HP Cisco MDS 8/12c, Release Note

Page 1: ... on restrictions and caveats Refer to the following website for the most recent version of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes http www cisco com en US products ps5989 prod_release_notes_list html Contents This document includes the following Introduction page 2 Components Supported page 2 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support page 7 Software Download Process page 11 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX ...

Page 2: ...s fully interoperable with earlier Cisco SAN OS versions and enhances hardware platform and module support Components Supported Table 1 lists the NX OS software part numbers and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Note For the latest information about supported transceivers see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers data sheet Table 1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supporte...

Page 3: ...o MDS 9222i base switch MDS 9222i Switch only M92EXTSSNK9 Cisco SAN Extension License for SSN 16 1 engine MDS 9200 Series only M95EXTSSNK9 Cisco SAN Extension License for SSN 16 1 engine MDS 9500 Series only M9200XRC Cisco XRC Acceleration MDS 9200 Series only M9500XRC Cisco XRC Acceleration MDS 9500 Series only Chassis DS C9513 Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director 13 slot multilayer director with 2...

Page 4: ...DS 9500 Series DS X9248 48K9 Cisco MDS 9000 4 44 Port Host Optimized 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP and SFP LC connectors MDS 9500 Series MDS 9222i Switch DS X9708 K9 Cisco MDS 9000 8 port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Module MDS 9500 Series DS X9232 256K9 Cisco MDS 9000 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module MDS 9500 Series DS X9248 256K9 Cisco MDS 9000 ...

Page 5: ...optic SFP DS FC10G SW SFP optics LC type for 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for shortwave mode 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module DS X9232 256K9 48 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module DS X9248 256 K9 DS FC10G LW SFP optics LC type for 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave mode 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module DS X9232 256K9 48 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module DS X9248 256 ...

Page 6: ...9000 Family DS CWDM4Gxxxx CWDM 4 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP LC type where product number xxxx 1470 1490 1510 1530 1550 1570 1590 or 1610 nm MDS 9000 Family Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexi ng DWDM DWDM X2 xx xx DWDM X2 SC optics for 10 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity to an existing Ethernet DWDM infrastructure with 15xx xx nm wavelength where xx xx 60 61 59 79 58 98 58 17 56 55 55 75 54 94 54 13 5...

Page 7: ...tch CompactFl ash MEM MDS FLD512M External 512 MB CompactFlash memory for supervisor module MDS 9500 Series Port Analyzer Adapter DS PAA 2 DS PAA A standalone Fibre Channel to Ethernet adapter that allows for simple transparent analysis of Fibre Channel traffic in a switched fabric MDS 9000 Family Smart Card Reader DS SCR K9 Storage Media Encryption SME Smart Card Reader MDS 9000 Family Smart Card...

Page 8: ...9 MDS 9500 Supervisor 2A Module Yes Yes N A N A DS 13SLT FAB3 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 3 Yes No N A N A DS 13SLT FAB2 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 2 Yes Yes N A N A DS 13SLT FAB1 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 1 Yes Yes N A N A DS X9708 K9 8 port 10 Gbps FCoE Module Yes1 2 No No No DS X9232 256K9 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes1 No No No DS X9248 256K9 48 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Chan...

Page 9: ... Yes2 No No DS X9248 48K9 4 44 port Host Optimized8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes No DS X9316 SSNK9 16 port Storage Services Node SSN 16 Yes Yes Yes DS X9304 18K9 18 4 Port Multiservice Module MSM 18 4 Yes Yes Yes DS X9112 12 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes DS X9124 24 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes DS X9148 48 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ...

Page 10: ... Node SSN 16 No No No No No DS X9304 18K9 18 4 Port Multiservice Module MSM 18 4 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes No DS X9112 12 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes No DS X9124 24 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes No DS X9148 48 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes No DS X9704 4 port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes No DS...

