About Generations Of Modules And Switches - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

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Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Cisco MDS 9000 Family hardware modules and switches are categorized into generations based on the
time of introduction, capabilities, features, and compatibilities:
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This chapter describes how to configure these Fibre Channel interfaces, including the following sections:
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About Generations of Modules and Switches

The Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches, Cisco MDS 9222i, Cisco MDS 9216A and Cisco MDS 9216i
switches support a set of modules called the Generation 2 modules. Each module or switch can have one
or more ports in port groups that share common resources such as bandwidth and buffer credits.
In addition to supporting Generation 2 modules, the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Switches and the Cisco
MDS 9222i Switch support another set of modules called Generation 3 modules. Similar to Generation
2, each Generation 3 module can have one or more ports in port groups that share common resources
such as bandwidth and buffer credits.
Generation 3 Fibre Channel modules are supported on the Cisco MDS 9506 and 9509 switches with
Supervisor-2 modules. The MDS 9513 Director supports 4/44-port Host-Optimized Fibre Channel
Switching module with either Fabric 1 or Fabric 2 Modules, but requires Fabric 2 Module for support of
the 48-port and the 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules. The MDS 9222i switch supports
the 4/44-port Host-Optimized Fibre Channel Switching module. MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1) is required
to support the Generation 3 modules.
OL-19445-02, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(x)
Generation 1—Modules and switches with a maximum port speed of 2 Gbps.
Generation 2—Modules and switches with a maximum port speed of 4 Gbps.
Generation 3—Modules and switches with a maximum port speed of 8 Gbps.
About Generations of Modules and Switches, page 3-1
Port Groups and Port Rate Modes, page 3-2
Combining Generation 1, Generation 2, and Generation 3 Modules, page 3-8
Configuring Module Interface Shared Resources, page 3-14
Disabling ACL Adjacency Sharing for System Image Downgrade, page 3-35
Displaying SFP Diagnostic Information, page 3-35
Example Configurations, page 3-36
Default Settings, page 3-40
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
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