Release Notes
Fabric OS v7.2.1e Release Notes v1.0 Page 6 of 82
Optionally Licensed Software
Fabric OS v7.2 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally licensed software
that is enabled via license keys.
Optionally licensed features include:
Brocade Ports on Demand
Brocade Ports on DemandBrocade Ports on Demand
Brocade Ports on Demand—Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports via
license key upgrade. (Applies to select models of switches).
Brocade Extended Fabrics
Brocade Extended FabricsBrocade Extended Fabrics
Brocade Extended Fabrics—Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over
long distances (depending on platform this can be up to 3000km).
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If a port on 16G FC blades or a 16G switch is configured to operate at 10G speed, Extended fabrics
license is not needed to enable long distance connectivity on that port.
Brocade ISL Trunking
Brocade ISL TrunkingBrocade ISL Trunking
Brocade ISL Trunking— Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for
enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those
products that support Access Gateway deployment.
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring
Brocade Advanced Performance MonitoringBrocade Advanced Performance Monitoring
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring—Enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources.
This license includes the Top Talkers feature.
Brocade Fabric Watch
Brocade Fabric WatchBrocade Fabric Watch
Brocade Fabric Watch — Monitors mission-critical switch operations. Fabric Watch includes Port Fencing
capabilities.
Brocade Fabric Vision
Brocade Fabric Vision Brocade Fabric Vision
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Enables MAPS (Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite), Flow Vision, and D_Port to non-
Brocade devices. MAPS enables rules based monitoring and alerting capabilities, provides comprehensive
dashboards to quickly troubleshoot problems in Brocade SAN environments. Flow Vision enables host to LUN
flow monitoring, application flow mirroring for offline capture and deeper analysis, and test traffic flow
generation function for SAN infrastructure validation. D_Port to non-Brocade devices allows extensive
diagnostic testing of links to devices other than Brocade switches and adapters. (Functionality requires
support by attached device, availability TBD).
Fabric Vision license also enables Fabric Watch and Advanced Performance Monitoring functionalities without
requiring Brocade Fabric Watch or Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring license (with FOS v7.2 and later
only).
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If installed on a switch operating with FOS v7.1.x, the Fabric Vision license will be displayed as “Fabric
Insight”. If installed on a switch operating with FOS v7.0.x or earlier, the Fabric Vision license will be
displayed as “Unknown”. Fabric Vision features are not supported under FOS v7.1.x or earlier.
FICON Management Server
FICON Management ServerFICON Management Server
FICON Management Server— Also known as “CUP” (Control Unit Port), enables host-control of switches in
Mainframe environments.
Enhanced Group Management
Enhanced Group Management Enhanced Group Management
Enhanced Group Management —
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This license enables full management of devices in a data center fabric with
deeper element management functionality and greater management task aggregation throughout the
environment. This license is used in conjunction with Brocade Network Advisor application software and is
applicable to all FC platforms supported by FOS v7.0 or later.
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Note: This capability is enabled by default on all Gen 5 65XX model switches and DCX 8510 platforms,
and on DCX and DCX-4S platforms that are running Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later. Gen 5 embedded
switches receive this capability by default with FOS v7.2.1 and later. Individual upgrade is required
when upgrading directly to FOS v7.2.1 on Gen 5 embedded switches. Subsequent group operations on
Gen 5 embedded switches including group upgrade are supported..