Upgrading The Ssi Boot Image On An Ssm; Ssi Boot Image Upgrade Considerations For The Ssm - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 11 Managing 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
Use the install ssi command to install the SSI boot image on the SSM.
Step 4
Note
switch# install ssi modflash://4-1/m9000-ek9-ssi-mz.2.1.2.bin
Issue the show module command to verify the status of the SSM.
Step 5
switch# show module
Mod Ports Module-Type
--- ----- -------------------------------- ------------------ ------------
4
...
Mod
-------- -----------------------------
4
...

Upgrading the SSI Boot Image on an SSM

As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.0(2b), you can specify the SSI boot image for a Storage Services Module
(SSM) to configure Fibre Channel switching and Intelligent Storage Services (see
"Configuring SCSI Flow Services and
Acceleration",
set the SSI image boot variable, you do not need to reset it for upgrades or downgrades to any Cisco
MDS SAN-OS release that supports the SSI image.
If your switch is running Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(2) or later, a newly installed SSM initially
Note
operates in Fibre Channel switching mode by default.
If you downgrade to a Cisco MDS SAN-OS release that does not support the SSM, you must power down
Note
the module. The boot variables for the SSM are lost.

SSI Boot Image Upgrade Considerations for the SSM

When you upgrade, or downgrade, the SSI boot image on an SSM, you might disrupt traffic through the
module.
Table 11-10
Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release
2.0(2b) through 2.1(1a)
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(2), if the SSI boot image is located on bootflash: the install
ssi command copies the SSI boot image to the modflash: on the SSM.
32 Storage Services Module
Application Image Description
SSI linecard image
Chapter 49, "Configuring
Table 11-10 describes how updating the SSI boot image affects SSM traffic.
SSI Boot Image Updating Affects on SSM Traffic
Model
DS-X9032-SSM
Application Image Version
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2.1(2)
Statistics", Chapter 48, "Configuring Fibre Channel Write
SANTap", and Chapter 50, "Configuring
Traffic Type
All
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Upgrading the SSI Boot Image on an SSM
Status
ok
Chapter 47,
NASB"). Once you
Disrupts Traffic?
Yes
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