FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual (620-000124-500, April 2005)

Firmware Summary
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Firmware Summary
This appendix summarizes differences and similarities between the
Enterprise Operating System (E/OS) for Intrepid 6000-series directors
and Sphereon-series fabric switches; Enterprise Operating System,
nScale (E/OSn) for the Intrepid 10000 Director; and Enterprise
Operating System, internetworking (E/OSi) for Eclipse-series SAN
routers. The appendix includes tables that list:
• System-related differences.
• Fibre Channel protocol-related differences.
• Management-related differences.
System-Related Differences
Table B-4 summarizes system-related differences between the E/OS
7.0, E/OSn 6.0, and E/OSi 4.6 firmware versions.
Table B-4 E/OS versus E/OSn and E/OSi - System-Related Differences
Feature E/OS 7.0 E/OSn 6.0 E/OSi 4.6
Operating system E/OS with VxWorks® and
McDATA-proprietary kernels.
E/OSn with MontaVista™ Linux
(CTP cards) and ThreadX® line
module (LIM) kernels.
E/OSi with VxWorks® with
McDATA-proprietary
modifications.
Initial program load
(IPL) requirements
IPL required to activate a
product feature enablement
(PFE) key or reset software.
IPL functionality not available.
PFE key activation does not
require code restart.
IPL functionality not available.
PFE key activation not
applicable.