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FEATURES AND STANDARDS SUPPORT MATRIX

Brocade Fabric OS Features and StandardsSupport Matrix, 8.1.x

53-1004393-0327 June 2017

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ContentsIntroduction.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Document history.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5Objective........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5Product reference.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6Brocade resources.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6Contacting Brocade Technical Support............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Brocade customers..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7Brocade OEM customers............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Document feedback..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7

Extension.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9Extension Security..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9FCIP - Fibre Channel over IP ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10FCIP Tunnel Management .................................................................................................................................................................................................................12WAN Analysis Tools ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................13

Management......................................................................................................................................................................................................................15Access Gateway ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15CLI - Command Line Interface.........................................................................................................................................................................................................16Configuration Fundamentals .............................................................................................................................................................................................................16FA-PWWN - Fabric-Assisted Port WWN ................................................................................................................................................................................... 17Fibre Channel Addressing ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................18Fibre Channel Services ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................18High Availability........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18Inband Management ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19Licensing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19Management Interfaces........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19Management GUI................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20NPIV - N-Port ID Virtualization .......................................................................................................................................................................................................20NTP - Network Time Protocol ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol......................................................................................................................................................................21Software Installation and Upgrade ..................................................................................................................................................................................................21Virtual Fabrics ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22

Monitoring..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................23Analytics Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23APM - Advanced Performance Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................................23Bottleneck Detection (legacy) ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 24Fabric Watch ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25Flow Vision ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26Hardware Monitoring ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................27MAPS - Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite ...........................................................................................................................................................................27Port Mirroring .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29RAS - Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability......................................................................................................................................................................... 29Syslog ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31

Routing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33

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Fibre Channel Routing .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................33

Security...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................35AAA - Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting ........................................................................................................................................................... 35ACLs - Access Control Lists.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35AD - Admin Domains........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35Encryption .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36Fabric Authentication ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................37FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards...................................................................................................................................................................37HTTP/HTTPS..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37RADIUS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38SSH - Secure Shell................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38TACACS and TACACS+ ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................38User Accounts and Passwords ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39Zoning .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39

Switching............................................................................................................................................................................................................................41FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 41

Traffic Management......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43Buffer Credit Management ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43Forward Error Correction (FEC).........................................................................................................................................................................................................43FICON ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 44FSPF - Fabric Shortest Path First................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45ISL - Inter-Switch Linking....................................................................................................................................................................................................................46QoS - Quality of Service .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................46Rate Limiting and Shaping .................................................................................................................................................................................................................46TIZ - Traffic Isolation Zoning..............................................................................................................................................................................................................47

Fabric OS Standards Compliance.................................................................................................................................................................................48


Introduction• Document history................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5• Objective...................................................................................................................................................................................................................5• Product reference..................................................................................................................................................................................................6• Brocade resources............................................................................................................................................................................................... 6• Contacting Brocade Technical Support.......................................................................................................................................................7• Document feedback............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Document historyThis table records the significant changes made for each revision.

Document title Release Summary of changes Publication date Documentnumber

Fabric OS Feature Support Matrix 7.2.0 Initial release 31 March 2014 53-1003236-01

Fabric OS Feature Support Matrix 7.3.0 Added new feature information for the Fabric OS 7.3.0release.

27 June 2014 53-1003302-01

Fabric OS Feature Support Matrix 7.4.0 Added new features and updated deprecated featuresinformation.

31 March 2015 53-1003511-01

Fabric OS Features andStandards Support Matrix

8.0.1 Changed document title, added information for Gen 6devices, included new features, and updated deprecatedfeatures information.

30 September2016

53-1004116-01


8.1.0 Added new features and updated deprecated featuresinformation.

3 March 2017 53-1004393-01


8.1.0 Management GUI on page 20 table added.

Corrections to the following tables:

• Buffer Credit Management on page 43

• ISL - Inter-Switch Linking on page 46

• Licensing on page 19

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8.1.0

8.1.1

Two corrections to the following tables:

• MAPS - Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite onpage 27

• Flow Vision on page 26

Changed “I/O latency monitoring” to “IO Insight metricsmonitoring”.

Added footnote stating that IO Insight metrics monitoring isnot supported on Brocade G610 switches.

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ObjectiveThe Brocade Fabric OS Features and Standards Support Matrix provides a consolidated view of all features supported on BrocadeFibre Channel platforms. Use the tables to determine if a feature is supported on your product. For each feature listed, the support tablesspecify in which Fabric OS version the feature was introduced for the different platforms. If “No” appears in a column of a table, then thefeature is not supported for the platforms specified for that column.


NOTEFor this document, Fabric OS 7.0.0 is considered the baseline version, meaning that features listed as being introduced inversion 7.0.0 were actually introduced in 7.0.0 or earlier. When a feature is listed as being introduced in a particular version, thefeature continues to be supported on all of the later versions unless specified.

Product referenceThe following table lists Brocade product names by product type and platform. You can use this table to determine if a specific productsupports a feature or if a feature is supported on your product.

For each feature, this document lists the minimum Fabric OS version required. Specific products within the product family might requirea higher minimum version than what is noted in the tables.

