Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual page 662

About Interop Mode
Switch Feature
D_S_TOV
E_D_TOV
R_A_TOV
Trunking
Default zone
Zoning attributes
Zone propagation
VSAN
TE ports and SAN port channel s
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Advanced Fibre Channel Features and Concepts
Changes if Interoperability Is Enabled
Verify that the Distributed Services Time Out Value
timers match exactly.
Verify that the Error Detect Time Out Value timers
match exactly.
Verify that the Resource Allocation Time Out Value
timers match exactly.
Trunking is not supported between two different
vendor's switches. This feature may be disabled on
a per port or per switch basis.
The default zone operation of permit (all nodes can
see all other nodes) or deny (all nodes are isolated
when not explicitly placed in a zone) may change.
Zones may be limited to the pWWN and other
proprietary zoning methods (physical port number)
may be eliminated.
Note On a Brocade switch, use the cfgsave
command to save fabric-wide zoning
configuration. This command does not have
any effect on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
switches if they are part of the same fabric.
You must explicitly save the configuration
on each Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
Some vendors do not pass the full zone configuration
to other switches, only the active zone set gets passed.
Verify that the active zone set or zone configuration
has correctly propagated to the other switches in the
fabric.
Interop mode only affects the specified VSAN.
Note Interop modes cannot be enabled on
FICON-enabled VSANs.
TE ports and SAN port channels cannot be used to
connect Cisco switches to non-Cisco SAN switches.
Only E ports can be used to connect to non-Cisco
SAN switches. TE ports and SAN port channels can
still be used to connect a Cisco switch to other Cisco
SAN switches even when in interop mode.
The routing of frames within the fabric is not changed
by the introduction of interop mode. The switch
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