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Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Send documentation comments to [email protected] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_device_support_table09186a00805037ee.html Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image This section lists the guidelines recommended for upgrading your Cisco MDS SAN-OS software image and contains the following sections: • Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager, page 10 • Upgrading an MDS 9216 Switch with iSCSI Enabled, page 15 • Upgrading with IVR Enabled, page 15 • Reconfiguring SSM Ports Before Upgrading to SAN-OS Release 3.2(1a), page 16 • Upgrading the SSI Image on Your SSM, page 18 • Upgrading a Switch with Insufficient Space for Two Images on the Bootflash, page 18 • Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 Switch, page 19 • Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on a Single Supervisor MDS Family Switch, page 19 Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), Cisco Fabric Manager is no longer packaged with a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. It is included on the CD-ROM that ships with the switch. You can install Fabric Manager from the CD-ROM or from files that you download. For a complete description of the changes in Fabric Manager, see the "Cisco Fabric Manager Enhancements" section on page 26. Installing Cisco Fabric Manager is a multi-step process that involves installing a database, as well as Fabric Manager. The complete installation instructions are provided in the "Installation of Cisco MDS SAN-OS and Fabric Manager" section in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, and are available on-screen once you launch the Fabric Manager installer from the CD-ROM. The following section presents the flow of the installation process at a high level. Review these guidelines before you begin the installation process. 1. Verify supported software. Cisco Fabric Manager has been tested with the following software: • Windows 2000 SP4, 2003 SP2, XP SP2 • Redhat Linux (2.6 Kernel) • Solaris (SPARC) 8 and 10 • VMWare Server 1.0: - Base Operating System: Windows 2000 SP4 / Virtual Operating System: Windows XP SP2 - Base Operating System: Windows 2000 SP4 / Virtual Operating System: Windows 2000 SP4 • Java Sun JRE and JDK 1.5(x) are supported • Java Web Start 1.2, 1.0.1, and 1.5 • Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 • Internet Explorer 6.x, and 7.0 Note Internet Explorer 7.0 is not supported on Windows 2000 SP4. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1a) 10 OL-14116-02