TABLE 1 Minimum supported Fabric OS version for the Brocade platforms by category

Product type Gen 5 platform Gen 6 platform

16-Gbps device Earliestsupported OS

32-Gbps device Earliestsupported OS

Fixed-port switches Brocade 6505 7.0.1 Brocade G610 8.1.0

Brocade 6510 7.0.0

Brocade 6520 7.0.1 Brocade G620 8.0.0

Backbones/Directors Brocade DCX 8510-4 7.0.0 Brocade X6-4 8.0.1

Brocade DCX 8510-8 7.0.0 Brocade X6-8 8.0.1

Blade Server SAN I/O Modules Brocade M6505 7.2.0 N/A

Brocade 5430 7.1.0

Brocade 5431 7.1.0

Brocade 5432 7.1.0

Brocade 6543 7.3.0

Brocade 6545 7.0.0

Brocade 6546 7.2.0

Brocade 6547 7.2.0

Brocade 6548 7.1.0

Brocade 6549 7.2.1

Brocade 6559 7.4.0

Extension switches Brocade 7840 7.3.0 N/A

Brocade resourcesVisit the Brocade website to locate related documentation for your product and additional Brocade resources.

White papers, data sheets, and the most recent versions of Brocade software and hardware manuals are available at www.brocade.com.Product documentation for all supported releases is available to registered users at MyBrocade.

Click the Support tab and select Document Library to access product documentation on MyBrocade or www.brocade.com. You canlocate documentation by product or by operating system.

Release notes are bundled with software downloads on MyBrocade. Links to software downloads are available on the MyBrocade landingpage and in the Document Library.

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Extension• Extension Security................................................................................................................................................................................................9• FCIP - Fibre Channel over IP ......................................................................................................................................................................10• FCIP Tunnel Management ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12• WAN Analysis Tools ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Extension SecurityNOTESome of the features listed below are not supported for versions later than Fabric OS 7.4.1.

Feature Gen 5Fixed-portswitches

Gen 5Directors(Backbones)

Gen 5Blade ServerSAN I/OModules

Gen 5Extensionswitch

Gen 6Fixed-portswitches


Support on VE_Ports 22 through 31(supported on FX8-24 devices only)

No 7.1.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Performance increases with near line-ratethroughput

No 7.3.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

IPsec configuration through a policy applied toan FCIP tunnel

No 7.3.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

FCIP/IP Extension encryption

Thin provisioning of the disk LUN(Deprecated after 7.4.x)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Encrypted data throughputperformance monitoring (Deprecatedafter 7.4.x)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Increased path commit limit for CTCconfiguration (Deprecated after 7.4.x)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Expanded device decommissioning ofdisk LUNs (Deprecated after 7.4.x)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Native KMIP client support for SafenetKeySecure key vault server whenrunning KMIP (Deprecated after 7.4.x)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

KMIP support for Thales e-SecurityKey Authority (TEKA) (Deprecated after7.4.x)

7.2.0 (seenote)

7.2.0 (seenote)

7.2.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Thin provisioning support for IBM XIVand EMC VMAX (Deprecated after7.4.x)

7.2.0 (seenote)

7.2.0 (seenote)

7.2.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Support for FIPS-140 level 2certification (not supported in FIPSmode).

7.2.1 7.2.1 7.2.1 7.3.0 8.0.1 (FIPS isnot supportedin 8.0.0 forGen 6)

8.0.1

Support for VE_Port encryption (IPSec) 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1








Setting accepted cryptographicalgorithms for the SSH and HTTPSprotocols on a switch

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FCIP - Fibre Channel over IPNOTEIn Fabric OS 7.0.0 and later, FCIP is supported on Gen 5 chassis when a Brocade FX8-24 Extension Blade has been installed.In Fabric OS 8.0.1 and later, FCIP is supported on Gen 6 chassis when a Brocade SX6 Extension Blade has been installed.



(see notebefore table)






Open systems tape pipelining (OSTP) No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

IPv6 support for FCIP ports No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

VEX_Port (virtual EX_Port) support No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

DSCP markings support No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

10GigE lossless failover No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Multi-gigabit circuits No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Auto-mode option for compression No 7.0.0 No No No No

Relaxed sub-net restrictions No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

ESCON tape using Optica Prizm ESCON-to-FICON converter.

No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

FCIP enforcement of error detection time-outvalue (ED_TOV) for FC frames

No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Maximum 40G WAN throughput No No20G max withFX8-24blade

No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Maximum 20G bandwidth on a VE_Port No No10Gbandwidth onVE_Port withFX8-24blade

No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Ethernet Jumbo Frame No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

User-specified increase of compressionperformance on FC data frames before sendingthrough FCIP channels

No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Stream-based flow control to isolate slowdevices from affecting performance foremulated devices sharing the same VE_Port

No 7.0.0 (notsupported onFX8-24blade)

No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

FCIP - Fibre Channel over IP










Out-of-order TCP delivery No 7.0.0 (notsupported onFX8-24blade)

No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Hot Code Load (HCL) (non-disruptive firmwaredownload)


No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

FastWrite No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Traffic Control List (TCL) to manage and routeIP flows


No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL) No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

LAN-side jumbo frames No 7.0.0 (notsupported onFX8-24blade)

No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

IPv4 support for LAN side No 7.0.0 (notsupported onFX8-24blade)

No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

IPv6 support for LAN side No 7.0.0 (notsupported onFX8-24blade)

No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

DSCP/VLAN L2CoS marking No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Segment preservation No 7.0.0 (notsupported onFX8-24blade)

No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Support for untagged and single-taggedpackets

No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Multiple LAN ports assigned to the same LAGgroup


No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

XISL support No 7.0.0 No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Ability to use VE_Ports as XISLs No 7.0.0 No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Automatic discovery of IP MTU settings overthe WAN


