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MAPS interoperability with other features

Virtual Fabrics

MAPS is a logical switch-specific feature. Different logical switches can have different MAPS
configurations for the needs of the specific logical switch.

When you enable MAPS on the Virtual Fabric-enabled switch, MAPS is enabled, with the same
active policy, on all Fabric Identifiers (FIDs).

Configuration upload and download

MAPS configuration is stored in separate configuration files. The default MAPS configuration is
stored in one configuration file. The user-created configuration is stored in another configuration
file. One user configuration file exists for each logical switch.

You cannot upload and download the default MAPS configuration file. A configuration upload or
download affects only the user-created configuration files.

High availability

MAPS configuration is maintained across a failover or reboot; however, MAPS statistics collected
are lost.

Admin Domains

MAPS is not supported with Admin Domains. If MAPS is enabled, you cannot create Admin
Domains. If user-created Admin Domains are present on the switch, migration to MAPS fails.

If MAPS is enabled, make sure you do not download configuration files that have Admin Domains
defined.

Fabric Watch

MAPS cannot coexist with Fabric Watch.

Fabric Watch behavior

The Management application provides a launch point to Fabric Watch configuration (Monitor >
Fabric Watch > Configure). In addition to launching Fabric Watch, the Management application
allows certain fabric watch configurations through Port Fencing, Frame Monitoring, and
performance thresholds and allows replication of fabric watch configurations. Also, note that some
features require the Fabric Watch license to work (such as port optics and Call Home).

Once you upgrade a switch to Fabric OS 7.2.0 or higher and enable MAPS, Fabric Watch
configuration and any Fabric Watch related features are no longer supported.