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Contents

ContentsContents

Contents

Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Resolution of Important Defects ............................................................................................................................. 5

FOS v7.0.2 Features ................................................................................................................................................ 5

FOS v7.0.1 Feature Descriptions............................................................................................................... 6

New ardware Support ........................................................................................................................................... 6

Enhanced Optical ICL Topology Support for DCX 8510 ......................................................................................... 6

Support for Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric Assigned World Wide Name .................................................... 6

VCS/VDX6730 to FC SAN Connectivity ................................................................................................................... 6

FCIP Enhancements ................................................................................................................................................ 6

D-port (Diagnostic Port) Support between Brocade 16G Fabric Adapter and Brocade 16G FC switch .............. 6

Optionally Licensed Software.................................................................................................................... 8

Temporary License Support .................................................................................................................... 10

Supported Switches.................................................................................................................................. 10

Standards Compliance ............................................................................................................................. 10

Technical Support..................................................................................................................................... 11

FOS Migration Considerations ................................................................................................................ 13

TSBs - Critical Issues to Consider Prior to Installing This FOS Release .............................................................. 13

TSB Issues Outstanding in FOS v7.0.2 ................................................................................................................. 13

TSB Issues Resolved in FOS v7.0.2 ...................................................................................................................... 13

Recommended Migration Paths to FOS v7.0.2 ................................................................................................... 13

FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations........................................................................................ 14

Important Notes......................................................................................................................................... 15

Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility ............................................................................................................... 15

DCFM Compatibility ............................................................................................................................................... 15

WebTools Compatibility ......................................................................................................................................... 15

SMI Compatibility ................................................................................................................................................... 16

Fabric OS Compatibility ......................................................................................................................................... 16

Blade Support............................................................................................................................................ 18

Scalability................................................................................................................................................... 23

Other Important Notes and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 23

Adaptive Networking/Flow-Based QoS Prioritization ........................................................................................... 23

Access Gateway ..................................................................................................................................................... 23

Brocade BA/Adapter Compatibility .................................................................................................................... 24

D-Port ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Encryption Behavior for the Brocade Encryption Switch (BES) and FS8-18 ...................................................... 24

FCIP (FR4-18i, Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) ......................................................................................................... 26

FCoE/DCB/CEE (Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24) ............................................................................................... 27

FCR and Integrated Routing .................................................................................................................................. 29

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Forward Error Correction (FEC) ............................................................................................................................. 29

FICON ...................................................................................................................................................................... 29

FL_Port (Loop) Support.......................................................................................................................................... 29

ICLs on DCX/DCX-4S ............................................................................................................................................. 30

Native Connectivity (M-EOS interoperability) ........................................................................................................ 30

Port Mirroring ......................................................................................................................................................... 30

Port Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................... 30

SNMP ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30

Virtual Fabrics ........................................................................................................................................................ 30

Zoning ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31

Miscellaneous ........................................................................................................................................................ 31

Defects ....................................................................................................................................................... 33

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.2 ..................................................................................................... 33

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1b................................................................................................... 53

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1a – GA March 15, 2012 ............................................................. 58

Open Defects in Fabric OS v7.0.1......................................................................................................................... 63

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.1 GA December 15, 2011 ............................................................ 68

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0c – GA November 18, 2011 ....................................................... 83

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0b – GA August 24, 2011 ............................................................ 86

Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v7.0.0a – GA June 2, 2011 .................................................................. 95

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Overview

Fabric OS (FOS) v7.0.2 is a maintenance release based on FOS v7.0.1x. All hardware platforms and features

supported in FOS v7.0.1x are also supported in FOS v7.0.2.

