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3. Deselect one of the following options, if you do not want to check the compatibility between the
SAN components:
• Enable for Compatibility Analysis: This option enables you to perform a standard compatibility
analysis.
• The feature will use SDG guidelines and information available on SPOCK as the source
for compatibility matrix.
• The recommendations will be generated for HP hardware (or HP OEM hardware) only.
For devices that are not identified as HP hardware, recommendations will be not generated.
• Compatibility checks will be done only for components which are available in the sent
report.
• If only one set of components are available in the raw report then no recommendations
will be generated (i.e. say only host information is available then no compatibility analysis
will be done. If only host and switch information is available then compatibility analysis
will be done between host and switch only).
• Enable for Fabric and Zone Analysis: This option enables you to perform fabric and zone
analysis.
• The analysis will be done for HP or HP OEM hardware only.
• The fabric analysis will be done on homogeneous fabrics only.
Table 4 SDG Rules
Rule Rule Type Sl. No:
"In a fabric that contains a Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for
HP c-Class or p-Class BladeSystem, StorageWorks SAN
Fabric 1 Switch 4/8, 4/16, 4/32B, 4/32, 4/64, 2/32, SAN Direct-
or 2/128, or SAN Director 4/256, Core switch addressing
mode is required on all other switches in that fabric."
In a B – Series switch maximum of seven hops (eight switches)
14 between any two communicating devices.
Fabric 2
"B – Series: A 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch or
DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 Blade can be a standalone
Fabric 3
switch or an edge switch in a Fibre Channel fabric. To attach
the switch to an existing Fibre Channel fabric as an edge
switch, at least one Fibre Channel port on the FCoE CN
switch must be connected to a Fibre Channel switch in the
fabric (E_Port). There cannot be any other FCoE or 10 GbE
CEE switches in the path to the Fibre Channel switch. "
"C – Series: A C-series FCoE CN switch can be a standalone
switch or an edge switch in a Fibre Channel fabric. To attach
Fabric 4
the switch to an existing Fibre Channel fabric as an edge
switch, at least one Fibre Channel port on the FCoE CN
switch must be connected to a Fibre Channel switch in the
fabric (E_Port). There cannot be any other FCoE or 10 GbE
IEEE DCB switches in the path to the Fibre Channel switch.
For FCoE E_Port connectivity, the Fibre Channel switch min-
imum firmware version is NX-OS 4.1(3)N1(1). All C-series
4 Gb/s or 8 Gb/s switch models are supported when using
the minimum firmware version. MDS switches running SAN-
OS 3.x can be in the Fibre Channel SAN but cannot be
connected directly to an FCoE switch. "
"Zone by HBA - This rule suggests that hosts with HBAs from
same vendor can be configured in same zone "
Zone 5
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