HP StorageWorks Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes (AA-RUQQL-TE, November 2009)

Supported B-series switches
Table 6 lists the B-series products with Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later that are interoperable with M-series
products.
Table 6 B-series and M-series interoperability
Blade typeChassis/device type
16/32/48 port 4 Gb
4/256 SAN Director
6 port 10 Gb
16/32/48 port 8 Gb
FC4-16IP
FR4-18i
16/32/48 port 8 Gb
DC SAN Backbone Director
DC04 SAN Director
6 port 10 Gb
FR4-18i
FX8-24
N/A
400 MP Router
1606 Extension SAN Switch
Supported B-series features in McDATA Fabric mode (interopmode 2)
The following features are supported in Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later:
• Coordinated HCL
• Dynamic Load Sharing
• Dynamic Path Selection outbound from B-series switches
• ESA Frame Support
• E/EX_Port Authentication
• Extended Fabrics
• Fabric OS L2 Fabric Binding
• Fabric Watch
• FCR Fabric Binding
• HA Support for Zoning
• Integrated Routing
• ISL Trunking (frame level) between B-series switches
• No limits on the number of E_Port connections to any B-series switch
• NPIV
• Port Mirroring
• VE-to-VEX Port
• Virtual Channels between B-series switches
• Zone Activation
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