HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.0b Release Notes (AA-RWEYF-TE, October 2007)

Table 1 Current supported Fabric OS versions
Model Earliest compa
tible version
Recommended ve
rsion
HP StorageWorks 1 Gb Switch
2.6.2c
2.6.2d
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HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8–EL,
nl
HPStorageWorks SAN Switch 2 /16,
nl
MSA SAN Switch 2/8
3.2.1 3.2.1c
HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64
5.0.5 5.0.5e
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V,
nl
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16V,
nl
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/ 32,
nl
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2/128
5.1.0d 5.3.0b
HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch
5.1.0d 5.3.0b
HP StorageWorks B-Series MP Router Blade,
nl
HP StorageWo
rks 400 MP Router
5.1.0d 5.3.0b
HP StorageWorks B-Series iSCSI D irector Blade
(Brocade FC4–16IP)
5.2.1b 5.3.0b
HP Storage W orks SAN Switch 4/32 5.1.0d 5.3.0b
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch
5.2.1b 5.3.0b
HP StorageWorks MP Router XPath OS 7.4.x XPath OS 7.4.1e
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class
BladeSystem,
nl
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
5.0.5
5.3.0b
Fabric Manager
5.2.0a 5.3.0
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Fabric OS
2.6.x can interoperate with Fabric OS 5.2.x or later via FC routing capability of the HP
StorageWo
rks Multi-protocol (MP) Router. HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router, or HP StorageWorks B-Series
MP Router Blade. Refer to the Fabric OS 5.3.0b release notes (this document) for additional interoperability
information.
IMPORTANT:
The B-Series MP Router Blade (for use with the 4/256 Director only) must run Fabric OS 5.1.0d or later.
Note that the Core Switch 2/64 does not support the B-Series MP Router Blade.
Firmware upgrade instructions
IMPORTANT:
HP strongly recommends that users upgrade to Fabric OS 5.3.0b as soon as possible (particularly if your
model is the Brocade 4G b SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem, Brocade 4024.
To access the latest Fabric OS 5.3.0b firmware , configuration files, and MIB files, go to the following HP
web site: h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/san.
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