Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(1) (OL-29201-01, April 12, 2013)

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(1)

OL-29201-01

Software Download Process

Use the software download procedure to upgrade to a later version, or downgrade to an earlier version,

of an operating system. This section describes the software download process for the Cisco MDS NX-OS

software and includes the following topics:

• Determining the Software Version, page 14

• Determining Software Version Compatibility, page 14

• Downloading Software, page 14

• Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9148 Switch, page 15

DS-13SLT-FAB1 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 1 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A

DS-X9224-96K9 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

No No No No No

DS-X9248-96K9 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

No No No No No

DS-X9248-48K9 4/44-port Host Optimized8-Gbps Fibre

Channel Switching Module

No No No No No

DS-X9316-SSNK9 16-port Storage Services Node (SSN-16) No No No No No

DS-X9304-18K9 18/4-Port Multiservice Module

(MSM-18/4)

Yes Ye s Yes Ye s No

DS-X9112 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

Yes Ye s Yes Ye s No

DS-X9124 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

Yes Ye s Yes Ye s No

DS-X9148 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

Yes Ye s Yes Ye s No

DS-X9704 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

Yes Ye s Yes Ye s No

DS-X9302-14K9 14/2-port Multiprotocol Services

(MPS-14/2) Module

Yes N o Yes Ye s Yes

DS-X9016 16-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

Yes N o Yes Ye s Yes

DS-X9032 32-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching

Module

Yes N o Yes Ye s Yes

DS-X9032-SSM 32-port Storage Services Module (SSM) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DS-X9308-SMIP 8-port 1-, 2-Gbps IP Switching Module Yes No Yes Yes Yes

DS-X9304-SMIP 4-port 1-, 2-Gbps IP Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1. In software releases earlier than Cisco NX-OS Release 3.3(5a), the Supervisor-2A module appears as unsupported hardware in Device Manager, but the

Supervisor-2A module does work with Cisco NX-OS release 3.x software.

2. Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) and later support the 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4).

Table 9 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x (continued)

Module Description

MDS 9500

Series

MDS

9222i

MDS

9216i

MDS

9216A

MDS

9216