Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 9)

Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 9 of 62
• Fabric Watch license
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Integrated Routing license
• Server Application Optimization
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Advanced Extension license
• Advanced FICON Acceleration license
• 10GbE license
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FICON Management Server (CUP) license
Supported Switches
Fabric OS v6.4.1 supports the Brocade 300, 5410/5424/5450/5460/5470/5480/NC-5480, 4100, 4900,
5000, 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, 7500/7500E, 7600, 48000, Brocade Encryption Switch (BES), DCX/DCX-4S,
8000, and the 7800. All supported products are qualified for Native Connectivity in interopmodes 2 and 3 for
deployment in M-EOS fabrics with the exception of the Brocade 4100 and 8000 and DCX/DCX-4S with one or
more FCOE10-24 blades.
Access Gateway mode is also supported by Fabric OS v6.4.1, and is supported on the following switches: the
Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 8000, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480 and M5424.
Note: Although Fabric OS v6.4.1 can be installed on any of the switches noted above, always check your SAN,
storage or blade server product support page or document to verify before installing on your switch. Use only
FOS versions that are specified by the provider to ensure full support of your switch.
Standards Compliance
This software conforms to the Fibre Channel Standards in a manner consistent with accepted
engineering practices and procedures. In certain cases, Brocade might add proprietary supplemental
functions to those specified in the standards. For a list of FC standards conformance, visit the
following Brocade Web site: http://www.brocade.com/sanstandards
The Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 blade conform to the following Ethernet standards:
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IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
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IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
• IEEE 802.1w Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
• IEEE 802.3ae 10G Ethernet
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
• IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging
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IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
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IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
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IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)
The following draft versions of the Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Standards are also supported on the Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 blade:
• IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control
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IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection
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IEEE 802.1 DCB Capability Exchange Protocol (Proposed under the DCB Task Group of
IEEE 802.1 Working Group)
• FC-BB-5 FCoE (Rev 2.0)