HP 4400 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.1 Release Notes (5697-0760, November 201 - Page 23

Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes

Get HP 4400 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP 4400 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 23 highlights

Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes Some Fabric OS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for deployment with M-EOS-based products. All HP StorageWorks models supported by Fabric OS 6.4.1 support both interopmodes 2 and 3, with the exception of the 4/32 SAN Switch, 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch, and DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with one or more DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blades. NOTE: HP may not support all of these switches in this mode. For information about support in interopmodes 2 and 3, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-Series and B-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com. 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 6.4.1. Table 5 Feature support in interopmodes 2 and 3 Fabric OS features (supported in interopmode 0) Fabric OS 6.4.1 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 Yes1 Traffic Isolation Zones2 Yes No Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric OS)2 Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)2 Yes Yes1 Yes Yes1 Frame Redirection over FCR3 Yes Yes1 FCR Fabric Binding (route to M-EOS fabric with Fabric Binding)4 Yes Yes L2 Fabric Binding Yes No5 DCC policies No No SCC policies Yes6 No5 E/EX_Port Authentication Yes Yes ISL Trunking (frame level) Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange-based routing) Yes7 Yes8 Yes7 Yes8 Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port-based routing) Yes Yes Virtual Channels (VC RDY) Yes7 Yes7 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.1 Release Notes 23

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
Fabric OS feature compatibility in native connectivity modes
Some Fabric OS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for
deployment with M-EOS-based products. All HP StorageWorks models supported by Fabric OS 6.4.1
support both interopmodes 2 and 3, with the exception of the 4/32 SAN Switch, 2408 FCoE
Converged Network Switch, and DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with one or
more DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blades.
NOTE:
HP may not support all of these switches in this mode. For information about support in interopmodes
2 and 3, 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
.
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 6.4.1.
Table 5 Feature support in interopmodes 2 and 3
Fabric OS 6.4.1
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
1
Yes
Zone Activation Support
No
Yes
Traffic Isolation Zones
2
Yes
1
Yes
Frame Redirection (devices attached to Fabric OS)
2
Yes
1
Yes
Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)
2
Yes
1
Yes
Frame Redirection over FCR
3
Yes
Yes
FCR Fabric Binding (route to M-EOS fabric with Fabric Binding)
4
No
5
Yes
L2 Fabric Binding
No
No
DCC policies
No
5
Yes
6
SCC policies
Yes
Yes
E/EX_Port Authentication
Yes
7
Yes
7
ISL Trunking (frame level)
Yes
8
Yes
8
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange-based routing)
Yes
Yes
Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port-based routing)
Yes
7
Yes
7
Virtual Channels (VC RDY)
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.4.1 Release Notes
23