Dell Connectrix MDS 9132T Connectrix Cisco MDS-9000NX-OS 9.3.1 Release Note - Page 7

Zoning Features, Slow Drain Detection and Congestion Isolation Enhancements, XRC Acceleration License

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Deprecated and Changed Features For more information, see the 'Python API' chapter in the Cisco MDS 9000 Series Programmability Guide, Zoning Features LUN zoning, read-only zones, and broadcast zones are no longer supported. If these features are already configured, completely remove all the configurations that include these features before attempting to boot any module. In addition, you cannot configure these features after you bring up any module. Slow Drain Detection and Congestion Isolation Enhancements ER_RDY is not supported on FC interfaces running at 10 Gbps. XRC Acceleration License Starting from Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.1(1a), the Cisco Extended Remote Copy (XRC) acceleration license is obsoleted on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches due to improvements in the mainframe XRC feature. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) From Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.3(1) and later, the VRRP feature is not supported on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches. Data Encryption Standard (DES) Encryption for SNMP From Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.5(1), AES-128 is the default encryption mechanism for SNMPv3. DES encryption for SNMP is supported only for DES users who upgrade from previous releases to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.5(1). Ensure that you delete all the SNMPv3 users configured with DES encryption before upgrading to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.5(1) and later releases. Any downgrades from Cisco MDS NX- OS Release 8.5(1) will be restricted if any of the SNMPv3 users have DES encryption configured as the privacy protocol. All such users will either need to be deleted or reconfigured to use no privacy protocol or AES128 encryption before downgrading. Data Mobility Manager From Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.1(1), the Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager is not supported on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches. Deprecated Hardware Cisco NX-OS 9.3(1) does not support the following hardware:  Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric Switch  Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch  Cisco MDS 9222i Fabric Switch  Cisco MDS 9148 Fabric Switch  Cisco MDS 9509 Fabric Switch Dell Connectrix Cisco MDS 9000 Release Notes 7

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Deprecated and Changed Features
Dell Connectrix Cisco MDS 9000 Release Notes
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For more information, see the 'Python API' chapter in the
Cisco MDS 9000 Series
Programmability Guide
,
Zoning Features
LUN zoning, read-only zones, and broadcast zones are no longer supported.
If these features are already configured, completely remove all the configurations that
include these features before attempting to boot any module. In addition, you cannot
configure these features after you bring up any module.
Slow Drain Detection and Congestion Isolation Enhancements
ER_RDY is not supported on FC interfaces running at 10 Gbps.
XRC Acceleration License
Starting from Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.1(1a), the Cisco Extended Remote Copy
(XRC) acceleration license is obsoleted on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches due to
improvements in the mainframe XRC feature.
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
From Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.3(1) and later, the VRRP feature is not supported
on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches.
Data Encryption Standard (DES) Encryption for SNMP
From Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.5(1), AES-128 is the default encryption mechanism
for SNMPv3. DES encryption for SNMP is supported only for DES users who upgrade
from previous releases to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.5(1). Ensure that you delete all
the SNMPv3 users configured with DES encryption before upgrading to Cisco MDS
NX-OS Release 8.5(1) and later releases. Any downgrades from Cisco MDS NX- OS
Release 8.5(1) will be restricted if any of the SNMPv3 users have DES encryption
configured as the privacy protocol. All such users will either need to be deleted or
reconfigured to use no privacy protocol or AES128 encryption before downgrading.
Data Mobility Manager
From Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.1(1), the Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager is not
supported on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches.
Deprecated Hardware
Cisco NX-OS 9.3(1) does not support the following hardware:
Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric Switch
Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch
Cisco MDS 9222i Fabric Switch
Cisco MDS 9148 Fabric Switch
Cisco MDS 9509 Fabric Switch