No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Hybrid mode with IPExt tunnels No No No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Flow Monitor support for VE_Port No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

Non-disruptive firmware download for IPextension

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.1.0

FCIP - Fibre Channel over IP










Support for an IKE profile for 192-bit securitywith algorithms for key generation, encryption,and integrity under IPSec for Suite-Bcompliance

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.1.0

IPSec configuration for preshared or PKIauthentication methods, including restarting anyIKE sessions that are in an inactive state

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.1.0

Support for 16 logical switch (LS) per X6Director, including support for SX6 extensionblades in a X6 Director to share Ethernet portsin default switch by VEs from other LSs and toshare VE over XISL

No No No No No 8.1.0

Support for VM Insight frame header with allemulated FCP I/O sequences on 7840 or SX6VE ports

No No No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0

Support for a 31-bit subnet mask (/31) to beassigned to a point-to-point IP network

No No No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0

Monitoring performance on Ethernet ports No No No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0

Defining a compound set of CLI filters for usewith extension commands

No No No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0

CLI filters for VLAN ID, OperStatus of anextension runnel/circuit, and IP address prefix ormask

No No No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0

User-defined app types for TCL definitions, per-flow statistics and filtering

No No No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0

FCIP Tunnel ManagementFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Configuring tunnels for either IPv4 or IPv6 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Configuring tunnels to support VLAN tagging No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Increase in committed rate of tunnel utilization No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

IPsec support for FCIP tunnels No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Configurable QoS for FCIP tunnels No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

tperf diagnostic CLI No 7.0.0 No No No No

User-defined failover group that includes asubset of the circuits in the FCIP tunnel

No 7.2.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Failover configuration that allows a mixture ofmetric 0 and metric 1 circuits for use duringmetric 0 circuit failure

No 7.2.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

Tunnel configuration for IP extension No No No 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

Spillover circuits No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

FCIP Tunnel Management


WAN Analysis ToolsFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Tool for testing traffic over a pair of IPaddresses to test a WAN path

No 7.3.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

DSCP/VLAN tagging of user-defined WAN toolsessions

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

Automated WAN tool / Service LevelAgreement

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

Connecting as initiator or listener No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

Show statistics of both local and remote peers No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

Show configured and negotiated SLAconfiguration for the session in the detailedcommand output

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

Show the packet drop percentage of the last 3-second sample period in the detailed commandoutput

No No No 8.0.1 No 8.0.1

WAN Analysis Tools



Management• Access Gateway ................................................................................................................................................................................................15• CLI - Command Line Interface....................................................................................................................................................................16• Configuration Fundamentals ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16• FA-PWWN - Fabric-Assisted Port WWN ..............................................................................................................................................17• Fibre Channel Addressing ............................................................................................................................................................................ 18• Fibre Channel Services .................................................................................................................................................................................. 18• High Availability.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18• Inband Management .......................................................................................................................................................................................19• Licensing ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................19• Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................................. 19• Management GUI..............................................................................................................................................................................................20• NPIV - N-Port ID Virtualization ..................................................................................................................................................................20• NTP - Network Time Protocol ....................................................................................................................................................................20• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol................................................................................................................................ 21• Software Installation and Upgrade .............................................................................................................................................................21• Virtual Fabrics .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Access GatewayFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Automatic port configuration policy 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Port grouping and preferred N_Port failoverpolicy

7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Multiple fabric support 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

AG trunking 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Advanced Device Security Policy 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

16-bit routing 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Access Gateway Cascading 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.1 No

Mapping of individual NPIV WWN to N_Port(device-based mappint)

7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Balancing WWN logins from a single NPIV-portacross multiple N_Ports

7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Configuring NPIV login limit for individual ports 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

Detection of unreliable N_Port links 7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No 8.0.0 No

APM end-to-end monitoring support (notsupported in Fabric OS 7.4 and later)

7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No No No

APM frame monitoring support (not supportedin Fabric OS 7.4 and later)

7.0.0 No 7.0.0 No No No

RADIUS/LDAP support 7.1.0 No 7.1.0 No 8.0.0 No

D_Port support between 16G AG and 16Gswitch or between two 16G AGs

7.1.0 No 7.1.0 No 8.0.0 No








FEC support for 16G FC platforms configuredin AG

7.1.0 No 7.1.0 No 8.0.0 No

Buffer credit loss recovery on AG 7.1.0 No 7.1.0 No 8.0.0 No

Authentication between an AG and a switch orHBA

7.1.0 No 7.1.0 No 8.0.0 No

Assessment of SFP and cable health 7.2.0 No 7.2.0 No 8.0.0 No

Detection and prevention of duplicate PWWNsat login

7.2.0 No 7.2.0 No 8.0.0 No

Dynamic D_Port on links connecting to HBAs 7.3.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.0 No

Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI)data access on AG

7.3.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.0.0 No

Remote execution of commands on an AG froma domain in the attached fabric

8.1.0 No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Flow Mirror on AG: LFM and CFM 8.1.0 No 8.1.0 No 8.1.0 No

CLI - Command Line InterfaceFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches

Gen 5Director(Backbones)




Gen 6Director(Backbones)

[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Starting switch name with a number 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Configuration FundamentalsFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Port bring up 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Port beaconing 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Telnet 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Longer port-name support 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

portAutoDisable 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

E_Port authentication 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Boot PROM password 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Ethernet interface 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Dynamic definition of user roles 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Assign names to logical fabrics 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

