Installation guide

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(6)

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Contents

This document includes the following:

• Introduction, page 2

• Components Supported, page 2

• MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support, page 9

• Software Download Process, page 13

• Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image, page 16

• Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 20

• Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages, page 29

• Deprecated Features, page 31

• Limitations and Restrictions, page 32

• Caveats, page 39

• Related Documentation, page 62

• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 64

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-OS software is fully

interoperable with earlier Cisco SAN-OS versions and enhances hardware platform and module support.

Components Supported

Table 2 lists the NX-OS software part numbers and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS

9000 Family.

K0 May 31, 2013 Added resolved caveat CSCtr01652.

L0 June 13 Added open caveat CSCub47799.

M0 Sept 15, 2014 Added open caveat CSCtz53329.

Table 1 Online History Change

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