Dell Brocade M8428-k User Manual

Document Title

Summary of Changes

Publication Date

Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb3 for DELL
M8428-k Release Notes v1.0

Initial release

November 19,
2014

Brocade Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb3 for
DELL M8428-k

Release Notes v1.0

November 19, 2014

Document History

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Contents

Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

DELL M8428-k ............................................................................................................................................... 4

Feature Descriptions ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Universal Temporary License Support.............................................................................................................. 7

Summary of Platform Specific Features .................................................................................................................. 7

Feature Descriptions ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Supported Mezzanine Cards .................................................................................................................................... 8

Standards Compliance .................................................................................................................................... 8

Technical Support ....................................................................................................................................... 9

Compatibility ................................................................................................................................................. 10

DELL/Broade BNA Compatibility ............................................................................................................................ 10

WebTools Compatibility .......................................................................................................................................... 10

SMI Compatibility .................................................................................................................................................... 10

Fabric OS Compatibility .......................................................................................................................................... 10

Standard MIBS: ....................................................................................................................................................... 11

Firmware Upgrades and Downgrades ................................................................................................................... 11

Other Important Notes and Recommendations .............................................................................................. 12

Configuration Notes: ..................................................................................................................................... 12

Documentation Updates ............................................................................................................................... 12

Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide ...................................................................................................... 12

Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide ............................................................................................ 13

Defects ......................................................................................................................................................... 14

Defects Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb3 ............................................................................. 14

Defects Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb2 ............................................................................. 15

Defects Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb1 ............................................................................. 17

Defects Closed with Code Change in Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb ................................................................................ 18

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Overview

Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb2 is a platform specific release to support the DELL M8428-k 28-port
Converged 10Gb Switch module designed for DELL M1000E series chassis. This is a maintenance
release for the DELL M8428-k module upgrades support from Fabric OS 6.3.1 to Fabric OS 6.4.3b.
Other than exceptions noted in this document, this software release is functionally equivalent to
Fabric OS v6.4.3 as it pertains to the Brocade 8000.

Warning:

1. Do not load the Fabric OS v6.4.3 or any other non-supported Fabric OS on DELL M8428-k

2. Do not remove the default software licenses.

3. Fabric OS v6.4.3_dcb2 is only supported on DELL M8428-k module. Do not load this on any

other switch platform.

DELL M8428-k

The DELL M8428-k module is a high speed 28-Port Converged 10GbE embedded Switch designed
for use with DELL M1000E Series chassis.

Feature Descriptions

Note that the DELL M8428-k module is custom designed for High-speed fabrics B and C on DELL
M1000E Chassis. Following are specific features as related to this module:

- 28 Port Converged Switch with four 8Gb native external FC ports and 24 10GbE ports,

eight of which are for external connectivity.

- M8428-k module is in NPIV mode and can be switched to full fabric mode with fabric

license already installed.

- Maximum Switch bandwidth of 272Gb in Full Duplex mode.

- Maximum ISL Trunk Bandwidth: 32Gb (64Gb in Full duplex) on FC ports

- Extremely low Frame latency providing fast FC frame and IP packet switching

- Built on Brocade DCX and 8000 platform Technologies

- Dual Function FC Ports supports native connectivity to Brocade fabrics as well as NPIV

connectivity to legacy McData fabrics and third party fabrics like Cisco MDS fabrics.

- Utilizes Web Tools and BNA mgmt tools to simplify fabric and IP network setup and

ongoing maintenance to increase operational efficiency and maximize return on
investment

- KR support on Internal ports.

- Protects existing investments by providing 8 Gbit/sec technology with auto-sensing

capabilities to also recognize 4 and 2 Gbit/sec devices to existing FC fabrics and 10GbE
for connection to existing IP networks while providing enhanced enthernet capabilities.
Note the 16 internal 10GbE ports support both 10 or 1GbE with autosensing to the blade
server.

- Fibre Channel Services

o Simple Name Server (SNS),
o Registered State Change Notification (RSCN),

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o NTP, RADIUS, LDAP, Reliable Commit Service (RCS), and
o Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)

- CEE Services:

o Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, MSTP, RSTP),
o VLAN Tagging (802.1q),
o MAC address learning and aging;
o native FCoE Bridging and switching;
o IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation (LACP);
o access control lists based on VLAN, source, destination address, and port;
o eight priority levels for QoS and greater than 1024 VLANs supported.
o Priority-based Flow Control (PFC);
o Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX)-Capabilities Exchange;
o Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)

- Management Software:

o Brocade Network Advisor ( BNA) Professional, BNA 75 days Trial, and BNA

Production:

o BNA uses HTTP/HTTPS and SNMP protocols to communicate with the Brocade

8000 to manage and monitor CEE features

o Enhanced Group Management (EGM), license is already included
o BNA enhancements support the following FCoE/CEE functionality:
o Discovery, connectivity map, and product list
o Configuration management
o Performance management
o Fault management
o Security management
o HTTP/HTTPS, Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB, and IF-MIB for CEE);

Web Tools; SMI-S; RADIUS

- Management Protocols

o Industry-common Command Line Interface (CLI)
o Security Shell (SSH) v2
o Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
o Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1, and v3
o Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP

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o Syslog
o Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
o Remote Monitoring (RMON)
o Per-port ingress and egress counters
o Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
o Power-On Self-Test (POST)

o Comprehensive bootup diagnostics
o Improved fan utilization requests to chassis management controller.

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