HP Cisco MDS 9020 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 2

Contents Send documentation comments to [email protected] Contents This document includes the following sections: • Introduction, page 2 • Components Supported, page 2 • Software Download Process, page 8 • Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 11 • Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 21 • New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), page 24 • Changes in Existing Features, page 29 • Limitations and Restrictions, page 29 • Caveats, page 33 • Related Documentation, page 42 • Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines, page 44 Introduction The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches provides industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management, allowing you to deploy high performance storage-area networks with lowest total cost of ownership. Layering a rich set of intelligent features onto a high performance, protocol agnostic switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family addresses the stringent requirements of large data center storage environments: uncompromising high availability, security, scalability, ease of management, and seamless integration of new technologies. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS is the underlying system software that powers the Cisco MDS 9500 Series, 9200 Series, and 9100 Series multilayer switches. The Cisco SAN-OS provides intelligent networking features, such as multiprotocol and multitransport integration, virtual SANs (VSANs), advanced security, sophisticated debug analysis tools, and unified SAN management. Components Supported Table 2 lists the SAN-OS software part number and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Note To use the Cisco Storage Services Enabler package, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(5) or later must be installed on the MDS switch. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) 2 OL-14116-01