Resolution of Important Defects

•404780 igh count of CRC w/Good EOF errors across multiple card types

•403996 Enhancement needed to link credit loss recovery on 8G platforms

FOS v7.0.2 Features

FOS v7.0.2 is a maintenance release that contains fixes for defects including those from FOS v7.0.1a and FOS

v7.0.1b patch releases. In addition this release includes the following features and enhancements:

•D_Port Enhancements

oD_Port link saturation capability – ability to drive test traffic to saturate link utilization close to

line rate as part of D_Port test

•Ability to assign individual ports of an optical ICL to logical switches

oPrior to FOS v7.0.2, in Virtual Fabrics enabled environment, an entire ICL port (which includes

four individual ports as part of a single QSFP) has to be associated with a single logical switch.

Starting with FOS v7.0.2, the individual ports within an optical ICL can be assigned to different

logical switches. This feature is applicable to the DCX8510 platforms.

Note:

Note:Note:

Note: Please note that if any individual port of a QSFP is part of the Base Switch, the

remaining ports of that QSFP cannot be assigned to any other logical switch.

•Bottleneck detection enhancements - Decoupling of latency and congestion alerts

In FOS v7.x releases prior to FOS v7.0.2, when users enabled bottleneck alerts, it would enable

alerting for both congestion and latency bottleneck conditions. Starting with FOS v7.0.2 users can

choose to enable alerts only for latency bottleneck while not enabling alerts for congestion bottleneck

or vice versa. Users still have the option to enable alerts for both congestion and latency bottleneck

conditions.

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FOS v7.0.1 Feature Descriptions

New Hardware Support

•Brocade 6505 entry level 16G FC switch

•FC8-32E and FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G blades for DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4

nhanced Optical ICL Topology Support for DCX 8510

FOS v7.0.1 supports the following enhanced topologies using optical ICLs:

•Support for up to nine DCX 8510 chassis in full mesh configuration using optical ICLs

•Support for ICL connectivity with up to ten DCX 8510 chassis in core-edge topology

This increased support delivers massive scalability, significantly reduces cabling complexity, and also makes

more ports available for device connectivity.

FOS v7.0.1 also adds support for Enterprise ICL license on DCX 8510 platforms. Description of this license can

be found in the “Optionally Licensed Software” section of this document.

Support for Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric Assigned World Wide Name

In order to simplify and accelerate server deployment and improve operational efficiency, FOS v7.0.1 provides

Fabric Assigned WWN or FA-PWWN capability. This feature allows users to create a virtual WWN for a server

instead of using the server’s physical port WWN (PWWN) to create zoning and LUN mapping/masking. When a

FA-PWWN capable server is attached to the SAN, this feature allows the fabric to assign this virtual WWN to

that server. This feature requires servers to be using Brocade BAs/Adapters. Please consult Brocade

BA/Adapter driver documentation and Release Notes to confirm minimum requirements for this feature. For

Brocade Network Advisor support, please consult Brocade Network Advisor documentation and Release Notes.

VCS/VDX6730 to FC SAN Connectivity

This feature enables connectivity between hosts (using FCoE) connected to VCS/VDX platforms and FC storage

connected to FC SAN via FCR. An E-port on a VDX6730 platform running NOS v2.1.1 is connected to an

EX_port on an FCR running FOS v7.0.1 to enable this functionality.

Note:

Note:Note:

Note:

•Integrated Routing license is not required to share devices between VDX/VCS Ethernet fabric and FC

SAN fabric.

•It is recommended to use 5300, DCX/DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4 for FCR functionality for

higher scalability.

•A new FCR EX_port mode 5 is used to connect VCS/VDX6730 to FCR

FCIP nhancements

FOS v7.0.1 enables ESCON and Bus/Tag printer emulation support on FCIP platforms.

This feature provides near native performance for FICON Extended paths to remote ESCON or Bus and Tag

printers. Enabling FICON Printer emulation requires the Advanced FICON Acceleration license. This feature is

supported on 7800 and FX8-24.

D-port (Diagnostic Port) Support between Brocade 16G Fabric Adapter and Brocade 16G FC

switch

D-port functionality is supported between a Brocade 16G Fabric Adapter with adapter firmware version 3.1 or

later, and a Brocade 16G FC switch running FOS v7.0.1 or later. This feature requires usage of 16G SFP+ at

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both the adapter and the switch. For additional information please consult the Brocade Adapter Release Notes

for firmware version 3.1 or later, and the Brocade Adapter Administrator’s Guide.

