Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4) (OL-21012-02, November 2010)

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4)

OL-21012-02

Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image

Use the show module command to display the type of supervisor module in the switch. The following

is sample output from the show module command on a Supervisor 2 module:

switch# show module

Mod Ports Module-Type Model Status

--- ----- -------------------------------- ------------------ ------------

...

7 0 Supervisor/Fabric-2 DS-X9530-SF2-K9 active *

8 0 Supervisor/Fabric-2 DS-X9530-SF2-K9 ha-standby

Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image

This section lists the guidelines recommended for upgrading your Cisco MDS NX-OS software image

and includes the following topics:

• General Upgrading Guidelines, page 14

• Upgrading Effect on VSAN 4079, page 18

• FICON Supported Releases and Upgrade Paths, page 17

• Upgrading with IVR Enabled, page 18

• Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 or Cisco MDS 9134 Switch, page 19

• Performing a Disruptive Upgrade on an MDS 9000 Family Switch, page 20

• Resetting SNMP Notifications, page 20

Note Before you begin the upgrade process, review the list of chassis and modules that Cisco MDS NX-OS

Release 5.0(4) supports. See the “MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support” section on page 8.

For detailed instructions for performing a software upgrade using Cisco Fabric Manager, see the Cisco

Fabric Manager Release Notes for Release 4.2(1a), which is available from the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps10495/prod_release_notes_list.html

General Upgrading Guidelines

Note To upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(4) from SAN-OS Release 3.2(3a) or earlier, first upgrade to SAN-OS

Release 3.3(x), then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.1(x) or 4.2(x), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release

5.0(4).

Use the following guidelines when upgrading to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(4):

• Install and configure dual supervisor modules.

• Issue the show install all impact upgrade-image CLI command to determine if your upgrade will

be nondisruptive.

• Follow the recommended guidelines for upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 or MDS 9134 Switch as

described in “Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 or Cisco MDS 9134 Switch” section on page 19.