F_Port static mapping 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

CLI - Command Line Interface








10G FC Capability 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support for DCX 8510 chassis in full meshconfiguration using optical ICLs

7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support for ICL connectivity with DCX 8510chassis in a core-edge topology

7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Assign individual ports of an optical ICL tological switches

7.0.2 7.0.2 7.0.2 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Replace a zone member (WWN/D,I) withanother member

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Specify a collection of zone aliases as inputinstead of a single alias member

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

List details and/or differences between thetransaction buffer and the committed/savedzone database

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Alert users during configuration edits to reducerisk of having mismatched effective zoneconfigurations in the same fabric when merginga switch into a fabric

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Alert users when multiple users attempt tosimultaneously configure or reconfigure zonesets in more than one switch of a fabric

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Display accurate path information concerningFCR configurations

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Port numbers in hexidecimal format 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Set a switch to disable state and not actuallydisable the switch until it is subsequentlydisabled or it reboots (persistent disable)

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fabric alias names for edge fabric IDs 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Extended range for front domain IDs andtranslate domain IDs

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Dynamic switch port names 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support de-bouncing of loss of signal for fixed-speed and auto-negotiate ports

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Port peer beaconing 7.4.1 7.4.1 7.4.1 7.4.1 8.0.0 8.0.1

Persistent configuration of slots No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Support for QSFP connections to ICL ports No No 8.1.0 No No 8.1.0

FA-PWWN - Fabric-Assisted Port WWNFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Dynamic Fabric Provision - Fabric-AssignedWWN

7.0.0 7.0.0 8.0.1a 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FA-PWWN - Fabric-Assisted Port WWN








Detection and resolution of duplicate WWNs 7.0.0 7.0.0 8.0.1a 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fibre Channel AddressingFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fibre Channel ServicesFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Management Server 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Name Server 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Topology discovery 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management server support of Get FabricObject (GFO) command of the FC-GS-7sstandand

8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0

Name server device display output includes theFC-4 type of Application Services, NVMe, andvarious FICON (FC-SB) values

8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0

High AvailabilityFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Disruptive upgrade of DCX to DCX 8510 No 7.1.0 No No No No

Fibre Channel Addressing


Inband ManagementFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

LicensingFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Fabric (E_Port) license No No 7.0.0 No No No

Extended Fabric license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Trunking license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

10GbE FCIP license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

Fabric Vision license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Enterprise ICL license support on DCX 8510 No 7.0.1 No No No No

Advanced Extension license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

Advanced FICON Acceleration license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license No No No 7.4.0 No No

WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license No No No 7.4.0 No No

Fabric Watch license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

Performance Monitor license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

FICON_CUP license 7.4.0 (notsupported on6520)

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 (G620only)

8.0.1

First Ports on Demand license 7.0.0 7.4.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

Second Ports on Demand license 7.0.0 7.4.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 No No

Inter Chassis Link (ICL) license No 7.0.0 No No 8.0.0 8.0.1

Integrated Routing license 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 (notsupported onG610)

No

Integrated Routing Ports on Demand license No No No No No 8.0.1

Ports on Demand license No No No No 8.0.0 No

Management InterfacesFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Management interface ARP 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management Interfaces








Management interface DCHPv4 7.0.0 8.0.1 No 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management interface DCHPv6 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Management interface DNS 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management interface IP addressing 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management interface IP6 addressing 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management interface IPSec 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Management GUIFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches

Gen 5Backbones

Gen 5Blade Server SAN I/OModules



Gen 6Directors

Web Tools 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0

NPIV - N-Port ID VirtualizationFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

NTP - Network Time Protocol






Gen 6Directors(Backbones

[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Server configuration distribution to AccessGateway switches

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Management GUI


SNMP - Simple Network Management ProtocolFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






SNMPv1 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

SNMPv3 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

MIBs 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Log messages for SNMPv3 authentication 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

SNMPv3 individual inform tag 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Disable SNMP write access 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Online/offline status of port reportedindependently from the value of ifAdminStatus

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

SCP/SFTP protocol for MIB objects used toinitiate firmware download through SNMP(supported only in 6547, 5430, and 5431switches)

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Encryption for SNMPv3 user authentication andprivacy passwords

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Software Installation and UpgradeFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






SFTP support 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SFTP support for downloading firmware anduploading and downloading configurations

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Hot Code Load (HCL) (non-disruptive firmwaredownload)

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

History tracking of firmware versions installedon each switch

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Multiple sites for FCIP Hot Code Load (HCL) 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Staged firmware download 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Firmware clean installation 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Firmware auto-sync on a standby CP with adifferent version than active CP

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Firmware integrity check 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Preservation of port2area and area2portmappings during configuration upload anddownload

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Software Installation and Upgrade


Virtual FabricsFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Dynamic Area Addressing support for thedefault switch

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Use of switch name to set the logical switchcontext when switching context between logicalswitches within a physical switch

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Create a new logical switch with LISL disabled No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Virtual Fabrics


Monitoring• Analytics Monitoring.........................................................................................................................................................................................23• APM - Advanced Performance Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................... 23• Bottleneck Detection (legacy) ......................................................................................................................................................................24• ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) ...........................................................................................................................................................24• Fabric Watch .......................................................................................................................................................................................................25• Flow Vision ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................26• Hardware Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................................................................27• MAPS - Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite ......................................................................................................................................27• Port Mirroring .....................................................................................................................................................................................................29• RAS - Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability....................................................................................................................................29• Syslog ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................31

Analytics MonitoringFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Monitoring by Brocade Analytics MonitoringPlatform

7.3.2 7.3.2 7.3.2 7.3.2 8.0.1 8.0.1

APM - Advanced Performance MonitoringNOTEAdvanced Performance Monitoring (APM) is not supported for Fabric OS 7.4.0 and later versions.







