Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference, Release 2.x
Cisco SAN-OS Features Supported in CiscoFabricWare

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Cisco SAN-OS Features Supported in Cisco FabricWare


Cisco SAN-OS Features Supported in Cisco FabricWare


Cisco MDS 9000 FabricWare Release 2.x supports a subset of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x features. Table A-1 lists these features and provides links to additional information in the Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference.

For information on managing Cisco FabricWare through Cisco Fabric Manager, refer to "Managing Cisco FabricWare" in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.

Table A-1 Cisco SAN-OS Features Configurable in Cisco FabricWare 

SAN-OS Feature
Supported in FabricWare
For More Information

VSANs

No

 

Interfaces

Yes

See "Configuring Interfaces"

Zones and zone sets

Yes

See "Configuring and Managing Zones"

Switch Configuration

 

High availability

No

 

Trunking

No

 

PortChannels

No

 

Domains

Yes

See "Configuring Domain Parameters"

Maintenance Jobs scheduling

No

 

Nondisruptive software upgrades

Yes1

 

Fabric Configuration

 

Dynamic VSANs

No

 

Inter-VSAN routing

No

 

Device alias distribution

No

 

FSPF

Yes1

See "Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols"

FLOGI

Yes1

See "Managing FLOGI and FDMI"

FICON

No

 

Switch interoperability

No

 

Security

 

User authentication SNMP

Yes2

See "Configuring SNMP"

RADIUS

Yes

See "Configuring Switch Security"

TACACS+

No

 

Switch access security for IPv4

Yes3

 

Switch access security for IPv6

No

 

Digital certificates

No

 

Network security

No

 

Fabric security

No

 

Port security

No

 

Fabric binding

No

 

IP Services

 

FCIP

No

 

SAN Extension Tuner

No

 

iSCSI

No

 

IP services

No

 

IP storage

No

 

IPv6

No

 

Intelligent Storage Services

 

SCSI flow services

No

 

Fibre Channel write acceleration

No

 

SANTap

No

 

NASB

No

 

Network and Switch Monitoring

 

RMON

No

 

SPAN

No

 

System message logging (syslog)

Yes

See "Configuring System Message Logging"

Call Home

No

 

Fabric configuration servers

No

 

Traffic Management

 

QoS

No

 

Port tracking

No

 

1 The MDS 9020 supports this feature, but it is not configurable.

2 The MDS 9020 supports only SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c with communities.

3 IP ACLs can be configured for the management port.