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Optionally Licensed Software

Fabric OS v7.0.2 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally licensed software

that is enabled via license keys.

Optionally licensed features supported in FOS v7.0.2 include:

Broc

BrocBroc

Brocade Ports on Demand

ade Ports on Demandade Ports on Demand

ade Ports on Demand—Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports via

license key upgrade. (Applies to select models of switches).

Brocade Fabric or E_Port or Full Fabric

Brocade Fabric or E_Port or Full FabricBrocade Fabric or E_Port or Full Fabric

Brocade Fabric or E_Port or Full Fabric—

This license enables a switch to connect to a multi-switch fabric via

E_Ports, forming ISL connections.

Note:

This license is only required on select embedded switch models and Brocade 300, and does not apply to

other fixed-port switches or chassis-based platforms.

Brocade Extended Fabrics

Brocade Extended FabricsBrocade Extended Fabrics

Brocade Extended Fabrics—Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over

long distances (depending on platform this can be up to 3000km

Brocade ISL Trunking

Brocade ISL TrunkingBrocade ISL Trunking

Brocade ISL Trunking— Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for

enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those

products that support Access Gateway deployment.

Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring

Brocade Advanced Performance MonitoringBrocade Advanced Performance Monitoring

Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring—Enables performance monitoring of networked storage resources.

This license includes the Top Talkers feature.

Brocade Fabric Watch

Brocade Fabric WatchBrocade Fabric Watch

Brocade Fabric Watch — Monitors mission-critical switch operations and provides notification if established

limits or thresholds are exceeded. Fabric Watch includes Port Fencing capabilities.

igh Performance Extension over FC

igh Performance Extension over FCigh Performance Extension over FC

igh Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (

IP/FC (IP/FC (

IP/FC (formerly known as “FCIP Services”) (For the FR4-18i blade) — This

license key also includes the FC-FastWrite feature and IPsec capabilities.

Note

NoteNote

Note: The FC-FastWrite feature is not supported on FR4-18i in FOS v7.0 or later.

Brocade Accelerator for FI

Brocade Accelerator for FIBrocade Accelerator for FI

Brocade Accelerator for FICON

CONCON

CON – This license enables unique FICON emulation support for IBM’s Global Mirror

(formerly XRC) application (including itachi Data Systems XRC and EMC’s XRC) as well as Tape Pipelining for

all FICON tape and virtual tape systems to significantly improve XRC and tape backup/recovery performance

over virtually unlimited distance for FR4-18i.

FICON Management Server

FICON Management ServerFICON Management Server

FICON Management Server— Also known as “CUP” (Control Unit Port), enables host-control of switches in

Mainframe environments.

Enhanced Group Management

Enhanced Group Management Enhanced Group Management

Enhanced Group Management —

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—

This license enables full management of devices in a data center fabric with

deeper element management functionality and greater management task aggregation throughout the

environment. This license is used in conjunction with Brocade Network Advisor application software and is

applicable to all FC platforms supported by FOS v7.0 or later.

Adaptive Networking with QoS

Adaptive Networking with QoSAdaptive Networking with QoS

Adaptive Networking with QoS—Adaptive Networking provides a rich framework of capability allowing a user to

ensure high priority connections obtain the bandwidth necessary for optimum performance, even in congested

environments. The QoS SID/DID Prioritization and Ingress Rate Limiting features are included in this license,

and are fully available on all 8Gb and 16Gb platforms.

Server Application Optimization

Server Application OptimizationServer Application Optimization

Server Application Optimization — When deployed with Brocade Server Adapters, this license optimizes overall

application performance for physical servers and virtual machines by extending virtual channels to the server

infrastructure. Application specific traffic flows can be configured, prioritized, and optimized throughout the

entire data center infrastructure. This license is not supported on the Brocade 8000.