Top Talkers monitoring 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Trunk monitoring 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Enhanced SFP monitoring with configurablethresholds

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Coexistence of Top Talkers and APM 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

E_Port end-to-end monitor support 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

E_Port Top Talkers support 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No


Bottleneck Detection (legacy)NOTEBottleneck detection (legacy) technology is not supported in Fabric OS 8.0.0 and later versions.






(See note)


(See note)

Support for congestion detection on E_Ports,EX_Ports, and F_Ports

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Support for bottleneck detection alerts throughSNMP traps and RASlogs

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Support for switch-wide enablement of bothlatency and congestion bottleneck monitoring

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Monitoring of credit lost condition on 4G and8G E_Ports

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Decoupling of latency and congestion alerts 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Options/policies to fault the core blade or edgeblade when the link reset threshold of a back-end port is exceeded

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 No No

ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port)NOTEClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) is supported on ISLs between 16G Fibre Channel platforms using Brocade-branded 16GSFP+ devices.






Gen6Directors(Backbones)

[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) on ISLs 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support between Brocade 16G Fabric Adapterand Brocade 16G FC switch

7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

D_Port link saturation capability 7.0.2 7.0.2 7.0.2 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

D_Port on optical ICLs 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

User-specified number of frames, frame size,test duration, and other test options

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support on 16G platforms configured asAccess Gateways (AGs)

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

D-Port between AG enabled on a 16G FCplatform and a 16G FC switch

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Dynamic D_Port support between Brocade16G HBA and Brocade 16G switch

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Clearlink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) capability with8G Long Wave Length (LWL) and ExtendedLong Wave Length (ELWL) SFPs

7.2.1 7.2.1 7.2.1 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Bottleneck Detection (legacy)







Gen6Directors(Backbones)

D_Port integration with MAPS 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Dynamic D_Port and On-demand D_port onISLs

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

D_Port provision list configured by CLIcommand

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

D_Port test results identify loopback connectiontype or remote port index

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

D_Port test on the FC-compliant QSFPs 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) on all FCports connected to AG

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Link power (dB) loss calculation 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Dynamic D_Port and On-demand D_Port withDWDM

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

CLI command hierarchical help display 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fabric WatchNOTEThe Fabric Watch technology is not supported for Fabric OS 7.4.0 and later versions.







Port Fencing support 7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Switch Status Policy enhanced to monitor portsthat are segmented or disabled

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Multiple e-mail recipients of alerts 7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Advanced SFP monitoring based on SFP type:16G SFP+, 10G SFP+, 4 x 16G QSFP

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

SFP monitored as a field-replaceable unit (FRU) 7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Ability to pause and continue monitoring 7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Packet loss area of VE port class is configurableto a real number up to two decimal places

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Voltage, temperature, and power-on hoursparameters of SFPs are monitored on offlineports

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Fabric Watch


Flow VisionFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Flow Generator:

• Generating test traffic

• Pre-testing of the SAN infrastructure

• Configuring a 16G FC-capable portas a simulated device

• Emulating a 16G SAN

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Flow Mirror:

• Mirroring of application flows

• Nondisruptive copying of applicationflows

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Flow Monitor:

• Monitoring application flows,providing statistics

• Monitoring of frame types at a switchport

• Integration with MAPS

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Flow monitoring on E_Ports and EX_Ports 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Flow monitoring for static and learning flows onXISL ports and backbone E_Ports

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Local Flow Mirror feature mirrors applicationflows to a mirror port on the same local switchwhere the flows are defined

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Pre-defined flow to generate test traffic fromevery SIM port in a switch to other SIM ports

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Creating without activating a duplicate flowdefinition

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Full Flow Vision capabilities on all FC ports 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Remote Flow Mirror feature mirrors remoteflows

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

All F_Port flow monitoring 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Identify all devices in a flow 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fabric flow dashboard 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Simultaneous remote flow mirroring of VTAPframes belonging to multiple VFs

8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.0 8.0.1

IO Insight metrics monitoring No No No No 8.0.1 1 8.0.1

Adding SRR frame used for flow monitoring 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.0 8.0.1

Virtual E_Port monitoring 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.0 8.0.1

1 Not supported on Brocade G610

Flow Vision








Flow Monitor support for VM Insight to identify,monitor, and troubleshoot VM flows

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Flow Mirror support on switches in AccessGateway mode

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Remote flow mirroring support in-flightencryption or compression when it co-exists onthe same Gen 5 ASIC chip with vTap

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Exchanging SIM port parameters across FCR inedge-to-edge topology only, allowing FlowGenerator to generate flow traffic in FCR edge-to-edge topologies

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Hardware MonitoringFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Equipment status 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Power-on self-test (POST) 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Real-time power monitoring 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Back-end link failure: re-initializing link andfaulting blade only if link fails

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Read Diagnostics parameter (RDP) 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

RDP buffer-to-buffer credit descriptor forunsolicited request

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

RDP optical element data descriptor forunsolicited request

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

RDP optical product data descriptor forunsolicited request

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Sending requests through RLS when RDP isnot supported by end devices

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

RDP request support for E-ports in FICONenvironment

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

MAPS - Monitoring and Alerting Policy SuiteFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Policy-based monitoring 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

