San Feature-To-Firmware Requirements - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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SAN feature-to-firmware requirements

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, M-EOS firmware, or both, as well as if
there are specific licensing 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
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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.
M-EOS
AG connected to M-EOS devices requires firmware
9.6 or later.
Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.
Requires M-EOS 9.9.2 or later for the seed switch
in a pure M-EOS fabric.
Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later for
discovery.
Not available.
Not available.
Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.
Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.
Not available.
Not available.
Only supports cascaded FICON configuration for
mixed fabrics.
Firmware download is only available through the
Element Manager.
Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.
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