Fabric OS Documentation Updates Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.x

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Chapter
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Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
In this chapter
•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later
The updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide,
publication number 53-1002751-02, published March 2013.
Chapter 3, Connectivity
In the section “Segmented fabrics” on page 37, delete the item “Disable device probing” from the
list of fabric parameters that must be identical for a fabric to merge. The resulting list should be the
following:
The following fabric parameters must be identical on each switch for a fabric to merge:
• R_A_TOV
• E_D_TOV
• Data field size
• Sequence level switching
• Suppress class F traffic
• Per-frame route priority
• Long-distance fabric (not necessary on Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, 6505, 6510, 6520, and the
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone families; for more information regarding these product
types, refer to Appendix A, “Switch Type and Blade ID”.)
Appendix A, Switch Type and Blade ID
In Table 24 on page 116, the Brocade 300 should have 24 ports and not 16. Change the entry for
switchType 71 to the following:
TABLE 24 switchType to B-Series model converter
switchType B-Series switch model Base switch speed
71 300 8 Gb 24-port switch