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Software Download Process Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc.com. 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 NX-OS software is designed for mission-critical high availability environments. To realize the benefits of nondisruptive upgrades on the Cisco MDS 9500 Directors, we highly recommend that you install dual supervisor modules. To download the latest Cisco MDS NX-OS software, access the Software Center at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center See the following sections in this release note for details on how you can nondisruptively upgrade your Cisco MDS 9000 switch. Issuing the install all command from the CLI, or using Fabric Manager to perform the downgrade, enables the compatibility check. The check indicates if the upgrade can happen nondisruptively or disruptively depending on the current configuration of your switch and the reason. Compatibility check is done: Module bootable Impact 1 yes non-disruptive 2 yes disruptive 3 yes disruptive 4 yes non-disruptive 5 yes non-disruptive 6 yes non-disruptive Install-type rolling rolling rolling rolling reset reset Reason ------ Hitless upgrade is not supported Hitless upgrade is not supported At a minimum, you need to disable the default device alias distribution feature using the no device-alias distribute command in global configuration mode. The show incompatibility system bootflash:1.3(x)_filename command determines which additional features need to be disabled. Note Refer to the "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 of the source code under the terms of either GPL or LGPL, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a) 12 OL-17675-05

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3a)
OL-17675-05
Software Download Process
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 NX-OS software is designed for mission-critical high availability environments. To
realize the benefits of nondisruptive upgrades on the Cisco MDS 9500 Directors, we highly recommend
that you install dual supervisor modules.
To download the latest Cisco MDS NX-OS software, access the Software Center at this URL:
See the following sections in this release note for details on how you can nondisruptively upgrade your
Cisco MDS 9000 switch. Issuing the
install all
command from the CLI, or using Fabric Manager to
perform the downgrade, enables the compatibility check. The check indicates if the upgrade can happen
nondisruptively or disruptively depending on the current configuration of your switch and the reason.
Compatibility check is done:
Module
bootable
Impact
Install-type
Reason
------
--------
--------------
------------
------
1
yes
non-disruptive
rolling
2
yes
disruptive
rolling
Hitless upgrade is not supported
3
yes
disruptive
rolling
Hitless upgrade is not supported
4
yes
non-disruptive
rolling
5
yes
non-disruptive
reset
6
yes
non-disruptive
reset
At a minimum, you need to disable the default device alias distribution feature using the
no device-alias
distribute
command in global configuration mode. The
show incompatibility system
bootflash:1.3(x)_filename
command determines which additional features need to be disabled.
Note
Refer to the “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 of the source code under the terms of either GPL or LGPL, please
send an e-mail to [email protected].