Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Release Note

Americas Headquarters: © 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) Release Date: May 15, 2007 Text Part Number: OL-12208-05 This document describes the caveats and limitations for switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Use this document in conjunction with documents listed in the “Related Documentation” section on page 33. Note Release notes are sometimes updated with new information on restrictions ...

2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Introduction Introduction The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches provides industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management, allowing you to deploy high performance storage-area networks with lowest total cost of ownership. Layering a rich set of intelligent features onto a high performance, protocol agnostic switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family addresses the stringent requirements of large data center stor ...

3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Components Supported License M9500ENT1K9 Enterprise package. MDS 9500 Series M9200ENT1K9 Enterprise package. MDS 9200 Series M9100ENT1K9 Enterprise package. MDS 9100 Series M9500FIC1K9 Mainframe package. MDS 9500 Series M9200FIC1K9 Mainframe package. MDS 9200 Series M9100FIC1K9 Mainframe package. MDS 9100 Series M9500FMS1K9 Fabric Manager Server package. MDS 9500 Series M9200FMS1K9 Fabric Manager Server package. MDS 9200 Series M9100FMS1K9 Fabric Manager Serve ...

4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Components Supported Chassis DS-C9513 MDS 9513 director (13-slot modular chassis with 11 slots for switching modules, and 2 slots reserved for Supervisor 2 modules only—SFPs1 sold separately). MDS 9513 only DS-C9509 MDS 9509 director, base configuration (9-slot modular chassis includes 7 slots for switching modules and 2 slots for supervisor modules—SFPs sold separately). MDS 9509 only DS-C9506 MDS 9506 director (6-slot modular chassis includes 4 slots for ...

5 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Components Supported Switching modules DS-X9016 MDS 9000 16-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel module (SFPs sold separately). MDS 9500 Series and 9200 Series DS-X9032 MDS 9000 32-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel module (SFPs sold separately). DS-X9112 MDS 9000 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel module (SFPs sold separately). MDS 9500 Series and 9200 Series, except for the MDS 9216 DS-X9124 MDS 9000 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel module (SFPs sold separately). MDS 9500 S ...

6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Software Download Process Software Download Process Use the software download procedure to upgrade to a later version, or downgrade to an earlier version, of an operating system. This section describes the software download process for the Cisco MDS SAN-OS and includes the following topics: • Determining the Software Version, page 7 • Downloading Software, page 7 • Selecting the Correct Software Image for an MDS 9500 Series Switch, page 8 • Migrating f ...

7 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Software Download Process Determining the Software Version To determine the version of Cisco MDS SAN-OS software currently running on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch using the CLI, log in to the switch and enter the show version EXEC command. To determine the version of Cisco MDS SAN-OS software currently running on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch using the Fabric Manager, view the Switches tab in the Information pane, locate the switch using the IP address, log ...

8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Software Download Process Selecting the Correct Software Image for an MDS 9100 Series Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9100 series switch depends on which switch you use, as shown in Table 2. Selecting the Correct Software Image for an MDS 9500 Series Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9500 Series switch depends on whether the switch is based on a Supervisor-1 module or a Supervisor-2 module, as shown in ...

9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Migrating from Supervisor-1 Modules to Supervisor-2 Modules As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.0(1), the Cisco MDS 9509 and 9506 Directors support both Supervisor-1 and Supervisor-2 modules. Supervisor-1 and Supervisor-2 modules cannot be installed in the same switch, except during migration. Both the active and standby supervisor modules must be of the same type, either Supervisor-1 or Supervisor-2 modules. For Cis ...

10 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Caution Before upgrading your Cisco MDS SAN-OS software image, you must run the Compact Flash Report utility described in the “Managing System Hardware” section of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. This reporting feature automatically scans your switch fabric and reports the status of Compact Flash on certain switch modules. To run this utility prior to upgrading your Cisco SAN-OS ...

11 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image General Upgrading Guidelines Use the following guidelines when upgrading to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3): • Install and configure dual supervisor modules. • Issue the show install all impact upgrade-image CLI command to determine if your upgrade will be nondisruptive. • Follow the recommended guidelines for upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 Switch as described in “Upgrading a Cisco MDS 9124 Switch” section ...

12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Use Table 5 to determine your FICON nondisruptive upgrade path to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3). Find the image release number you are currently using in the Current Release with FICON Enabled column of the table and use the path recommended. Note Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) is not FICON certified. SAN-OS 2.1(3) You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to SAN-OS Release 3.1(3). SAN-OS 2.1(2e) You can nondis ...

13 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Upgrading with IVR Enabled An Inter-Switch Link (ISL) flap resulting in fabric segmentation or a merge during or after an upgrade from Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(x) to a later image where IVR is enabled might be disruptive. Some possible scenarios include the following: • FCIP connection flapping during the upgrade process resulting in fabric segmentation or merge. • ISL flap results in fabric segmentation ...

14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Step 2 Issue the no ivr virtual-fcdomain-add vsan-ranges vsan-range command to disable RDI mode on all IVR enabled switches. The range of values for a VSAN ID is 1 to 4093. This can cause traffic disruption. Note Complete Step 2 for all IVR enabled switches before moving to Step 3. Step 3 Check the syslogs for any ISL that was isolated. 2005 Aug 31 21:52:04 switch %FCDOMAIN-2-EPORT_ISOLATED: %$VSAN 2005%$ Isolati ...

15 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN) Port WWN is 20:4b:00:0d:ec:09:3c:00 Admin port mode is auto <-------- shows port is configured in auto mode snmp traps are enabled Port mode is F, FCID is 0xef0300 <-------- shows current port operational mode is F Port vsan is 1 Speed is 2 Gbps Transmit B2B Credit is 3 Step 2 Change the configuration for ...

16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image – All SSM applications are disabled. Use the show ssm provisioning CLI command to determine what applications are configured. Use the no ssm enable feature CLI command to disable these applications. – No SSM ports are in auto mode. See the “Reconfiguring SSM Ports Before Upgrading to SAN-OS Release 3.1(3)” section on page 14. – The EPLD version on the SSM is at 0x07 or higher. Use the show version modul ...

17 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Step 4 If the new installation or upgrade fails while copying the image and you want to keep the old (existing) image, then copy the old image (that you saved to an external server in Step 1) to the bootflash using either Fabric Manager or the copy command. Step 5 If the switch fails to boot, then follow the recovery procedure described in the “Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots” section of the ...

18 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image General Downgrading Guidelines Use the following guidelines to nondisruptively downgrade your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3): • Install and configure dual supervisor modules. • Issue the system no acl-adjacency-sharing execute command to disable acl adjacency usage on Generation 2 and Generation 1 modules. If this command fails, reduce the number of zones, IVR zones, TE ports, or a combination of these in ...

19 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Use Table 7 to determine your FICON 3.1(3)nondisruptive downgrade path from Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(3). Find the image release number you are currently using in the Current Release with FICON Enabled column of the table and use the path recommended. Note Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) is not FICON certified. Table 6 Nondisruptive Downgrade Path from SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) To SAN-OS Release Nondisruptive Downgr ...

20 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) OL-12208-05 New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) Downgrading the SSI Image on Your SSM Use the following guidelines when downgrading your SSI image on your SSM. • On a system with at least one SSM installed, the install all command might fail on an SSM when you downgrade from Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(3) to any SAN-OS 2.x release earlier than SAN-OS Release 2.1(2e). Power down the SSM and perform the downgrade. Bring up the SSM with the new bootvar set to the ...