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MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director & Multilayer Fabric Switches Release Notes
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Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release Notes
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Rebranding of SAN-OS to NX-OS
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NX-OS Images and Management Software Updates
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FICON Support
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Hardware Components
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C-series Support Matrix with NX-OS 5.x
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C-series Switch and Switching Module Bandwidth and Port Group
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NX-OS 5.2(2) Naming Convention
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SAN-OS 3.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration
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NX-OS 4.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration
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SN8000C 13-slot Supervisor 2A Director and MDS 9513 Directors Fabric3 Module and 8-Gbps
Advanced Switching Modules
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MDS 9513 Fabric-2 Module and 8-Gbps Modules
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Additional Mounting Requirements
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Serial Port
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Initial Installation Recommendations/Requirements
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Data Center Network Manager & Device Manager GUI Setup
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Cisco MDS 9000 N-Port Virtualization (NPV) Mode
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Cisco MDS 9000 FlexAttach
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QLogic HBAs And Mezzanine Cards connected to NPIV-based fibre channel interconnects
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Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Media Encryption (SME)
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FC and FCIP Write Acceleration Feature Must Not Be Enabled When Implementing Continuous
Access Enterprise Virtual Array
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FCIP Tape Acceleration
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Switch Settings for HP Continuous Access Enterprise Virtual Arrays
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HP SN6000C Fabric switch
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Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for HP bladesystem c-Class
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C-series MDS 9134 Fabric Switch
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C-series MDS 9124 Fabric Switch
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C-series MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
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Upgrade from 2Gb Fibre Channel Switching Modules to 4Gb and/or 8Gb Fibre Channel
Switching Modules
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Upgrade from 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module to 18/4 Multiservice Module
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HP Specific Known Issues
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