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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Storage Services Interface Image Release 4.2(3k)
OL-20651-07
Introduction
• Limitations, page 8
• Compatibility Matrix, page 9
• Caveats, page 9
• Related Documentation, page 11
• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 13
Introduction
The SSI interface provides the following features:
• Network-based volume management (EMC Invista, Incipient iNSP)
• Network-assisted storage applications using SANTap
• Fibre Channel Write Acceleration (FC-WA) and SCSI flow statistics
• Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup (NASB)
• Data Mobility Manager (DMM)
• Secure Data Erase
Note As of NX-OS Release 4.1(1b), SAN-OS has been changed to NX-OS. References to SAN-OS releases
before 4.1(1b) still apply.
System Requirements
This section describes the system requirements for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(3k) and includes the
following topics:
• Components Supported, page 2
• Determining the Software Version, page 7
Components Supported
Table 2 lists the software and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components
Component Part Number Description Applicable Product
Software M95S2K9-4.2.3a MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software. MDS 9500 Series only
M92S2K9-4.2.3a MDS 9222 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software. MDS 9200 Series only
M92S1K9-4.2.3a MDS 9216 Supervisor/Fabric-I, NX-OS software. MDS 9216i only
M91S2K9-4.2.3a MDS 9100 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software. MDS 9100 Series only