CLI dashboard 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitor FCIP statistics 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

MAPS - Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite








Proactive flow monitoring using MAPS 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Automated migration of existing Fabric Watchconfiguration to MAPS

7.2.0 (notsupportedafter 7.3.0)




No No

Bottleneck detection integration with MAPSdashboard

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitor Fabric Performance Impact due tobottleneck conditions

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitor fabric scalability limits 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitor Ethernet management ports 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitor Flow Vision learning flows 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Dynamic groups 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Port group augmentation 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

MAPS for FCIP QoS, tunnels, and circuits 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Basic monitoring without Fabric Vision license 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitoring of NPIV device login limits 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitoring backend ports errors 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitoring FCIP circuit QoS parameters atcircuit level

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Monitoring FCIP circuit RTT and jitter 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FPI latency counter monitoring and notificationwhen latency conditions are cleared

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Slow drain device quarantine action for FabricPerformance Impact monitoring

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Port toggle action for Fabric PerformanceImpact monitoring

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FICON notification action 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Alert quiet time support 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Backend port monitoring 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Quiet time support for email action 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Quiet time support for RASLog action 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fenced circuits in dashboard 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Extension GE_Port monitoring 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Security certificate monitoring 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Quiet time support for SNMP action 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

MAPS IPEXT monitoring 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Tunnel to tunnel QoS on all FCIP platforms 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

IO Insight metrics monitoring No No No No 8.0.1 2 8.0.1

Automation of MAPS policy creation 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

2 Not supported on Brocade G610

MAPS - Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite








Monitoring of fan air-flow direction 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

Monitoring of zoned device ratio and over-subscription of bandwidth

8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1 8.0.1

VM Insight flow monitoring to identify, monitor,and troubleshoot VM flows

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Rule-on-Rule (RoR) rules that monitor baseMAPS rules

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Configurable MAPS alert severity for alertmessages in user-defined rules

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Ability to clone in one step all the rulesassociated with a logical group

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Port TX, RX, and UTIL statistics supported withtimebase of “minute”

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Monitoring of ISL in-flight encryption feature ofX6 Directors


SNMP traps for MAPS quiet time expiration No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Ability to uninstall vTap with a MAPS action No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

FPI monitoring: Ability to automatically move apreviously quarantined slow-draining device outof quarantine, based on a user-defined timeoutperiod.

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Port MirroringFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 (notsupportedafter 7.4.1)




No No

RAS - Reliability, Availability, and ServiceabilityFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Audit Log 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Automatic trace dump transfers 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Logging 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Port log 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

supportShow 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

RAS - Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability








Frame monitoring 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Super ping 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD) 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Spinfab diagnostics ability to test ISLs at higherlink utilization by using all buffers available at aport

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Fabric OS version added to Auditlog messages 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

DCB/CEE configuration events included inAuditlog

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Frame Viewer 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SuperPing support to traverse all possible FCIPlinks based on FCIP routing

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SuperPing support to display all possible VEand GE links in path

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

View statistics for a specific time period fortunnels, circuits, and TCP connections

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SFP monitoring shows when a new SFP isplugged in

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SFP monitoring provides a time stamp for SFPpolling

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Suppress a RASLog message 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Change RASLog message default severity 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

View a RASLog message description on aswitch console

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Filter RASLog messages based on slot, severity,and other options

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Persistent history across reboots and firmwaredownloads

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

CLI history enhancement to save additionalinformation during command execution on aswitch

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Inclusion to Auditlog of each commandexecuted on the switch from a non-root account

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Display the time when port statistics were lastcleared

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Updating port counter values when ports comeonline

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Violation handling for trunk ports 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Automatic sync of firmware on a CP 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Detect and disallow rolling reboot in disabledFabric OS switch state

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

CLI command to clear statistics counters andlogs

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Integrity checking of WWN cards 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Frame Viewer support for identifying,monitoring, and troubleshooting VM flows

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

RAS - Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability








Additional audit log messages for operationalstate and configuration changes of switches,blades, slots, and ports when initiated byadministrators.

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

Output of portbuffershow command added tosupportsave capture for troubleshooting

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

RASLog message sent when multiple RDY/Frame Loss is detected

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

High-voltage AC/DC power supply support No No No No No 8.1.0

SyslogFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Audit log for Class 3 discard frames 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Importing/exporting syslog server certificate tosupport syslog over TLS

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Syslog



Routing• Fibre Channel Routing ....................................................................................................................................................................................33

Fibre Channel RoutingFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






M-EOS Native Fabric Mode support(interopmode 2)




No No No

M-EOS Open Fabric Mode support(interopmode 3)




No No No

SANtegrity Fabric Binding in both Interopmode2 and Interopmode 3 including FCR support




No No No

VCS/VDX6730 to FC SAN connectivity(interopmode 5)

7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

FC-FC routing 7.0.0 (notsupported onthe Brocade6505)

7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Integrated Routing 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Frame order delivery 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Frame redirection 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Option to specify In-Order Delivery(IOD) withport-based and exchange-based routingpolicies

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Display accurate path information concerningFCR configurations

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Routing based on lowest cost links in the FCRfabric between FCR edge fabrics through anFCR backbone fabric

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Display Fabric IDs for devices that exist in afabric and devices imported to fabric

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

E_Port balance priority option 7.3.0 7.3.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.1 (G620only)

8.0.1

DLS support on embedded switches No No 7.4.0 No No No

portChannelShow CLI Command 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 (G620only)

8.0.1

Support of exchange FC-4 type and SIM portcapabilities for proxy devices across FCR withName Server.

