Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001763-01, June 2010)

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Appendix

M-EOS Migration Path to Fabric OS

In this appendix

•M-EOS fabrics overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

•McDATA Mi10K interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

•Fabric configurations for interconnectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

M-EOS fabrics overview

This appendix covers how to set up your Fabric OS SAN and M-EOS SAN to route traffic without

merging the two SANs. If you want to merge the SANs or use SANtegrity, refer to Chapter 14,

“Interoperability for Merged SANs,” for more information.

The FC router interoperates with M-EOS fabrics in both McDATA Open Mode and McDATA Fabric

Mode. Fabric OS provides the ability to configure any EX_Port to connect to an M-EOS fabric by

using an E_Port without disrupting the existing services. All the EX_Port functionality, such as fabric

isolation and device sharing, remains the same as when connecting to an existing Fabric OS fabric.

NOTE

M-EOS fabrics are supported only as edge fabrics and are not supported as backbone fabrics.

Fabric OS interoperates with M-EOS edge fabrics in McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Mode and

supports backbone-to-edge and edge-to-edge routing. Table 96 outlines which releases of

Fabric OS are compatible with which releases of M-EOS.

TABLE 96 Fabric OS and M-EOSc interoperability compatibility matrix

Fabric OS Versions of M-EOSc

v6.2.0 v7.1.3x v8.0 v9.2.0 v9.6.2 v9.7 v9.8 v9.9

v5.1.0

Yes No No No No No

v5.2.0 No Yes Yes No No No

v5.3.0 No No Yes Yes No No

v6.0.0 No No No No Yes No

v6.1.0 No No No No Yes Yes

v6.1.1

v6.1.1_enc

v6.2.0 Yes Yes