What Is New in This Release

The following describes new or changed features in this FSPM release.

Table 1 Release information and new features
Operating system AIX version FSPM version New features
AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 4.0
  • Support for Oracle Flash Storage System 6.1 or higher. Continued support for Pillar Axiom version 4.5 or higher.

  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adapters are supported for connection through a fabric to Controller FC ports.

  • Dynamic Reconfiguration support for FC/FCoE/iSCSI adapters which can be dynamically moved between partitions (provided that specific operating system procedures are followed).

  • Virtual Fibre Channel adapters using NPIV are supported, with restrictions on use with Live Partition Mobility.

  • Boot from iSCSI and FCoE is supported in addition to Boot from FC.

  • Live Partition Mobility is supported, with restrictions on use with Virtual Fibre Channel adapters.