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Introduction Send documentation comments to [email protected] • Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages, page 32 • Limitations and Restrictions, page 34 • Caveats, page 41 • Related Documentation, page 45 • Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 48 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. Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software powers the award winning Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches. It is designed to create a strategic SAN platform with superior reliability, performance, scalability, and features. Formerly known as Cisco SAN-OS, Cisco MDS 9000 NX Software is fully interoperable with earlier Cisco SAN-OS versions and enhances hardware platform and module support. Components Supported Table 1 lists the NX-OS software part numbers 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 1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components Component Software Part Number M95S2K9-4.2.1a M92S2K9-4.2.1a M92S1K9-4.2.1a M91S2K9-4.2.1a SSI Interface Licenses SSI-M9K9-421a M9500SSE184K9 M9222ISSE1K9 M9200SSE184K9 M95DMM184K9 M9222IDMMK9 M92DMM184K9 Description Applicable Product MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software MDS 9500 Series only MDS 9200 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software MDS 9222i Switch only MDS 9216i Supervisor/Fabric-I, NX-OS software MDS 9216i Switch only MDS 9100 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software MDS 9124 Switch and MDS 9134 Switch Storage Services Interface for NX-OS Release 4.2(1a) MDS 9000 Family Storage Services Enabler License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9500 Series only Storage Services Enabler License MDS 9222i Switch only Storage Services Enabler License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9200 Series only Data Mobility Manager License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9500 Series only Data Mobility Manager License for Cisco MDS 9222i MDS 9222i Switch Data Mobility Manager License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9200 Series only Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(1a) 2 OL-19964-02