Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(3) (OL-29201-02, August 2, 2013)

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(3)

OL-29201-02

Deprecated and Changed Features

a complete solution that greatly simplifies and eliminates most downtime associated with data migration.

Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Data Mobility Manager package fact sheet for more information. The Data

Mobility Manager package is for use only with Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches.

On-Demand Port Activation License

On-demand ports allow customers to benefit from Cisco NX-OS Software features while initially

purchasing only a small number of activated ports on the MDS 9148 48-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch

and the Cisco MDS 8-Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Blade System. As needed, customers can expand

switch connectivity by licensing additional ports.

I/O Accelerator Package

The Cisco I/O Accelerator (IOA) package activates IOA on the Cisco MDS 9222i fabric switch, the

Cisco MDS 9000 18/4 Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4), and on the SSN-16 module. The IOA package

is licensed per service engine and is tied to the chassis. The number of licenses required is equal to the

number of service engines on which the intelligent fabric application is used.The SSN-16 requires a

separate license for each engine on which you want to run IOA. Each SSN-16 engine that you configure

for IOA checks out a license from the pool managed at the chassis level. SSN-16 IOA licenses are

available as single licenses.

XRC Acceleration License

The Cisco Extended Remote Copy (XRC) acceleration license activates FICON XRC acceleration on the

Cisco MDS 9222i switch and on the MSM-18/4 in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series directors. One license per

chassis is required. You must install the Mainframe Package and the SAN Extension over FCIP Package

before you install the XRC acceleration license. The Mainframe Package enables the underlying FICON

support, and the FCIP license or licenses enable the underlying FCIP support.

Deprecated and Changed Features

The following software features are not supported or are changed in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(3):

• Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) is currently not supported on the Cisco MDS 9710

Director.

• Local switching is not supported on the Cisco MDS 9710 Director, but continues to be supported on

the Cisco MDS 9500 Series.

• Online Health Management System (OHMS) – The Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) system

provides diagnostics for the Cisco MDS 9710 Director instead of the OHMS. In Cisco NX-OS

Release 6.2(3), the GOLD system does not provide any support for automation of corrective actions

such as rebooting modules based on error thresholds.

Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(3) does not support the following hardware:

• Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric Switch

• Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch

• Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem