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Fabric OS v7.0.1a Release Notes v1.0 Page 15 of 74
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability
4100, 4900, 7500, 7500e, 5000, 200E, 48K
Brocade 4012, 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424
v6.2.2 or later
6
Silkworm 12000
v5.0.x
3
(Direct E_Port connections are
not supported – must use FCR)
Brocade 5410, 5480, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, NC-5480
v6.2.0 or later
6
Brocade DCX, 300, 5100, 5300
v6.1.0e and later
2 6
VA-40FC
v6.2.1_vfc
6
, v6.2.2 or later
6
Brocade DCX-4S
v6.2.0 or later
6
Brocade DCX with FS8-18 blade(s), Brocade Encryption Switch
v6.1.1_enc or later
6
Brocade 7800, DCX and DCX-4S with FCOE10-24 or FX8-24 blades
V6.3.0 or later
Brocade 8000
V6.1.2_CEE1 or later
Brocade DCX/DCX-4S with FA4-18 blade(s)
DCX requires v6.0.x or later
6
, DCX-4S
requires 6.2.x or later
5 6
Brocade DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4
FOS v7.0 or later
Brocade 6510
FOS v7.0 or later
Brocade 6505
FOS v7.0.1 or later
48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600
V6.2.2 or later
6
Secure Fabric OS (on any model)
Not Supported
Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES-
4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode)
1
Direct E_Port connections are not
supported – must use FCR.
M-EOS v9.9.5 or later
McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director
Not Supported
Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability
Brocade 7420
Not supported
Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade
V6.2.2 and higher
4 6
McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640
Not Supported
NOS (VDX Platform) Interoperability
Brocade VDX6710, VDX6720, VDX6730
NOS v2.1.1 or later
7
Table Notes:
1
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based product in
order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric.
2
When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.
3
These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.