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IronWare Software Release 07.2.02j for Brocade FastIron switches
Release Notes v 1.0 Page 32 of 79
Supported base Layer 3 features
Base Layer 3 software images include all of the management, security, system, and Layer 2 features
listed in the previous tables, plus the features listed in Table 12.
NOTE: FCX devices will not contain a base Layer 3 image. The features in this table will be supported on
the full Layer 3 image for these devices.
Table 12 Supported base Layer 3 features
Category and description FESX
SuperX
FSX 800
FSX 1600
FGS
FLS
FGS-STK
FLS-STK
FWS FCX
BootP/DHCP Relay Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP) load sharing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP helper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RIP V1 and V2 (advertising only) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Routing for directly connected IP subnets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Static IP routing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Interfaces (up to 512) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
(VRRP)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VRRP timer scaling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supported edge Layer 3 features
Edge Layer 3 software images include all of the management, security, system, Layer 2, and base Layer 3
features listed in the previous tables, plus the features shown in Table 13.
NOTE: Edge Layer 3 images are supported in the FastIron (hardware) models listed in Table 13. These
features are also supported with software-based licensing. For details, refer to the chapter “Software-
based Licensing” in the FastIron Configuration Guide.