Switch; Installing The Mds 9513 Fabric 2 Modules And Activating Higher Bandwidth By Powering Down The Switch - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Installation Manual

Appendix A Migrating to Generation 3 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching 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 .
switch# show hardware fabric-mode
Fabric mode supports only one configuration of Gen3 Linecards - 4/44 Host-Optimized 8G FC
Linecard.

switch#

Failure message for Gen3 cards for fabric2 in the above fabric-mode:switch# 2008 Jul 24
10:27:58 switch %XBAR-2-INCOMPATIBLE_CONFIG: Fabric mode does not support linecard in slot
4 . Please reload the switch to support 24-port and 48-port 8G FC linecards.
Enter the reload command to enable the increased bandwidth capabilities of the MDS 9513 Fabric 2
Step 7
modules.
When the switch comes back up, install the MDS 9000 48-port or 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel
Step 8
modules.
Step 9 Enter the show hardware fabric-mode command to verify that increased bandwidth capabilities are
activated.
The following example shows the output of the show hardware fabric-mode command, and indicates
that support for the MDS 9000 48-port and 24-port 8-Gbps Generation 3 modules has been activated.
switch# show hardware fabric-mode
Fabric mode supports Gen3 and above linecards.
switch#
Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide or Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric
Step 10
Manager Configuration Guide for information on how to configure the MDS 9000 48-port or 24-port
8-Gbps Fibre Channel modules.
Installing the MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Activating Higher Bandwidth by Powering Down the
Switch
To power down the switch to activate the increased bandwidth capabilities of the MDS 9513 Fabric 2
modules, follow these steps:
Upgrade to Cisco NX-OS 4.1(1b). Refer to the upgrade procedure described in the MDS 9000 Family
Step 1
CLI Configuration Guide.
Verify that the switch is running Cisco NX-OS 4.1(1b) by entering the show version command.
Step 2
Enter the copy running-config startup-config command to save a copy of the current switch
Step 3
configuration.
Power down the switch by turning the power supply switch at the rear of the power supply
Step 4
counterclockwise to the off position on both power supplies.
Remove the MDS 9513 Fabric 1 modules and replace them with MDS 9513 Fabric 2 modules. See steps
Step 5
5 through 10 in the
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Step 6 Install the MDS 9000 48-port or 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel modules.
Step 7 Power up the switch by turning the power supply switch at the rear of the power supply clockwise to the
on position on both power supplies.
Step 8 Enter the show hardware fabric-mode command to verify that increased bandwidth capabilities are
activated.
The following example shows the output of the show hardware fabric-mode command, and indicates
that support for the MDS 9000 48-port and 24-port 8-Gbps Generation 3 modules has been activated.
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"Installing MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Running Cisco SAN-OS 3.x" section
A-5.
Migration Procedures for the MDS 9513 Director
Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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