HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Release Note page 14

Table notes:
1
In a fabric with products running older versions of Fabric OS, all zoning and fabric operations must
be performed using interfaces to products running the latest version of Fabric OS. This is important
for Brocade 3xxx series switches that do not support zoning configuration for newer products.
2
Other M-EOS models can participate in a fabric with Fabric OS 6.2; however, they cannot be
attached directly to any products running Fabric OS 6.2 via an E_Port. For information about HP
support of interoperable fabrics, see HP StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and
B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes, available at http://www.hp.com.
3
HP strongly recommends that M-EOS products operate with the most recent version of M-EOS that
supports interoperability. For information about HP support of interoperable fabrics, see HP
StorageWorks Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application
Notes, available at http://www.hp.com.
4
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the fabric must have a Fabric
OS-based product to configure the frame redirection zone information.
5
Products operating with Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.3.1b or 6.1.0e cannot participate in a
logical fabric that is using XISLs (in the base fabric).
6
SANRouters 1620 and 2640 must not be used with XPath or Fabric OS-based routing (FCR) for
connections to the same edge fabric.
7
These platforms cannot be attached directly to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
8
Using HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) 5.5 or earlier with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later can
result in problems with Zoning, Performance monitoring, SYSLOG configuration, FICON wizards,
IOD Delay, AAA replication, Port enable/disable and other functions. Unless you are using Admin
Domains, HP recommends that you upgrade to HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
10.3.x to use with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later. If you are using Admin Domains, HP recommends that
you downgrade Fabric OS to 6.1.0h.
4/256 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.2.2a is fully qualified and supports the Director blades listed in
Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix
Director blade
FC4-16
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
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Number of blades
Supported with any mix with up to eight blades of each type.
No intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director must run
Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-16 port blade,
and Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later to support the FC8-32 and
FC8-48 port blades.
Up to four blades of this type
Up to two blades of this type. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can
be installed if they are used only for FC Fast Write or FCIP
without routing.
Table 2.