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Network OS
Feature and RFC Support Matrix
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Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
Document history.............................................................................................. 3
Objective........................................................................................................... 3
Features Supported in Network OS............................................................................................ 5
Management..................................................................................................... 5
Monitoring/RAS................................................................................................. 6
IP Multicast........................................................................................................6
Layer 2.............................................................................................................. 6
Layer 3.............................................................................................................. 7
Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)........................................................................ 8
Security............................................................................................................. 8
Traffic Management.......................................................................................... 8
RFC Compliance..................................................................................................................... 11
RFCs supported in Network OS......................................................................11
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Introduction
● Document history.............................................................................................................. 3
● Objective........................................................................................................................... 3
Document history
The document history indicates changes made with each revision.
Objective
Document title Release Summary of
Network OS Feature
and RFC Support
Matrix
The Network OS Feature and RFC Support Matrix provides a consolidated view of features and RFCs
supported on Brocade VDX platform. Use the tables to determine if a feature is supported on your
product.
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Objective
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Features Supported in Network OS
● Management..................................................................................................................... 5
● Monitoring/RAS................................................................................................................. 6
● IP Multicast........................................................................................................................6
● Layer 2.............................................................................................................................. 6
● Layer 3.............................................................................................................................. 7
● Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)........................................................................................ 8
● Security............................................................................................................................. 8
● Traffic Management.......................................................................................................... 8
Management
Management features supported by productTABLE 1
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
Authentication, authorization, and
accounting (AAA)
DHCP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Firmware upload and download 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
ICMP (IPv4) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Licensing 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
LLDP & LLDP-Med 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Managing user accounts 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
NetCONF 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Network time protocol (NTP) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Secure Copy (SCP) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
sFlow 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
SNMPv2, SNMPv3 and MIBs 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Secure shell (SSH) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
SSH2 and SCP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740 6740T, and
6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
Switch management 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Telnet 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0
VMware 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
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Monitoring/RAS
Monitoring/RAS
Monitoring and RAS features supported by productTABLE 2
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
Copy support 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
High Availability 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Packet Capture (PCAP) 4.1.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0
Port Mirroring and Monitoring 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Syslog 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Ssytem monitoring (SYSMON) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T, and
6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
IP Multicast
IP Multicast features supported by productTABLE 3
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
Internet Group Management Protocol
(IGMP)
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740T, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
IPv4 Multicast Routing 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
IPv4 Multicast Switching No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
Layer 2
Layer 2 features supported by productTABLE 4
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
ARP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Edge Loop Detection 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
FCoE 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Fibre Channel Ports No No 3.0.0 No No
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6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740T, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
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Layer 3
Layer 2 features supported by product (Continued)TABLE 4
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
IEEE 801.2w RSTP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
IEEE 802.1d STP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0
IEEE 802.1s MSTP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Link Aggregation 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
MAC ACLs 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0
VLAG 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
VLAN 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740T, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
Layer 3
Layer 3 features supported by productTABLE 5
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T, and
6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
ACLs (IPv4) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
BGP4 (IPv4) 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0
In-Band Management 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 No No
IP Route Management 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
IP Route Policy 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
OSPF (IPv4) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Prefix Lists (IPv4) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
SFP Breakout Mode No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
Static Routing (IPv4) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
VRF Lite (IPv4) 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0
VRRP & VRRP-E (IPv4) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
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Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)
Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)
VCS features supported by productTABLE 6
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
Automatic Migration of Port Profiles
(AMPP)
Fabric Build 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Logical Chassis (not "LC mode") 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Metro VCS No 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0
TRILL 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T, and
6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
Security
Security features supported by productTABLE 7
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
802.1x Port Security 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Fabric Authentication 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T, and
6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
FIPS 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
IP Source Guard No No No No No
MAC Authentication 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Port Security No No No No No
RA Guard (IPv6) No No No No No
Receive ACLs 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Zoning 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Traffic Management
Traffic Management features supported by productTABLE 8
Feature Brocade VDX
6710
Buffer Queue Management No No No No No
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T, and
6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
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Feature Brocade VDX
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BUM Storm Control No No No No 3.0.0
Policy-Based Routing (PBR) (IPv4) No No No 4.1.0 4.1.0
Quality of Service (QoS) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Rate Limiting/Shaping 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 No
Routing 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Traffic Policies 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0
Trunking 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T, and
6740T-1G
1
Brocade VDX
8770
3.0.0
1
Supported only on the Brocade VDX 6740
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RFC Compliance
● RFCs supported in Network OS......................................................................................11
RFCs supported in Network OS
RFCs supported by productTABLE 9
RFC number RFC Name Brocade VDX
6710
RFC768 User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC783 TFTP Protocol (revision 2) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC791 Internet Protocol (IP) 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC792 Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP)
RFC793 Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP)
RFC826 ARP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC854 Telnet Protocol Specification 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC894 A Standard for the Transmission
of IP Datagram over Ethernet
Networks
RFC959 FTP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC1027 Using ARP to Implement
Transparent Subnet Gateways
(Proxy ARP)
RFC1112 IGMP v1 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
RFC1157 SNMPv1/v2c 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC1213 MIB II 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC1492 TACACS+ 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC1519 Classless Interdomain Routing
(CIDR)
RFC1584 Multicast Extensions to OSPF 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC1587 OSPF NSSA Option 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC1765 OSPF Database Overflow 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
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RFC Compliance
RFCs supported by product (Continued)TABLE 9
RFC number RFC Name Brocade VDX
6710
RFC1812 Requirements for IP Version 4
Routers
RFC1997 BGP Communities Attribute No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
RFC2068 HTTP Server 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC2131 DHCP 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC2154 OSPF with Digital Signatures
(MD-5 Support)
RFC2236 IGMPv2 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC2267 Network Ingress Filtering 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC2328 OSPF Version 2 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC2370 OSPF Opaque Link-State
Advertisement (LSA) OptionPartial Support
RFC2385 Protection of BGP Sessions with
the TCP MD5 Signature Option
RFC2439 BGP Route Flap Damping No No No No 4.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
No No No No 4.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
RFC2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (v6)
Specification (on management
interface )
RFC2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets
over Ethernet Networks (on
management interface)
RFC2474 Definition of the Differentiated
Services Field in the IPv4 and
IPv6 Headers (only for IPv4)
RFC2571 Architecture for Describing SNMP
Framework
RFC2865 Remote Authentication Dial In
User Service (RADIUS)
RFC3101 OSPF Not-So-Stubby-Area
(NSSA) Option
RFC3137 OSPF Stub Router
Advertisement
RFC3176 sFlow 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC3392 Capabilities Advertisement with
BGPv4
RFC3411 An Architecture for Describing
SNMP Frameworks
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
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RFCs supported by product (Continued)TABLE 9
RFC number RFC Name Brocade VDX
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RFC3412 Message Processing and
Dispatching for the SNMP
RFC3413 Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) Applications
RFC3768 Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol (VRRP)
RFC4115 Port-based Policer No No No 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC4271 BGP 4.0.1 4.0.1 4.0.1 4.0.1 4.0.1
RFC4292 IP Forwarding MIB 3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
RFC4293 Management Information Base
for the Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC4456 BGP Route Reflection No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
RFC4510 Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP)
RFC4601 PIM/SM Protocol Specification No No No 4.0.1 4.0.1
RFC4893 BGP Support for Four-Octet AS
Number Space
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
3.0.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 3.0.0
No No No 4.0.0 4.0.0
Brocade VDX
6720
Brocade VDX
6730
Brocade VDX
6740, 6740T,
and 6740T-1G
Brocade VDX
8770
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