HP Cisco MDS 9020 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Rele - Page 34

New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) Send documentation comments to [email protected] New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) This section briefly describes the new features introduced in this release. For detailed information about the features listed, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide, Release 3.x, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide. For information about new commands associated with these features, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference. The "New and Changed Information" section in each of these books provides a detailed list of all new features and includes links to the feature description or new command. Note These release notes are specific to this release. For the complete NX-OS and SAN-OS documentation set, see the "Related Documentation" section. Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) New Features Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) is a software and hardware release that includes new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. New features include the following: • New 8Gbps Performance Fibre Channel Module Support, page 34 • Call Home Delayed Traps Feature, page 35 • Smart Call Home Enhancement, page 35 • SANTap Enhancements, page 35 • IPv6 Support, page 36 • NPV Traffic Management, page 36 • CFS Distribution Using Static List, page 36 • Cisco Data Mobility Manager Enhancements, page 37 • Cisco Storage Media Encryption Enhancements, page 37 • Switch Interoperability with Brocade 5.x and McData 9.07, page 37 New 8Gbps Performance Fibre Channel Module Support Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) supports the following new switch hardware platforms and modules: • 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module, page 34 • 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module, page 35 • 4/44-port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module, page 35 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module The 48-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module offers 48 autosensing 1-, 2-, 4- and 8-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and can be used in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Switches. The 48-port switching module can be configured in one of two operational modes: shared bandwidth mode (default) and dedicated bandwidth mode. A Device Manager GUI command automatically configures specific ports to dedicated bandwidth mode to achieve the per port bandwidth requirements; the remaining ports are configured in shared mode. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) 34 OL-17675-02