Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Supported features in an interoperable environment
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TABLE 70 Supported Fabric OS features
Fabric OS Features Fabric OS v6.1.0 Fabric OS v6.2.0 Fabric OS v6.3.0
Interop mode 2 Interop mode 3 Interop mode 2 Interop mode 3 Interop mode 2 Interop mode 3
Layer 2 Fabric OS
Coordinated Hot Code
Load (HCL)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fabric OS Coordinated
HCL with FCR
Yes
HCL is
supported only
for FR4-18i
blades in a
48000 as the
backbone switch
Yes
HCL is
supported only
for FR4-18i
blades in a
48000 as the
backbone switch
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zone Activation suppor t Yes No Yes No Yes No
Traffic Isolation zones No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frame Redirection
(devices attached to
Fabric OS)
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
FCR Fabric Binding
(route to M-EOS fabric
with Fabric binding)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Layer 2 Fabric Binding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SCC policies Yes
Only supported
in conjunction
with Layer 2
Fabric Binding.
No Yes
Only supported
in conjunction
with Layer 2
Fabric Binding.
No
In Virtual
Fabrics, ACL
policies such as
DCC, SCC and
FCS can be
configured on
per logical
switch basis.
Yes
Only supported in
conjunction with
Layer 2 Fabric
Binding.
No
In Virtual
Fabrics, ACL
policies such
as DCC, SCC
and FCS can
be configured
on per logical
switch basis.
E/EX_Port
Authentication
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ISL Trunking
(frame-level)
Yes
Only allowed
between Fabric
OS-based
switches.
Yes
Only allowed
between Fabric
OS-based
switches.
Yes
Only allowed
between Fabric
OS-based
switches.
Yes
Only allowed
between Fabric
OS-based
switches.
Yes
Only allowed
between Fabric
OS-based
switches.
Yes
Only allowed
between
Fabric
OS-based
switches.