HP AE370A HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-0015, May 20 - Page 478
Determining McDATA-unaware features
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Table 104 McDATA-aware features (continued) Feature Behavior FCR Fabric OS L2 SANtegrity Supported only in McDATA Fabric mode. Name server (nsShow, nsCamShow, nsAllShow) Displays the device PID with domain offset. For example, a host attached to a switch with domain value 1 will have a default PID of 0x61AAPP. ESS Displays the firmware version in the McDATA format as 9.6.2, and the Brocade format as 6.0. FABRIC In a mixed configuration, fabric issues ESC exchange to determine the domain ID offset setting of adjacent switches. An incompatible domain ID offset causes ISLs to segmented. Fabric also auto-negotiates the credit model usage: R-RDY for connection to a McDATA switch and VC-RDY for connection to a Brocade switch. ZONE Activation In McDATA Fabric mode zone activations can be performed from any switch. FC ASIC Long distance Brocade management interface such as EFCM and Web Tools In McDATA Open Fabric mode, zone activations can only be performed from a McDATA management tool. Converts the header of FC frames to use the correct SID and DID according to the domain offset setting. The header of FC frames uses the SID and DID according to the domain offset setting. Displays the credit number allocated to a port in the configure command. Allows configuring standalone and fabric-wide tasks such as basic switch and port. Determining McDATA-unaware features Features that are unaware of McDATA switches or fabrics and cannot be used fabric-wide are shown in Table 105. Table 105 McDATA-unaware features Feature Support Firmware download Supported on Fabric OS 6.0 switches. Security Secure Fabric OS Not supported. ACL in strict mode Not supported. ACL in non-strict (Tolerant) mode, Supported. Absent mode, and others (such as password authentication) Admin Domains Not supported. FICON and FICON CUP Not supported. Fabric-wide diagnostics (FC-Ping, PathInfo) Not supported. 478 Implementing an interoperable fabric