Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.3f Release Notes v1.0
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FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes
Some FOS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for deployment
with M-EOS based products. All Brocade models that are supported by Fabric OS v6.4 support both
interopmodes 2 and 3 with the exception of the Brocade 4100 and 8000 and DCX/DCX-4S with one or more
FCOE10-24 blades.
The following table specifies the support of various FOS features when operating in either interopmode 2
(McDATA Fabric Mode) or interopmode 3 (Open Fabric Mode) with Fabric OS v6.4.
FOS Features (supported in interopmode 0)
FOS v6.4
IM = Interopmode
IM 2
IM 3
L2 FOS Hot Code Load
Yes
Yes
FOS Hot Code Load with FCR
Yes
Yes
Zone Activation Support
Yes
Yes
11
Traffic Isolation Zones
1
Yes
No
Frame Redirection (devices attached to FOS)
1
Yes
Yes
11
Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)
1
Yes
Yes
11
Frame Redirection over FCR
10
Yes
Yes
11
FCR Fabric Binding (route to M-EOS fabric with Fabric binding)
9
Yes
Yes
L2 Fabric Binding
Yes
No*
DCC policies
No
No
SCC policies
Yes
4
No*
E/EX_Port Authentication
Yes
Yes
ISL Trunking (frame-level)
Yes
2
Yes
2
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange based routing)
Yes
3
Yes
3
Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port based routing)
Yes
Yes
Virtual Channels (VC RDY)
Yes
2
Yes
2
FICON Management Server (Cascading)
Yes
No*
FICON MIHPTO
Yes
No*
Full Scalability (to maximum M-EOS fabric limits)
Yes
Yes
Adaptive Networking: QoS
No
No
Adaptive Networking: Ingress Rate Limiting
No*
No*
Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM)
No*
No*
APM: TopTalkers
No*
No*
Admin Domains
No
No
Secure Fabric OS
5
N/A
N/A
Fabric Watch
Yes
Yes
Ports on Demand (POD)
Yes
Yes
NPIV
Yes
Yes
Timer Server function (NTP)
No
No
Open E_Port
6
N/A
N/A
Broadcast Zoning
No
No
FDMI
No
No
Remote Switch
No
No
Port Mirroring
Yes
Yes
Extended Fabrics
Yes
Yes
7
Alias Server
No
No
Platform Service
No
No