Operational Considerations When Removing Crossbars - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

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
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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:
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The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors running Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.0(1) or later support the following
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Generation 1 consists of all hardware supported by Cisco SAN-OS earlier to Release 3.0(1), including
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Operational Considerations When Removing Crossbars

Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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4/44-port 8-Gbps Host Optimized Fibre Channel module
MDS 9513 Fabric-2 Crossbar Switching module
Cisco MDS 9513 Director chassis
Supervisor-2 module
MSM-18/4 Multiservice Storage module
MDS 9222i Module-1 module
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
Integrated crossbar—Located on the Supervisor-1 and Supervisor-2 modules. The Cisco MDS 9506
and 9509 Directors only use integrated crossbars.
External crossbar—Located on an external crossbar switching module. Cisco MDS 9513 Directors
require external crossbar modules.
Cisco MDS 9506 and 9509 Director chassis
Supervisor-1 module
32-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
16-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
8-port IP Storage Services (IPS-8) module
4-port IP Storage Services (IPS-4) module
Storage Services Module (SSM)
14/2-port Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module
Chapter 11 Managing System Hardware
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x