Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.3f Release Notes v1.0

Fabric OS v6.4.3f Release Notes v1.0 Page 16 of 149
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability
Brocade 7800, DCX and DCX-4S with FCOE10-24 or FX8-24 blades
v6.3 and later
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with FC8-64 blade
v6.4
Brocade DCX, 300, 5100, 5300
v6.1.0e and later
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VA-40FC
v6.2.1_vfc, v6.2.2, v6.3.1, v6.4
Brocade DCX-4S
v6.2.0 and later
Brocade DCX with FS8-18 blade(s), Brocade Encryption Switch
v6.1.1_enc and later
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 v9.9.5 or later
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McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director
Not Supported
Multi-Protocol Router interop
Brocade 7420
XPath v7.4.1
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Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade
v5.1.0 and higher
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McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640
Not Supported
Table Notes:
1
All zoning and fabric operations performed in a fabric with products running older versions of FOS should
be done via interfaces to products running the latest version of FOS. This is particularly important for
Brocade 3XXX series switches that do not support zoning configuration for newer products.
2
Other M-EOS models may participate in a fabric with FOS v6.4, but may not be directly attached via
E_Port to any products running FOS v6.4. The McDATA ED-5000 director may not participate in a mixed
M-EOS/FOS fabric.
3
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 to
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.
4
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based
product in order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric.
5
When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.
6
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).
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These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
8
McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with XPath or FOS-based routing (FCR) for
connections to the same edge fabric. A switch running FOS v6.4 should not be connected to an E-port
on an AP7420. A switch in interopmode 0 (Brocade Native Mode) with FOS v6.4 should not be
connected to an EX_Port on an AP7420. Please see important notes for additional details.
Blade Support