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... Feature Descriptions ...6 Enhanced Optical ICL Topology Support for DCX8510 6 Support for the Brocade Encryption Switch (BES) and FS8-18 23 FCIP (FR4-18i, Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) ...25 FCoE/DCB/CEE (Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 26 FCR and Integrated Routing ...28 FICON...28 FL_Port (... in FOS v7.0.1 ...12 Recommended Migration Paths to FOS v7.0.1 12 FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations 13 Important Notes...14 Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility ...14 DCFM Compatibility ...14 WebTools Compatibility ...14 SMI Compatibility ...15 Fabric OS Compatibility ...15 Blade Support...18 ...
... Feature Descriptions ...6 Enhanced Optical ICL Topology Support for DCX8510 6 Support for the Brocade Encryption Switch (BES) and FS8-18 23 FCIP (FR4-18i, Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) ...25 FCoE/DCB/CEE (Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 26 FCR and Integrated Routing ...28 FICON...28 FL_Port (... in FOS v7.0.1 ...12 Recommended Migration Paths to FOS v7.0.1 12 FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations 13 Important Notes...14 Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility ...14 DCFM Compatibility ...14 WebTools Compatibility ...14 SMI Compatibility ...15 Fabric OS Compatibility ...15 Blade Support...18 ...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... Gateway mode o Supports Condor3 ASIC enabled VC level credit recovery o Supports Advanced Performance Monitoring E-port Top Talkers o Also supports all features supported on Brocade 300 platform o Does not support Encryption/Compression on ISLs, 10G capability, Integrated Routing FC8-32E and FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades for DCX8510-8 ...Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric Assigned World Wide Name capability Disruptive upgrade of DCX to DCX8510 VCS/VDX6730 to FC SAN connectivity FCIP feature support: ESCON and Bus/Tag printer emulation support Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 5 of 67
... Gateway mode o Supports Condor3 ASIC enabled VC level credit recovery o Supports Advanced Performance Monitoring E-port Top Talkers o Also supports all features supported on Brocade 300 platform o Does not support Encryption/Compression on ISLs, 10G capability, Integrated Routing FC8-32E and FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades for DCX8510-8 ...Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric Assigned World Wide Name capability Disruptive upgrade of DCX to DCX8510 VCS/VDX6730 to FC SAN connectivity FCIP feature support: ESCON and Bus/Tag printer emulation support Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 5 of 67
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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...Description of using FCoE) connected to VCS/VDX platforms and FC storage connected to FC SAN via FCR. It is supported on FCIP platforms. This feature provides near native performance for higher scalability. This feature requires servers to simplify and accelerate server deployment and ... use 5300, DCX/DCX-4S, DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4 for FCR functionality for FICON Extended paths to assign this feature. Please consult Brocade HBA/Adapter driver documentation and Release Notes to confirm minimum requirements for Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric Assigned World Wide Name In order to...
...Description of using FCoE) connected to VCS/VDX platforms and FC storage connected to FC SAN via FCR. It is supported on FCIP platforms. This feature provides near native performance for higher scalability. This feature requires servers to simplify and accelerate server deployment and ... use 5300, DCX/DCX-4S, DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4 for FCR functionality for FICON Extended paths to assign this feature. Please consult Brocade HBA/Adapter driver documentation and Release Notes to confirm minimum requirements for Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric Assigned World Wide Name In order to...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... XRC) as well as ―FCIP Services‖) (For the FR4-18i blade) - This license provides additional encryption processing power. Optionally licensed features supported in a DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4, Brocade 6510, DCX-4S, DCX, 5300, 5100, 7800, or Brocade Encryption Switch to any port in ...FOS v7.0.1 include: Brocade Ports on Demand-Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional...
