G switch, the number of ports supported for Encryption/Compression at 8G speed is twice
the number of ports supported at 16G speed.
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In-flight Encryption/Compression with port decommissioning – Starting with FOS v7.1 users can
enable port decommissioning on a port that also has in-flight Encryption/Compression enabled.
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In-flight Encryption/Compression on EX_Ports - Note that this feature requires 16G capable ports at
both ends of the link.
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Ability to display compression ratio – The portstatsshow command is enhanced to display
compression ratio on a compression enabled port.
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Ability to display port speed – The portenccompshow command is enhanced to display the port speed
of Encryption/Compression enabled ports
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