About Crossbar Management
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
MDS 9513 Fabric-2 Crossbar Switching module
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The new software features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) and later will not be supported in the
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Generation 1 hardware.
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) and later does not support the following hardware: Supervisor-1
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module, the IPS-4 and IPS-8 storage modules, the MDS 9216 switch, the MDS 9216A switch, the MDS
9020 switch, the MDS 9120 switch, and the MDS 9140 switch.
Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) and later supports two types of hardware for the Cisco MDS 9500
Series Directors: Generation 1 and Generation 2.
Generation 2 consists of all new hardware supported by Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) and later,
including the following:
Cisco MDS 9513 Director chassis
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Supervisor-2 module
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MSM-18/4 Multiservice Storage module
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MDS 9222i Module-1 module
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48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
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24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
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12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
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4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors running Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.0(1) or later support the following
types of crossbars:
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Integrated crossbar—Located on the Supervisor-1 and Supervisor-2 modules. The Cisco MDS 9506
and 9509 Directors only use integrated crossbars.
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External crossbar—Located on an external crossbar switching module. Cisco MDS 9513 Directors
require external crossbar modules.
Generation 1 consists of all hardware supported by Cisco SAN-OS earlier to Release 3.0(1), including
the following:
Cisco MDS 9506 and 9509 Director chassis
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Supervisor-1 module
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32-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
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16-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
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8-port IP Storage Services (IPS-8) module
4-port IP Storage Services (IPS-4) module
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Storage Services Module (SSM)
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14/2-port Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
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Chapter 18
Managing System Hardware
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