Owner's Manual

Fabric OS v6.3.1_dcb5 for DELL M8428-k Release Notes 1.0 Draft Page 5 of 23
- Dual Function FC Ports supports native connectivity to Brocade fabrics as well as NPIV
connectivity to legacy McData fabrics and third party fabrics like Cisco MDS fabrics.
- Utilizes Web Tools and BNA mgmt tools to simplify fabric and IP network setup and
ongoing maintenance to increase operational efficiency and maximize return on
investment
- KR support on Internal ports.
- Protects existing investments by providing 8 Gbit/sec technology with auto-sensing
capabilities to also recognize 4 and 2 Gbit/sec devices to existing FC fabrics and 10GbE
for connection to existing IP networks while providing enhanced enthernet capabilities.
Note the 16 internal 10GbE ports support both 10 or 1GbE with autosensing to the blade
server.
- Fibre Channel Services
o Simple Name Server (SNS),
o Registered State Change Notification (RSCN),
o NTP, RADIUS, LDAP, Reliable Commit Service (RCS), and
o Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)
- CEE Services:
o Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, MSTP, RSTP),
o VLAN Tagging (802.1q),
o MAC address learning and aging;
o native FCoE Bridging and switching;
o IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation (LACP);
o access control lists based on VLAN, source, destination address, and port;
o eight priority levels for QoS and greater than 1024 VLANs supported.
o Priority-based Flow Control (PFC);
o Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX)-Capabilities Exchange;
o Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
- Management Software:
o Brocade Network Advisor ( BNA) Professional, BNA 75 days Trial, and BNA
Production:
o BNA uses HTTP/HTTPS and SNMP protocols to communicate with the Brocade
8000 to manage and monitor CEE features
o Enhanced Group Management (EGM), license is already included
o BNA enhancements support the following FCoE/CEE functionality:
o Discovery, connectivity map, and product list
o Configuration management