HP 4400 HP B-series Fabric OS 7.0.0a Release Notes (5697-0881, June 2011) - Page 24

DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support

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1 All zoning and fabric operations in a fabric with products running older versions of Fabric OS should be performed using interfaces to products running the latest version of Fabric OS. This is important for Brocade 3xxx series switches that do not support zoning configuration for newer products. 2 When directly attached to a host or target that is part of an encryption flow. 3 Products operating with Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.3.1b or 6.1.0e cannot participate in a logical fabric that is using XISLs (in the base fabric). 4 These platforms cannot be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows. DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 7.0.0a is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 2. Table 2 DC Director blade support matrix Director blade FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-48 FC8-64 FC10-6 Number of blades Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a or later. FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade) Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade) Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing on the DC SAN Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades. NOTE: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS 7.0.0a. FR4-18i does not support EX_Ports, FC fastwrite and WAN optimization features in Fabric OS 7.0.0a. FR4-18i supports VEX ports on Fabric OS 7.0.0a. FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade) FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade) Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director. Up to two FX8-24 blades are supported beginning with Fabric OS 6.3.0x. Up to four are supported beginning with Fabric OS 6.4.0x. NOTE: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS 7.0.0a. 24

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1
All zoning and fabric operations in a fabric with products running older versions of Fabric OS
should be performed using interfaces to products running the latest version of Fabric OS. This is
important for Brocade 3
xxx
series switches that do not support zoning configuration for newer products.
2
When directly attached to a host or target that is part of an encryption flow.
3
Products operating with Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.3.1b or 6.1.0e cannot participate in a
logical fabric that is using XISLs (in the base fabric).
4
These platforms cannot be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 7.0.0a is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in
Table 2
.
Table 2 DC Director blade support matrix
Number of blades
Director blade
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix,
with up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN
Backbone Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The
DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later,
and supports up to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a
or later.
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC8-64
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or
DC04 SAN Director
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum
of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone
Director. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if
they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing
on the DC SAN Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports
up to four blades.
NOTE:
FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS
7.0.0a. FR4-18i does not support EX_Ports, FC
fastwrite and WAN optimization features in Fabric OS
7.0.0a. FR4-18i supports VEX ports on Fabric OS
7.0.0a.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum
of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Dir-
ector or DC04 SAN Director. Up to two FX8-24 blades
are supported beginning with Fabric OS 6.3.0x. Up to
four are supported beginning with Fabric OS 6.4.0x.
NOTE:
FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS
7.0.0a.
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade)
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