HP StorageWorks C-series Fabric Switches for NX-OS 5.0(4b) Release Notes (AA-RWQBD-TE, March 2011)

2 MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director & Multilayer Fabric Switches Release Notes
Table of Contents
Release Notes .................................................................................................................................. 1
hp StorageWorks ............................................................................................................................. 1
C-series Fabric Switches ................................................................................................................. 1
for NX-OS 5.0(4b) .......................................................................................................................... 1
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release Notes ........................................................................................ 3
rebranding of SAN-OS to NX-OS ................................................................................................... 3
NX-OS Images and management Software Updates ....................................................................... 4
FICON Support ............................................................................................................................... 4
Hardware Components .................................................................................................................... 4
C-series Support Matrix with NX-OS 5.x ....................................................................................... 5
c-series Switch and switching module Bandwidth and port group.................................................. 6
NX-OS 5.0(4b) Naming Convention ............................................................................................... 7
SAN-OS 3.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration ............................................................................................ 8
NX-OS 4.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration ............................................................................................... 9
MDS 9513 Fabric-2 module and 8-Gbps Modules ....................................................................... 10
Additional Mounting Requirements .............................................................................................. 11
Serial Port ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Initial Installation Recommendations/Requirements ..................................................................... 12
Fabric Manager & Device Manager GUI Setup ............................................................................ 14
Cisco MDS 9000 N-Port Virtualization (NPV) Mode .................................................................. 15
Cisco MDS 9000 FlexAttach......................................................................................................... 15
QLogic HBAs And Mezzanine Cards connected to NPIV-based fibre channel interconnects ..... 16
Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Media Encryption (SME) .................................................................... 17
FC and FCIP Write Acceleration Feature Must Not Be Enabled When Implementing Continuous
Access Enterprise Virtual Array .................................................................................................... 18
FCIP Tape Acceleration ................................................................................................................ 18
Switch Settings for HP Continuous Access Enterprise Virtual Arrays ......................................... 18
HP Storageworks SN6000C Fabric switch .................................................................................... 19
Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for HP bladesystem c-Class ......................................................... 19
C-series MDS 9134 Fabric Switch ................................................................................................ 21
C-series MDS 9124 Fabric Switch ................................................................................................ 22
C-series MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem ................................................ 22
Upgrade from 2Gb Fibre Channel Switching Modules to 4Gb and/or 8Gb Fibre Channel
Switching Modules ........................................................................................................................ 23
Upgrade from 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module to 18/4 Multiservice Module ....................... 25
HP Specific Known Issues ............................................................................................................ 26