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Accessing the SAN I/O Module

Operating system support

Brocade Fabric OS has no specific host OS dependencies. The Fabric OS in the switches allows for
any Fibre Channel-compliant device to attach to switches as long as it conforms to the standards
for device login, name service, and related Fibre Channel features. The operating systems listed in
Table 2
such as Fabric Manager and Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM). For the latest
information on operating system support for these applications, refer to the latest released
versions of Fabric Manager and EFCM documentation.
TABLE 2
Operating System
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows XP
Solaris
Linux Red Hat Enterprise
TABLE 3
Operating System
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows XP
Solaris
Linux Red Hat
Linux Red Hat Enterprise
SuSe Linux Professional Edition
version 9.2
Accessing the SAN I/O Module
The SAN I/O Module is managed as a single element. It has a single IP address and appears as a
separate entity to the Telnet protocol and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
When SNMP devices send SNMP messages to a management console running SAN management
software, the information is stored in a Management Information Base (MIB). The Brocade 4424
Fabric OS 4.4.1 supports the FibreAlliance Fibre Channel Management (FCMGMT) MIBs, allowing
the provision of needed information to a SAN administrator.
In addition, the Brocade Fabric Access Layer (API) and the Storage Management Initiative (SMI)
provide facilities for the discovery and management of physical and logical elements in a SAN.
Using the Fabric Access interface to the Fabric OS, a client application can retrieve information and
modify the configuration of Brocade switches in the fabric.
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are for the host machine running Brocade management applications outside the Fabric OS,
Supported Operating Systems - Fabric Manager
Version
N/A
N/A
N/A
8, 9, 10
AS 3.0, AS 4.0
Supported Operating Systems - EFCM
Version
SP4
SP1
XP2
9, 10
9.0
ES 3.0, ES 4.0
9.2, 9.3
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