Page 11: ...o determine the version of Cisco MDS NX OS or SAN OS software currently running on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch using Cisco DCNM for SAN view the Switches tab in the Information pane locate the switch using the IP address logical name or WWN and check its version in the Release column Determining Software Version Compatibility Table 6 lists the software versions that are compatible in a mixed SA...

Page 12: ... 1 yes non disruptive rolling 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 incompati...

Page 13: ... Supervisor Fabric 2 DS X9530 SF2 K9 ha standby Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX OS Software Image This section lists the guidelines recommended for upgrading your Cisco MDS NX OS software image and includes the following topics Upgrading Guidelines Specific to NX OS Release 5 2 1 page 14 General Upgrading Guidelines page 15 FICON Supported Releases and Upgrade Paths page 17 Note Before you begin the u...

Page 14: ...AN configuration Fibre Channel tunnel or tunnel ID map configuration from your switch before you start the upgrade to NX OS Release 5 2 1 You can save the SPAN destination and SPAN target configuration and then reconfigure the SPAN session following the upgrade All SPAN destination and SPAN target ports are reinitialized after the upgrade To gather information about SPAN sessions and delete them u...

Page 15: ...e that some features impact whether an upgrade is disruptive or nondisruptive Fibre Channel Ports Fibre Channel ports can be nondisruptively upgraded without affecting traffic on the ports See Table 10 for the nondisruptive upgrade path for all NX OS and SAN OS releases Gigabit Ethernet Ports Traffic on Gigabit Ethernet ports is disrupted during an upgrade or downgrade This includes IPS modules an...

Page 16: ... 0 x release and then upgrade to NX OS Release 5 2 1 SAN OS All 3 3 x releases Upgrade to NX OS 4 1 x or 4 2 x and then upgrade to NX OS Release 5 2 1 All 3 2 x 3 1 x and 3 0 x releases and release 2 1 3 2 1 2e 2 1 2d and 2 1 2b Upgrade to SAN OS Release 3 3 x then upgrade to NX OS 4 1 x or 4 2 x and then upgrade to NX OS Release 5 2 1 Release 2 1 2 2 1 1b 2 1 1a and 2 0 x Upgrade to SAN OS Releas...

Page 17: ...owngrade will be disruptive even if you remove the Generation 4 module prior to starting the downgrade If you do not install Generation 4 hardware or perform a full switch reload following the installation of NX OS Release 5 2 1 on an MDS 9509 or MDS 9506 switch then you can nondisruptively downgrade to NX OS Release 5 0 x We recommend that you delete any SPAN configuration Fibre Channel tunnel or...

Page 18: ...the show incompatibility system downgrade image command to determine what you need to disable Use the show install all impact downgrade image command to determine if your downgrade will be nondisruptive Be aware that some features impact whether a downgrade is disruptive or nondisruptive FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet requires Cisco NX OS Release 5 2 1 A downgrade from Release 5 2 1 disrupts and...

Page 19: ... OS All 3 3 x releases Downgrade to NX OS Release 4 2 x or Release 4 1 x first and then downgrade to SAN OS Release 3 3 x All 3 2 x 3 1 x 3 0 x releases and all 2 1 x releases Downgrade to NX OS Release 4 2 x or Release 4 1 x first then downgrade to SAN OS Release 3 3 x and then downgrade to Release 3 2 x Release 3 1 x Release 3 0 x or Release 2 1 x All 2 0 x releases Downgrade to NX OS Release 4 ...

Page 20: ...hannel Switching Modules Cisco NX OS Release 5 2 1 includes software support for the 32 port and the 48 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel switching modules that can be used in the MDS 9500 Series Directors The MDS 9513 Multilayer Director can be upgraded with the new Generation 4 Fabric 3 module to increase bandwidth to 256 Gbps per slot In addition the 8 Gbps Advance Fibre Channel switching modu...

