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- HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 1
. Added DDTS CSCsg49151, CSCsk49029, CSCsk49634, and CSCsk49761. Added DDTS CSCsh05721, CSCsh70152, CSCsi03043, and CSCsi78480. Rev ised the list of Supported Software in the "Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager" section. Added DDTS CSCsi56949. Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, Inc - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 2
following sections: • Introduction, page 2 • Components Supported, page 2 • Software Download Process, page 8 • Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN 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 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 3
Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components Component Software Part Number M95S2K9-3.2.1 M95S1K9-3.2.1 M92S2K9-3.2.1 M92S1K9-3.2.1 M91S2K9-3.2.1 M91S1K9-3.2.1 Description MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-2, SAN - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 4
MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and MSFM-18/4 FIPS module. Storage Services Enabler package. MDS 9500 Series with SSM Storage Services Enabler package. MDS 9200 Series with Demand Ports Activation License Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem only On-Demand Ports Activation - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 5
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components ( K9 DS-C9124-K9 DS-C9134-K9 DS-C9120-K9 DS-HP-FC-K9 Description Applicable Product MDS 9513 director (13-slot modular IP storage services ports, and a modular expansion slot for Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switching and Service modules.) - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 6
Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Component External crossbar module Supervisor modules Switching modules Services modules Optics Part Number DS-IBM-FC-K9 DS-13SLT-FAB1 Description Cisco - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 7
the MDS 9216 CWDM2 DS-SFP-FC4G-LW DS-CWDM-xxxx 4-Gbps/2-Gbps/1-Gbps Fibre Channel-long wavelength SFP for DS-X91xx switching modules only. Supports distances up to 10 km. Gigabit Ethernet and 1-Gbps/2-Gbps/4-Gbps Fibre MDS 9000 Family Channel SFP LC interface xxxx nm, where xxxx = 1470, 1490 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 8
in the Release column. Note We strongly recommend that you use the latest available software release supported by your vendor for all Cisco MDS 9000 Family products. Downloading Software The Cisco MDS SAN-OS software is designed for mission-critical high availability environments. To realize - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 9
Download 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 MDS 9140 MDS 9134, MDS 9124, Cisco Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem, or Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter Image Filename begins - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 10
Software Download Process Send documentation comments to [email protected] Use the show 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 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 11
CD-ROM or from files that you download. For a complete description of the changes Manager. The complete installation instructions are provided in the " 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, and are available on-screen installation process. 1. Verify supported software. Cisco Fabric Manager - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 12
10g Express database, follow the instructions in the "Installation of Cisco MDS SAN-OS MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. Note If you are upgrading a previous Manager from the CD-ROM or from files that you download from Cisco.com at the following website: http://cisco. - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 13
folder on the Solaris workstation. Launch the installer using the following command: java -Xmx256m -jar m9000-fm-3.2.1.jar Follow the onscreen instructions provided in the Fabric Manager management software setup wizard. To install Fabric Manager on Windows, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 14
or 2.1.(2a). See the "Upgrading with IVR Enabled" section on page 16 for these instructions. - FICON: If you have FICON enabled, the upgrade path is different. See Table Upgrading system software disrupts IP traffic and SSM intelligent services traffic. Table 6 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to SAN-OS - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 15
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 6 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) (continued) Current Nondisruptive Upgrade Path SAN-OS 2.1(1b) Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b) and then upgrade to Release - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 16
of hardware issues or a software bug. • ISL port becomes part of PCP results in fabric segmentation or merge because of a port flap. If this problem occurs, syslogs indicate a failure and the flapped ISL could remain in a down state because of a domain overlap. This issue was resolved in Cisco SAN - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 17
Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Send documentation comments to [email protected] then follow the upgrade guidelines listed in the "Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager" section on page 11. If you have VSANs in interop mode 2 or 3, you must issue an IVR refresh for - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 18
Credit is 3 Change the configuration for the first port of the quad 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, 9 to 12, and so on.) Do not leave the port mode set to auto. a. Set - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 19
EPLD Images to upgrade your EPLD image. - Refer to the Cisco MDS Storage Services Module Interoperability Support Matrix and the "Managing Modules" chapter in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide, Release 3.x, for information on upgrading your SSM. Caution Upgrading from Cisco MDS SAN - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 20
procedure described in the "Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots" section of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x. Upgrading a 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 21
the system and issue the command again. • Disable all features not supported by the downgrade release. Use the show incompatibility system downgrade-image CLI nondisruptive downgrade path for all SAN-OS releases. - SSM: Intelligent services traffic on the SSM, such as SANTap, NASB, and FC write - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 22
16 for these instructions. - FICON: If you have FICON enabled, the downgrade path is different. See Table 9. - iSNS: The iSNS feature does not support a graceful downgrade . Downgrading system software disrupts IP and SSM intelligent services traffic. Table 8 Nondisruptive Downgrade Path from SAN- - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 23
the SSI boot images on the SSMs on the switch 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 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 24
9000 EPLD Images to upgrade your EPLD image. - Refer to the Cisco MDS Storage Services Module Interoperability Support Matrix and to the "Managing Modules" chapter in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide, Release 3.x for information on downgrading your SSM. New Features in Cisco MDS SAN - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 25
