San Feature-To-Firmware Requirements - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

SAN feature-to-firmware requirements

Use the following table to determine whether the Management application SAN features are only
available with a specific version of the Fabric OS firmware as well as if there are specific licensing
requirements.
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SAN feature to firmware requirements
Feature
Access Gateway (AG)
Call Home (Trial and Licensed version Only)
Configuration Management
Discovery
Encryption (Trial and Licensed version Only)
Enhanced Group Management (Trial and
Licensed version Only)
Fault Management
Fabric Binding (Trial and Licensed version
Only)
FCIP Management
FCoE Management
FICON (Trial and Licensed version Only)
Firmware Management
High Integrity Fabric
Meta SAN
Performance
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Fabric OS
AG connected to Fabric OS devices requires firmware 5.2 or later.
Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for supportSave.
Requires Fabric Watch license for SNMP traps.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later
Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for the seed switch in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for the seed switch in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1_enc or 6.2 or later.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license.
Requires Fabric OS 4.4 or later for SNMP traps
Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 5.1 or later to modify.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later for FCIP tunnels.
Requires FCIP license.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later to enable the FICON Emulation tab on the FCIP Tunnel
Advanced Settings dialog box.
Requires FCoE license on the device.
Requires Fabric OS version v6.1.2_CEE or later.
Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for cascaded FICON.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for advanced FICON.
Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later to configure multiple Allow/Prohibit matrices.
Requires FICON CUP license to allow CUP management features.
Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later.
Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later on 8G devices.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license to perform group actions.
Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for FC router and router domain ID configuration.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Requires Integrated Routing license.
Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for FC_ports, -end monitors, and marching ants.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later for GE_ports and FCIP tunnels.
Requires Fabric OS 6.2 or later for Top Talkers.
Requires Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) license for -end Monitoring and Top
Talkers.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license for HIstorical graphs and tables.
Requires Fabric Watch license for Performance thresholds.

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