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• Step 1: Switches/Fabric Config Backup
• Step 2: Firmware and Software Version Compatibility
• • A list all in Interopmode Supported Release will be available soon. In the meantime refer please the FabricOS Release Notes.
• Step 3: Domain ID
• • Domain ID offset Mode
  • Domain ID offset default mode (McDATA Legacy domain ID mode) - The default mode of 0x60
  • (96) is used when you enable IM2 or IM3 without specifying a domain ID offset.
  • In this mode,the supported domain ID ranges are 1-31 for IM2 fabrics, and 97–127 [0x61 – 0x7F] for IM3 fabrics.
  • 239 Domain ID offset mode - In this mode, the full range of domain IDs, 1-239, is available.
  • This mode is supported only in IM3. The Mi10K is the only M-Series switch that supports the
  • 239 Domain ID mode. To enable 239 domain ID mode, specify a domain ID offset of 0xFF.
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  • Avoid Duplicate Domain IDs
  • Domain ID (DID) Table

• Step 4: Brocade Interopmode
• • IM0 - Brocade Native
  • IM1 - Open-Mode
  • • ( Notice: InteropMode 1 - former Open Mode - is no longer supported in Fabric OS v6.0 and above, but is continued supported in Fabric OS v2.x; v3.x; v4.x and v5.x )
  • IM2 - McDATA Fabric Mode
  • IM3 - Open fabric Mode
  • FOS features restrictions IM0 versus IM2 and IM3
• Step 4a: McDATA Interopmode
• • McDATA Fabric Mode
  • Open Mode
• Step 4b: Cisco Interopmode
• • IM0 = Cisco         
  • IM1 = Standard Interop Mode = Open Fabric Mode by Brocade and Mcdata
  • IM2 = Brocade Mode with PID 0
  • IM3 = Brocade Mode with PID 1
  • IM4 = McData Fabric Mode
• Step 4c-S: QLogic Interopmode for QLogic Switches Family
• • IM0 = QLogic Standard Interopmode
  • IM1 = QLogic Thirds Interopmode
  • Note:
  • InteropMode of 1 (Interop_1) is no longer supported with firmware version 6.6 and later.
    Only InteropMode of 0 (Standard) is supported.
  • Connecting a QLogic switch via a GL port to a Brocade switch will cause the Brocade switch
    to become inoperable. To work around this issue, change the QLogic port to a G port. The
    Brocade switch demonstrates this issue with non-QLogic switches.
• Step 4c-R: QLogic Interopmode for Intelligent Storage Router Family iSR6xxx    
• Step 5: Port Connectivity  - Direct E_Port connectivity; EX_Port connectivity Fibre Channel Routing; N_Port connectivity Access Gateway NPIV;
• Step 6: Supported Hardware in Interopmode
• • Brocade
  • Cisco
  • QLogic
• Chapter 1 - Merging Brocade Fabric OS switches and McDATA Enterprise OS switches (M-EOS).
• Chapter 2 - Merging Brocade Fabric OS switches and Cisco swicthes (SAN-OS / NX-OS)
• Chapter 3 - Merging Brocade Fabric OS switches and QLogic switches
• Util
• • Configuration
  • • This is a Command line version of the ConfigUpload and ConfigDownload. This utility makes it easy to do simple config (upload/download) to switches using a DOS command line interface. This executable has options to allow reboots after configdownload, filter the config files, and download some or all parameters depending on the reboot parameter.
    • Makes it easy to do simple configuration (upload/download) of switches using a DOS command line.
    • NT, DOS Command line tool, make sure you have all these files inside your path: nthapi_2.dll, xerces-c_1_7_0.dll, and brcdrpc.dll. Setting your path to the current directory, should work.
    • Usage:
      configuration <-upload | -download>
      [--allow-reboot] [--filter-rebootprefixes]
      [-u username] [-p password]
      (upload=switch-to-host, download=host-to-switch)
• • Converts McData zoning data to Brocade
  • • This tool will allow you to migrate zoning data from a McData switch to a Brocade switch.
    • Supported Fabric OS One of the following at a minimum: 2.x; 3.x; 4.x

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