Owner's Manual

Fabric OS v6.3.1_dcb5 for DELL M8428-k Release Notes 1.0 Draft Page 11 of 23

Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with FC8-64 blade

v6.4

Brocade DCX, 300, 5100, 5300

v6.3.0 and later

VA-40FC

v6.3.1, and v6.4.0 and later

Brocade DCX-4S

v6.3.0 and later

Brocade DCX with FS8-18 blade(s), Brocade Encryption Switch

Not Supported

Brocade DCX/DCX-4S/48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600

v5.2.x or later (DCX requires

v6.0.x or later, DCX-4S requires

6.2.x or later)

Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES-

4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode)

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M-EOS v9.9.8 or later

McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director

Not Supported

Multi-Protocol Router Interop

Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade

v5.1.0 and higher

McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640

Not Supported

Table Notes:

It is highly recommended that M-EOS products operate with the most recent version of M-EOS released

and supported for interoperability. M-EOS 9.7.2 is the minimum version of firmware that is

supported

When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.

interoperate with FOS 6.4. For support of frame redirection in McDATA Fabric Mode (interopmode 2), M-

series products must use M-EOS v9.8 or later. For support of frame redirection in McDATA Open Fabric

Mode (interopmode 3), M-series products must use M-EOS v9.9 or later. Only the ES-4400, ES-4700,

M6140, and Mi10k may have devices directly attached that are having data encrypted or unencrypted.

Products operating with FOS versions less than v5.3.1b or v6.1.0e may not participate in a logical fabric

that is using XISLs (in the base fabric).

These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.

McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with XPath or FOS-based routing (FCR) for

connections to the same edge fabric.

Standard MIBS:

Please refer to the Dell Fabric OS MIB Reference Manual for FOS v6.3.1_dcb (53-1002117-01) for a

list of supported MIBs

Firmware Upgrades and Downgrades

Switches running v6.3.1_dcb or v6.3.1_del can be upgraded to this build.