HP 4400 HP B-series Fabric OS 6.3.2d Release Notes (5697-1105, July 2011) - Page 19

Mode or interopmode 3 Open Fabric Mode with Fabric OS 6.3.2d

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Table 5 specifies Fabric OS feature support when operating in either interopmode 2 (McDATA Fabric Mode) or interopmode 3 (Open Fabric Mode) with Fabric OS 6.3.2d. Table 5 Feature support in interopmodes 2 and 3 Fabric OS features (supported in interopmode 0) Fabric OS 6.3.2d IM = interopmode IM 2 IM 3 L2 Fabric OS Hot Code Load Yes Yes Fabric OS Hot Code Load with FCR Yes Yes Zone Activation Support Yes Yes11 Traffic Isolation Zones1 Yes No Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric OS)1 Yes Yes11 Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)1 Frame Redirection over FCR10 Yes Yes11 Yes Yes11 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 Yes4 No* E/EX_Port Authentication Yes Yes ISL Trunking (frame level) Yes2 Yes2 Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange-based routing) Yes3 Yes3 Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port-based routing) Yes Yes Virtual Channels (VC RDY) Yes2 Yes2 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: Top Talkers No* No* Admin Domains No No Secure Fabric OS5 N/A N/A HP B-series Fabric OS 6.3.2d Release Notes 19

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Table 5
specifies Fabric OS feature support when operating in either interopmode 2 (McDATA Fabric
Mode) or interopmode 3 (Open Fabric Mode) with Fabric OS 6.3.2d.
Table 5 Feature support in interopmodes 2 and 3
Fabric OS 6.3.2d
Fabric OS features (supported in interopmode 0)
IM 3
IM 2
IM = interopmode
Yes
Yes
L2 Fabric OS Hot Code Load
Yes
Yes
Fabric OS Hot Code Load with FCR
Yes
11
Yes
Zone Activation Support
No
Yes
Traffic Isolation Zones
1
Yes
11
Yes
Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric OS)
1
Yes
11
Yes
Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)
1
Yes
11
Yes
Frame Redirection over FCR
10
Yes
Yes
FCR Fabric Binding (route to M-EOS fabric with Fabric Binding)
9
No*
Yes
L2 Fabric Binding
No
No
DCC policies
No*
Yes
4
SCC policies
Yes
Yes
E/EX_Port Authentication
Yes
2
Yes
2
ISL Trunking (frame level)
Yes
3
Yes
3
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange-based routing)
Yes
Yes
Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port-based routing)
Yes
2
Yes
2
Virtual Channels (VC RDY)
No*
Yes
FICON Management Server (Cascading)
No*
Yes
FICON MIHPTO
Yes
Yes
Full Scalability (to maximum M-EOS fabric limits)
No
No
Adaptive Networking QoS
No*
No*
Adaptive Networking: Ingress Rate Limiting
No*
No*
Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM)
No*
No*
APM: Top Talkers
No
No
Admin Domains
N/A
N/A
Secure Fabric OS
5
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