Installation guide

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

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Limitations and Restrictions

SNIA Common Information Model

SNIA Common Information Model (CIM or cimserver) commands are no longer supported. CIM is

supported in Cisco DCNM-SAN Release 5.2. The SMI-S agent that is installed on the Cisco

DCNM-SAN server allows external application to access fabric and switch profiles as specified in SNIA

CIM. For additional information, see the Cisco DCNM Release Notes, Release 5.2.

IVR Non-NAT Mode

IVR non-NAT mode is not supported in Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(x). If you have IVR non-NAT mode

configured, see the “Upgrading Guidelines Specific to NX-OS Release 5.2(6)” section on page 16 for

instructions on how to migrate to IVR NAT mode before upgrading to Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(6).

Limitations and Restrictions

This section lists the limitations and restrictions. The following limitations are described:

• SME Quorum, page 33

• OUI Mismatch for SME Tape Targets, page 33

• FCIP Performance Drop, page 33

• FCoE Module, page 33

• IPv6, page 33

• User Roles, page 33

• Schedule Job Configurations, page 34

• Maximum Number of Zones Supported in Interop Mode 4, page 34

• InterVSAN Routing, page 34

• Java Web Start, page 34

• VRRP Availability, page 34

• Using a RSA Version 1 Key for SSH Following an Upgrade, page 35

• CFS Cannot Distribute All Call Home Information, page 35

• Availability of F Port Trunking and F Port Channels, page 36

• Reserved VSAN Range and Isolated VSAN Range Guidelines, page 36

• Applying Zone Configurations to VSAN 1, page 37

• Running Storage Applications on the MSM-18/4, page 37

• RSPAN Traffic Not Supported on CTS Ports on 8-Gbps Switching Modules, page 37

• I/O Accelerator Feature Limitations, page 37

• Support for FCIP Compression Modes, page 38

• Saving Copies of the Running Kickstart and System Images, page 38

• Configuring Buffer Credits on a Generation 2 or Generation 3 Module, page 38

• Features Not Supported on the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch, page 38

• PPRC Not Supported with FCIP Write Acceleration, page 39