Table 96 Fabric Os And M-Eosc Interoperability Compatibility Matrix; Table 97 Fabric Os And M-Eosn Interoperability Compatibility Matrix - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual

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M-EOS fabrics overview
TABLE 96
Fabric OS
v6.3.0
v6.4.0
1.
2.
the SilkWorm AP7420 only. Fabric OS and M-E/OSc v7.1.3 can interoperate through the FC routing capability
of the SilkWorm AP7420, Brocade 7500, or FR4-18i blade. Fabric OS and M-E/OSc v8.0.0 and v9.2.0 can
interoperate through the FC routing capability of the Brocade 7500, or FR4-18i blade.
The Fibre Channel routing feature for M-EOS interoperability is not a licensed feature.
TABLE 97
Fabric OS
v5.3.0
v6.0.0
v6.1.0
v6.1.1
v6.1.1_enc
v6.2.0
v6.3.0
v6.4.0
1.
Connected SANs provide additional functionality not possible with segregated SANs. Some of these
functions are as follows:
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•
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Fabric OS and M-EOSc interoperability compatibility matrix
Versions of M-EOSc
v6.2.0 v7.1.3x
Both Open and McDATA Fabric modes are supported.
Fabric OS v5.1.0 and M-E/OSc v4.1.1, v5.1.2, 6.2.0 can interoperate through the FC routing capability of
Fabric OS and M-EOSn interoperability compatibility matrix
Versions of M-EOSn (i10k)
v9.2.0
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Both Open and McDATA Fabric modes are supported.
Island consolidation—Uses the Fabric OS v6.0 or later FC router to connect isolated M-EOS and
Fabric OS fabrics and share devices.
Backup consolidation—Consolidates backup solutions across Fabric OS and M-EOS fabrics.
Manageable large-scale storage network—Uses the Fabric OS v6.0 or later FC router to localize
traffic while connecting devices in the metaSAN. This provides a large number of fabrics with a
large number of devices.
Sharing across an FCIP link—Shares devices between Fabric OS and M-EOS fabrics over a
campus Ethernet or over long-distance IP links beyond 1000 km.
Sharing across a long-distance FC link—Shares devices between Fabric OS fabrics over
long-distance FC links as far as 300 km.
LUN sharing—Uses your high-end RAID array connected to an M-series to share targets with a
Fabric OS fabric; just connect one Intrepid series port to an FC router EX_Port and the one
EX_Port to the Fabric OS edge fabric.
LSAN zone database binding—Increases FCR scalability to support more FC routers in the
backbone and support more devices in the metaSAN.
v8.0 v9.2.0 v9.6.2
v9.6.2 v9.8.0
No No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
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v9.7 v9.8 v9.9
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
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v9.9.0
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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