Interoperability mode behavior summary by switch type
17Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on C-Series and B-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes
B-Series
The following is a summary of interoperability mode behavior on B-series switches.
■ “Msplmgmtdeactivate” must explicitly be run prior to connecting it to any C-series or else
the fabric will be segmented.
■ Zoning can only be done with pwwns. Port numbers and nwwns are not valid fields to
zone by.
■ In order to manage zoning administration from a B-series switch, all B-series must be
interconnected. This is to facilitate the forwarding of the inactive zone configuration also.
■ Domain IDs are restricted to the range 97-127. This is to accommodate nominal
restriction by some vendors.
■ Private loop targets will automatically be registered in the Fabric using translative mode.
■ Fabric Watch is restricted to Brocade switches only.
■ The full zoneset (configuration) is distributed to all switches in the fabric, but C-series
accepts only active zoneset.
■ Disabled Services:
— Secure Fabric OS is not supported.
— Management Server is not supported
— Virtual Channels are disabled.
— Quickloop is disabled.
— Domain/port representation in zones is not valid.
— Trunking between B-series is not supported
Fabric Manager and Element Manager Can still be used to fully manage the MDS-9000,
and create zones to be distributed to the non-MDS
platforms. FM can still view the entire mixed
topology.
Security Ssh, telnet, snmp-v3 are supported.
Device Support Fabric pt2pt F-mode
Table 1: C-Series interoperability mode summary (Continued)
