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)Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(1a)

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Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image

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Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image

This section lists the guidelines recommended for upgrading your Cisco MDS NX-OS software image

and includes the following topics:

• General Upgrading Guidelines, page 15

• Upgrading Effect on VSAN 4079, page 18

• For the nondisruptive upgrade from 4.2(9) to this release, slow drain port-monitor must be disabled.

Otherwise consider upgrading to 5.0(8a) which does not require slow drain port-monitor to be

disabled., page 17

• Upgrading with IVR Enabled, page 19

• Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 or Cisco MDS 9134 Switch, page 20

• Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on an MDS 9000 Family Switch, page 20

• Resetting SNMP Notifications, page 20

• Converting Automatically Created PortChannels Before an Upgrade, page 21

Note Before you begin the upgrade process, review the list of chassis and modules that Cisco MDS NX-OS

Release 5.0(1a) supports. See the “MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support” section on page 9.

For detailed instructions for performing a software upgrade using Cisco Fabric Manager, see the Cisco

Fabric Manager Release Notes for Release 4.2(1a), which is available from the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps10495/prod_release_notes_list.html

General Upgrading Guidelines

Note To upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(1a) from SAN-OS Release 3.2(3a) or earlier, first upgrade to SAN-OS

Release 3.3(x), then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.1(x) or 4.2(x), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release

5.0(1a).

Note For the nondisruptive upgrade from 4.2(9) to this release, slow drain port-monitor must be disabled.

Otherwise consider upgrading to 5.0(8a) which does not require slow drain port-monitor to be disabled.

Use the following guidelines when upgrading to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(1a):

Note Cisco Fabric Manager 5.0 (x) versions do not support Java 1.6.x. We recommed that you use Java version

1.5 or the Java version that comes bundled with Cisco Fabric Manager.