Page 21: ... 9000 8 port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE module DS X9708 K9 Cisco MDS 9000 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module DS X9232 256K9 Cisco MDS 9000 48 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module DS X9248 256K9 Cisco MDS 9513 Switching Fabric 3 module DS 13SLT FAB3 See the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide for descriptions of and specifications for t...

Page 22: ...and intermixing are also included in this package Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe package fact sheet for more information Storage Media Encryption Package The Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Media Encryption package enables encryption of data at rest on heterogeneous tape devices virtual tape libraries and disk arrays as a transparent fabric service Cisco SME is completely integrated with Cisco MDS 9...

Page 23: ...rator 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 engin...

Page 24: ...y page 27 Using a RSA Version 1 Key for SSH Following an Upgrade page 27 CFS Cannot Distribute All Call Home Information page 28 Availability of F Port Trunking and F Port Channels page 28 Reserved VSAN Range and Isolated VSAN Range Guidelines page 29 Applying Zone Configurations to VSAN 1 page 29 Running Storage Applications on the MSM 18 4 page 29 RSPAN Traffic Not Supported on CTS Ports on 8 Gb...

Page 25: ...n other VSANs even though they do not have permission to modify configurations in those VSANs This behavior makes Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches consistent with other Cisco products such as Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches that exhibit the same behavior for those roles when they apply to the VLAN policy Schedule Job Configurations As of MDS NX OS Release 4 1 1b and later the scheduler job configur...

Page 26: ... switch even though it is visible on these modules The feature is not implemented in the current release Using a RSA Version 1 Key for SSH Following an Upgrade For security reasons NX OS Release 4 2 1b does not support RSA version 1 keys As a result if you upgrade to NX OS Release 4 2 1b from an earlier version that did support RSA version 1 keys and you had configured a RSA version 1 key for SSH ...

Page 27: ...25 use vrf management transport email from abc cisco com mailto abc cisco com enable commit When you attempt to apply these commands in the ASCII configuration the following commands fail no destination profile testProfile transport method email destination profile testProfile transport method http destination profile testProfile http https xyz abc com To work around this issue issue these command...

Page 28: ...an configure default values for the zone distribution method and for the zone mode These default settings are applied when a new VSAN is created However the settings will not take effect on VSAN 1 because it exists prior to running the setup script Therefore when you need those settings for VSAN 1 you must explicitly issue the following commands zone default zone permit vsan 1 zoneset distribute f...

Page 29: ...n Modes In Cisco NX OS Release 4 2 1b and later FCIP compression mode 1 and compression mode 3 are not supported on the Cisco MSM 18 4 module and on the SSN 16 module Saving Copies of the Running Kickstart and System Images After you upgrade to MDS NX OS Release 4 2 1b you are not allowed to delete rename move or overwrite the kickstart and system images that are in the current system bootvar sett...

Page 30: ...nslative loop support FCC no generation quench reaction only FC Redirect In addition the following features have these limits VSANs 31 maximum SPAN 1 session maximum PPRC Not Supported with FCIP Write Acceleration IBM Peer to Peer Remote Copy PPRC is not supported with FCIP Write Acceleration Caveats This section lists the open and resolved caveats for this release Use Table 15 to determine the st...

Page 31: ...SCtr27068 O CSCtr27150 O CSCtr36554 O CSCtr49389 O Severity 3 CSCtd04154 O R CSCte70856 O R CSCtl53991 O R CSCtl58793 O R CSCtl97673 O R CSCtn26967 O R CSCtn29907 O R CSCtn48728 O R CSCtn66877 R CSCtn93079 O R CSCtn95730 O R CSCto62199 O R CSCto88318 O R CSCtq01451 R CSCtq35662 O CSCtq40455 O R CSCtq42878 O CSCtr04426 O CSCtr29423 O CSCtr42322 O Table 15 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference...

Page 32: ... System documented in Cisco Bug ID CSCto77342 The following products are confirmed not vulnerable Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches Cisco Nexus 4000 series switches Workaround This issue is resolved CSCtf11784 Symptom The zone process failed The output of the show logging log command has the following error message SYSMGR 2 SERVICE_CRASHED Service zone PID 17567 hasn t caught signal 11 core will be...