No No No No 8.1.0 (G620only)

8.1.0



Security• AAA - Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting ......................................................................................................................35• ACLs - Access Control Lists.........................................................................................................................................................................35• AD - Admin Domains......................................................................................................................................................................................35• Encryption ............................................................................................................................................................................................................36• Fabric Authentication ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 37• FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards..............................................................................................................................37• HTTP/HTTPS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................37• LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ..................................................................................................................................37• RADIUS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................38• SSH - Secure Shell...........................................................................................................................................................................................38• TACACS and TACACS+ ................................................................................................................................................................................ 38• User Accounts and Passwords ...................................................................................................................................................................39• Zoning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

AAA - Authentication, Authorization, and AccountingFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






E_Port authentication 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FCAP authentication using Brocade-issuedcertificates

No No No No No No

FCAP authentication using third-party-issuedcertificates

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

ACLs - Access Control ListsFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






1 MB security database that allows for ACLsecurity settings for large environments

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

AD - Admin DomainsNOTEAdmin Domain support is deprecated in Version 8.1.0 and later.








[introduced] (see note) 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

EncryptionNOTESome of the features listed below are not supported for versions later than Fabric OS 7.4.1.


Gen 5Backbones(Directors)





Data-at-rest encryption

Concurrent disk and tape encryptionsupport on the same encryption engine

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Disk device decommissioning support 7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Key vault diagnostics support 7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Redundant key ID metadata option indata replication environments

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.0.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

Redirection zone creation failure withoutL2 zones

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.1.0 (seenote)

7.3.0 (seenote)

No No

In-flight encryption

In-flight frames encryption/decryptionbetween switches

7.0.0 (notsupported onBrocade6505)

7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.1.0(FC32-48only)

In-flight frames compression/decompression between switches


7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.1 (notsupported onG610)

8.0.1

In-flight encryption/decryption with portdecommissioning

7.1.0 7.1.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.1.0(FC32-48only)

In-flight compression/decompressionwith port decommissioning

7.1.0 7.1.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.1 (notsupported onG610)

8.0.1

In-flight encryption/decryption onEX_Ports

7.1.0 7.1.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.1.0(FC32-48only)

In-flight compression/decompressionon EX_Ports


8.0.1

In-flight encryption/decryption withFCAP-generated keys

7.3.0 7.3.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.1.0

Encryption



Gen 5Backbones(Directors)





Display compression ratio on acompression-enabled port


8.0.1

Display port speed of encryption- orcompression-enabled ports


8.0.1

SHA-256 support for FCAP and DH-CHAP

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.4.0 No 8.1.0(FC32-48only)

Fabric AuthenticationFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FIPS - Federal Information Processing StandardsFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






FIPS 140-2 compliant algorithms 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

HTTP/HTTPSFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access ProtocolFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Active Directory support 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol








Mapping of Active Directory server roles toswitch roles

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

IPv6 support for LDAP authentication 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

OpenLDAP support 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.1 8.0.0 8.0.1

Password expiration policy configurable peruser

7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.1 8.0.0 8.0.1

LDAP configuration support to assign a list ofvendor-specific switch attributes per LDAPserver group that can be inherited by useraccounts

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

RADIUSFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Obfuscation of RADIUS-shared secrets so theyare not stored as plain text.

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SSH - Secure ShellFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Inbound and outbound SSH 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

SSH public key authentication support formultiple users

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Challenge-response authentication 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

TACACS and TACACS+Feature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Log in to Fabric OS switches with user accountsconfigured in the TACACS+ server

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

TACACS+ server configuration via CLI 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

RADIUS








Encryption option to store the shared secret forTACACS+ configuration

No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

User Accounts and PasswordsFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






RBAC - Role-based access control 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Configurable switch banner display before userlogin

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Distribution of user account and passworddatabase to Access Gateway

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Allow changing root password withoutprompting for an old password

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

ZoningFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Broadcast zones 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Allow a switch with default zone "―no access" tomerge with a fabric

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Replace a zone member (WWN/D,I) withanother member

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Specify a collection of zone aliases as inputinstead of a single alias member

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

List details/differences between the transactionbuffer and the committed/saved zone database

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Alert users during configuration edits to reducerisk of having mismatched effective zoneconfigurations in the same fabric when merginga switch into a fabric

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Alert users when multiple users attempt tosimultaneously configure or reconfigure zonesets in more than one switch of a fabric

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Display zoned device data 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Display a remote device's details for a particulardomain in the fabric

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Display the zone that WWNs and PIDs belongto

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Zoning








Display device login details 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Disallow zone merge with mismatching defaultzone access mode

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Peer zoning 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Target-driven zoning 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Location-embedded LSAN zone 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Peer zoning in LSAN zones 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Alias support in peer zoning 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0

Special characters in zone object names, suchas carat (^), dollar sign ($), and hyphen (-).

8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0

Allow zone object names to start with numericcharacter

8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0

Zone database chassis size enforcements forfixed-port switch and directors in VF mode

8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0 8.1.0

Zoning


Switching• FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet.........................................................................................................................................................41

FCoE - Fibre Channel over EthernetNOTEFibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is not supported in Fabric OS 8.0.0, Fabric OS 8.0.1, or Fabric OS 8.1.0.

