Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-Port Module Hardware Release Notes For Installation in a Sun™ Storage Area Network Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 820-2856-11 April 2008, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.
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Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-Port Module Hardware Release Notes Read this document so that you are aware of the requirements and issues that can affect the installation and operation of the Cisco Multilayer DataCenter Switch (MDS) 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch (MDS 9222i) and Cisco MDS 18/4-port Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4) hardware in a Sun storage area network (SAN). Note – Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document.
Product Features The MDS 9222i switch integrates Fibre Channel (FC) and IP (FCIP) storage services in a single system to allow maximum flexibility in user configurations. The MDS 9222i switch has eighteen 4-Gbps FC ports, four 1-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, and a modular expansion slot. The MSM-18/4 module contains the same number of ports and same functionality in blade form.
■ Mainframe connections using FICON require SAN-OS version 3.2(2c) (minimum). Note – SAN-OS 3.2(2c) is not qualified for channel extension with Cisco Visual Switch Manager (VSM) or any Sun StorageTek FICON tape drives. For FICON, ensure the channel extension feature is disabled when using SAN-OS 3.2(2c) with VSM or Sun StorageTek FICON tape drives. TABLE 1 Recommended SAN-OS Versions and Patch IDs for Cisco Switches using MSM-18/4 Module Switch / Director SAN-OS Version Patch ID MDS9216 SAN-OS 3.
■ Solaris 10 Linux ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (IA32/AMD64) ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (IA32/AMD64) ■ SuSE Linux 9 Professional Community Edition (IA32/AMD64) ■ SuSE Linux 10 Professional Community Edition (IA32/AMD64) Microsoft Windows ■ Windows Server 2000 (IA32) ■ Windows Server 2003 (IA32/AMD64) Other ■ HP/UX Version 11.0, 11i ■ IBM AIX Version 5.
Cisco Storage Media Encryption Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption (SME) encrypts data at rest on heterogeneous tape devices and virtual tape libraries. SME is completely integrated with the Cisco MDS 9000 family of switches and Cisco Fabric Manager, enabling highly available encryption services to be deployed and managed without rewiring or reconfiguring SANs, or installing additional software. A Cisco MDS 9000 SME license is required to enable SME on an MDS 9222i switch or MSM-18/4 module.
■ Sun StorEdge™ 3510, 3511 FC arrays ■ Sun StorEdge 9910, 9960, 9970, 9980, 9985, and 9990 ■ Sun StorEdge Fibre Channel 9840B/C, 9940B, T10K, LTO 3/4, SDLT 600, SDLT4 tape drives ■ Sun StorEdge FC420 FC-SCSI Bridge for L25 and L100 tape libraries with the SGXFCCARD2-C LVD SCSI to Fibre Channel Card Quantum or the SGXFC420CARD-MOD Fibre Channel / LVD Internal Bridge ■ Sun StorEdge T3B array with full fabric ■ Sun StorageTek™ 6140 and 6540 arrays ■ Sun StorageTek FlexLine™ 380 array ■ C4 tape l
x64/x86 Systems ■ Sun Blade 6000 & 8000 Modular System ■ Sun Fire™ V20/40z ■ Sun Fire x2100 and x4100/4200 (M2) ■ Sun Fire x2200 and x4600 SPARC Servers ■ Sun Blade 1500/2500 ■ Sun Blade 2500+ ■ Sun Enterprise™ 4900/6900 ■ Sun Fire T1000/T2000 ■ Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 ■ Sun Fire Netra 240 ■ Sun Fire V210/V240/V250 ■ Sun Fire V245 ■ Sun Fire V440 ■ Sun Fire V445 ■ Sun Fire V480 ■ Sun Fire V490 ■ Sun Fire V880 ■ Sun Fire V890 ■ Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280 ■ Sun Fire 480
Downloading and Installing Patches The following tasks provide instructions for downloading and installing patches for the MDS 9222i switch and MSM-18/4 module. See “SAN-OS Firmware Requirements” on page 2 for the required or recommended firmware versions and associated patch IDs. Downloading Patches 1. Access the SunSolveSM web site at: http://sunsolve.sun.com 2. Read and accept the terms and conditions of the License Agreement. 3. From the Support category, select Patches and Updates. 4.
Related Documentation Cisco documentation is equipment-specific and can be obtained directly from Cisco’s web site. ■ For documentation related to Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multilayer Switches: http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5988/tsd_products_support_seri es_home.html ■ For documentation related to Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors: http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5990/tsd_products_support_seri es_home.
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