Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 16)

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E_Port authentication between Fabric OS and M-EOS switches . .311
Switch authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Dumb switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Authentication of EX_Port, VE_Port, and VEX_Port connections316
Authentication of VE_Port-to-VE_Port connections . . . . . . . . . 317
Authentication of VEX_Port-to-VE_Port connections . . . . . . . .320
Authentication of VEX_Port-to-VEX_Port connections . . . . . . .321
FCR SANtegrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Fabric Binding behavior in a mixed fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Translate domains do not have Preferred or Insistent Domain ID
behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Configuring the preferred domain ID and the insistent domain ID322
FICON implementation in a mixed fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Fabric OS version change restrictions in an interoperable environment
323
Coordinated Hot Code Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Bypassing the Coordinated HCL check on firmware download324
Coordinated HCL on switches firmware downloads . . . . . . . .325
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for HCL for interoperability
325
McDATA-aware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
McDATA-unaware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
M-EOS feature limitations in mixed fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Supported hardware in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . . .329
Supported features in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . . . .331
Unsupported features in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . .334
Chapter 15 Managing Administrative Domains
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Administrative Domains overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Admin Domain features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Admin Domain access levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
User-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
System-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Admin Domain member types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .344