Table Of Contents - HP Cisco MDS 8/12c Release Note

Table of Contents

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release Notes ........................................................................................ 3
Rebranding of SAN-OS to NX-OS ................................................................................................. 4
NX-OS Images and Management Software Updates ...................................................................... 4
FICON Support ............................................................................................................................... 6
Hardware Components .................................................................................................................... 6
C-series Support Matrix with NX-OS 5.x ....................................................................................... 7
C-series Switch and Switching Module Bandwidth and Port Group .............................................. 8
NX-OS 5.2(2) Naming Convention ................................................................................................. 9
SAN-OS 3.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration .......................................................................................... 10
NX-OS 4.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration ............................................................................................. 11
SN8000C 13-slot Supervisor 2A Director and MDS 9513 Directors Fabric3 Module and 8-Gbps
Advanced Switching Modules ....................................................................................................... 12
MDS 9513 Fabric-2 Module and 8-Gbps Modules ....................................................................... 14
Additional Mounting Requirements .............................................................................................. 15
Serial Port ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Initial Installation Recommendations/Requirements ..................................................................... 16
Data Center Network Manager & Device Manager GUI Setup .................................................... 18
Cisco MDS 9000 N-Port Virtualization (NPV) Mode .................................................................. 19
Cisco MDS 9000 FlexAttach......................................................................................................... 19
QLogic HBAs And Mezzanine Cards connected to NPIV-based fibre channel interconnects ..... 20
Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Media Encryption (SME) .................................................................... 21
FC and FCIP Write Acceleration Feature Must Not Be Enabled When Implementing Continuous
Access Enterprise Virtual Array .................................................................................................... 22
FCIP Tape Acceleration ................................................................................................................ 22
Switch Settings for HP Continuous Access Enterprise Virtual Arrays ......................................... 22
HP SN6000C Fabric switch........................................................................................................... 23
Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for HP bladesystem c-Class ......................................................... 23
C-series MDS 9134 Fabric Switch ................................................................................................ 25
C-series MDS 9124 Fabric Switch ................................................................................................ 26
C-series MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem ................................................ 26
Upgrade from 2Gb Fibre Channel Switching Modules to 4Gb and/or 8Gb Fibre Channel
Switching Modules ........................................................................................................................ 27
Upgrade from 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module to 18/4 Multiservice Module ....................... 29
HP Specific Known Issues ............................................................................................................ 30
2 MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director & Multilayer Fabric Switches Release Notes