Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide

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Supported hardware and software
In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some
switches but not to others, this guide identifies which switches are supported and which are not.
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.1.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of Fabric OS:
• Brocade 300 switch
• Brocade 5100 switch
• Brocade 5300 switch
• Brocade 5410 embedded switch
• Brocade 5424 embedded switch
• Brocade 5450 embedded switch
• Brocade 5460 embedded switch
• Brocade 5470 embedded switch
• Brocade 5480 embedded switch
• Brocade 6505 switch
• Brocade 6510 switch
• Brocade 6520 switch
• Brocade 7800 extension switch
• Brocade 8000 FCoE switch
• Brocade VA-40FC
• Brocade Encryption Switch
• Brocade DCX
• Brocade DCX-4S
• Brocade DCX 8510-4
• Brocade DCX 8510-8
What’s new in this document
Updated for Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0, including the following:
• Updated system messages related to firmware downloads. (Refer to Chapter 5, “Firmware
Download Errors,” on page 51.)
• Introduced new features available with the D_Port diagnostic tool. (Refer to Chapter 10,
“Diagnostic Features,” on page 81.)
For further information about documentation updates for this release, refer to the release notes.