Page 33: ...irm the issue switch 2010 Nov 8 06 38 28 sw dc3 br1 51 SYSMGR 2 SERVICE_CRASHED Service wwn PID 2897 hasn t caught signal 6 core will be saved switch sh core Module Instance Process name PID Date Year Month Day Time 8 1 wwn 2897 2010 11 08 06 38 33 Workaround This issue is resolved CSCtk47039 Symptom An MDS 9000 Family switch does not respond to an FDISC from an NPV attached switch if the MDS 9000...

Page 34: ...d then reloads when FTA is enabled on the FCIP link for the Read Acceleration feature This issue occurs when the software is in recovery mode and there appear to be packet drops on the FICON interfaces Workaround This issue is resolved CSCtd04154 Symptom The DMM CPP interface cpp1 1 1 does not come up unless there is an active port in VSAN 1 which is the DMM Management VSAN There is no interface d...

Page 35: ... an FCIP links starts dropping frames due to congestion control there is no message given to the user This issue occurs only in NX OS Release 4 2 and later Workaround This issue is resolved CSCtn29907 Symptom When there is an IVR failure a core file is produced and a High Availability supervisor switchover occurs Workaround This issue is resolved CSCtn48728 Symptom Cisco devices running NX OS soft...

Page 36: ...ances RADIUS authentication might stop working on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch Use the show cores command to verify if the process failed switch sh core Module num Instance num Process name PID Core create time 7 1 radius 2949 Apr 14 18 05 Workaround This issue is resolved CSCtq01451 Symptom The show ip interface command displays the error message Internal error during command execution 11 8b on...

Page 37: ...s the FCR peer that owns a configuration during the peer discovery phase Consequently some application flows might not come online or might even get deleted Workaround Enter the following supervisor commands on the problematic FCR peer which will trigger this FCR peer to resync with the rest of the fabric and force it to come out of the error state switch test fc redirect config sync with fabric s...

Page 38: ...ort group monitor feature is disabled on the 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel switching module DS X9232 256K9 Workaround None CSCtr36554 Symptom The feature manager causes high CPU usage on the standby supervisor This issue occurs when the feature manager gets into a loop of sending messages to itself Workaround Reload the standby supervisor CSCtr49389 Symptom The system health serdes loopbac...

Page 39: ...248 256K9 and you perform certain actions like module reload VSAN suspend device port flapping the device does not get exported and the FC ID rewrite entries are missing This issue might be seen when there are IVR zone member with devices attached to the 8 port FCoE module or the 48 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel switching module and you do any of the following Flap the device port on the 8 po...

Page 40: ...0 emc 9513 II SYSMGR STANDBY 3 UNACCEPTABLE_WAIT Service r es_mgr no response from System Manager after 10 seconds Terminating This issue might be seen if you enter the no install feature set fcoe command then power down the 32 port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel switching module and then insert the module again which triggers the install feature set fcoe command Workaround None This is a not an op...

Page 41: ...liance and Safety Information Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Compatibility Information Cisco Data Center Interoperability Support Matrix Cisco MDS 9000 NX OS Hardware and Software Compatibility Information and Feature Lists Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch to Switch Interoperability Configuration Guide Hardware Installation Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Ins...

Page 42: ... 5 x Quality of Service Configuration Guide Cisco DCNM for SAN Release 5 x Security Configuration Guide Cisco DCNM for SAN Release 5 x IP Services Configuration Guide Cisco DCNM for SAN Release 5 x Intelligent Storage Services Configuration Guide Cisco DCNM for SAN Release 5 x High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide Cisco DCNM for SAN Release 5 x Inter VSAN Routing Configuration Guide...

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Page 44: ... n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a ck d o c c i s c o c o m 44 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX OS Release 5 2 1 OL 25090 01 Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request ...