Dell Brocade 5100 Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 - Page 15

Important Notes This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release. Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility Brocade® Network Advisor provides the industry's first unified network management solution for data, storage, and converged networks. It supports Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks, Layer 2/3 IP switching and routing networks, wireless networks, application delivery networks, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks. In addition, Brocade Network Advisor supports comprehensive lifecycle management capabilities across different networks through a seamless and unified user experience. It is the next-generation successor product to legacy Brocade management products (Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM), Brocade Fabric Manager (FM) and Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM)). Brocade Network Advisor is available with flexible packaging and licensing options for a wide range of network deployments and for future network expansion. Brocade Network Advisor 11.1.0 is available in • SAN-only edition • IP-only edition • SAN+IP edition. For SAN Management, Network Advisor 11.1 is available in three editions: • Network Advisor Professional: a fabric management application that is ideally suited for small-size businesses that need a lightweight management product to manage their smaller fabrics. It manages one FOS fabric at a time and up to 1,000 switch ports. It provides support for Brocade FC switches, Brocade HBAs / CNAs, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches. • Network Advisor Professional Plus: a SAN management application designed for medium-size businesses or departmental SANs for managing up to four physical or virtual fabrics (FOS, M-EOS and Mixed fabrics) and up to 2,560 switch ports. It supports Brocade backbone and director products (DCX 8510-4/DCX-4S, 48Ks, etc.), FC switches, Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) switches, Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) switches/ Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / DCB switches, and Brocade HBAs / CNAs. • Network Advisor Enterprise: a management application designed for enterprise-class SANs for managing up to 24 physical or virtual fabrics and up to 9,000 switch ports. Network Advisor SAN Enterprise supports all the hardware platforms and features that Network Advisor Professional Plus supports, and adds support for the Brocade DCX Backbone (DCX 8510-8/DCX) and Fiber Connectivity (FICON) capabilities. More details about Network Advisor's new enhancements can be found in the Network Advisor 11.1 Release Notes, Network Advisor 11.1 User Guide, and Network Advisor 11.1 Installation, Migration, & Transition Guides. Note: Brocade Network Advisor 11.0 and DCFM 10.4 cannot manage switches running FOS v7.0 or later. Brocade Network Advisor 11.1.3 is required to manage Brocade 6505 platform. DCFM Compatibility DCFM is not qualified or support the management of switches operating with FOS v7.0 and later firmware versions. You must first upgrade DCFM to Network Advisor 11.1 or later if you are planning to upgrade devices to FOS v7.0 or you risk losing management connectivity. WebTools Compatibility FOS v7.0.2 is qualified and supported only with Oracle JRE 1.6.0 update 24. Fabric OS v7.0.2 Release Notes v1.0 Page 15 of 99