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Chapter 29 Advanced Features and Concepts
Switch Interoperability
TE ports and
PortChannels
TE ports and PortChannels cannot be used to connect Cisco MDS to non-Cisco
MDS switches. Only E ports can be used to connect to non-Cisco MDS
switches. TE ports and PortChannels can still be used to connect an Cisco MDS
to other Cisco MDS switches even when in interop mode.
FSPF
The routing of frames within the fabric is not changed by the introduction of
interop mode. The switch continues to use src-id, dst-id, and ox-id to load
balance across multiple ISL links.
Domain
reconfiguration
disruptive
This is a switch-wide impacting event. Brocade and McData require the entire
switch to be placed in offline mode and/or rebooted when changing domain
IDs.
Domain
reconfiguration
nondisruptive
This event is limited to the affected VSAN. Only Cisco MDS 9000 Family
switches have this capability—only the domain manager process for the
affected VSAN is restarted and not the entire switch.
Name server
Verify that all vendors have the correct values in their respective name server
database.
IVR
IVR-enabled VSANs can be configured in
no interop
(default) mode or in any
of the
interop
modes.
Table 29-2
Changes in Switch Behavior When Interoperability Is Enabled (continued)
Switch Feature
Changes if Interoperability Is Enabled