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This document describes the caveats and limitations for switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Use this • Introduction, page 2 • Components Supported, page 2 • Software Download Process , page 46 • Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 47 Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 2
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. Table 1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components Component Software License Part Number M95S2K9-3.3.1c M95S1K9 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 3
Supported FIPS module. Storage Services Enabler package. MDS 9500 Series with SSM Storage Services Enabler package. MDS Switch On-Demand Ports Activation License MDS 9134 Switch On-Demand Ports Activation License MDS 9134 Switch On-Demand Ports Activation License Cisco Fabric Switch for HP - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 4
Supported Switching and Service modules.) MDS 9216 16-port semi-modular fabric switch (includes MDS 9216 Switch only 16 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem only Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter (includes fourteen internal and six external ports) Cisco Fabric Switch - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 5
for the MDS 9216 Switch 8-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage services module. 4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage services module. MDS 9500 Series and 9200 Series MDS 9000 32-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Storage Services Module (SSM). 14-port Fibre Channel/2-port Gigabit Ethernet Multiprotocol - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 6
SFP. DS-SFP-FC4G-SW DS-SFP-FC4G-MR 4-Gbps/2-Gbps/1-Gbps Fibre Channel-short wavelength SFP for DS-X91xx switching modules. 4-Gbps/2-Gbps/1-Gbps Fibre Channel-long wavelength SFP for DS-X91xx switching modules only. Supports distances up to 4 km. MDS 9500 Series and 9200 Series, except for - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 7
using the Fabric Manager, view the Switches tab in the Information pane, locate the switch using the IP address, logical name, or WWN, and check its version in the Release column. Note We strongly recommend that you use the latest available software release supported by your vendor for all Cisco - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 8
"Determining Software Compatibility" section of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide for more details. Note If you would like to request a copy 9100 Series Switch Switch MDS 9120 or MDS 9140 MDS 9134, MDS 9124, Cisco Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem, or Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 9
-2 modules to Supervisor-1 modules is not supported. To migrate from a Supervisor-1 module to a Supervisor-2 module, refer to the step-by-step instructions in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide. Configuring Generation 2 Switching Modules The Cisco MDS 9500 Multilayer Directors - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 10
Family switch. It is included on the CD-ROM that ships with the switch. 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 Release 3.3(1c). Table 5 Supported Fabric Manager Upgrade Paths - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 11
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 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 12
the Oracle Database 10g Express database, follow the instructions in the "Installation of Cisco MDS SAN-OS and Fabric Manager" section in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. Refer to Table 5 for information on the supported upgrade path. 4. If you are upgrading a previous - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 13
accounts. If your server is running Terminal Services in Application mode, or if you are Fabric Manager Server, and Device Manager. See the instructions later in this section. 4. When the installation Step 2 Step 3 Enter the IP address of the switch in the Address field of your browser. Click the - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 14
features impact whether an upgrade is disruptive or nondisruptive: - Fibre Channel Ports: Traffic on Fibre Channel ports can be nondisruptively upgraded. See Table 6 for the nondisruptive upgrade path for all SAN-OS releases. - SSM: Intelligent services traffic on the SSM, such as SANTap, NASB, and - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 15
a disruptive upgrade. Note The software upgrade information in Table 6 applies only to Fibre Channel switching traffic. Upgrading system software disrupts IP traffic and SSM intelligent services traffic. Table 6 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) Current Nondisruptive Upgrade - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 16
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 6 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) (continued) Current Nondisruptive Upgrade Path SAN-OS 2.1(1b) Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b) and then upgrade to Release 3.3( - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 17
command to administratively shut any Fibre Channel ports on Generation 1 modules or merge because of a port flap. If this problem occurs, syslogs indicate a failure and the flapped ISL these steps: Step 1 Configure static domains for all switches in all VSANs where IVR is enabled. Configure the - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 18
-2-EPORT_ISOLATED: %$VSAN 2005%$ Isolation of interface port-channel 51 (reason: domain ID assignment failure) Issue the following commands for the isolated switches in Step 3: switch(config)# vsan database switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id suspend switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id suspend - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 19
