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Operating system support

Brocade Fabric OS has no specific host OS dependencies. The Fabric OS in the switches allows for any Fibre Channel-compliant device to attach to switches as long as it conforms to the standards for device login, name service, and related Fibre Channel features. The operating systems listed in Table 2 are for the host machine running Brocade management applications outside the Fabric OS, such as Fabric Manager and Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM). For the latest information on operating system support for these applications, refer to the latest released versions of Fabric Manager and EFCM documentation.

TABLE 2 Supported Operating Systems - Fabric Manager

Operating System

Version

 

 

Windows 2000

N/A

 

 

Windows 2003

N/A

 

 

Windows XP

N/A

 

 

Solaris

8, 9, 10

 

 

Linux Red Hat Enterprise

AS 3.0, AS 4.0

 

 

TABLE 3

Supported Operating Systems - EFCM

Operating System

Version

 

 

Windows 2000

SP4

 

 

Windows 2003

SP1

 

 

 

Windows XP

 

XP2

 

 

 

Solaris

 

9, 10

 

 

 

Linux Red Hat

 

9.0

 

 

Linux Red Hat Enterprise

ES 3.0, ES 4.0

 

 

SuSe Linux Professional Edition

9.2, 9.3

version 9.2

 

 

 

 

 

Accessing the SAN I/O Module

The SAN I/O Module is managed as a single element. It has a single IP address and appears as a separate entity to the Telnet protocol and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

When SNMP devices send SNMP messages to a management console running SAN management software, the information is stored in a Management Information Base (MIB). The Brocade 4424 Fabric OS 4.4.1 supports the FibreAlliance Fibre Channel Management (FCMGMT) MIBs, allowing the provision of needed information to a SAN administrator.

In addition, the Brocade Fabric Access Layer (API) and the Storage Management Initiative (SMI) provide facilities for the discovery and management of physical and logical elements in a SAN. Using the Fabric Access interface to the Fabric OS, a client application can retrieve information and modify the configuration of Brocade switches in the fabric.

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53-1000571-01 specifications

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