Switch Requirements; Hardware Requirements - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Reference Manual

Chapter 7 Managing the Switch Hardware
S e n d d o c u m e n t c o m m e n t s t o n e x u s 7 k - d o c f e e d b a c k @ c i s c o . c o m
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Condition
Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS operating system
from Release 4.1(2) to Release 4.1(3) or later
releases on a switch that did not ship with Release
4.1(2) and a full EPLD upgrade to Release 4.1(2)
was not performed.
Using vPC on a system that you are upgrading
Cisco NX-OS from Release 4.0 to Release 4.1(2)
or later releases.
Using Cisco Trusted Security on a system that you
are upgrading Cisco NX-OS from Release 4.0 to
Release 4.1(2) or later releases.
1. It is recommended (not mandatory) that you upgrade the EPLD images for the supervisor, I/O, and fabric modules.

Switch Requirements

This section includes the following topics:
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Hardware Requirements

The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch must include the following hardware:
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Conditions For Upgrading EPLD Images (continued)
Hardware Requirements, page 7-37
Supported Switch Operating Systems, page 7-38
One or two supervisor modules, each with at least 120 MB of available bootflash or slot0 memory
One or more I/O modules
One or more fabric modules
One fan tray module (Cisco Nexus 7009)
Two fabric fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
Two system fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
Modules Targeted for Upgrades
Supervisor modules (N7K-SUP1)
Cisco Nexus 7010—Required for
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CSCsr03766 and to fix a kernel booting
failure.
Cisco Nexus 7018—Required for
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CSCsq28232, CSCsr03766, CSCsu55410,
and to fix a kernel booting problem.
48-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M148GT-11)
• Cisco Nexus 7010—Required for
CSCsq97271, CSCsr42519, and
CSCsr44846.
Cisco Nexus 7018—Required for
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CSCsq28232, CSCsq97271, CSCsr42519,
and CSCsr44846.
32-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M132XP-12)
Cisco Nexus 7010 and 7018—Required
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upgrade for using vPC.
32-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M132XP-12)
Cisco Nexus 7010 and 7018—Required
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upgrade for using Cisco Trusted Security.
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