provides capabilities and features that simplify data migration and minimize service disruptions. Data migration is the process of copying data from 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 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 26
FIPS level 2 security in the SAN select the FIPS mode for switch security. The FIPS mode has been enhanced to support the Cisco MDS 9000 14/2-Port Multiprotocol Services Module. TACACS+ Password Expiry Notification When an end-user authenticates to a Cisco MDS 9000 switch via a TACACS+ account, this - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 27
comments to [email protected] SMI-S Enhancements Indications supported has been expanded to allow meaningful monitoring of Cisco MDS are not zoned if the disk array allows this. A Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Services Module (SSM) is required to use this feature. New MIBS The following new MIB - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 28
now be installed from a CD-ROM or from files downloaded from the Cisco web site. To install Fabric Manager for added flexibility. A manual workflow is provided on the CD-ROM to guide the end user through Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, or use the on-screen instructions provided with the CD - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 29
module level. SAN Device Virtualization Scalability Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) supports 800 SAN device virtualization (SDV) virtual devices, with 4 secondary from the Reset state by following the instructions in the Cisco MDS 9000 Data Mobility Manager Configuration Guide. • A storage type job in - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 30
-OS Release 3.2(1), the Cisco MDS 9134 Switch, the Cisco MDS 9124 Switch, the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem, and the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter do not support hardware-enforced zoning for devices attached to an F port that is participating in NPIV. This capability will - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 31
9222i supports only the following modules in slot 2: • The Storage Services Module or Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem or Cisco support the higher speed. As a result, the link comes up and appears to work, but then becomes disabled and connectivity problems occur. To correct this problem - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 32
9216i switch and MPS-14/2 module do not support an MTU size greater than 8000 bytes. An attempt default for releases prior to Release 3.1(1). For instructions about how to modify the configuration of the on the high and/or medium priority class of service (COS) relative to the low priority COS, may - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 33
Caveats Send documentation comments to [email protected] Configuring Default Settings for the Default Zone Following an upgrade from any Cisco SAN-OS 2.x release to any Cisco SAN-OS 3.x release, the configuration defined by the zone default-zone permit vsan vsan-id command is applied only to - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 34
Caveats Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 10 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference (continued) DDTS Number CSCsg19303 CSCsg62704 CSCsh05721 CSCsh63658 CSCsh70152 CSCsi07649 CSCsi51436 CSCsi56949 CSCsi66310 CSCsj13175 CSCsj24904 CSCsj29134 CSCsj50299 CSCsj52389 - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 35
The interface will now be error-disabled for too many FLOGI failures. To troubleshoot the configuration and find the reason for the FC ID allocation failure, in the syslog. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide for detailed information about FLOGI, FC IDs, and FC ID allocation - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 36
links. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCsj13175 Symptom: A fibre channel port on an MDS switching module remained out-of-service after the port was put back in service. As a result, it was not possible to configure the port. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCsj29134 Symptom: Following - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 37
Symptom: If the port license count on an MDS switch is greater than the one supported by the installed platform, ports do not automatically acquire a license. The license must be acquired manually. Workaround: This issue is resolved. Open Caveats • CSCsg49151 Symptom: If you bring up more than - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 38
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 39
-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps module, on the 4-port or 8-port Gigabit Ethernet IP services module, the MPS 14/2 module, and on the SSM. This issue occurs Workaround: None. • CSCsg19303 Symptom: Graceful shutdowns of ISLs are not supported for IVR traffic. Workaround: Increase the fspf cost on the link before - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 40
shutdown command before removing the IP address and making configuration changes. • CSCsk00953 Symptom: HP Blade Servers that are connected through an HP Virtual Connect (VC) FC module to a Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem using NPIV lose access to LUNs when load balancing on the VC - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 41
Caveats Send documentation comments to [email protected] Symptom: The response time shown in the output of a ping ip-address command may not be accurate if there is an MDS MSM -8/4 in the path. Workaround: Use the ips measure-rtt command to measure the round trip time. • CSCsk43927 Symptom: - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 42
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Interoperability Support Matrix • Cisco MDS Storage Services Module Interoperability Support Matrix • Cisco MDS SAN- Guide • Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide • Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide • Cisco MDS 9100 Series Hardware Installation Guide - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 43
Family Storage Services Module Software Installation and Upgrade Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Quick Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference Troubleshooting and Reference • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide • Cisco - HP Cisco MDS 9124 | Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Rel - Page 44
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes
for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1)
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Part Number: OL-14116-01 D0
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 42
.
Note
Release notes are sometimes updated with new information on restrictions and caveats. Refer to the
following website for the most recent version of the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes
:
Table 1
shows the on-line change history for this document.
Table 1
Online History Change
Revision
Date
Description
A0
09/17/2007
Created release notes.
B0
09/20/2007
Added a limitation to the
“Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice
Modular Switch and Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice
Module”
section.
Added the
“SAN Device Virtualization Scalability”
section.
Modified the Symptom of DDTS
CSCsj24904
.
Added a Workaround to DDTS
CSCsi56167
.
Added DDTS
CSCsg49151
,
CSCsk49029
,
CSCsk49634
, and
CSCsk49761
.
C0
09/24/2007
Added DDTS
CSCsh05721
,
CSCsh70152
,
CSCsi03043
, and
CSCsi78480
.
D0
09/27/2007
Rev ised the list of Supported Software in the
“Upgrading
Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager”
section.
Added DDTS
CSCsi56949
.