... XRC) as well as ―FCIP Services‖) (For the FR4-18i blade) - This license provides additional encryption processing power. Optionally licensed features supported in a DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4, Brocade 6510, DCX-4S, DCX, 5300, 5100, 7800, or Brocade Encryption Switch to any port in ...FOS v7.0.1 include: Brocade Ports on Demand-Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... ports on a DCX8510-8 platform. (The ICL 2nd POD license does not apply to the DCX8510-4.) Enterprise ICL License - On the Brocade 6510, this license assigned to a slot with FS8-18 Encryption Blade(s) installed to write and encrypt the disk and tape LUNs in order ...throughput performance under high traffic load. This license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting. This license enables all FS8-18 blades installed in a slot that has this license Brocade 6510: Enables 10G FC capability on the switch Advanced FICON Acceleration - This allows...
... ports on a DCX8510-8 platform. (The ICL 2nd POD license does not apply to the DCX8510-4.) Enterprise ICL License - On the Brocade 6510, this license assigned to a slot with FS8-18 Encryption Blade(s) installed to write and encrypt the disk and tape LUNs in order ...throughput performance under high traffic load. This license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting. This license enables all FS8-18 blades installed in a slot that has this license Brocade 6510: Enables 10G FC capability on the switch Advanced FICON Acceleration - This allows...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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...a single Universal license on a per fabric. Temporary License Support The following switches: the Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 8000, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480, M5424, 6510, 6505. This license is supported on any and all slots in the licenses themselves. In...Adaptive Networking license Fabric Watch license Integrated Routing license Server Application Optimization license Advanced Extension license Advanced FICON Acceleration license 10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel license FICON Management Server (CUP) license Enterprise ICL license Note: Temporary Licenses for any unit. ...
...a single Universal license on a per fabric. Temporary License Support The following switches: the Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 8000, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480, M5424, 6510, 6505. This license is supported on any and all slots in the licenses themselves. In...Adaptive Networking license Fabric Watch license Integrated Routing license Server Application Optimization license Advanced Extension license Advanced FICON Acceleration license 10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel license FICON Management Server (CUP) license Enterprise ICL license Note: Temporary Licenses for any unit. ...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... to 24 physical or virtual fabrics and up to 1,000 switch ports. It supports Brocade backbone and director products (DCX8510-4/DCX-4S, 48Ks, etc.), FC switches, Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) switches, Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) switches/ Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, Fibre ... four physical or virtual fabrics (FOS, M-EOS and Mixed fabrics) and up to legacy Brocade management products (Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM), Brocade Fabric Manager (FM) and Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM)). DCFM Compatibility DCFM is available in the Network Advisor 11...
... to 24 physical or virtual fabrics and up to 1,000 switch ports. It supports Brocade backbone and director products (DCX8510-4/DCX-4S, 48Ks, etc.), FC switches, Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) switches, Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) switches/ Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, Fibre ... four physical or virtual fabrics (FOS, M-EOS and Mixed fabrics) and up to legacy Brocade management products (Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM), Brocade Fabric Manager (FM) and Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM)). DCFM Compatibility DCFM is available in the Network Advisor 11...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... extended under special circumstances, but must be installed in a DCX if they are used only for FCIP without routing. Not supported in the same chassis with FX8-24 in the following table: DCX/DCX...16-, 32-, 48- See below for maximum supported limits of each blade. This can be approved by Brocade's Product Team. Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 18 of this type. and 64-port...16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) and the 6-port 10G FC blade (FC10-6) Intelligent blade FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Next Generation ...
... extended under special circumstances, but must be installed in a DCX if they are used only for FCIP without routing. Not supported in the same chassis with FX8-24 in the following table: DCX/DCX...16-, 32-, 48- See below for maximum supported limits of each blade. This can be approved by Brocade's Product Team. Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 18 of this type. and 64-port...16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) and the 6-port 10G FC blade (FC10-6) Intelligent blade FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Next Generation ...
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... FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade FC8-32E, FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades FC10-6 Intelligent blade FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Next Generation Distance Extension Blade (FX8-24) Supported starting with FOS...
... FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade FC8-32E, FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades FC10-6 Intelligent blade FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Next Generation Distance Extension Blade (FX8-24) Supported starting with FOS...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... be used : Pick from Barcode User Supplied - For new features added to pre-FOS v7.0.0 will result in vSphere 4.1. FCIP (FR4-18i, Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) Any firmware activation will reject the SCSI commands WRITE SAME and EXTENDED COPY, which are removed from FOS v6.4.0 to... their containers with HP Data Protector on FCIP Tunnels: o 1GbE & 10GbE - 200ms round trip time and 1% loss. This will be configured ...
