DCFM Installation, Migration, and Transition Guide - Supporting DCFM 10.3.x (53-1001360-01, October 2009)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Document
- Installation
- In this chapter
- Headless installation information
- Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise edition feature support
- Requirements
- Professional edition installation
- Installing Professional edition on Windows systems
- Professional edition pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems
- Installing Professional edition on UNIX systems
- Professional edition pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems (headless)
- Installing Professional edition on UNIX systems (headless)
- Troubleshooting the Linux installation
- Professional Plus trial installation
- Professional Plus trial requirements
- Installing Professional Plus trial on Windows systems
- Professional Plus trial pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems
- Installing Professional Plus trial on UNIX systems
- Professional Plus trial pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems (headless)
- Installing Professional Plus trial on UNIX systems (headless)
- Professional Plus edition installation
- Installing Professional Plus edition on Windows systems
- Professional Plus edition pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems
- Installing Professional Plus edition on UNIX systems
- Professional Plus edition pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems (headless)
- Installing Professional Plus edition on UNIX systems (headless)
- Enterprise trial installation
- Enterprise trial requirements
- Installing Enterprise trial on Windows systems
- Enterprise trial pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems
- Installing Enterprise trial on UNIX systems
- Enterprise trial pre-installation requirements on UNIX systems (headless)
- Installing Enterprise trial on UNIX systems (headless)
- Enterprise edition installation
- Installing the ODBC driver
- Configuring an explicit server IP address
- Smart Card driver installation
- Uninstall
- Migration
- In this chapter
- Professional edition migration
- Professional edition pre-migration requirements on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.0.X to Professional edition 10.3.X on Windows systems
- Professional edition pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.0.X to Professional edition 10.3.X on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.1.X to Professional edition 10.3.X on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.1.X to Professional edition 10.3.X on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Professional Plus trial 10.3.X on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Professional Plus trial 10.3.X on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Professional Plus edition 10.3.X on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Professional Plus edition 10.3.X on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Enterprise trial 10.3.X on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Enterprise trial 10.3.X on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Enterprise edition 10.3.X on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional edition 10.3.X to Enterprise edition 10.3.X on UNIX systems
- Professional Plus trial migration
- Professional Plus trial requirements
- Upgrading Professional Plus trial to Professional Plus edition
- Professional Plus trial pre-migration requirements on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus trial to Professional Plus edition on Windows systems
- Professional Plus trial pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus trial to Professional Plus edition on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus trial to Enterprise trial on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus trial to Enterprise trial on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus trial to Enterprise edition on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus trial to Enterprise edition on UNIX systems
- Professional Plus edition migration
- Upgrading Professional Plus edition to Enterprise edition
- Professional Plus edition pre-migration requirements on Windows systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus edition to Enterprise edition on Windows systems
- Professional Plus edition pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Professional Plus edition to Enterprise edition on UNIX systems
- Enterprise trial migration
- Enterprise trial requirements
- Upgrading Enterprise trial to Enterprise edition
- Enterprise pre-migration requirements on Windows systems
- Migrating from Enterprise trial to Enterprise trial on Windows systems
- Migrating from Enterprise trial to Enterprise edition on Windows systems
- Enterprise pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Enterprise trial to Enterprise trial on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Enterprise trial to Enterprise edition on UNIX systems
- Troubleshooting Linux installation
- Enterprise edition migration
- Enterprise edition pre-migration requirements on Windows systems
- Migrating from Enterprise edition 10.0.X on Windows systems
- Enterprise edition pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Enterprise edition 10.0.X on UNIX systems
- Migrating from Enterprise edition 10.1.X on Windows systems
- Migrating from Enterprise edition 10.1.X on UNIX systems
- EFCM migration
- Importing names
- Editing a user account
- Fabric Manager migration
- Transition
- Index
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About This Document
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 DCFM 10.3.X, documenting all possible configurations
and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
The following firmware platforms are supported by this release of DCFM 10.3.X:
• Fabric OS 5.0 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric
• Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric
For platform-specific Fabric OS requirements, refer to the Table 1 footnotes.
• M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.7 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric
• M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.9.2 or later in a pure M-EOS fabric
• M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric
• M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.9.2 or later in a pure M-EOS fabric
The hardware platforms in the following table are supported by this release of DCFM 10.3.X.
TABLE 1 Supported Hardware
Device Name Terminology used in documentation
Brocade 200E switch 16-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 300 switch
6
24-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4012 switch Embedded 12-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4016 switch Embedded 16-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4018 switch Embedded 18-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4020 switch Embedded 20-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4024 switch
5
Embedded 24-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4100 switch 32-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 4900 switch
2
64-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 5000 switch
3
32-port, 4 Gbps FC Interop Switch
Brocade 5100 switch
6
40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 5300 switch
6
80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
Brocade 5410 embedded switch
6
8 Gbps 12-port Embedded Switch
Brocade M5424 embedded switch 8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch
Brocade 5470 embedded switch 8 Gbps 16-port Embedded Switch
Brocade 5480 embedded switch
6
8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch
Brocade 7500 Extension switch
1
4 Gbps Router, Extension Switch
Brocade 7500E Extension switch
1
4 Gbps Extension Switch
FR4-18i
Blade 4 Gbps Router, Extension blades