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

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

OL-29201-01

Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages

Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1), the Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports the generic online

diagnostics (GOLD) feature. With online diagnostics, you can test and verify the hardware

functionality of a device while the device is connected to a live network. In particular, the online

diagnostics help you verify that hardware and internal data paths are operating as designed so that

you can rapidly isolate faults.

For more information about this feature, see the Cisco MDS 9000 System Management

Configuration Guide at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_lis

t.html

• Enhancement to map LDAP/AD users to Cisco NX-OS roles and allow both local and remote users

to use SSH or Telnet.

For more information about this feature, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Security Configuration Guide, at

this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_lis

t.html

• Command-line interface (CLI) command changes, including the following:

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Enhance the clear snmp counters command.

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Display ISL related information.

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Display a warning messages for a shared port interface when you bring down the port.

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Display throughput information for all ports on a line card or ISL or on a switch or chassis.

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Provide an estimated time for DMM job completion.

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Shorten the show dmm job job-id 50571379 session session_id (1-20) command to show dmm

job-id 50571379 session_id 1

Information about the modified CLI commands can be found in the Cisco MDS 9000 Command

Reference at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/prod_command_reference_list.html

Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages

Most Cisco MDS 9000 family software features are included in the standard package. However, some

features are logically grouped into add-on packages that must be licensed separately, such as the Cisco

MDS 9000 Enterprise package, SAN Extension over IP package, Mainframe package, and Data Mobility

Manager package. On-demand ports activation licenses are also available for the MDS 9148 48-Port

Multilayer Fabric Switch and the Cisco MDS 8-Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Blade System.

Note A license is not required to use the Cisco MDS 9000 8-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

module (DS-X9708-K9).

Additional information about licensed Cisco NX-OS software packages is available at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps6029/products_data_sheets_list.html