on the SSM using the show interface command: switch# show interface fc 2/1 - 32 fc2/1 is up Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN when the admin port mode is auto. (A quad is a group of four ports, supported by a data path processor (DPP). The groups are 1 to 4, 5 to 8, - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 20
dual supervisor modules. • SSM intelligent services traffic on SSM ports is disrupted during upgrades. Fibre Channel switching traffic is not disrupted under the following conditions: - Upgrade the SSI boot images on the SSMs on the switch to a release version supported by your Cisco SAN-OS release - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 21
Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots" section of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x. Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 Switch the fabric, the nondisruptive upgrade will fail. • If a service terminates the nondisruptive upgrade, the show install all failure-reason - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 22
configuration file is applied when the switch comes up with the new upgraded image again. • Disable all features not supported by the downgrade release. Use the show incompatibility services traffic on the SSM, such as SANTap, NASB, and FC write acceleration, is disrupted during a downgrade. SSM Fibre Channel - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 23
2a). See the "Upgrading with IVR Enabled" section on page 17 for these instructions. - FICON: If you have FICON enabled, the downgrade path is different. 8 applies only to Fibre Channel switching traffic. Downgrading system software disrupts IP and SSM intelligent services traffic. Table 8 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 24
3.3(1c). You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c). Use the interface shutdown command to administratively shut any Fibre Channel ports on Generation 1 modules that are in an operationally down state before nondisruptively downgrading from SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) to - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 25
to a release version supported by your Cisco SAN-OS release. Refer to the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Interface Images. • SSM intelligent services traffic switching on SSM ports is disrupted on upgrades or downgrades. • Fibre Channel switching traffic on SSM - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 26
Interop Mode 4 In interop mode 4, the maximum number of zones that is supported in an active zone set is 2047, due to limitations in the connected vendor switch. When IVR is used in interop mode 4, the maximum number of zones supported, including IVR zones, in the active zone set is 2047. The limit - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 27
a cluster Number of hosts per target Tape backup groups per cluster Volume groups in a tape backup group Cisco Key Management Center (# of keys) Targets per switch that can be FC-redirected Limit 10 1 4 2 11 32 1024 32 128 128 2 4 32K 32 Deleting Cisco SME Interfaces A Cisco SME interface can be - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 28
not have this issue. Cisco MDS 9222i Module Upgrade On the MDS 9222i module, an upgrade from SAN-OS Release 3.2(x) to Release 3.3(1c) is not supported if there is a Cisco SME or Cisco DMM configuration in the fabric for hosts and targets attached to the MDS 9222i module. SANTap The SANTap - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 29
Caveats Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 11 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference (continued) DDTS Number CSCso96606 CSCsq02094 CSCsq08637 CSCsq08896 CSCsq25306 CSCsq29607 CSCsq32260 CSCsq37635 CSCsq44360 CSCsq47265 CSCsq55164 CSCsq54839 CSCsq70353 CSCsq78868 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 30
Caveats Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 11 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference (continued) DDTS Number CSCsl17944 CSCsl31087 CSCsl34922 CSCsl42571 CSCsl65951 CSCsm08837 CSCsm47252 CSCsm54071 CSCsm63010 CSCsm68314 CSCsm94323 CSCso02848 CSCso49196 CSCso55622 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 31
module is severe. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCsq08637 Symptom: If a module upgrade fails, in some rare conditions the switch may reject all subsequent FLOGI requests from all ports of the switch. The ports will not be able to complete the initialization, and will stay in the INIT state - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 32
. • CSCsq32260 Symptom: When the show tech-support command is issued periodically over an extended period of more IVR devices connected directly to IVR core switches, are configured with a physical port flapping delay reported failure on ports 3/13/16 (Fibre Channel) due to System Health failure in - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 33
the eth-trace-logs for the associated Gigabit Ethernet port. On the switch issue the show ips internal eth-trace-logs gigabitethernet command as on the tape is greater than 60 KB. The current interop matrix supports only TSM backup application on STK 9xxx family of drives and this application - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 34
limit for open files after issuing the the show tech-support details command more than 117 times and causes a , the zone server on the remote switch fails and causes the switch to reload. This only occurs if devices. The SNMP server is an optional service that is disabled by default. Only SNMPv3 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 35
few minutes for IVR to stabilize, if the status column for the {vsan, domain} combination is NONE, then this problem has occurred the switch. 2. Withdraw the troubled domains using the ivr withdraw domain domain vsan vsan-id command. 3. Readvertise the withdrawn domains using the ivr refresh command - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 36
