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Source to target switch Fabric OS version compatibility for deployment
Table 62 lists the restrictions that exist when deploying source switches to target switches.
TABLE 62 Source to target switch Fabric OS version compatibility
Source Fabric OS version and device Target Fabric OS version supported Comments
Fabric OS DCB switch and
FCOE10-24 DCB blade with Fabric
OS version 6.4.2 or earlier. Allows Fabric OS DCB switch and
FCOE10-24 DCB blade with Fabric
OS version 6.4.2 or earlier.
Excludes Fabric OS Converged 10
Gbe switch module for IBM
BladeCenter with Fabric OS
6.3.1_cee, Fabric OS 6.4.1_fcoe,
and Fabric OS 6.3.1_dcb.
You cannot copy legacy
configurations to Fabric OS version
7.0 switches, because these
switches support FCoE maps and
can have only one default DCB map.
Legacy Fabric OS switches,
however, can have more than one
default map.
Fabric OS FCOE10-24 DCB blade
with Fabric OS 6.4.1_fcoe Allows FCOE10-24 DCB blade with
Fabric OS 6.4.1_fcoe or Fabric OS
7.0.0.
Allows Fabric OS Converged 10 Gbe
switch module for IBM BladeCenter
with Fabric OS 6.3.1_cee or Fabric
OS 6.3.1_dcb.
Excludes Fabric OS DCB switch and
FCOE10-24 DCB blade with Fabric
OS 6.4.2 or earlier.
Both the source and the target
support only one default DCB map.
You can copy QoS, LLDP, and
802.1x configurations from the
source to the target.
Fabric OS DCB switch
FCOE10-24 DCB blade with Fabric
OS 7.0. Allows Fabric OS DCB switch and
FCOE10-24 DCB blade with Fabric
OS 7.0.0.
Excludes all others.
VLAN classifiers are supported, but
the FCoE map is not supported on
Fabric OS 7.0.0.
Fabric OS Converged 10 GbE switch
module for IBM BladeCenter with
Fabric OS 6.3.1_cee and 6.3.1_dcb Allows Fabric OS Converged 10 Gbe
switch module for IBM BladeCenter
with Fabric OS 6.3.1_cee, Fabric OS
6.3.1_dcb.
Allows Dell M8428-k switch with
Fabric OS 6.3.1_dell, Fabric OS
6.3.1_dcb.
Both source and target switches
must support the FCoE map and
VLAN classifiers.
Dell M8428-k switch with Fabric OS
6.3.1_dell and 6.3.1_dcb Allows Fabric OS Converged 10 Gbe
switch module for IBM BladeCenter
with Fabric OS 6.3.1_cee, Fabric OS
6.3.1_dcb.
Allows Dell M8428-k switch with
Fabric OS 6.3.1_dell, Fabric OS
6.3.1_dcb.
Both source and target switches
must support the FCoE map and
VLAN classifiers.