HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS R - Page 10

Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Send documentation comments to [email protected] Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image This section lists the guidelines recommended for upgrading your Cisco MDS SAN-OS software image and contains the following sections: • Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager, page 10 • Upgrading with IVR Enabled, page 17 • Reconfiguring SSM Ports Before Upgrading to SAN-OS Release 3.3(3), page 19 • Upgrading the SSI Image on Your SSM, page 20 • Upgrading a Switch with Insufficient Space for Two Images on the Bootflash, page 20 • Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 Switch, page 21 • Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on a Single Supervisor MDS Family Switch, page 22 • Upgrading an MDS 9222i Switch, page 22 Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), Cisco Fabric Manager is no longer packaged with a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. It is included on the CD-ROM that ships with the switch. You can install Fabric Manager from the CD-ROM or from files that you download. Installing Cisco Fabric Manager is a multi-step process that involves installing a database, as well as Fabric Manager. The complete installation 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, and are available on-screen once you launch the Fabric Manager installer from the CD-ROM. Note When upgrading Fabric Manager, refer to the supported upgrade path shown in Table 5. For example, when upgrading from SAN-OS Release 3.1(x) to Release 3.3(3), you will need to upgrade from Release 3.1(x) to Release 3.2(x) and then upgrade to Release 3.3(3). Table 5 Supported Fabric Manager Upgrade Paths Current 3.0.x 3.1.x (HSQL) 3.1.x (HSQL) 3.1.x (Oracle) 3.2.x (Oracle) 3.2.x (PostgreSQL) Upgrade Path 3.1.x 3.2.x (Oracle) 3.2.x PostgreSQL 3.2.x (Oracle) 3.3.x (Oracle 3.3.x (PostgreSQL) Note Fabric Manager Server can not be installed on an Active Directory Server when using PostgreSQL, Fabric Manager servers are domain controllers and can not create local PostgreSQL user accounts. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.3(3) 10 OL-14116-11