Following an upgrade to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) on a Cisco MDS 9124 switch, an interface is shown as up, but there is no FLOGI information for the the PRLI service parameters negotiated across the PLOGI/PRLI session establishment. If a library controller that does not support RETRY FCP-2 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 37
switch will go into a disruptive upgrade. Workaround: None. On the MDS 9222i module, an upgrade from SAN-OS Release 3.2(x) to Release 3.3(1a) is not supported been selected. • CSCse31881 Symptom: If there are IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC) interfaces configured on an SSM, you might experience issues - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 38
are executed on an MDS switch do not take effect on the 12-port, 24-port, and 48 port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps/4-Gbps Fibre Channel modules, and on the 4-port Symptom: The management port on MDS switches supports one user-configured IPv6 address, but does not support autoconfiguration of an IPv6 address in - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 39
configuration persists and the GUI and CLI show DMM as a provisioned application. Workaround: Manually remove the DMM configuration from the switch before downgrading to a Cisco MDS SAN-OS release that does not support DMM, such as downgrading from SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) to SAN-OS Release 3.1(3). If - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 40
heap limit of 256 MB is not sufficient. Workaround: If you have this problem, save the jnlp link as file, increase the heap limit to 512 MB, , 24-port, and 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules, and on the 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module for downgrades from 3.2(2c) to lower - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 41
Peer connection failure. In a Cisco DMM dual-fabric topology, the Storage Service Module (SSMs) in the two fabrics communicate with each other over IP by routed IP over FC to the local Supervisor and from the Supervisor it is switched over the IP mgmt interface. As a result, if there is a Supervisor - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 42
Symptom: When a PortChannel is created between 2 switches using the PortChannel wizard in Fabric Manager, to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Data Mobility Manager Configuration Guide). As a result, if a LUN Trespass has of the PostreSQL database and/or the service may not start. This occurs when running - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 43
the application for global use. This is required when a Service is installed and invoked, and when creating a local dbadmin , Inquiry) frames targeted to LUN 0x45F0 or LUN 0x50F0 are dropped by an MDS switch when traffic flows (egresses) thru Generation 2 modules. LUN 0x45F0 corresponds to HPUX's - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 44
SME traffic flows for hosts that are not connected locally to the switch that is getting upgraded, may get flapped for a very short time the round trip time. • CSCsk91974 Symptom: When you issue the show tech-support sme or the show klm internal isapi_scsi command after attaching to a module, you - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 45
with the Tape Recycle policy enabled in Cisco SME, a new key is generated when a tape is recycled and the old key is not purged. Workaround: Manually purge the older version of the key. OL-14116-08 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) 45 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 46
Guide • Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch Hardware Installation Guide Cisco Fabric Manager • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Online Help • Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Web Services - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 47
Guide - For Cisco MDS 9500 and 9200 Series Troubleshooting and Reference • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family MIB Quick Reference • Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch . The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco currently supports RSS version 2.0. OL-14116-08 Cisco - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 48
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes
for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c)
Release Date: July 10, 2008
Part Number: OL-14116-08
This document describes the caveats and limitations for switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Use
this document in conjunction with documents listed in the
“Related Documentation” section on page 46
.
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Release notes are sometimes updated with new information on restrictions and caveats. Refer to the
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Contents
This document includes the following sections:
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Introduction, page 2
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Components Supported, page 2
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Software Download Process, page 7
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Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 10
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Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 22
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New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), page 25
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Limitations and Restrictions, page 26
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Caveats, page 28
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Related Documentation, page 46
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 47