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Supported Products and FOS Interoperability, Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability, NOS VDX

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Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade 6510 Brocade 6505 Brocade 6520 48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600 Secure Fabric OS (on any model) Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode) 1 McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director FOS v7.0 or later FOS v7.0.1 or later FOS v7.1 or later V6.2.2 or later 6 Not Supported Direct E_Port connections are not supported - must use FCR running pre-FOS v7.1. M-EOS v9.9.5 or later Not Supported Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability Brocade 7420 Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640 Not supported V6.2.2 and higher 4 6 8 Not Supported NOS (VDX Platform) Interoperability Brocade VDX6710, VDX6720, VDX6730 Brocade VDX8770 NOS v2.1.1 or later7 NOS 3.0 or later Table Notes: 1 When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based product in order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric. 2 When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow. 3 These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows. 4 McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with FOS-based routing (FCR) for connections to the same edge fabric. 5 FA4-18 is not supported in a DCX/DCX-4S that is running FOS v7.0 or later 6 If operating with FOS v6.2.2e or earlier, Adaptive Networking QoS must be disabled when connecting to 16G FC platform. Otherwise, ISL will segment. 7 Connectivity to FC SAN is established via VDX6730 connected to FCR running FOS v7.0.1 or later. FCR platforms supported include 5100, VA-40FC, 5300, 7800, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, 6510, 6520 (requires FOS v7.1 or later). For higher FCR backbone scalability (refer to separate "Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines" documentation for details), please use 5300, 6520, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4. 8 FR4-18i and FC10-6 are not supported on DCX/DCX-4S on FOS v7.1 or later. Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Page 25 of 41

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Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
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Supported Products and FOS Interoperability
Brocade 6510
FOS v7.0 or later
Brocade 6505
FOS v7.0.1 or later
Brocade 6520
FOS v7.1 or later
48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600
V6.2.2 or later
6
Secure Fabric OS (on any model)
Not Supported
Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES-
4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode)
1
Direct E_Port connections are not
supported
–
must use FCR
running
pre-FOS v7.1.
M-EOS v9.9.5 or later
McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director
Not Supported
Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability
Brocade 7420
Not supported
Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade
V6.2.2 and higher
4 6 8
McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640
Not Supported
NOS (VDX Platform) Interoperability
Brocade VDX6710, VDX6720, VDX6730
NOS v2.1.1 or later
7
Brocade VDX8770
NOS 3.0 or later
Table Notes:
1
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based product in
order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric.
2
When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.
3
These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
4
McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with
FOS-based routing (FCR) for connections to the same
edge fabric.
5
FA4-18 is not supported in a DCX/DCX-4S that is running FOS v7.0 or later
6
If operating with
FOS v6.2.2e or earlier
,
Adaptive Networking QoS must be disabled when connecting to 16G FC
platform. Otherwise, ISL will segment.
7
Connectivity to FC SAN is established via VDX6730 connected to FCR running FOS v7.0.1 or later. FCR platforms
supported include 5100, VA-40FC, 5300, 7800, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, 6510, 6520 (requires FOS
v7.1 or later). For higher FCR backbone scalability
(refer to separate “
Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines
”
documentation for details), please use 5300, 6520, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4.
8
FR4-18i and FC10-6 are not supported on DCX/DCX-4S on FOS v7.1 or later.