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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes

for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b)

Release Date: January 13, 2011

Part Number: OL-21012-04 B0

This document describes the caveats and limitations for switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Use

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As of Cisco Fabric Manager Release 4.2(1a), Fabric Manager information will no longer appear in the

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Page 1 S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) Release Date: January 13, 2011...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Introduction S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Components Supported, page 3 •...
Page 3: Components Supported
Components Supported S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Components Supported Table 2 lists the NX-OS software part numbers and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS...
Page 4 Components Supported S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Component...
Page 5 Components Supported S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Component...
Page 6 Components Supported S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Component...
Page 7 Components Supported S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Component...
Page 8 Components Supported S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Component...
Page 9: Mds 9000 Chassis And Module Support
MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support Table 3 lists the MDS hardware chassis supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS 5.x.
Page 10 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 4 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS NX-OS 5.x (continued) Module...
Page 11 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 5 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x (continued) Module...
Page 12: Migrating From Supervisor-1 Modules To Supervisor-2 Modules
Migrating from Supervisor-1 Modules to Supervisor-2 Modules S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 6 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x (continued) MDS 9500...
Page 13: Determining The Software Version
Software Download Process S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Selecting the Correct Software Image for an MDS 9200 Series Switch, page 14 •...
Page 14 Software Download Process S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m ------ -------- --------------...
Page 15: Upgrading Your Cisco Mds Nx-Os Software Image
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Selecting the Correct Software Image for an MDS 9500 Series Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9500 Series are for switches with a Supervisor-2 module, as shown in...
Page 16 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m General Upgrading Guidelines To upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) from SAN-OS Release 3.2(3a) or earlier, first upgrade to SAN-OS Note...
Page 17 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 11 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) Current Release...
Page 18: Ficon Supported Releases And Upgrade Paths
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 11 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) (continued) Current Release...
Page 19: Upgrading Effect On Vsan 4079
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 13 FICON Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) (continued) Current Release with FICON...
Page 20: Upgrading A Cisco Mds 9124 Or Cisco Mds 9134 Switch
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m If this problem occurs, syslogs indicate a failure and the flapped ISL could remain in a down state because of a domain overlap.
Page 21: Downgrading Your Cisco Mds San-Os Software Image
Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m If you are upgrading from Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(1) to Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) before upgrading to NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) on a Cisco MDS 9124 or MDS 9134 Switch, follow these guidelines:...
Page 22 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b), page 25 •...
Page 23 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m The software downgrade information in Table 14 applies only to Fibre Channel switching traffic.
Page 24 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 14 Nondisruptive Downgrade Path from NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) To NX-OS or SAN-OS...
Page 25: New Features In Cisco Mds Nx-Os Release 5.0(4B)
New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Table 14 Nondisruptive Downgrade Path from NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) (continued) To NX-OS or SAN-OS...
Page 26: Licensed Cisco Nx-Os Software Packages
Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages Most Cisco MDS 9000 family software features are included in the standard package.
Page 27: Limitations And Restrictions
Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m I/O Accelerator Package The Cisco I/O Accelerator (IOA) package activates IOA on the Cisco MDS 9222i fabric switch, the Cisco MDS 9000 18/4 Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4), and on the SSN-16 module.
Page 28: User Roles
Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Saving Copies of the Running Kickstart and System Images, page 33 •...
Page 29: Intervsan Routing
Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Schedule Job Configurations As of MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) and later, the scheduler job configurations need to be entered in a single line with a semicolon(;) as the delimiter.
Page 30 Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Disable SSH.
Page 31 Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Availability of F Port Trunking and F Port Channels Trunking F ports and trunking F port channels are not supported on the following MDS 9000 components:...
Page 32 Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Applying Zone Configurations to VSAN 1 In the setup script, you can configure system default values for the default-zone to be permit or deny, and you can configure default values for the zone distribution method and for the zone mode.
Page 33 Limitations and Restrictions S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Saving Copies of the Running Kickstart and System Images After you upgrade to MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(1b), you are not allowed to delete, rename, move, or overwrite the kickstart and system images that are in the current system bootvar settings on an active or...
Page 34: Caveats
Caveats S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Caveats This section lists the open and resolved caveats for this release.
Page 35 Caveats S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Symptom: A Cisco MDS 9000 switch does not respond to an FDISC request from an attached switch with NPV enabled if the MDS 9000 switch is already processing an FDISC request for the same pWWN.
Page 36: Open Caveats
Caveats S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Open Caveats •...
Page 37: Related Documentation
Related Documentation S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Related Documentation The documentation set for NX-OS for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the following documents.
Page 38: Software Installation And Upgrade
Related Documentation S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Software Installation and Upgrade •...
Page 39: Obtaining Documentation And Submitting A Service Request
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and...
Page 40 Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4b) OL-21012-04...

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