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

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New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2

New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2a)

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2a) is a maintenance release that includes bug fixes and the following

feature enhancement:

• Port Monitor

Port monitoring has been enhanced with several ASIC counters that monitor and report internal

packet drops.

Additional information about this feature enhancement is available in the Cisco MDS 9000 Series

Interfaces Configuration Guide.

New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2)

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) is a FICON-certified version of Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1),

that also includes new features and bug fixes. In addition to these features, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release

5.2(2) supports all the new software features and new hardware that were introduced in Cisco MDS

NX-OS Release 5.2(1).

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) supports the following software features:

• FICON Certification

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) is a FICON-certified release that supports these features:

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Nondisruptive software upgrades to and downgrades from Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(7b), which

is the previous FICON-certified release.

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FICON FCIP on the Cisco MDS 9000 SSN-16 module, including FICON Tape Acceleration and

XRC Acceleration.

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FICON Tape Acceleration for ESCON through Optica PRIZM.

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FICON support on the Cisco MDS 9000 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching

module, the Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module, and

the Cisco MDS 9513 Switching Fabric 3 module (DS-13SLT-FAB3).

• Availability of Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2 on Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fabric Switches

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) supports the following switches (which are not supported by

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1)):

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Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric Switch

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Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch

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Cisco MDs 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem

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Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter

• Port Group Monitoring

Port group monitoring and SNMP are available on the Cisco MDS 9000 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced

Fibre Channel Switching module and the Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel

Switching module.

• Availability of IVR on the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) supports Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) on the Cisco MS 9148

multilayer fabric switch.

• IOA with NPV