Supported Switches
FOS v7.4 supports the following platforms:
300, 5100, 5300, 7800, VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch, DCX, DCX-4S
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6510, 6505, 6520, 7840, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4
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FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64, FX8-24, FS8-18, FCOE10-24
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FC16-32, FC16-48, FC16-64, FC8-32E, FC8-48E
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5410, M5424, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480
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6543, 6545, 6546, 6547, 6548, M6505
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Access Gateway mode is also supported by Fabric OS v7.4, and is supported on the following switches: the
Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 5410, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480, M5424, 6545,
6546, 6547, 6548, M6505, 6510, 6505.
Standards Compliance
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel Standards in a manner consistent with accepted engineering
practices and procedures. In certain cases, Brocade might add proprietary supplemental functions to those
specified in the standards. For a list of FC standards conformance, visit the following Brocade Web site:
http://www.brocade.com/sanstandards
The FCOE10-24 blade conforms to the following Ethernet standards:
IEEE 802.1D
Spanning Tree Protocol
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IEEE 802.1s
Multiple Spanning Tree
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IEEE 802.1w
Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
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IEEE 802.3ad
Link Aggregation with LACP
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IEEE 802.3ae
10G Ethernet
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IEEE 802.1Q
VLAN Tagging
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IEEE 802.1p
Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging
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IEEE 802.1v
VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
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IEEE 802.1AB
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
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IEEE 802.3x
Flow Control (Pause Frames)
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The following draft versions of the Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Standards are also supported on the FCOE10-24 blade:
IEEE 802.1Qbb
Priority-based Flow Control
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IEEE 802.1Qaz
Enhanced Transmission Selection
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IEEE 802.1
DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of IEEE 802.1
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Working Group)
FC-BB-5
FCoE (Rev 2.0)
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Fabric OS 7.4.1a Release Notes v3.0
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