Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 16)

Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 16 of 62
Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade v5.1.0 and higher 8
McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640 Not Supported
Table Notes:
1 All zoning and fabric operations performed in a fabric with products running older versions of FOS should
be done via interfaces to products running the latest version of FOS. This is particularly important for
Brocade 3XXX series switches that do not support zoning configuration for newer products.
2 Other M-EOS models may participate in a fabric with FOS v6.4, but may not be directly attached via E_Port
to any products running FOS v6.4. The McDATA ED-5000 director may not participate in a mixed M-
EOS/FOS fabric.
3 It is highly recommended that M-EOS products operate with the most recent version of M-EOS released
and supported for interoperability. M-EOS 9.7.2 is the minimum version of firmware that is supported to
interoperate with FOS 6.4. For support of frame redirection in McDATA Fabric Mode (interopmode 2), M-
series products must use M-EOS v9.8 or later. For support of frame redirection in McDATA Open Fabric
Mode (interopmode 3), M-series products must use M-EOS v9.9 or later. Only the ES-4400, ES-4700,
M6140, and Mi10k may have devices directly attached that are having data encrypted or unencrypted.
4 When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based
product in order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric.
5 When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.
6 Products operating with FOS versions less than v5.3.1b or v6.1.0e may not participate in a logical fabric
that is using XISLs (in the base fabric).
7 These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
8 McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with XPath or FOS-based routing (FCR) for
connections to the same edge fabric. A switch running FOS v6.4 should not be connected to an E-port on
an AP7420. A switch in interopmode 0 (Brocade Native Mode) with FOS v6.4 should not be connected to
an EX_Port on an AP7420. Please see important notes for additional details.