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FICON Supported Releases, Current Release with FICON, Enabled, Upgrade Path, Table 9
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Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 9 lists additional SAN-OS and NX-OS releases that support FICON. Refer to the specific release notes for FICON upgrade path information. Table 9 FICON Supported Releases FICON Supported Releases NX-OS Release 4.2(1a) Release 4.1(1c) SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) Release 3.2(2c) Release 3.0(3b) Release 3.0(3) Release 3.0(2) Release 2.0(2b) Use Table 10 to determine your FICON nondisruptive upgrade path to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1c) Find the image release number you are currently using in the Current Release with FICON Enabled column of the table and follow the recommended path. Table 10 FICON Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1c) Current Release with FICON Enabled Upgrade Path SAN-OS 3.3(1c) You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). SAN-OS 3.2(2c) First upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). SAN-OS 3.0(3b) First upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). SAN-OS 3.0(3) First upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). SAN-OS 3.0(2) First upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). SAN-OS 2.0(2b) 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 upgrading from SAN-OS Release 2.0(2b) to SAN-OS Release 3.0(2) or SAN-OS Release 3.0(3b), and then upgrade to Release 3.3(1c). An operationally down state includes Link failure or not-connected, SFP not present, or Error Disabled status in the output of a show interface command. When an interface is administratively shut it will then show as Administratively down. Interfaces that are currently up or trunking do not need to be shut down. SAN-OS 1.x Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.0(2). Use the interface shutdown command to shut all the ports operationally down and administratively up on all the Generation 1 modules before nondisruptively upgrading to Release 2.0(2b) and then upgrade to 1.3(4a). Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(1a) 18 OL-19964-02