Deployment Guide

About This Document

● Supported hardware and software.................................................................................... 7

● What’s new in this document............................................................................................ 8

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 exactly 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 v7.3.0, 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 M5424 embedded switch

• Brocade 5430 embedded switch

• Brocade 5431 embedded switch

• Brocade 5432 embedded switch

• Brocade 5450 embedded switch

• Brocade 5460 embedded switch

• Brocade 5470 embedded switch

• Brocade 5480 embedded switch

• Brocade M6505 embedded switch

• Brocade 6505 switch

• Brocade 6510 switch

• Brocade 6520 switch

• Brocade 6547 embedded switch

• Brocade 6548 embedded switch

• Brocade 7800 extension switch

• Brocade 7840 extension switch

• Brocade VA-40FC

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade DCX Backbone and Brocade DCX-4S Backbone

‐ FC8-16 port blade

‐ FC8-32 port blade

‐ FC8-48 port blade

‐ FC8-64 port blade

‐ FCOE10-24 blade

‐ FS8-18 Encryption Blade

‐ FX8-24 DCX Extension Blade

• Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone and Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide

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