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Fabric OS
Feature Support Matrix
Supporting Fabric OS 7.3.0
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Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................5
Document history.............................................................................................. 5
Objective........................................................................................................... 5
Product reference..............................................................................................5
Features Supported in Fabric OS............................................................................................... 7
Management..................................................................................................... 7
Monitoring and RAS.......................................................................................... 8
Distance............................................................................................................ 9
FICON............................................................................................................. 10
Security........................................................................................................... 10
Traffic management........................................................................................ 11
Virtualization....................................................................................................12
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Introduction
● Document history.............................................................................................................. 5
● Objective........................................................................................................................... 5
● Product reference..............................................................................................................5
Document history
The document history indicates changes made with each revision.
Document title Release Summary of changes Publication
date
Document
number
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
7.3.0 release.
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Objective
The Fabric OS Feature Support Matrix provides a consolidated view of all features supported on
Brocade Fibre Channel platforms. Use the tables to determine if a feature is supported on your product.
Product reference
The following table lists Brocade product names by product type and platform. Use this table to
determine if a specific product supports a feature in one of the feature tables listed in this publication, or
if a feature is supported on your product.
For each feature, this document lists the minimum Fabric OS version for a product family. Specific
products within the product family might require a higher minimum version that what is noted in the
tables.
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Brocade product names by type and platformTABLE 1
Product type Gen 5 platform (16-Gbps) Gen 4 platform (8-Gbps)
Fixed-port switches
Brocade 6505
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade Encryption Switch
Brocade VA-40FC
Backbones
Brocade DCX 8510-8
Brocade DCX 8510-4
Brocade DCX
Brocade DCX-4S
Embedded switches
Brocade M6505
Brocade 6547
Brocade 6548
Brocade 5410
Brocade M5424
Brocade 5430
Brocade 5431
Brocade 5432
Brocade 5450
Brocade 5460
Brocade 5470
Brocade 5480
Extension switch
Brocade 7840 Extension Switch Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
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Features Supported in Fabric OS
● Management..................................................................................................................... 7
● Monitoring and RAS.......................................................................................................... 8
● Distance............................................................................................................................ 9
● FICON............................................................................................................................. 10
● Security........................................................................................................................... 10
● Traffic management........................................................................................................ 11
● Virtualization....................................................................................................................12
Management
The following table lists the Management features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To determine if a
feature is supported on your product, refer to the Product reference on page 5.
Management features supported by product type and platformTABLE 2
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Authentication,
authorization, and
accounting (AAA)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Boot PROM password 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Broadcast zones 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Brocade Network Advisor 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Command line interface
(CLI)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Ethernet interface 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
EZSS Switch Manager 6.4.0
1
No No 6.4.0 7.0.0 No No 7.3.0
EZSS Wizard 6.4.0
1
No No 6.4.0 7.0.0 No No 7.3.0
Fabric-assigned Port
WWN (FA-PWWN)
7.0.0
1
7.0.0 No No 7.0.0 7.0.0 No No
Firmware upload and
download
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
IPv6 addressing 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Licensing 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
1
Not supported on the Brocade Encryption Switch.
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Management features supported by product type and platform (Continued)TABLE 2
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Management Server 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Network Time Protocol
(NTP)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Platform services 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Role-based access control
(RBAC)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
SNMPv1, SNMPv3, and
MIBs
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Topology discovery 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
User accounts 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Web Tools 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Monitoring and RAS
The following table lists the monitoring and RAS features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To
determine if a feature is supported on your product, refer to Product reference on page 5.
Monitoring and RAS features supported by product type and platformTABLE 3
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Advanced Performance
Monitoring (APM)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Audit Log 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Automatic trace dump
transfers
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Bottleneck detection 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Diagnostic Port (D_Port) No No No No 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0 7.3.0
End-to-End Performance
monitoring
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Equipment status 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Fabric Watch 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Flow Vision - Flow
Generator
7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0
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Monitoring and RAS features supported by product type and platform (Continued)TABLE 3
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Flow Vision - Flow
Mirroring
7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0
Flow Vision - Flow
Monitoring
7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0
Forward error correction
(FEC)
No No No No 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Frame monitoring 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Frame Viewer 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Logging 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Monitoring and alerting
policy suite (MAPS)
7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.2.0 7.3.0
Port log 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Port mirroring and
monitoring
6.4.0
2
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Power-on self-test
(POST)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
supportShow 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Top Talker monitors 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Trunk monitoring 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Distance
The following table lists the distance features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To determine if a
feature is supported on your product, refer to Product reference on page 5.