... be used : Pick from Barcode User Supplied - For new features added to pre-FOS v7.0.0 will result in vSphere 4.1. FCIP (FR4-18i, Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) Any firmware activation will reject the SCSI commands WRITE SAME and EXTENDED COPY, which are removed from FOS v6.4.0 to... their containers with HP Data Protector on FCIP Tunnels: o 1GbE & 10GbE - 200ms round trip time and 1% loss. This will be configured ...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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... running . Feature: Striker/Spike Platform Services Function: VF Probability: High Found in test mode) Symptom: User experiences temporary FCIP traffic disruption after changing FCR switch domain ID. Feature: 8G FCR Function: Other Probability: Medium Found in one of those... FastWrite enabled. Workaround: Reboot the hosts. Defect ID: DEFECT000329211 Technical Severity: High Summary: Encountered a DataPath panic on the Brocade 7800 when portcfgdefault was executed on VE port (with a circuit in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000381543 Technical Severity: High...
... running . Feature: Striker/Spike Platform Services Function: VF Probability: High Found in test mode) Symptom: User experiences temporary FCIP traffic disruption after changing FCR switch domain ID. Feature: 8G FCR Function: Other Probability: Medium Found in one of those... FastWrite enabled. Workaround: Reboot the hosts. Defect ID: DEFECT000329211 Technical Severity: High Summary: Encountered a DataPath panic on the Brocade 7800 when portcfgdefault was executed on VE port (with a circuit in Release: FOS7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000381543 Technical Severity: High...
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0
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...: DEFECT000336580 Technical Severity: High Summary: SNMP: FA-MIB: ConnUnitLinkTable did not return all the VE ISL entries Symptom: The user will fault, aborting all the FCIP ISL link information in ConnUnitLinkTable Feature: Mgmt Embedded - FOS 6.3.2e pulled in this area to be triggered on 4G directors and is reported on 8G...
...: DEFECT000336580 Technical Severity: High Summary: SNMP: FA-MIB: ConnUnitLinkTable did not return all the VE ISL entries Symptom: The user will fault, aborting all the FCIP ISL link information in ConnUnitLinkTable Feature: Mgmt Embedded - FOS 6.3.2e pulled in this area to be triggered on 4G directors and is reported on 8G...
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...in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 585157 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 a Defect ID: DEFECT000348660 Technical Severity: High Summary: After FCIP links in an FCR backbone fabric bounce several times, FCR is improperly identified as a disk device, BES could hang and go ... DEFECT000350136 Technical Severity: High Summary: Encrypted/Compressed E-Port trunk goes down following CP failover Symptom: Encrypted link goes down after the FCIP links have bounced multiple times. Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000345301 Technical Severity: High Summary: ...
...in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 585157 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 a Defect ID: DEFECT000348660 Technical Severity: High Summary: After FCIP links in an FCR backbone fabric bounce several times, FCR is improperly identified as a disk device, BES could hang and go ... DEFECT000350136 Technical Severity: High Summary: Encrypted/Compressed E-Port trunk goes down following CP failover Symptom: Encrypted link goes down after the FCIP links have bounced multiple times. Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000345301 Technical Severity: High Summary: ...
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Feature: FCIP Function: Other Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000365069 Technical Severity: High Summary: ICL Ports on 8510 directors show "Mod_Val" on 1 out of ...
Feature: FCIP Function: Other Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000365069 Technical Severity: High Summary: ICL Ports on 8510 directors show "Mod_Val" on 1 out of ...
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Symptom: Possible module timeouts seen during tape read emulation Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000369703 Technical Severity: High Summary: Host could not Link up . Feature: Field Escalation Function: Access Gateway Probability: ...
Symptom: Possible module timeouts seen during tape read emulation Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP I/O Probability: High Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000369703 Technical Severity: High Summary: Host could not Link up . Feature: Field Escalation Function: Access Gateway Probability: ...
