Dell PowerEdge M1000e Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 19

FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes

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Blades Power Supply Requirements for Blades in 48k and DCX/DCX-4S Chassis Type of Blade 48K @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX/DCX-4S @110 VAC (Redundant configurations) DCX/DCX-4S @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations) Comments redundant configuration with any number of FS8-18 Blades. • For both DCX and DCX-4S with FX8-24 blades, (1+1) 220VAC Power Supplies are required for redundancy. FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes Some FOS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for deployment with M-EOS based products. All Brocade models that are supported by Fabric OS v6.4 support both interopmodes 2 and 3 with the exception of the Brocade 4100 and 8000 and DCX/DCX-4S with one or more FCOE10-24 blades. The following table specifies the support of various FOS features when operating in either interopmode 2 (McDATA Fabric Mode) or interopmode 3 (Open Fabric Mode) with Fabric OS v6.4. FOS Features (supported in interopmode 0) FOS v6.4 IM = Interopmode IM 2 IM 3 L2 FOS Hot Code Load Yes FOS Hot Code Load with FCR Yes Zone Activation Support Yes Traffic Isolation Zones1 Yes Frame Redirection (devices attached to FOS)1 Yes Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS) 1 Yes Frame Redirection over FCR10 Yes FCR Fabric Binding (route to M-EOS fabric with Fabric binding) 9 Yes L2 Fabric Binding Yes DCC policies No SCC policies Yes4 E/EX_Port Authentication Yes ISL Trunking (frame-level) Yes2 Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange based routing) Yes3 Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port based routing) Yes Virtual Channels (VC RDY) Yes2 FICON Management Server (Cascading) Yes FICON MIHPTO Yes Full Scalability (to maximum M-EOS fabric limits) Yes Yes Yes Yes11 No Yes11 Yes11 Yes11 Yes No* No No* Yes Yes2 Yes3 Yes Yes2 No* No* Yes Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 19 of 62

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Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0
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Power Supply Requirements for B
Power Supply Requirements for B
Power Supply Requirements for B
Power Supply Requirements for Blades in 48k and DCX/DCX
lades in 48k and DCX/DCX
lades in 48k and DCX/DCX
lades in 48k and DCX/DCX-4S Chassis
4S Chassis
4S Chassis
4S Chassis
Blades
Blades
Blades
Blades
Type of
Type of
Type of
Type of
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
48K
48K
48K
48K
@200-240
VAC
(Redundant
configurations)
DCX/DCX
DCX/DCX
DCX/DCX
DCX/DCX-4S
4S
4S
4S
@110 VAC
(Redundant
configurations)
DCX/DCX
DCX/DCX
DCX/DCX
DCX/DCX-4S
4S
4S
4S
@200-240 VAC
(Redundant
configurations)
Comments
Comments
Comments
Comments
redundant
configuration with any
number of FS8-18
Blades.
For both DCX and
DCX-4S with FX8-24
blades, (1+1) 220VAC
Power Supplies are
required for
redundancy.
FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes
FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes
FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes
FOS Feature Compatibility in Native Connectivity Modes
Some FOS features are not fully supported when operating in the native connectivity modes for deployment
with M-EOS based products.
All Brocade models that are supported by Fabric OS v6.4 support both
interopmodes 2 and 3 with the exception of the Brocade 4100 and 8000 and DCX/DCX-4S with one or more
FCOE10-24 blades.
The following table specifies the support of various FOS features when operating in either interopmode 2
(McDATA Fabric Mode) or interopmode 3 (Open Fabric Mode) with Fabric OS v6.4
.
FOS Features
FOS Features
FOS Features
FOS Features (supported in interopmode 0)
FOS v6.4
FOS v6.4
FOS v6.4
FOS v6.4
IM = Interopmode
IM = Interopmode
IM = Interopmode
IM = Interopmode
IM 2
IM 2
IM 2
IM 2
IM 3
IM 3
IM 3
IM 3
L2 FOS Hot Code Load
Yes
Yes
FOS Hot Code Load with FCR
Yes
Yes
Zone Activation Support
Yes
Yes
11
Traffic Isolation Zones
1
Yes
No
Frame Redirection (devices attached to FOS)
1
Yes
Yes
11
Frame Redirection (devices attached to M-EOS)
1
Yes
Yes
11
Frame Redirection over FCR
10
Yes
Yes
11
FCR Fabric Binding (route to M-EOS fabric with Fabric binding)
9
Yes
Yes
L2 Fabric Binding
Yes
No*
DCC policies
No
No
SCC policies
Yes
4
No*
E/EX_Port Authentication
Yes
Yes
ISL Trunking (frame-level)
Yes
2
Yes
2
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS, exchange based routing)
Yes
3
Yes
3
Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS, port based routing)
Yes
Yes
Virtual Channels (VC RDY)
Yes
2
Yes
2
FICON Management Server (Cascading)
Yes
No*
FICON MIHPTO
Yes
No*
Full Scalability (to maximum M-EOS fabric limits)
Yes
Yes