HP Cisco MDS 9500 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Rele - Page 10

MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support in Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x Send documentation comments to [email protected] Configuring Generation 3 and Generation 2 Switching Modules The Cisco MDS 9500 Multilayer Directors are designed to operate with any combination of Cisco MDS 9000 Generation 1, Generation 2, and Generation 3 modules. However, there are limitations to consider when combining the various modules and supervisors in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series platform chassis. The references listed in this section provide specific information about configurations that combine different modules and supervisors. For information on configuring Generation 2 and Generation 3 switching modules, refer to the Configuring Generation 2 and Generation 3 Switching Modules chapter in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide. For information on port index availability, refer to the "Port Index Availability" section in the Product Overview chapter of the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide. For information on Cisco MDS 9000 hardware and software compatibility, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Hardware and Software Compatibility Information. MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support in Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x Table 4 lists the MDS hardware chassis supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x. Table 4 Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x Chassis Support Matrix Switch MDS 9513 MDS 9509 MDS 9506 MDS 9222i MDS 9216i MDS 9216A MDS 9216 MDS 9134 MD S 9124 MDS 9140 MDS 9120 Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem and Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter NX-OS 4.x Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Table 5 lists the MDS hardware modules supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x. For the list of MDS hardware modules supported by Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x, see Table 6. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) 10 OL-17675-02