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New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) Send documentation comments to [email protected] Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module FIPS (MSFM-18/4) The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 18/4-Port Multiservice Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Module is a FIPS 140-2 Level 3-compliant version of the Cisco MSM-18/4 Module. It provides added security to meet regulatory and industry requirements. FIPS Level 3 certification requires enhanced physical security, including a hard, opaque potting material to deter unauthorized access and tampering. Cisco Data Mobility Manager Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager (DMM) for the Cisco MDS 9000 family of switches provides capabilities and features that simplify data migration and minimize service disruptions. Data migration is the process of copying data from an existing storage device to a new storage device. Data migration is done frequently for storage array upgrades and consolidation or replacement of existing Storage. Cisco MDS 9000 Data Mobility Manger (DMM) offers a new data migration approach using a SAN switch based intelligent fabric application. Cisco DMM runs on the Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Services Module (SSM). The primary purpose of this feature is moving data from existing storage array to a new storage array. Cisco DMM features include: • Online migration of heterogeneous arrays • Simultaneous migration of multiple LUNs • Unequal size LUN Migration • Rate adjusted migration • Verification of migrated data • Dual fabric support • CLI and wizard-based management with Cisco Fabric Manager The Cisco DMM can be introduced without having to reconfigure or rewire the existing SAN infrastructure, and migration can enabled/disabled via software control from the Cisco Fabric Manager. Cisco DMM can be used in SANs which have only Cisco MDS 9000 switches as well as those containing a heterogeneous mixture of Cisco and other vendor switches. N-Port Virtualization The N-Port virtualization (NPV) feature reduces the number of Fibre Channel domain IDs in core-edge SANs. Switches operating in the NPV mode do not join a fabric, they just pass traffic between core switch links and end-devices, which eliminates the domain IDs for these edge switches. This feature is available only for Cisco MDS 9000 blade switches, the Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch, and the Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch. The NPV mode applies to an entire switch. All end devices connected to a switch in the NPV mode must log in as N-port to use this feature. Loop attached devices are not supported. All links from the edge switches in NPV mode to the core switches are established as N-ports, not E-ports as used for a typical inter-switch links. Instead, N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) is used by the switches in NPV mode to log in multiple end-devices that share a link to the core switch. OL-14116-01 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) 25