Brocade Fabric OS Documentation Addendum v6.1.2_cee (53-1001216-01, June 2009)

Fabric OS Documentation Addendum 1
53-1001216-01
Chapter
1
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter
The updates in this chapter are for the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide, part number:
53-1000598-04.
Fabric OS support for the Brocade 8000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1, Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2, Managing User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 3, Configuring Standard Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 4, Configuring Advanced Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 6, Managing Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 7, Installing and Maintaining Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 8, Administering Advanced Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 10, Routing Traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 11, Implementing an Interoperable Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 14, Administering NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 17, Administering Advanced Performance Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 18, Administering Extended Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 19, Administering ISL Trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Appendix A, Configuring the PID Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fabric OS support for the Brocade 8000
The Fabric OS 6.1.2_cee release supports the Brocade 8000 switch. The Brocade 8000 supports
all Fabric OS features except for the following:
Access Gateway
Adaptive Networking
Extended Fabrics
FCIP
FICON
Integrated Routing
M-EOS / McDATA interoperability
Non-disruptive firmware upgrade