Installation guide

Interoperability

• SANbox – The SANbox2 switch is fully interoperable with the SANbox 1Gb switch

when running in E_Port mode. Interoperation requires firmware release version

4.01.45 or later, for the SANbox. To obtain this release, contact QLogic Technical

Support. Contact information is listed at the end of these release notes.

• MKII - The SANbox2 switch does not support the legacy T_Port mode and therefore

does not interoperate with MKII switches.

• Brocade and McData interoperability - The following switches and firmware levels

were specifically tested with this release:

 Brocade Silkworm 2400/2800; Firmware supported: 2.4.1c, 2.6.0d

 Brocade Silkworm 3200/3800; Firmware supported: 3.0.2a, 3.0.2c and 3.0.2g

 McData ES-3232; Firmware supported: 04.01.00.12, 05.00.00.55

Known Issues with Brocade/SANbox2 operation that are not documented in the

Interoperability Guide (see note below):

 In a mixed QLogic, McData, Brocade fabric, using McData’s GUI to take the

McData switch offline/online sometimes caused an ISL failure between QLogic

SANbox2 and Brocade switches. When this does occur, the Brocade loop

initialization code is looping forever.

Known Issues with McData/SANbox2 operation that are not documented in the

Interoperability Guide (see note below):

 McData’s SANpilot, and command line interface, do not display devices attached

with QLogic switch. A workaround is to use their EFCM tool.

Note: For all other information regarding QLogic interoperability with Brocade, McData,

Cisco and Inrange switches, including:

• configuration information,

• feature limitations in mixed configuration and

• known issues,

consult the QLogic Switch Interoperability Guide listed in the Documentation section of

these release notes.