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New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2 Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 15 FICON Downgrade Path To Release with FICON Enabled NX-OS Release 4.2(7b) NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) NX-OS Release 4.1(1c) SAN-OS 3.3(1c) SAN-OS 3.2(2c) SAN-OS 3.0(3b) SAN-OS 3.0(2) Downgrade Path You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 5.2(2) You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 4.2(7b). You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 4.2(1b). You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 3.2(2c). First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 3.0(3b). First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 3.0(2). New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2 Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) is a FICON-certified version of Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1), that also includes new features and bug fixes. In addition to these features, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) supports all the new software features and new hardware that were introduced in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1). This section includes the following topics: • New Software Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2), page 23 • New Software Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1), page 24 • New Hardware in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1), page 25 New Software Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) supports the following software features: • FICON Certification Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) is a FICON-certified release that supports these features: - Nondisruptive software upgrades to and downgrades from Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(7b), which is the previous FICON-certified release. - FICON FCIP on the Cisco MDS 9000 SSN-16 module, including FICON Tape Acceleration and XRC Acceleration. - FICON Tape Acceleration for ESCON through Optica PRIZM. - FICON support on the Cisco MDS 9000 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module, the Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module, and the Cisco MDS 9513 Switching Fabric 3 module (DS-13SLT-FAB3). • Availability of Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2 on Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fabric Switches Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) supports the following switches (which are not supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1)): OL-25090-02 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) 23