Feature (see note) Gen 5Fixed-portswitches






End-to-end FCoE No 7.0.0 No No No No

Enhanced FCoE provisioning No 7.0.0 No No No No

VCS/VDX6730 to FC SAN connectivity usingFCoE

No 7.0.1 No No No No



Traffic Management• Buffer Credit Management ...........................................................................................................................................................................43• Forward Error Correction (FEC)................................................................................................................................................................... 43• FICON ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................44• FSPF - Fabric Shortest Path First..............................................................................................................................................................45• ISL - Inter-Switch Linking.............................................................................................................................................................................. 46• QoS - Quality of Service ............................................................................................................................................................................... 46• Rate Limiting and Shaping ........................................................................................................................................................................... 46• TIZ - Traffic Isolation Zoning.........................................................................................................................................................................47

Buffer Credit ManagementFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Detection and auto-recovery of buffer credits on16G-capable ISLs

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Buffer-to-buffer credits 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Buffer credit recovery 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Credit loss detection 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Credit recovery on EX_Ports 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Credit recovery on F_Ports to Brocade HBA 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Credit recovery alert to the user-level RASLog 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

User-specified buffer credits 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.1 8.0.1

Display an address as user-bound when userhas bound it to a port

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 No No

Configuring back-end link credit loss recoveryoptions

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 No 8.0.1

User-provided reason string when disabling aport

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 No No

Indications when maximum paths (16) to aremote domain are exceeded

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 No No

Link reset on loss of sync events 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 No 8.0.1

BufOpMode 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 No No

Forward Error Correction (FEC)Feature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






[introduced] 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1








Extended support for links:

• Between 16G switch and 16GAccess Gateway

• Between 16G switch and Brocade16G HBA

• Between a pair of Access Gatewaydevices

• Between 16G Access Gateway andBrocade 16G HBA

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Enable or disable FEC for a long-distance link 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FEC counters for admin user (On Gen 5devices, only on platforms that support 16G.)

7.2.1 7.2.1 7.2.1 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FEC capability during speed negotiation inTransmitter Training Signal

7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FICONFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Cascaded FICON 7.0.0 (Notsupported onBrocade6505 andBrocade6520)

7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FICON CUP 7.0.0 (Notsupported onBrocade6505 andBrocade6520)

7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FICON CUP Cascading 7.0.0 (Notsupported onBrocade6505 andBrocade6520)

7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FICON emulation 7.0.0 (Notsupported onBrocade6505 andBrocade6520)

7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FICON








Enhanced acceleration support for FX8-24 and7800

• Optica‘s Prizm connection to 3480,3490 and 3590 ESCON tapecontrol units

• Optica‘s Prizm and ESBT connectionto 3480 Bus and Tag Tape controlunits

• New FICON acceleration feature forTeradata controllers

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

CUP diagnostics detection of firmware versionof all switches in the fabric

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Command Reject error code to define fabricerrors

7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

High Integrity Fabric mode 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Director diagnostics:

• MAPS/Director diagnostics interface

• HSC sense data

• HSC codes

• Non-MAPS HSC codes and strings

• MAPS-based HSC codes


Director diagnostics traversing ICL and XISL No No No No No 8.1.0

FICON LS support No No No No 8.1.0 8.1.0

FSPF - Fabric Shortest Path FirstFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Dynamic load sharing (DLS) 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Lossless DLS 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

In-order delivery (IOD) 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Location-oriented link aggregation (LOLA) 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Two-hop lossless DLS 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

FSPF - Fabric Shortest Path First


ISL - Inter-Switch LinkingFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






In-flight compressionSee also Encryption on page 36.


7.0.0 No 7.3.0 8.0.1 (notsupported onBrocadeG610

8.0.1

In-flight encryptionSee also Encryption on page 36.


7.0.0 No 7.3.0 No 8.1.0(supportedonly onFC32-48blade)

Trunking 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support for Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing(DLS) with DPS

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Non-disruptive removal of ISL from service(port decommission)

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Configure the number of buffers for FC long-distance ISLs

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Configure the frame size for LD and LS modeson FC long-distance ISLs

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Calculate the number of buffers required on along-distance port

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Display of WWN details on segmented ISLs 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

QoS - Quality of ServiceFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Flow-based prioritization 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Map CS_CTL values of 1, 2, and 3 to QoSpriorities Low, Medium, and High, respectively

7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Rate Limiting and ShapingFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






Ingress rate limiting for F/FL ports and 8G-capable ports

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

Adaptive rate limiting (ARL) on 10GigE ports 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 No No

ARL algorithm: Modified multiplicative decrease 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 No No

ISL - Inter-Switch Linking








ARL algorithm: Time-based decrease 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 7.3.0 No No

TIZ - Traffic Isolation ZoningFeature Gen 5

Fixed-portswitches






TIZ in native connectivity modes No No No No 8.0.0 8.0.1

TIZ over FCR 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Support for common devices in multiple TIZswith failover disabled or failover enabled

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Allow devices in a failover disabled TIZ tocommunicate with local devices that are not partof the same TIZ

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

Ensure that Domain Controller connectivitybetween switches in a fabric will not be affectedby TIZ policies

7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

RASlog indication of invalid TIZs 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

TIZ violation handling for trunk ports 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

TIZ rule enforcement for devices connected tothe same local switch

7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 7.4.0 8.0.0 8.0.1

TIZ - Traffic Isolation Zoning


Fabric OS Standards ComplianceYou can find a list of the standards with which each version of Fabric OS is compliant at http://www.brocade.com/en/possibilities/technology/storage-fabrics-technology/san-standards/standards-compliance.html.


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