Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch Hardware Release Notes For Installation in a Sun™ Storage Area Network Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 820-2855-10 November 2007, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.
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Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch Hardware Release Notes This document contains important information about the Cisco MDS 9134 34-port Multilayer Fabric Switch hardware installed in Sun storage area networks (SANs). Read this document so that you are aware of issues or requirements that can affect the installation and operation of the Cisco MDS 9134 switch in a Sun SAN. Note – Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document.
Product Features The Cisco MDS 9134 32-port Multilayer Fabric Switch provides up to 32 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and two 10-Gbps Fibre Channel ports in a one rack unit (1RU) chassis. A port activation license allows you to add an extra eight ports to the original 24-port configuration for a total of 32 4-Gbps ports. Another port activation license will allow you to activate the two 10-Gbps Fibre Channel ports for a total of 34 active ports.
Solaris ■ Solaris 9 Update 1 or higher for SPARC ■ Solaris 10 for SPARC and x86 Linux ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit/64-bit) ■ SuSE Linux 9 Professional Community Edition (32-bit/64-bit) ■ SuSE Linux 10 Professional Community Edition (32-bit/64-bit) Microsoft Windows ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit) Other ■ HP/UX 11.i and11.23 ■ IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.
Supported Hardware This section lists the hardware that is compatible with the Cisco MDS 9134 switch. Supported Switches and Directors The Cisco MDS 9134 switch interoperates with the Cisco MDS 9000 family of products. For more information, see Cisco’s interoperability support matrix located at http://www.cisco.com/.
■ SG-XPCI1FC-QLC and SG-XPCI1FC-QLC-Z (Maximum of two cascaded switches between devices) ■ SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 and SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 ■ SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 and SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 ■ SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 and SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 ■ SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z and SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z ■ SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 and SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 ■ SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z Supported Server Platforms The Cisco MDS 9134 switch is compatible with the following Sun servers: x64/x86 Systems ■ Sun Fire™ V40z ■ Sun Fire x2100 ■ Sun Fire x2200 (M2) ■ Sun Fire x4100 (M2)
■ Sun Fire 2900 ■ Sun Fire 12k/15k/20k/25k ■ Sun Enterprise™ 4900/6900 Downloading and Installing the Firmware This section provides instructions for downloading and installing the Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS firmware. Note – Download the latest version of the firmware to ensure proper compatibility. ▼ To Download and Install the Patch Use the following procedure to retrieve Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS revision. 1. Access the SunSolve web site at: http://sunsolve.sun.com 2.
Related Documentation For more information about the Cisco MDS 9134 switch, refer to the following documents: ■ Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide, Release 3.x ■ Cisco MDS 9000 Family Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide ■ Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, Release 3.x Service Contact Information If you need help installing or using this product in the United States, call 1-800-USA-4SUN, or go to: http://www.sun.com/service/contacting/index.
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