Fabric OS Reference Manual (Version 3.0)

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Telnet Commands

• Zoning must be consistently and entirely managed from a single selected switch type for the

lifetime of the “Effective Configuration”. Attempting to manage from other vendor switches

results in the loss of zoning information. There is no indicator of which method has been

previously used. It is up to the System Administrator to remember. Currently, the only

indicator is that the vendor establishes a “Defined Configuration”.

• Zoning is available for port WWN only. Node WWN members and members added by AL_PA

Port ID are ignored.

• Broadcast zones cannot be specified.

• For end-ports in McData switches, only Name Server zoning is valid.

• Support for Platform Management cannot be enabled unless all switches in the fabric support

the platform management requests introduced in the FC-GS standard, to allow the association

of port and node WWN with specific platforms within the fabric.

• The Extended Fabric feature is available in a heterogeneous switch fabric of other vendor

switches.

• The Alias server is not available.

Operands This command has the following operand:

mode Specify 1 to enable interoperability mode; specify 0 to disable interoperability

mode. This operand is optional.

If no operand is specified the current value is displayed.

Example To enable interoperability mode: