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Firmware Summary Table B-6 E/OS versus E/OSn and E/OSi - Management-Related Differences (Continued) Feature E/OS 7.0 E/OSn 6.0 E/OSi 4.6 Port group online diagnostics (directors) Diagnostic errors for any single port in a group (port card) cause a group failure indication. Diagnostic errors for any single port in a group (LIM) are indicated individually and do not cause a group failure indication. Port grouping (port cards or LIMs) not supported. Online state behavior Product online or offline state not persistent. An IML or IPL sets the product online. Intrepid 10000 Director online or offline state is persistent. Online or offline state set at the port level and is persistent only if setting is saved to FLASH memory. Port reset while blocked Port is reset independent of port Port is reset only if port is not blocking state. blocked. Port reset supported for Eclipse 2640 intelligent ports (13 to 16), independent of port blocking state. Requirements to set product offline Product can be online to set domain RSCN state and zone change RSCN control state. Intrepid 10000 Director must be offline to set domain RSCN state and zone change RSCN control state. Online or offline status to set domain RSCN state or zone change RSCN control state not applicable. Ability to disable Can selectively disable SNMP Cannot selectively disable management interfaces and CLI management interfaces. SNMP and CLI management interfaces. Cannot selectively disable SNMP and CLI management interfaces. Port technology information Port technology (optical transceiver) information available when the product is online or offline. Port technology (optical transceiver) information available only when the Intrepid 10000 Director is online. Port technology (optical transceiver) information not available. Port type and speed reporting (port offline or blocked) Offline or blocked ports report the configured port type and speed, not the actual port type and speed. Offline or blocked ports report G_Port and Not Established for the actual port type and speed. When the Intrepid 10000 Director is set offline, port state changes are not reflected at the user interface. Online and offline ports report configured port type and speed at Element Manager application main window and actual port type and speed at Port Configuration dialog box. No difference between configured and actual port type. Port type displayed in the Port List View. If no established connection or cable attached to port transceiver, Type field entry defaults to configured port type. If no established connection or cable attached to port transceiver, Type field entry defaults to Unknown. Port List View not supported by the SANvergence Manager application. However, port type is always displayed as configured, even when port is offline. B-8 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual