Specifications

B-8
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
Firmware Summary
Port group online
diagnostics (directors)
Diagnostic errors for any single
port in a group (port card) cause
a group failure indication.
Diagnostic errors for any single
port in a group (LIM) are
indicated individually and do not
cause a group failure indication.
Port grouping (port cards or
LIMs) not supported.
Online state behavior Product online or offline state not
persistent. An IML or IPL sets
the product online.
Intrepid 10000 Director online or
offline state is persistent.
Online or offline state set at the
port level and is persistent only if
setting is saved to FLASH
memory.
Port reset while blocked Port is reset independent of port
blocking state.
Port is reset only if port is not
blocked.
Port reset supported for Eclipse
2640 intelligent ports (13 to 16),
independent of port blocking
state.
Requirements to set
product offline
Product can be online to set
domain RSCN state and zone
change RSCN control state.
Intrepid 10000 Director must be
offline to set domain RSCN state
and zone change RSCN control
state.
Online or offline status to set
domain RSCN state or zone
change RSCN control state not
applicable.
Ability to disable
management interfaces
Can selectively disable SNMP
and CLI management interfaces.
Cannot selectively disable
SNMP and CLI management
interfaces.
Cannot selectively disable
SNMP and CLI management
interfaces.
Port technology
information
Port technology (optical
transceiver) information
available when the product is
online or offline.
Port technology (optical
transceiver) information
available only when the Intrepid
10000 Director is online.
Port technology (optical
transceiver) information not
available.
Port type and speed
reporting (port offline or
blocked)
Offline or blocked ports report
the configured port type and
speed, not the actual port type
and speed.
Offline or blocked ports report
G_Port and Not Established for
the actual port type and speed.
When the Intrepid 10000
Director is set offline, port state
changes are not reflected at the
user interface.
Online and offline ports report
configured port type and speed
at Element Manager application
main window and actual port
type and speed at Port
Configuration dialog box. No
difference between configured
and actual port type.
Port type displayed in
the Port List View.
If no established connection or
cable attached to port
transceiver, Ty pe field entry
defaults to configured port type.
If no established connection or
cable attached to port
transceiver, Ty pe field entry
defaults to Unknown.
Port List View
not supported by
the SANvergence Manager
application. However, port type
is always displayed as
configured, even when port is
offline.
Table B-3 E/OSc versus E/OSn and E/OSi - Management-Related Differences (Continued)
Feature E/OSc 8.0 E/OSn 6.0 E/OSi 4.6