O/S Support | MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(2) or later |
Fibre Channel protocols | Fibre Channel standards |
| FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994) |
| FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1-1996) |
| FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999) |
| FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997) |
| FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998) |
| FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002) |
| FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003) [the final revision is 1.9, not 1.7] |
| FC-AL, Revision 4.5 (ANSI/INCITS 272-1996) |
| FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999) |
| FC-AL-2, Amendement 1 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999/AM1-2003) |
| FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001) |
| FC-SW-3, Rev. 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004) |
| FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001) |
| FC-GS-4, Rev. 7.91 (ANSI/INCITS 387-2004) |
| FC-BB, Revision 4.7 (ANSI/INCITS 342-2001) |
| FC-BB-2, Rev. 6.0 (ANSI/INCITS 372-2003) |
| FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI/INCITS 269-1996) |
| FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI/INCITS 350-2003) |
| FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI/INCITS 349-2001) |
| FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI/INCITS 374-2003) |
| FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI/INCITS 357-2002) |
| FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998) |
| FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998) |
| FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999) |
| FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002) |
| FC-SP, Revision 1.6 |
| FC-DA, Revision 3.1 |
| IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625) |
| Extensive IETF-standards based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIBs |
| Class of Service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F |
| Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, B |
| Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, TE, TL |
Features and functions | Fabric services |
| Name server |
| Internet Storage Name Server (iSNS) |
| Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) |
| Login services |
| Fabric Configuration Server (FCS) |
| Private loop |
| Public loop |
| Translative loop |
| Broadcast |
| In-order delivery |
| Advanced Functionality |
| VSANs |
| Inter-VSAN Routing |
| PortChannel with Multipath Load Balancing |
| QoS-flow-based, zone-based |
