Dell Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
Summary
Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes (January 2013). This document provides release information for Brocade Fabric OS including new hardware support, feature enhancements, upgrade warnings from previous versions, and compatibility information. It covers SAN switch firmware updates and configuration guidance for Brocade storage networking products. Target users: Storage network administrators and SAN engineers managing Brocade Fibre Channel switches and fabrics.
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Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
January 22, 2013
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Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Initial Release January 22, 2013
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Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 January 22, 2013 Document History Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0 Initial Release January 2...
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© 2013 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ADX, Any IO, Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, DCX, Fabric OS, ICX, MLX, My Brocade, Open Script, VCS, VDX, and Vyatta are...
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Contents Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Warning – Applicable only if ...
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Brocade HBA/Adapter Compatibility .................................................................................................................... 32 D-Port ..........................................
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Overview Fabric OS (FOS) v7.1.0a is a patch release based on FOS v7.1.0. All hardware platforms and features supported in FOS v7.1.0 are also supported in FOS v7.1.0a. Warning – Applicable only if upg...
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Summary of New Software Features In addition to new hardware support, FOS v7.1 also includes support for several software features and enhancements: Diagnostic Port (D_Port) enhancements D_Port on...
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New Feature Descriptions Diagnostic Port (D_Port) Enhancements FOS v7.1 implements the following enhancements to the D_Port functionality: Support for D_Port on optical ICL ports of DCX 8510 New D...
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FEC (Forward Error Correction) Support Enhancements FEC Support on Additional Links With FOS v7.1 FEC support is extended as follows: FEC support on links between 16G switch and 16G AG FEC support...
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Sorting Security Policy Member List In a strict fabric wide consistency policy, if the security policy members are not in the same order, a newly joined switch will be segmented. To avoid segmentati...
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Name Server enhancements FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) enhancements Zoning Enhancements The zoning enhancements in FOS v7.1 are as follows: Ability to replace a zone member (WWN/D, I...
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In FOS v7.1 the fcrfabricshow command has been enhanced to display the names of the edge fabrics attached to an FCR. ifl Show Command In FOS v7.1 a new command “iflshow” is implemented to display the ...
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Update sfp Show data when a new SFP is plugged-in FOS v7.1 has been enhanced to update the SFP serial data information when a new SFP is inserted even in a disabled port, and to show the "valid...
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Frame Viewer (Class 3 Discard Log) Enhancements In FOS v7.1 Frame Viewer has been enhanced to display class 3 discard log messages associated with the backend ports (internal ports) of a chassis. ...
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Miscellaneous Enhancements Credit Recovery Support on F_Ports to Brocade HBA FOS v7.1 implements credit recovery mechanisms on F_Ports connecting to Brocade 8G or 16G HBAs. Credit Recovery alert to th...
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Super Ping Enhancements In FOS v7.1, Super Ping for FCIP supports the following features: Traverse all possible FCIP links based on FCIP routing. Display all possible VE and GE link in path. Fabri...
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Optionally Licensed Software Fabric OS v7.1 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally licensed software that is enabled via license keys. Optionally licensed feature...
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Data Fort 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 Net App Data Fort-encrypted disk and t...
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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 reco...
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Supported Switches Fabric OS v7.1 supports the Brocade 300, 5410/5424/5430/5450/5460/5470/5480/NC- 5480, 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch (BES), DCX/DCX-4S, 8000, 7800, 6505, 6510, 652...
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Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results Serial console and Telnet session logs Syslog message logs 2. Switch Serial Number The switch serial number is provided...
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FOS Migration Considerations This section contains important details to consider before migrating to or from this FOS release. FOS Upgrade and Downgrade Special Considerations DCX/DCX-4S units running...
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Migrating from FOS v6.4.x DCX/DCX-4S units running any FOS v6.4.x firmware must be upgraded to FOS v7.0.x before they can be non- disruptively upgraded to FOS v7.1. Any 8G platforms (other than DCX/DC...
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Important Notes This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release. Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility Brocade® Network Advisor provides the industry’s...
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Web Tools Compatibility FOS v7.1.0 is qualified and supported only with Oracle JRE 1.7.0 update 9. SMI Compatibility It is important to note that host SMI-S agents cannot be used to manage switches ...
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Supported Products and FOS Interoperability Brocade 6510 FOS v7.0 or later Brocade 6505 FOS v7.0.1 or later Brocade 6520 FOS v7.1 or later 48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600 V6.2.2 or later 6 Se...
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Zoning Compatibility Note: Users are recommended to upgrade to the following versions of firmware when interoperating with a switch running FOS v7.0 or later in the same layer 2 fabric to overcome som...
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Fabric OS v7.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 noted in the table below. DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 Blade Support Matrix FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades...
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Power Supply Requirements for Blades in DCX/DCX-4S DCX/DCX-4S DCX/DCX-4S @110 VAC @200-240 VAC Blades Type of Blade Comments (Redundant (Redundant configurations) configurations) FC10-61, FC8- Port Bl...
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Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the...
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Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the...
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Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-4 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the...
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o Go to Documentation > Tech Notes. o Look for the Tech Note on Access Gateway Device-Based Mapping in VMware ESX Server. Brocade HBA/Adapter Compatibility Brocade HBA/Adapter should be using dri...
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Adding of 3PAR Session/Enclosure LUNs to CTCs is now supported. Session/Enclosure LUNs (LUN 0x FE) used by 3PAR In Serv arrays must be added to Crypto Target (CTC) containers with LUN state set to “...
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Hot Code Load from FOS v6.4.1a to FOS v7.0 or later is supported. Cryptographic operations and I/O will be disrupted but other layer 2 FC traffic will not be disrupted. When disk and tape CTCs are...
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FCIP (Brocade 7800 and FX8-24) Any firmware activation will disrupt I/O traffic on FCIP links. Latency measurements supported on FCIP Tunnels: o 1Gb E & 10Gb E - 200ms round trip time and 1% l...
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When operating in Converged Mode, tagged traffic on the native VLAN of the switch interface is processed normally. The host should be configured not to send VLAN tagged traffic on the switch’s nativ...
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The Brocade 8000 does not support non-disruptive hot code loads (HCL). Upgrading the Brocade 8000 to FOS v7.1 or downgrading from v7.1 is disruptive to the IO through the switch. Upgrading firmwar...
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Virtual Fabrics must be enabled on the chassis and loop devices may only be attached to ports on a 48-port or 64-port blade assigned to a non-Default Logical Switch operating with the default 10- bi...
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Virtual Fabrics When creating Logical Fabrics that include switches that are not Virtual Fabrics capable, it is possible to have two Logical Switches with different FIDs in the same fabric connected...
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Class 3 frames that have been trapped to CPU will be discarded in the following scenarios on DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510 during the following conditions: HA failover on DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510 platforms while...
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| File Size | 764.92 KB |
| Published | May 16, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Before using 'switchCfgTrunk' on a director with over 300 E_Ports, what action must be taken?
The switch must be disabled prior to executing the “switchCfgTrunk” command.
How can I prevent error log content from being lost after upgrading to FOS 7.1.0?
Execute supportsave before initiating the firmware download upgrade.
What key networking functions receive enhancements in this release?
Enhancements include D_Port, In-Flight Encryption/Compression, FEC Support, FCIP, and scalability features.