Features Supported In This Release; Ip San Routing - Sun Microsystems McDATA Eclipse 1620 Release Notes

Features Supported in this Release

The McDATA Eclipse 1620 is a bridge for the communication beyond a single SAN.
SANs from different vendors, McDATA, Brocade, and Sun/Qlogic are supported for
inter-SAN communication.

IP SAN Routing

For ISAN (SAN over an IP network) all currently supported devices on the Sun
fabric are supported by the 1620 through fabric connection. No direct device
connection to the 1620 is supported.
Table 1 lists all the FC switches and firmware supported by the 1620 router
All Supported FC Switches and Firmware
TABLE 1
Fibre Channel Switch Release
Sphereon 4300 E/OS 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Sphereon 4500 E/OS 5.x, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Interpid 6064 E/OS 5.x, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Interpid 6140 E/OS 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Brocade 3200/3800 3.1.1b
Brocade 2400/2800 Not yet supported
Brocade 3900 Not yet supported
Brocade 12000 Not yet supported
Brocade 4100 Not yet supported
Brocade 3250 Not yet supported
Brocade 3850 Not yet supported
Brocade 24000 Not yet supported
QLogic SANBox2 4.0
QLogic SANBox Not yet supported
5200
* Switches that are not yet supported will be qualified with the next release of 1620 firmware
McDATA Eclipse 1620 SAN Router Release Notes for Installation in Sun SANs
McDATA Open Fabric
Fabric 1.0 1.0
X X
X X
X X
X X
X
*
X
Brocade
Native Mode
X
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