Integrated Routing

Integrated RoutingIntegrated Routing

Integrated Routing— This license allows any port in a DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, Brocade 6510, DCX-4S, DCX,

5300, 5100, 7800, or Brocade Encryption Switch to be configured as an EX_Port or VEX_Port (on some

platforms) supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates the need to add a dedicated router to a fabric for

FCR purposes.

Encryption Performance Upgrade

Encryption Performance Upgrade Encryption Performance Upgrade

Encryption Performance Upgrade — This license provides additional encryption processing power. For the

Brocade Encryption Switch or a DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4, the Encryption Performance License

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can be installed to enable full encryption processing power on the BES or on all FS8-18 blades installed in a

DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 chassis.

DataFort Compatibility

DataFort CompatibilityDataFort Compatibility

DataFort Compatibility — This license is required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-

8/DCX 8510-4 with FS8-18 blade(s) to read and decrypt NetApp DataFort-encrypted disk and tape LUNs.

DataFort Compatibility License is also required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-

8/DCX 8510-4 Backbone with FS8-18 Encryption Blade(s) installed to write and encrypt the disk and tape

LUNs in NetApp DataFort Mode (Metadata and Encryption Algorithm) so that DataFort can read and decrypt

these LUNs. DataFort Mode tape encryption and compression is supported beginning with the FOS v6.2.0

release on DCX platforms. Availability of the DataFort Compatibility license is limited; contact your vendor for

details.

Brocade

Brocade Brocade

Brocade 8000 FC Ports on Demand

8000 FC Ports on Demand 8000 FC Ports on Demand

8000 FC Ports on Demand —

——

—

This license enables all eight FC ports on the Brocade 8000.

Advanced Extension

Advanced Extension Advanced Extension

Advanced Extension – This license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate

Limiting. The FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP

Circuits) via multiple 1GbE or 10GbE interfaces to provide a high bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency.

In addition, each FCIP circuit supports four QoS classes (Class-F, igh, Medium and Low Priority), each as a

TCP connection. The Adaptive Rate Limiting feature provides a minimum bandwidth guarantee for each tunnel

with full utilization of the available network bandwidth without impacting throughput performance under high

traffic load. This license is available on the 7800 and the DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 for the FX8-

24 on an individual slot basis.

10GbE FCIP/

10GbE FCIP/10GbE FCIP/

10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel

10G Fibre Channel10G Fibre Channel

10G Fibre Channel – This license enables the two 10GbE ports on the FX8-24 or the 10G FC

capability on FC16-xx blade ports. On the Brocade 6510, this license enables 10G FC ports. This license is

available on the DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 on an individual slot basis.

•FX8

FX8FX8

FX8-

-24:

24:24:

24:

With this license assigned to a slot with an FX8-24 blade, two additional operating modes (in

addition to 10 1GbE ports mode) can be selected;10 1GbE ports and 1 10GbE port, or 2

10GbE ports

•FC16

FC16FC16

FC16-

-xx

xxxx

xx: Enables 10G FC capability on an FC16-xx blade in a slot that has this license

•Brocade 6510

Brocade 6510Brocade 6510

Brocade 6510: Enables 10G FC capability on the switch

Advanced FICON

Advanced FICONAdvanced FICON

Advanced FICON

Acceleration

AccelerationAcceleration

Acceleration – This licensed feature uses specialized data management techniques and

automated intelligence to accelerate FICON tape read and write and IBM Global Mirror data replication

operations over distance, while maintaining the integrity of command and acknowledgement sequences. This

license is available on the 7800 and the DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 for the FX8-24 on an

individual slot basis.

7800 Upgrade

7800 Upgrade 7800 Upgrade

7800 Upgrade – This license allows a Brocade 7800 to enable 16 FC ports (instead of the base four ports) and

six GbE ports (instead of the base two ports). This license is also required to enable additional FCIP tunnels

and also for advanced capabilities like tape read/write pipelining.

