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New Enhancements and Support
Support for USR Optics
NOS v2.1.1_fuj supports Ultra Short Range (USR) optics. Please refer to the Brocade VDX 2730 10GbE
Connection Blade for the Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 and BX400 Blade Servers hardware Reference Manual for
actual part numbers.
VLAG support
VLAG is supported on internal as well as external Ethernet ports.
VM-Aware Network Automation with vSphere 5.0
The VM-Aware Network Automation feature is validated with VMware vSphere 5.0 in NOS v2.1.1_fuj.
Network OS doesn’t enforce any specific VMware vSphere license requirements to interoperate.
VM-Aware Network Automation with 8000 MAC Addresses
In NOS 2.1.1_fuj, the VM-Aware Network Automation feature is enhanced to support 8000 VM MAC addresses.
VM-Aware Network Automation is now capable of detecting up to 8000 VM MACs and support VM mobility of
this scale within a VCS fabric.
Miscellaneous Enhancements
SNMP MIB Support for Fibre Channel ports has been added in NOS v2.1.1_fuj. Two new supported traps
include
swStateChangeTrap and swFCPortScn . FC counters are also supported in NOS v2.1.1_fuj. NETCONF is
now supported for Fibre Channel interfaces.
Optional Licensed Software
The VDX 2730 has two base SKUs ( SKU SM-VDX2730-0000) that enable 24-port 10G Ethernet configuration.
FCoE/FC and VCS capabilities can be enabled on the base SKU by adding software licenses, which are noted
below.
• FCoE license: Offers FC and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support. An FCoE license enables six
external FC ports and FCoE functionality.
FC ports support auto-sensing (which negotiates to the highest speed that is supported by the attached
device), WWN-based soft zoning, and trunking.
Multi-hop FCoE requires an Ethernet fabric that is enabled with a VCS license. As a result, both license
upgrades (FCoE and VCS) are required.
• VCS license: Enables VCS clustering. A two-node VCS can be created without requiring any license but
creation of a VCS cluster beyond two nodes requires a VCS license on all nodes in the cluster.
Software Licenses SKUs
Software License SKU Description
SM-VDX-EMBD-VCS-01 VCS license
SM-VDX-EMBD-FCOE-01 FCoE license
Note: All licenses include 13 month ‘–M’ support.