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27 June 2014

Fabric OS

Feature Support Matrix

Supporting Fabric OS 7.3.0

Summary of content (12 pages)

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53-1003302-01 27 June 2014 Fabric OS Feature Support Matrix Supporting Fabric OS 7.3.
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© 2014, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brocade, the B-wing symbol, Brocade Assurance, ADX, AnyIO, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, HyperEdge, ICX, MLX, MyBrocade, NetIron, OpenScript, VCS, VDX, and Vyatta are registered trademarks, and The Effortless Network and the On-Demand Data Center are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and in other countries. Other brands and product names mentioned may be trademarks of others.
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Contents Introduction..............................................................................................................................5 Document history.............................................................................................. 5 Objective........................................................................................................... 5 Product reference..............................................................................................
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Fabric OS Feature Support Matrix 53-1003302-01
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Introduction ● Document history.............................................................................................................. 5 ● Objective........................................................................................................................... 5 ● Product reference..............................................................................................................5 Document history The document history indicates changes made with each revision.
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Introduction TABLE 1 Brocade product names by type and platform Product type Gen 5 platform (16-Gbps) Gen 4 platform (8-Gbps) Fixed-port switches Brocade 6505 Brocade 300 Brocade 6510 Brocade 5100 Brocade 6520 Brocade 5300 Brocade Encryption Switch Brocade VA-40FC Backbones Embedded switches Brocade DCX 8510-8 Brocade DCX Brocade DCX 8510-4 Brocade DCX-4S Brocade M6505 Brocade 5410 Brocade 6547 Brocade M5424 Brocade 6548 Brocade 5430 Brocade 5431 Brocade 5432 Brocade 5450 Brocade 5460
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Features Supported in Fabric OS ● Management..................................................................................................................... 7 ● Monitoring and RAS.......................................................................................................... 8 ● Distance............................................................................................................................ 9 ● FICON...........................................................................
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Monitoring and RAS TABLE 2 Management features supported by product type and platform (Continued) Feature Gen 4 Gen 4 Fixed-port switches Management Server Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch Fixed-port switches Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 Network Time Protocol (NTP) 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 Platform services 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.
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Distance TABLE 3 Monitoring and RAS features supported by product type and platform (Continued) Feature Gen 4 Gen 4 Fixed-port switches Flow Vision - Flow Mirroring Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch Fixed-port switches Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 Flow Vision - Flow Monitoring 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.
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FICON TABLE 4 Distance features supported by product type and platform (Continued) Feature Gen 4 Gen 4 Fixed-port switches IPsec Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch Fixed-port switches Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 Open systems tape pipelining (OSTP) No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 Tunnel management No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.
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Traffic management TABLE 6 Security features supported by product type and platform (Continued) Feature Gen 4 Gen 4 Fixed-port switches Data-at-rest encryption Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch Fixed-port switches Backbones Embedded Switches Extension switch 6.4.05 6.4.0 No No No 7.0.0 No No Duplicate Port-WWN 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.0 Fabric authentication 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.
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Virtualization TABLE 7 Traffic management features supported by product type and platform (Continued) Feature Gen 4 Gen 4 Fixed-port switches Quality of service (QoS): SID/DID traffic prioritization Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Gen 5 Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch Fixed-port switches Backbones Embedded switches Extension switch 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 Routing 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.