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All Fabric OS switches must be running v6.1.0 or later; all M-EOS switches must be running M-EOSc 9.1 or later, M-EOSn must be running 9.6.2 or later, and Cisco switches with SAN OS must be running 3.0 (1) and 3.1 (1) or later. Access Gateway supports 4 and 8 Gbit bladed servers and blades. Fabric OS v6.3.0 supports the following Brocade hardware platforms for Access Gateway: • Brocade 300 • Brocade 5100 • Brocade M5424 • Brocade 5450 • Brocade 5480 What's new in this document The following changes have been made since this document was last released: Information that was added: • Adaptive Networking is supported in AG - You can configure QoS for ingress rate limiting and SID/DID traffic prioritization for the following configurations: † Brocade HBA to AG to switch † Non-Brocade HBA to AG to switch † HBA (Brocade or Non-Brocade) to Edge AG to Core AG to switch • Support for Persistent ALPA - For servers that cannot handle changing addresses for the hosts and want the same PID across login sessions - Only supported when Access Gateway connects to a Brocade fabric. • Manual rebalance of F_Ports to distribute them among available N_Ports. • PG policy support for the following: - Login balancing within port groups. - Port group modes to allow F_Ports to connect to a specific port group For further information, refer to the release notes. xiv Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 53-1001345-01

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Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
53-1001345-01
All Fabric OS switches must be running v6.1.0 or later; all M-EOS switches must be running M-EOSc
9.1 or later, M-EOSn must be running 9.6.2 or later, and Cisco switches with SAN OS must be
running 3.0 (1) and 3.1 (1) or later. Access Gateway supports 4 and 8 Gbit bladed servers and
blades.
Fabric OS v6.3.0 supports the following Brocade hardware platforms for Access Gateway:
Brocade 300
Brocade 5100
Brocade M5424
Brocade 5450
Brocade 5480
What’s new in this document
The following changes have been made since this document was last released:
Information that was added:
Adaptive Networking is supported in AG
-
You can configure QoS for ingress rate limiting and SID/DID traffic prioritization for the
following configurations:
Brocade HBA to AG to switch
Non-Brocade HBA to AG to switch
HBA (Brocade or Non-Brocade) to Edge AG to Core AG to switch
Support for Persistent ALPA
-
For servers that cannot handle changing addresses for the hosts and want the same PID
across login sessions
-
Only supported when Access Gateway connects to a Brocade fabric.
Manual rebalance of F_Ports to distribute them among available N_Ports.
PG policy support for the following:
-
Login balancing within port groups.
-
Port group modes to allow F_Ports to connect to a specific port group
For further information, refer to the release notes.