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 o m .
Windows 2003 SP2, XP SP2, Windows Vista
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
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Solaris (SPARC) 8, 9, and 10
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VMWare ESX 3.5:
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Virtual Operating System: Windows 2003 SP2
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Java Sun JRE and JDK 1.5(x) and JRE 1.6 are supported
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Java Web Start 1.2, 1.0.1, 1.5, 1.6
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Firefox 1.5 and 2.0
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Internet Explorer 6.x, and 7.0
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Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition
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Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition
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Oracle Database 10g Express
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PostgreSQL 8.2 (Windows and Linux)
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PostgreSQL 8.1 (Solaris)
Cisco ACS 3.1 and 4.0
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PIX Firewall
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IP Tables
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SSH v2
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Global Enforce SNMP Privacy Encryption
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HTTPS
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Note
Ensure data migration when upgrading Cisco Fabric Manager from Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(2b) and
Step 2
later.
If you are upgrading Cisco Fabric Manager in Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(2b) and later, be aware that
data is migrated from the Hypersonic HSQL database to either the PostgreSQL database or Oracle
Database 10g Express during the installation. Data is also migrated from Oracle Database 10g Express
to Oracle Database 10g Express. If you migrate the database from Oracle to Oracle, the schema is
updated. Refer to
Ensure data migration when upgrading Cisco Fabric Manager from releases prior to Cisco NX-OS
Step 3
Releases 4.1(3a).
If you are upgrading Fabric Manager in a Cisco SAN-OS Release prior to 3.1(2b), be aware that data is
migrated from the Hypersonic HSQL database to either the PostgreSQL database or the Oracle Database
10g Express during the installation. The Fabric Manager Installer installs the PostgreSQL database on
Windows. If you want to install the PostgreSQL database on Solaris or Linux, or if you want to install
the Oracle Database 10g Express database, follow the instructions in the "Installation of Cisco MDS
SAN-OS and Fabric Manager" section in the
Refer to
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a)
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Cisco Fabric Manager has not been officially tested on any 64-bit platforms. Currently, we
support only 32-bit platforms.
Table 9
for information on the supported upgrade path.
Table 9
for information on the supported upgrade path.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.
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