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M-EOS fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
McDATA Mi10K interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Fabric configurations for interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Connectivity modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Configuring the FC router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
Configuring LSAN zones in the M-EOS fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
Correcting errors if LSAN devices appear in only one of the fabrics
502
Completing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503

Appendix B Inband Management

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Inband Management overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Internal Ethernet devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
IP address and routing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
Setting the IP address for the 7500s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
Setting the IP address for the CP Inband Management interface507
Setting the IP address for the GE Inband Management interface507
Adding an Inband Management route on the CP . . . . . . . . . .507
Deleting an Inband Management route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Viewing Inband Management IP addresses and routes . . . . .508
FIPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
Examples of supported configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
Configuring a Management Station on the same subnet . . . .509
Configuring a Management Station on different subnets. . . .510

Appendix C Port Indexing

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
Port indexing on the Brocade 48000 director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
Port indexing on the Brocade DCX backbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
Port indexing on the Brocade DCX-4S backbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Appendix D FIPS Support

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
FIPS overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
Zeroization functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
Power-up self tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522
Conditional tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522
FIPS mode configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523
LDAP in FIPS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524
LDAP certificates for FIPS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526