HP A7533A HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-0015, May 20 - Page 245

Interoperating with an M-EOS fabric IMPORTANT: Interoperating with an M-EOS fabric is not supported at the time of the release of this document. Please check with your sales representative or http://www.hp.com regarding HP support of the interoperability features. This section covers how to set up your B-Series SAN and M-Series SAN to route traffic without merging the two SANs. If you want to merge the SANs or use SANtegrity, refer to "Implementing an interoperable fabric" on page 477 for more information. The FC router interoperates with M-EOS fabrics in both the McDATA Open Mode 1 and the McDATA Fabric Mode. Fabric OS 6.0 provides the ability to configure any EX_Port to connect to a M-EOS fabric by using an E_Port without disrupting the existing services. All the EX_Port functionality, such as fabric isolation and device sharing, remains the same as connecting to an existing Brocade fabric. NOTE: M-EOS fabrics will be supported only as edge fabrics and should not be connected directly into the backbone. Fabric OS 6.0 interoperates with M-EOS edge fabrics in Fabric Mode and Open Mode 1 and will support the LSAN zone with the backbone devices. Table 58 on page 245 outlines which releases of Fabric OS are compatible with which releases of M-EOS. Table 58 Brocade-McDATA M-EOSc interoperability compatibility matrix1 Fabric OS Versions of M-EOSc 5.1.02 4.1.1 5.1.2 6.2.0 7.1.3x 8.0 Yes Yes Yes No No 9.2.0 No 9.6.2 No 5.2.0 No No No Yes Yes No No 5.3.0 No No No No Yes Yes No 6.0 No No No No Yes No Yes 1. Both Open and McDATA Fabric modes are supported. 2. Fabric OS 5.1.0 and M-E/OSc 4.1.1, 5.1.2, 6.2.0 can interoperate through the FC routing capability of the MP Router only. Fabric OS and M-E/OSc 7.1.3 can interoperate through the FC routing capability of the MP Router, 400 MP Router, or FR4-18i blade. Fabric OS and M-E/OSc 8.0.0 and 9.2.0 can interoperate through the FC routing capability of the 400 MP Router, or FR4-18i blade. Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide 245