Distance features supported by product type and platformTABLE 4
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Extended fabrics 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
FCIP No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
FCIP Fastwrite No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
FTRACE support tool No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
2
Not supported on the Brocade Encryption Switch.
Distance
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Distance features supported by product type and platform (Continued)TABLE 4
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
IPsec No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
Open systems tape
pipelining (OSTP)
No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
Tunnel management No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
WAN performance
analysis tools
No 6.4.0 No 6.4.0 No 7.0.0 No 7.3.0
FICON
The following table lists the FICON features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To determine if a
feature is supported on your product, refer to Product reference on page 5.
FICON features supported by product type and platformTABLE 5
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Cascaded FICON 6.4.0
3
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0
4
7.0.0 No 7.3.0
FICON 6.4.0
3
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0
4
7.0.0 No 7.3.0
FICON CUP 6.4.0
3
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0
4
7.0.0 No 7.3.0
FICON emulation 6.4.0
3
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0
4
7.0.0 No 7.3.0
Security
The following table lists the security features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To determine if a
feature is supported on your product, refer to Product reference on page 5.
Security features supported by product type and platformTABLE 6
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
Switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Admin Domains 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
3
Not supported on the Brocade 300, Brocade Encryption Switch, and Brocade VA-40FC.
4
Not supported on the Brocade 6505 and the Brocade 6520.
FICON
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Security features supported by product type and platform (Continued)TABLE 6
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
Switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Data-at-rest encryption 6.4.0
5
6.4.0 No No No 7.0.0 No No
Duplicate Port-WWN 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.0.1 7.3.0
Fabric authentication 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
FIPS 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
In-flight encryption No No No No 7.0.0
6
7.0.0 7.0.0 No
Zoning 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Traffic management
The following table lists the traffic management features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To
determine if a feature is supported on your product, refer to Product reference on page 5.
Traffic management features supported by product type and platformTABLE 7
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Buffer-to-Buffer credits 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Buffer credit recovery 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Credit loss detection 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.1.0 7.3.0
FC-FC routing 6.4.0
7
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0
8
7.0.0 No 7.3.0
Frame order delivery 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Frame redirection 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
In-flight compression No No No No 7.0.0
8
7.0.0 7.0.0 No
Ingress rate limiting 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Inter-chassis links (ICLs) No 6.4.0 No No No 7.0.0 No No
Lossless dynamic load
sharing (DLS)
6.4.0
9
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
5
Supported only on the Brocade Encryption Switch.
6
Not supported on the Brocade 6505.
7
Not supported on the Brocade 300.
8
Not supported on the Brocade 6505.
9
Not supported on the Brocade Encryption Switch.
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Traffic management features supported by product type and platform (Continued)TABLE 7
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Quality of service (QoS):
SID/DID traffic
prioritization
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Routing 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Traffic Isolation Zoning
(TIZ)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Trunking 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Virtualization
The following table lists the virtualization features supported on Fabric OS platforms. To determine if a
feature is supported on your product, refer to Product reference on page 5.
Virtualization features supported by product type and platformTABLE 8
Feature Gen 4
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 4
Backbones
Gen 4
Embedded
switches
Gen 4
Extension
switch
Gen 5
Fixed-port
switches
Gen 5
Backbones
Gen 5
Embedded
switches
Gen 5
Extension
switch
Access Gateway 6.4.0
10
No 6.4.0
11
No 7.0.0
12
No 7.0.0 No
N_Port ID virtualization
(NPIV)
6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.0.0 7.3.0
Virtual Fabrics 6.4.0
13
6.4.0 No 6.4.0 7.0.0
14
7.0.0 No 7.3.0
10
Not supported on the Brocade 5300 or the Brocade Encryption Switch.
11
Not supported on the Brocade 5410.
12
Not supported on the Brocade 6520.
13
Not supported on the Brocade 300 or the Brocade Encryption Switch.
14
Not supported on the Brocade 6505.
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