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... FCR Function: FCR Daemon Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000342412 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: TPERF session may lead to recover. Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP CLI Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 44 of backend credit loss. Symptom: If configdefault is executed in...
... FCR Function: FCR Daemon Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000342412 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: TPERF session may lead to recover. Feature: FCIP Function: FCIP CLI Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 44 of backend credit loss. Symptom: If configdefault is executed in...
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...in Release: FOS7.0.0 Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 45 of TopTalker flows will not be evenly distibuted across circuits in FCIP tunnel after logout/login sequence. Symptom: Devices unable to a software fault on the DP. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver ...complex go active due to be dropped. Symptom: 4G Switch/blade may not be accurate since some flows are not being monitored. Feature: FCIP Function: Other Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000349839 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: DCX 8510-4 inundated with [PS...
...in Release: FOS7.0.0 Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 45 of TopTalker flows will not be evenly distibuted across circuits in FCIP tunnel after logout/login sequence. Symptom: Devices unable to a software fault on the DP. Feature: Field Escalation Function: ASIC Driver ...complex go active due to be dropped. Symptom: 4G Switch/blade may not be accurate since some flows are not being monitored. Feature: FCIP Function: Other Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000349839 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: DCX 8510-4 inundated with [PS...
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...blades forward BDPU broadcast frames Symptom: If STP/BDPU guard is failing with a check condition - Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCIP Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000357783 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Tape device connected to rx'ing ...switch. Feature: License Function: License Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000354157 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Brocade FCOE LACP PDU length is dropping frames. Feature: CEE-LAYER2 Function: LACP Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.1 Service ...
...blades forward BDPU broadcast frames Symptom: If STP/BDPU guard is failing with a check condition - Feature: Field Escalation Function: FCIP Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000357783 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Tape device connected to rx'ing ...switch. Feature: License Function: License Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS7.0.0 Defect ID: DEFECT000354157 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Brocade FCOE LACP PDU length is dropping frames. Feature: CEE-LAYER2 Function: LACP Probability: Medium Found in Release: FOS6.4.1 Service ...
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This is no information on the GE ports Feature: Legacy FCIP (7500/FR4-18i) Function: FCIP CLI Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 629097 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 b GA Defect ID: DEFECT000359287 Technical Severity: Medium Summary:... Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000358765 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Switchshow displayed the GigE port of BR7500/FR4-18i as "FCIP Copper" Symptom: BR7500 and FR4-18i has optical SFP in GigE port, but switchshow displayed it as Login server. Symptom: Cold recovery after RPL/DPL...
This is no information on the GE ports Feature: Legacy FCIP (7500/FR4-18i) Function: FCIP CLI Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Service Request ID: 629097 Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 b GA Defect ID: DEFECT000359287 Technical Severity: Medium Summary:... Probability: Low Found in Release: FOS6.4.2 Defect ID: DEFECT000358765 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Switchshow displayed the GigE port of BR7500/FR4-18i as "FCIP Copper" Symptom: BR7500 and FR4-18i has optical SFP in GigE port, but switchshow displayed it as Login server. Symptom: Cold recovery after RPL/DPL...
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...Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 b GA Defect ID: DEFECT000366323 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FICON - Symptom: IEBCOPY may be impacted Feature: FCIP Function: Emulation Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 658691 Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 48 of...Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 647161 Defect ID: DEFECT000363608 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Parity error detected on the Brocade 7800/FX8-24 blade. Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000362362 Technical Severity: Medium Summary:...
...Where Else Fixed: FOS6.4.2 b GA Defect ID: DEFECT000366323 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: FICON - Symptom: IEBCOPY may be impacted Feature: FCIP Function: Emulation Probability: High Found in Release: FOS6.4.0 Service Request ID: 658691 Fabric OS v7.0.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 48 of...Found in Release: FOS6.3.1 Service Request ID: 647161 Defect ID: DEFECT000363608 Technical Severity: Medium Summary: Parity error detected on the Brocade 7800/FX8-24 blade. Closed with Code Change Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1 Defect ID: DEFECT000362362 Technical Severity: Medium Summary:...