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SAN feature-to-firmware requirements
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SAN feature-to-firmware requirements
Use the following table to determine whether the Management application SAN features are only
available with a specific version of the Fabric OS firmware as well as if there are specific licensing
requirements.
TABLE 8 SAN feature to firmware requirements
Feature Fabric OS
Access Gateway (AG) AG connected to Fabric OS devices requires firmware 5.2 or later.
Call Home (Trial and Licensed version Only) Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for supportSave.
Requires Fabric Watch license for SNMP traps.
Configuration Management Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later
Discovery Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for the seed switch in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for the seed switch in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Encryption (Trial and Licensed version Only) Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1_enc or 6.2 or later.
Enhanced Group Management (Trial and
Licensed version Only) Requires Enhanced Group Management license.
Fault Management Requires Fabric OS 4.4 or later for SNMP traps
Fabric Binding (Trial and Licensed version
Only) Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
FCIP Management Requires Fabric OS 5.1 or later to modify.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later for FCIP tunnels.
Requires FCIP license.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later to enable the FICON Emulation tab on the FCIP Tunnel
Advanced Settings dialog box.
FCoE Management Requires FCoE license on the device.
Requires Fabric OS version v6.1.2_CEE or later.
FICON (Trial and Licensed version Only) Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for cascaded FICON.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for advanced FICON.
Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later to configure multiple Allow/Prohibit matrices.
Requires FICON CUP license to allow CUP management features.
Firmware Management Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later.
Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later on 8G devices.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license to perform group actions.
High Integrity Fabric Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Meta SAN Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for FC router and router domain ID configuration.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.
Requires Integrated Routing license.
Performance Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for FC_ports, -end monitors, and marching ants.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later for GE_ports and FCIP tunnels.
Requires Fabric OS 6.2 or later for Top Talkers.
Requires Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) license for -end Monitoring and Top
Talkers.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license for HIstorical graphs and tables.
Requires Fabric Watch license for Performance thresholds.