HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS R - Page 2

Introduction Send documentation comments to [email protected] • Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 23 • New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.3(2), page 26 • Limitations and Restrictions, page 27 • Caveats, page 29 • Related Documentation, page 56 • Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 57 Introduction The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches provides industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management, allowing you to deploy high performance storage-area networks with lowest total cost of ownership. Layering a rich set of intelligent features onto a high performance, protocol agnostic switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family addresses the stringent requirements of large data center storage environments: uncompromising high availability, security, scalability, ease of management, and seamless integration of new technologies. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS is the underlying system software that powers the Cisco MDS 9500 Series, 9200 Series, and 9100 Series multilayer switches. The Cisco SAN-OS provides intelligent networking features, such as multiprotocol and multitransport integration, virtual SANs (VSANs), advanced security, sophisticated debug analysis tools, and unified SAN management. Components 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 Enabler package, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(5) or later must be installed on the MDS switch. Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components Component Software Part Number M95S2K9-3.3.2 M95S1K9-3.3.2 M92S2K9-3.3.2 M92S1K9-3.3.2 M91S2K9-3.3.2 M91S1K9-3.3.2 Description MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-2, SAN-OS software. MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-I, SAN-OS software. MDS 9222 Supervisor/Fabric-2, SAN-OS software. MDS 9216 Supervisor/Fabric-I, SAN-OS software. MDS 9100 Supervisor/Fabric-2, SAN-OS software. MDS 9100 Supervisor/Fabric-I, SAN-OS software. Applicable Product MDS 9500 Series only MDS 9500 Series only MDS 9200 Series only MDS 9200 Series only MDS 9100 Series only MDS 9100 Series only Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.3(2) 2 OL-14116-10