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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Dynamic Path Selection
(DPS); exchange based
routing
Yes
Supported
outbound from
Fabric OS-based
switches. M-EOS
can provide
reciprocal load
balancing using
OpenTrunking.
Yes
Supported
outbound from
Fabric OS-based
switches. M-EOS
can provide
reciprocal load
balancing using
OpenTrunking.
Yes
Supported
outbound from
Fabric OS-based
switches. M-EOS
can provide
reciprocal load
balancing using
OpenTrunking.
Yes
Supported
outbound from
Fabric OS-based
switches. M-EOS
can provide
reciprocal load
balancing using
OpenTrunking.
Yes
Supported
outbound from
Fabric OS-based
switches. M-EOS
can provide
reciprocal load
balancing using
OpenTrunking.
Yes
Supported
outbound
from Fabric
OS-based
switches.
M-EOS can
provide
reciprocal
load balancing
using
OpenTrunking.
Dynamic Load Sharing
(DLS); port based
routing
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Channels (VC
RDY)
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.
FICON Management
Server (Cascading)
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
FICON MIHPTO Yes No Yes No Yes No
Full Scalability (to
maximum M-EOS fabric
limits)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fabric Watch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ports on Demand (POD)YesYesNoNoNo No
NPIV Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Open E_Port N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Port Mirroring
(8 Gbps port mirroring
supported in Fabric OS
v6.2.0)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Extended Fabrics Yes Yes
Not on FCR
Yes Yes
Not on FCR
Yes Yes
Not on FCR
FCIP (VE_Ports) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPFC (IP over FC) Yes
Only supported
locally within the
Fabric OS
switch.
Yes
Only supported
locally within the
Fabric OS
switch.
Yes
Only supported
locally within the
Fabric OS switch.
Yes
Only supported
locally within the
Fabric OS switch.
Yes
Only supported
locally within the
Fabric OS switch.
Yes
Only
supported
locally within
the Fabric OS
switch.
TABLE 70 Supported Fabric OS features (Continued)
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