Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 6510 Release Note page 16

Secure Fabric OS (on any model)
Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES-
4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode)
McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director
Brocade 7420
Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade
McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640
Brocade VDX6710, VDX6720, VDX6730
Table Notes:
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based product in
1
order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric.
When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.
2
These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
3
McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with FOS-based routing (FCR) for connections to the same
4
edge fabric.
FA4-18 is not supported in a DCX/DCX-4S that is running FOS v7.0 or later
5
If operating with FOS v6.2.2e or earlier, Adaptive Networking QoS must be disabled when connecting to 16G FC
6
platform. Otherwise, ISL will segment.
Connectivity to FC SAN is established via VDX6730 connected to FCR running FOS v7.0.1 or later. FCR platforms
7
supported include 5100, VA-40FC, 5300, 7800, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4, 6510. For higher FCR
backbone scalability (refer to separate ―Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines‖ documentation for details), please use
5300, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4.
Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability
1
Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability
NOS (VDX Platform) Interoperability
Not Supported
Direct E_Port connections are not
supported – must use FCR.
M-EOS v9.9.5 or later
Not Supported
Not supported
V6.2.2 and higher
Not Supported
NOS v2.1.1 or later
7
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