HP 4400 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.2e Release Notes (5697-0809, February 20 - Page 13

/256 SAN Director blade support, Domains

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Table notes: 1 In a fabric with products running older versions of Fabric OS, all zoning and fabric operations must 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 Other M-EOS models can participate in a fabric with Fabric OS 6.2; however, they cannot be attached directly to any products running Fabric OS 6.2 via an E_Port. For information about HP support of interoperable fabrics, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com. 3 HP strongly recommends that M-EOS products operate with the most recent version of M-EOS that supports interoperability. For information about HP support of interoperable fabrics, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com. 4 When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the fabric must have a Fabric OS-based product to configure the frame redirection zone information. 5 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). 6 SANRouters 1620 and 2640 must not be used with XPath or Fabric OS-based routing (FCR) for connections to the same edge fabric. 7 These platforms cannot be attached directly to hosts or targets for encryption flows. 8 Using HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) 5.5 or earlier with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later can result in problems with Zoning, Performance monitoring, SYSLOG configuration, FICON wizards, IOD Delay, AAA replication, Port enable/disable and other functions. Unless you are using Admin Domains, HP recommends that you upgrade to HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) 10.3.x to use with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later. If you are using Admin Domains, HP recommends that you upgrade to DCFM 10.4.x because it includes Admin Domain support, although some support is limited. For more information, see the Data Center Fabric Manager User Guide for 10.4.x. 4/256 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 6.2.2e is fully qualified and supports the Director blades listed in Table 2 (page 13). Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix Director blade FC4-16 FC4-32 FC4-48 FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-48 FC10-6 Number of blades Supported with any mix with up to eight blades of each type. No intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director must run Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-16 port blade, and Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later to support the FC8-32 and FC8-48 port blades. FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade) FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade) Up to four blades of this type Up to two blades of this type. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only for FC Fast Write or FCIP without routing. 4/256 SAN Director blade support 13

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Table notes:
1
In a fabric with products running older versions of Fabric OS, all zoning and fabric operations
must 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
Other M-EOS models can participate in a fabric with Fabric OS 6.2; however, they cannot be
attached directly to any products running Fabric OS 6.2 via an E_Port. For information about HP
support of interoperable fabrics, see
HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and
B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes
, available at
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m
.
3
HP strongly recommends that M-EOS products operate with the most recent version of M-EOS
that supports interoperability. For information about HP support of interoperable fabrics, see
HP
StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application
Notes
, available at
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m
.
4
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the fabric must have a Fabric
OS-based product to configure the frame redirection zone information.
5
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).
6
SANRouters 1620 and 2640 must not be used with XPath or Fabric OS-based routing (FCR) for
connections to the same edge fabric.
7
These platforms cannot be attached directly to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
8
Using HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) 5.5 or earlier with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later can
result in problems with Zoning, Performance monitoring, SYSLOG configuration, FICON wizards,
IOD Delay, AAA replication, Port enable/disable and other functions. Unless you are using Admin
Domains, HP recommends that you upgrade to HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager
(DCFM) 10.3.
x
to use with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later. If you are using Admin Domains, HP
recommends that you upgrade to DCFM 10.4.
x
because it includes Admin Domain support,
although some support is limited. For more information, see the
Data Center Fabric Manager User
Guide
for 10.4.
x
.
4/256 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.2.2e is fully qualified and supports the Director blades listed in
Table 2 (page 13)
.
Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix
Number of blades
Director blade
Supported with any mix with up to eight blades of each type. No
intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director must run Fabric OS
6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-16 port blade, and Fabric OS
6.1.0a or later to support the FC8-32 and FC8-48 port blades.
FC4-16
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
Up to four blades of this type
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Up to two blades of this type. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be
installed if they are used only for FC Fast Write or FCIP without
routing.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
4/256 SAN Director blade support
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