Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

Changes if Interoperability Is EnabledSwitch Feature
Verify that the Distributed Services Time Out Value
timers match exactly.
D_S_TOV
Verify that the Error Detect Time Out Value timers
match exactly.
E_D_TOV
Verify that the Resource Allocation Time Out Value
timers match exactly.
R_A_TOV
Trunking is not supported between two different
vendor’s switches. This feature may be disabled on
a per port or per switch basis.
Trunking
The default zone operation of permit (all nodes can
see all other nodes) or deny (all nodes are isolated
when not explicitly placed in a zone) may change.
Default zone
Zones may be limited to the pWWN and other
proprietary zoning methods (physical port number)
may be eliminated.
Zoning attributes
On a Brocade switch, use the cfgsave
command to save fabric-wide zoning
configuration. This command does not have
any effect on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
switches if they are part of the same fabric.
You must explicitly save the configuration
on each Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
Note
Some vendors do not pass the full zone configuration
to other switches, only the active zone set gets passed.
Zone propagation
Verify that the active zone set or zone configuration
has correctly propagated to the other switches in the
fabric.
Interop mode only affects the specified VSAN.VSAN
Interop modes cannot be enabled on
FICON-enabled VSANs.
Note
TE ports and SAN port channels cannot be used to
connect Cisco switches to non-Cisco SAN switches.
TE ports and SAN port channel s
Only E ports can be used to connect to non-Cisco
SAN switches. TE ports and SAN port channels can
still be used to connect a Cisco switch to other Cisco
SAN switches even when in interop mode.
The routing of frames within the fabric is not changed
by the introduction of interop mode. The switch
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Advanced Fibre Channel Features and Concepts
About Interop Mode