Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 User Manual

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 37 Advanced Features and Concepts
Switch Interoperability
Zoning attributes Zones may be limited to the pWWN and other proprietary zoning methods
(physical port number) may be eliminated.
Note Brocade uses the cfgsave command to save fabric-wide zoning
configuration. This command does not have any effect on Cisco MDS
9000 Family switches if they are part of the same fabric. You must
explicitly save the configuration on each switch in the Cisco MDS 9000
Family.
Zone propagation Some vendors do not pass the full zone configuration to other switches, only
the active zone set gets passed.
Verify that the active zone set or zone configuration has correctly propagated
to the other switches in the fabric.
VSAN Interop mode only affects the specified VSAN.
Note Interop modes cannot be enabled on FICON-enabled VSANs.
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 37-2 Changes in Switch Behavior When Interoperability Is Enabled (continued)
Switch Feature Changes if Interoperability Is Enabled

Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Specifications

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