HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

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Interoperating with an M-EOS fabric

IMPORTANT: Interoperating with an M-EOS fabric is not supported at the time of the release of this

document. Please check with your sales representative or http://www.hp.com

regarding HP support of the

interoperability features.

This section covers how to set up your B-Series SAN and M-Series SAN to route traffic without merging the

two SANs. If you want to merge the SANs or use SANtegrity, refer to ”Implementing an interoperable

fabric” on page 481 for more information.

The FC router interoperates with M-EOS fabrics in both the McDATA Open Mode 1 and the McDATA

Fabric Mode. Fabric OS 6.0 provides the ability to configure any EX_Port to connect to a 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 connecting to an existing Brocade fabric.

NOTE: M-EOS fabrics will be supported only as edge fabrics and should not be connected directly into

the backbone.

Fabric OS 6.0 interoperates with M-EOS edge fabrics in Fabric Mode and Open Mode 1 and will support

the LSAN zone with the backbone devices. Table 58 on page 249 outlines which releases of Fabric OS

are compatible with which releases of M-EOS.

Table 58 Brocade-McDATA M-EOSc interoperability compatibility matrix

1. Both Open and McDATA Fabric modes are supported.

Fabric OS Versions of M-EOSc

4.1.1 5.1.2 6.2.0 7.1.3x 8.0 9.2.0 9.6.2

5.1.0

2. Fabric OS 5.1.0 and M-E/OSc 4.1.1, 5.1.2, 6.2.0 can interoperate through the FC routing capability of

the MP Router only. Fabric OS and M-E/OSc 7.1.3 can interoperate through the FC routing capability of the

MP Router, 400 MP Router, or FR4-18i blade. Fabric OS and M-E/OSc 8.0.0 and 9.2.0 can interoperate

through the FC routing capability of the 400 MP Router, or FR4-18i blade.

Yes Yes Yes No No No No

5.2.0 No No No Yes Yes No No

5.3.0 No No No No Yes Yes No

6.0 No No No No Yes No Yes