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- Page 1 Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Hardware Release Notes For Installation in a Sun Storage Area Network ™ Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 820-4953-10 May 2009, Revision A Submit comments about this document by clicking the Feedback[+] link at: http://docs.sun.com...
- Page 2 Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, Java, docs.sun.com, StorEdge, StorageTek, FlexLine, Sun Fire, Sun Blade, Sun Enterprise, SunSolve, et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc., ou ses filiales, aux États-Unis et dans d’autres pays.
- Page 3 Cisco Multilayer DataCenter Switch (MDS) 9513 Multilayer Director (Cisco MDS 9513 director) hardware in a Sun storage area network (SAN). Note – Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document.
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Page 4: Product Features
Product Features The Cisco MDS 9513 director is a chassis-based, high-performance, director-class switch intended for large data center storage environments. The Cisco MDS 9513 director has the following key features: Provides a maximum of 528 oversubscribed Fibre Channel (FC) ports, 132 non- ■... -
Page 5: Firmware Requirements
Mainframe connections using FICON require SAN-OS version 3.2(2c) (minimum). ■ Note – SAN-OS 3.2(2c) is not qualified for channel extension with Cisco Visual Switch Manager (VSM) or any Sun StorageTek FICON tape drives. For FICON, ensure the channel extension feature is disabled when using SAN-OS 3.2(2c) with VSM or Sun StorageTek FICON tape drives. - Page 6 SunSolve Patch IDs for Minimum Supported Firmware Versions TABLE 1 SAN-OS SAN-OS SAN-OS NX-OS NX-OS 3.0(3) 3.2(2c) 3.3(3) 4.1(1b) 4.1(3a) MDS 95xx (Supervisor 1) 126484-01 126484-05 126484-09 Supported Supported MDS 95xx (Supervisor 2) 126485-01 126485-05 126485-09 140045-01 140045-03 * MDS 9509 and 9506 only.
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Page 7: Supported Modules
Supported Modules The Cisco MDS 9513 director supports a variety of Cisco MDS 9000 Family modules. In addition to support for older-generation modules, it also supports the newer 8 Gbit/sec port modules as listed in . Some of these port modules require the TABLE 2 Cisco MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Module for compatibility with the Cisco MDS 9513 director. - Page 8 Cisco MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Module The Cisco MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Module is required when either the 24- or 48-port 8 Gbit/sec modules listed in are installed in a Cisco MDS 9513 director. The TABLE 2 Cisco MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Module is necessary to achieve the maximum advertised bandwidth and performance with these port modules.
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Page 9: Supported Software
■ “Cisco Storage Media Encryption” on page 9 ■ Operating System Requirements The following operating systems running on hosts in the SAN are compatible with the Cisco MDS 9513 director. Solaris Solaris™ 9 Update 1 and higher for Sparc ■... - Page 10 Cisco Data Mobility Manager The Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager (DMM) is a fabric-based SAN software application that enables movement of data blocks from a source device to a destination device. Such movement is typically needed to address array lease expiration events, capacity planning, and implementation of tiered storage strategies.
- Page 11 Cisco Storage Media Encryption Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption (SME) encrypts data at rest on heterogeneous tape devices and virtual tape libraries. SME is completely integrated with the Cisco MDS 9000 family of switches and Cisco Fabric Manager, enabling highly available encryption services to be deployed and managed without rewiring or reconfiguring SANs, or installing additional software.
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Page 12: Supported Hardware
Supported Hardware The Cisco MDS 9513 director is compatible with the following storage platforms, HBAs, and host server platforms. This section contains the following topics: “Supported Storage Platforms” on page 10 ■ “Supported Host Bus Adapters” on page 11 ■ “Supported Server Platforms”... - Page 13 Supported Host Bus Adapters The Cisco MDS 9513 director is compatible with the following HBAs: SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z / SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z ■ SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z / SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z ■ SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 and SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z ■ SG-XPCI1FC-QL2 ■ SG-XPCI1FC-QLC and SG-XPCI1FC-QLC-Z (Maximum of two cascaded switches ■ between devices) SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 and SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 ■...
- Page 14 Sun Enterprise™ 4900/6900 ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/5000/8000/9000 servers ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/5520 servers ■ Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140/5240 servers ■ Sun Fire T1000/T2000 ■ Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 ■ Sun Fire Netra 240 ■ Sun Fire V125 ■ Sun Fire V210/V240/V250 ■...
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Page 15: Downloading And Installing Patches
Downloading and Installing Patches The following task provides instructions for downloading and installing patches for the Cisco MDS 9513 director. See “Firmware Requirements” on page 3 for the required or recommended firmware versions and associated patch IDs. 1. Access the SunSolve web site at: http://sunsolve.sun.com 2. -
Page 16: Related Documentation
Related Documentation Documentation related to the Cisco MDS 9513 director can be found at the ■ following Cisco web site: “http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5990/ tsd_products_support_series_home.html” Additional information regarding the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre ■ Channel Switching Modules can be found in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes, Sun part number 820- 6799-xx. -
Page 17: Service Contact Information
Service Contact Information If you need help installing or using this product in the United States, call 1-800-USA-4SUN, or go to: “http://www.sun.com/service/contacting/index.xml” Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Hardware Release Notes... - Page 18 Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Hardware Release Notes • May 2009...
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