Table 70 Complete Feature Compatibility Matrix - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual

TABLE 70
Feature
DHCP
Environmental monitor
Error event management
Fabric Device
Management Interface
(FDMI)
Fabric Watch (FW)
Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE)
FICON (includes CUP)
High Availability (HA)
Interoperability
IP over FC
License
Log tracking
Long-distance fabrics
Management server
Manufacturing
diagnostics
N_Port ID Virtualization
Name server
Network Time Protocol
(NTP)
Open E_Port
Port mirroring
SNMP
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Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
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Fabric OS Native mode: No
•
McDATA Open mode: Yes
•
McDATA Fabric mode: Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
McDATA-unaware features
Notes
McDATA Fabric mode and McDATA Open Fabric
mode are not supported on the Brocade 8000.
Supported on the Brocade 4900, 5000, 5100,
5300, and the VA-40FC switches, and the
Brocade 48000 and the Brocade DCX
Backbone.
Note: All switches must be running FOS v6.1.0 or
later to support this feature.
Coordinated Hot Code Load in Fabric OS v6.1.0.
Works on a local Fabric OS switch. Broadcast
frames are sent to F_Ports only; there is no
forwarding of broadcast frames to E_Ports.
The configure command displays the number of
buffer credits.
FICON Management Server supported in
McDATA Fabric mode.
The tested limits for NPIV are 24 NPIV channels
multiplied by 12 virtual port logins.
Support Domain offset, McDATA specific
SWRSCN, FCFG commands (GE_PT, GSNN_NN,
GSPN_ID, and GA_NXT).
Autonegotiates the R_RDY mode by default.
Uses portCfgIsMode to static configure the port.
Fabric OS v6.2.0 and later supports 8 Gbps port
mirroring.
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