ICL 16

ICL 16ICL 16

ICL 16-

-link, or Inter Chassis Links

link, or Inter Chassis Linkslink, or Inter Chassis Links

link, or Inter Chassis Links -- This license provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade

DCX chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8Gb ports. Each chassis must have the 16-link ICL license

installed in order to enable the full 16-link ICL connections. Available on the DCX only.

ICL 8

ICL 8ICL 8

ICL 8-

-Link

LinkLink

Link – This license activates all eight links on ICL ports on a DCX-4S chassis or half of the ICL bandwidth

for each ICL port on the DCX platform by enabling only eight links out of the sixteen links available. This allows

users to purchase half the bandwidth of DCX ICL ports initially and upgrade with an additional 8-link license to

utilize the full ICL bandwidth at a later time. This license is also useful for environments that wish to create ICL

connections between a DCX and a DCX-4S, the latter of which cannot support more than 8 links on an ICL port.

Available on the DCX-4S and DCX platforms only.

ICL POD License

ICL POD License ICL POD License

ICL POD License –

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–

This

license activates ICL ports on core blades of DCX 8510 platforms. An ICL 1st POD

license only enables half of the ICL ports on CR16-8 core blades of DCX 8510-8 or all of the ICL ports on

CR16-4 core blades on DCX 8510-4. An ICL 2nd POD license enables all ICL ports on CR16-8 core blades on a

DCX 8510-8 platform. (The ICL 2

POD license does not apply to the DCX 8510-4.)

Enterprise ICL

Enterprise ICLEnterprise ICL

Enterprise ICL

(EICL)

(EICL)(EICL)

(EICL)

License

LicenseLicense

License

–

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–

The EICL license is required on a Brocade DCX 8510 chassis when that chassis

is participating in a group of five or more Brocade DCX 8510 chassis connected via ICLs.

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Note that this license requirement does not depend upon the total number of DCX 8510 chassis that exist in a

fabric, but only on how many chassis are interconnected via ICLs. This license is only recognized/displayed

when operating with FOS v7.0.1 and later.

Temporary License Support

The following licenses are available in FOS v7.0.1 or later as Universal Temporary or regular temporary

licenses:

•Fabric (E_Port) license

•Extended Fabric license

•Trunking license

•igh Performance Extension license

•Advanced Performance Monitoring license

•Adaptive Networking license

•Fabric Watch license

•Integrated Routing license

•Server Application Optimization license

•Advanced Extension license

•Advanced FICON Acceleration license

•10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel license

•FICON Management Server (CUP) license

•Enterprise ICL license

Note

NoteNote

Note: Temporary Licenses for features available on a per slot basis enable the feature for any and all slots in

the chassis.

Temporary and Universal Temporary licenses have durations and expiration dates established in the licenses

themselves. FOS will accept up to two temporary licenses and a single Universal license on a unit. Universal

Temporary license keys can only be installed once on a particular switch, but can be applied to as many

switches as desired. Temporary use duration (the length of time the feature will be enabled on a switch) is

provided with the license key. All Universal Temporary license keys have an expiration date upon which the

license can no longer be installed on any unit.

Supported Switches

Fabric OS v7.0.2 supports the Brocade 300, 5410/5424/5450/5460/5470/5480/NC-5480, 5100, 5300,

VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch (BES), DCX/DCX-4S, 8000, 7800, 6505, 6510, DCX 8510-8 and DCX

8510-4.

Access Gateway mode is also supported by Fabric OS v7.0.2, and is supported on the following switches: the

Brocade 300, 5100, VA-40FC, 8000, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480, M5424, 6510, 6505.

Standards Compliance

This software conforms to the Fibre Channel Standards in a manner consistent with accepted

engineering practices and procedures. In certain cases, Brocade might add proprietary supplemental

functions to those specified in the standards. For a list of FC standards conformance, visit the

following Brocade Web site: http://www.brocade.com/sanstandards

The Brocade 8000 and FCOE10-24 blade conform to the following Ethernet standards:

•IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol

•IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree

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