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Recommended Software Levels for Spectrum Virtualize 8.4

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Abstract

Software and hardware interoperability information for Spectrum Virtualize systems is available in the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC): https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss

This document supplements the SSIC to provide additional interoperability information for features or devices with specific compatibility requirements.

Content

If you have interoperability requirements which are not listed in the SSIC or this document please contact your IBM account representative.

Fibre Channel SAN Routers

SAN routers extend the scope of a SAN by providing "virtual nPorts" on two or more SANs. The router arranges that traffic at one virtual nPort is propagated to the other virtual nPort but the two Fibre Channel fabrics are independent of one another. Thus nPorts on each of the fabrics cannot directly log into each other. There are distance restrictions imposed due to latency. The amount of latency which can be tolerated depends on the type of copy services being used (Metro Mirror or Global Mirror).

Due to the more complex interactions involved, IBM explicitly tests products of this class for interoperability with Spectrum Virtualize systems.

The following SAN Routers are supported:

SAN Routers
Firmware
IBM P/N
SAN16B-R SAN Router
Brocade AP7420
SAN Router
7.4.1d
2109-A16
SAN18B-R
Silkworm 7500
6.3.1b
6.3.2a
6.4.0b
6.4.0c
6.4.2a
2005-R18
SAN04B-R
Silkworm 7500E
6.3.1b
6.3.2a
6.4.0a
6.4.2a
2005-R04
SAN06B-R
Silkworm 7800
6.3.1a
6.3.1b
6.4.2a
6.4.3b
6.4.3c
7.0.1b
7.0.0c
7.0.0d
7.0.1b
7.0.2a
7.0.2.c
7.1.0c
7.1.1
7.1.1b
7.1.1c
7.1.1c1
7.1.2
7.1.2a
7.1.2b
7.2.0d
7.2.1a
7.2.1b
7.2.1c
7.2.1c1
7.2.1d
7.2.1e
7.2.1f
7.2.1g
7.3.0b
7.3.0c
7.3.1a
7.3.1b
7.3.1c
7.3.1d
7.3.1e
7.3.2
7.3.2a
7.3.2b
7.4.0a
7.4.0b
7.4.1
7.4.1a
7.4.1b
7.4.1c
7.4.1d
2498-R06
SAN42B-R
Brocade 7840
7.3.0b
7.3.0c
7.3.1a
7.3.1b
7.3.1c
7.3.1d
7.3.1e
7.3.2
7.3.2a
7.3.2b
7.4.0a
7.4.0b
7.4.1
7.4.1a
7.4.1b
7.4.1c
7.4.1d
2498-R42
M48 FC3450 Blade
Silkworm 48000 director blade FR4-18i
6.3.1b
6.3.2a
6.4.0a
6.4.0b
6.4.0c
6.4.1b
6.4.2a
N/A
SAN384B
SAN768B 
FC3890
FX8-24 
Router Blade
6.4.1b
6.4.2a
6.4.3b
6.4.3c
7.0.1b
7.0.0c
2499-192
2499-384
SAN384B-2
SAN768B-2 
FC3890
FX8-24 
Router Blade
6.4.1b
6.4.2a
6.4.3b
6.4.3c
7.0.1b
7.0.0c
2499-416
2499-816
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Inter VSAN Routing
Refer to Cisco SAN switch support in SSIC
 N/A
QLogic 6142
2.4.4.3
 N/A

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Modified date:
28 March 2023

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