Release Notes

Fabric OS v7.3.0c Release Notes v1.0 Page 20 of 52

Supported Switches

FOS v7.3.0 supports the following platforms:

• 300, 5100, 5300, 7800, VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch, DCX, DCX-4S

• 6510, 6505, 6520, 7840, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4

• FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64, FX8-24, FS8-18, FCOE10-24

• FC16-32, FC16-48, FC16-64, FC8-32E, FC8-48E

• 5410, M5424, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480

• 6547, 6548, M6505

Access Gateway mode is also supported by Fabric OS v7.3, and is supported on the following switches: the

Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 5410, 5430, 5431, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480, M5424, 6547, 6548,

M6505

6510, 6505.

The Brocade 8000 is not supported with FOS v7.2.0 and later.

Standards Compliance

This software conforms to the Fibre Channel Standards in a manner consistent with accepted

engineering practices and procedures. In certain cases, Brocade might add proprietary supplemental

functions to those specified in the standards. For a list of FC standards conformance, visit the

following Brocade Web site: http://www.brocade.com/sanstandards

The FCOE10-24 blade conforms to the following Ethernet standards:

• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol

• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree

• IEEE 802.1w Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol

• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP

• IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet

• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging

• IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging

• IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port

• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

• IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)

The following draft versions of the Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Standards are also supported on the FCOE10-24 blade:

• IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control

• IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection

• IEEE 802.1 DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of IEEE

802.1 Working Group)

• FC-BB-5 FCoE (Rev 2.0)

Technical Support

Contact your switch supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part

ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information immediately available:

General Information

• Technical Support contract number, if applicable

• Switch model