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
2 yes disruptive rolling Hitless upgrade is not supported
3 yes disruptive rolling Hitless upgrade is not supported
4 yes non-disruptive rolling
5 yes non-disruptive reset
6 yes non-disruptive reset
At a minimum, you need to disable the default device alias distribution feature using the no device-alias
distribute command in global configuration mode. The show incompatibility system bootflash:system
image filename command determines which additional features need to be disabled.
Note If you would like to request a copy of the source code under the terms of either GPL or LGPL, please
send an e-mail to mds-software-disclosure@cisco.com.
Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9148 Switch
The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9148 switch is shown in Table 11.
Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9200 Series Switch
The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9222i switch is shown in Table 12.
Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9500 Series Switch
The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9500 Series switch with a Supervisor-2 or
Supervisor-2A module is shown in Table 13. Cisco NX-OS Release 6.x. Release 5.x and Release 4.x do
not support the Supervisor-1 module.
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
Table 11 Software Images for MDS 9148 Switches
Cisco MDS 9148 Switch Naming Convention
MDS 9148,
Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for HP
c-Class BladeSystem
Filename begins with m9100-s3ek9
Table 12 Software Images for MDS 9222i Switch
Cisco MDS 92221 Switch Naming Convention
MDS 9222i Filename begins with m9200-s2ek9
Table 13 Software Images for MDS 9500 Series Switches
Cisco MDS 9500 Series Switch Type Naming Convention
MDS 9513, 9509, and 9506 Filename begins with m9500-sf2ek9