Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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Product, Port, and LAG Deployment
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Source to target switch FOS version compatibility for deployment
Table 29 lists the restrictions that exist when deploying source switches to target switches.
TABLE 29 Source to target switch FOS version compatibility
Source FOS version and device Target FOS version supported Comments
Brocade 8000 DCB switch and
FCOE10-24 DCB blade with FOS
version 6.4.2 or earlier.
Allows Brocade 8000 DCB switch
and FCOE10-24 DCB blade with FOS
version 6.4.2 or earlier.
Excludes Brocade Converged 10
Gbe switch module for IBM
BladeCenter with FOS 6.3.1_cee,
FOS 6.4.1_fcoe, and FOS
6.3.1_dcb.
You cannot copy legacy
configurations to FOS version 7.0
switches, because these switches
support FCoE maps and can have
only one default DCB map. Legacy
FOS switches, however, can have
more than one default map.
Brocade FCOE10-24 DCB blade with
FOS 6.4.1_fcoe
Allows FCOE10-24 DCB blade with
FOS 6.4.1_fcoe or FOS 7.0.0 .
Allows Brocade Converged 10 Gbe
switch module for IBM BladeCenter
with FOS 6.3.1_cee or FOS
6.3.1_dcb.
Excludes Brocade 8000 DCB switch
and FCOE10-24 DCB blade with FOS
6.4.2 or earlier.
Both the source and the target
support only one default DCB map.
You can copy QoS, LLDP, and
802.1x configurations from the
source to the target.
Brocade 8000 DCB switch
FCOE10-24 CEE blade with FOS 7.0.
Allows Brocade 8000 DCB switch
and FCOE10-24 DCB blade with FOS
7.0.0.
Excludes all others.
VLAN classifiers are supported, but
the FCoE map is not supported on
FOS 7.0.0.
Brocade Converged 10 GbE switch
module for IBM BladeCenter with
FOS 6.3.1_cee and 6.3.1_dcb
Allows Brocade Converged 10 Gbe
switch module for IBM BladeCenter
with FOS 6.3.1_cee, FOS 6.3.1_dcb.
Allows Dell M8428-k switch with
FOS 6.3.1_dell, FOS 6.3.1_dcb.
Both source and target switches
must support the FCoE map and
VLAN classifiers.
Dell M8428-k switch with FOS
6.3.1_dell and 6.3.1_dcb
Allows Brocade Converged 10 Gbe
switch module for IBM BladeCenter
with FOS 6.3.1_cee, FOS 6.3.1_dcb.
Allows Dell M8428-k switch with
FOS 6.3.1_dell, FOS 6.3.1_dcb.
Both source and target switches
must support the FCoE map and
VLAN classifiers.