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Brocade
For SAN Router support with the switches listed on this table, please see the SAN Router tables on E−Lab Interoperability Navigator.
For single fabrics consisting of McData and Brocade directors/switches & for single fabrics consisting of Cisco MDS, and Brocade, and McDATA
directors/switches, see the EMC Networked Storage Topology Guide on E−Lab Interoperability Navigator (http://elabnavigator.emc.com).
Server / HBA model limitations are subject to switch support as listed in Fibre Connectivity: Switch table. EMC recommends the latest code revisions
be used on all fabrics.
Switch Interoperability describes the limitations for a mixed Fibre Channel switched fabric topology. The fabric topology envelope limitations and the
switch management applications are defined in the attribute columns.
The following is an example showing how to utilize the table:
1. The objective of this example are to construct a SAN consisting of three switches, A, B, and C, and to verify firmware and management application
compatibility. In this case you need to verify that each of these components interoperates with the other two.
2. As the data shows, devices listed in the Switch column can be the same SAN with devices listed in the Interoperable Switch column. For example:
switch A running firmware X can interoperate with switch B running firmware Y, and switch A running firmware X can interoperate with switch C
running firmware Z.
3. In order to verify that switch B running firmware Y can also interoperate with switch C running firmware Z, find switch B in the Switch column and
switch C in the Interoperable Switch column. These two steps verify that all three firmware levels are compatible with each other.
For McData switches and directors, Single Mode optics support 10km, 20km, and 35km distance switch to switch.
For Brocade switches and directors, Single Mode optics support 10km, 20km, and 35km distance switch to switch.
OEM equivalents of switches listed in this table are supported by EMC as long as the installed firmware and all other configuration parameters are in
accordance with switches specified in this table.
Unless otherwise noted, all ESM supported switch ports can accommodate a mix of EMC supplied/supported Long Wave and Short Wave optics,
provided that each link segment utilizes the same optical technology.
All currently GA EMC Fibre Channel attached storage array microcode levels that have not gone end−of−service−life are supported with listed switch
firmware revisions unless otherwise noted.
Brocade
No. Switch
Switch
Firmware
Revision
Switch
Management
Application
Revision Interoperable Switch
Interoperable
Switch
Firmware
Max #
Domains
per
Fabric
Max
#
Hops
ISL
Domain
to
Domain Comments Topology
1 Brocade 205E v5.0.5,
v5.0.5b,
v5.2.0a,
v5.2.1
Fabric
Manager
v5.1.0, Fabric
Manager
v5.2.0a,
Webtools
Brocade 205E v5.0.5,
v5.0.5b,
v5.2.0a,
v5.2.1
1 0 0 See
1, 2, 3, 4
FC−SW
2 Brocade 207E v5.0.5,
v5.0.5b,
v5.2.0a,
v5.2.1
Fabric
Manager
v5.1.0, Fabric
Manager
v5.2.0a,
Webtools
Brocade 207E v5.0.5,
v5.0.5b,
v5.2.0a,
v5.2.1
2 1 2 See
1, 2, 3, 4
FC−SW
3 Dell Brocade 1/2Gb FC
Switch Module (SW3014)
v5.3.0c,
v5.3.0d,
v5.3.1
Connectrix
Manager
9.7.2,
Connectrix
Manager
9.7.3, Fabric
Manager
v5.5.0,
Webtools
EMC Connectrix 3250−VL2E
7
v5.3.0a,
v5.3.0c,
v5.3.0d,
v5.3.1
2 1 2 See
1, 2, 3, 4
FC−SW
4 Dell Brocade 1/2Gb FC
Switch Module (SW3014)
v5.3.0c,
v5.3.0d,
v5.3.1
Connectrix
Manager
9.7.2,
Connectrix
Manager
9.7.3, Fabric
Manager
v5.5.0,
Webtools
EMC Connectrix DS−220B−FF−D
8
v5.3.0d,
v5.3.1,
v6.0.0b,
v6.0.0c,
v6.1.0a,
v6.1.0c
2 1 2 See
1, 2, 3, 4
FC−SW
5 Dell Brocade 1/2Gb FC
Switch Module (SW3014)
v5.3.0c,
v5.3.0d,
v5.3.1
Connectrix
Manager
9.7.2,
Connectrix
Manager
9.7.3, Fabric
Manager
v5.5.0,
Webtools
EMC Connectrix DS−8B2−0DL v3.2.1b,
v3.2.1c
2 1 2 See
1, 2, 3, 4
FC−SW
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