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Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0

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FOS Features

FOS Features

FOS Features

FOS Features (supported in interopmode 0)

FOS v6.4

FOS v6.4

FOS v6.4

FOS v6.4

IM = Interopmode

IM = Interopmode

IM = Interopmode

IM = Interopmode

IM 2

IM 2

IM 2

IM 2

IM 3

IM 3

IM 3

IM 3

Adaptive Networking: QoS

No

No

Adaptive Networking: Ingress Rate Limiting

No*

No*

Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM)

No*

No*

APM: TopTalkers

No*

No*

Admin Domains

No

No

Secure Fabric OS

5

N/A

N/A

Fabric Watch

Yes

Yes

Ports on Demand (POD)

Yes

Yes

NPIV

Yes

Yes

Timer Server function (NTP)

No

No

Open E_Port

6

N/A

N/A

Broadcast Zoning

No

No

FDMI

No

No

Remote Switch

No

No

Port Mirroring

Yes

Yes

Extended Fabrics

Yes

Yes

7

Alias Server

No

No

Platform Service

No

No

FCIP (VE_Ports)

Yes

Yes

IPFC (IP over FC)

Yes

8

Yes

8

M-EOS ALPA 0x13 configuration

Yes

Yes

VE to VEX Port

Yes

Yes

Integrated Routing

9

Yes

9

Yes

Domain Offset Support

Yes

Yes

239 Domain Support (available on Mi10k only)

N/A

Yes

Masterless F_PORT Trunking (AG connect to FOS switches only)

Yes

Yes

FC10-6-to-FC10-6 ISL

Yes

Yes

RASLOG Events on duplicate WWNs

Yes

Yes

Virtual Fabrics

Yes

Yes

Logical Fabric using LISLs (XISLs in Base Fabric)

No

No

Port Fencing

Yes

Yes

Bottleneck Detection

Yes

Yes

Lossless DLS

No

No

* indicates the feature is available but not officially tested or supported

1. Requires M-EOS 9.7 or later for redirection between devices attached to FOS switches, M-EOS 9.8 for

redirection between devices attached to M-EOS switches, M-EOS 9.9 for use in McDATA Open Fabric
Mode. Supported M-EOS platforms include M4400, M4700, M6140, and Mi10k.

2. Only allowed between FOS-based switches.
3. DPS is supported outbound from FOS-based switches. (M-EOS can provide reciprocal load balancing

using OpenTrunking).

4. SCC policies only supported in conjunction with L2 Fabric Binding support.
5. Not supported in FOS 6.0 or later.
6. Mode 3 only qualified with M-EOS switches.
7. Not on FCR.
8. Only supported locally within the FOS switch.
9. All routers (EX_Ports) must reside in a backbone fabric running in interopmode 0 only. Only edge fabrics

with devices imported to the backbone fabric or other edge fabrics may be operating in IM2 or IM3.