Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) (OL-14116-01-D0, September 2007)
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1)
OL-14116-01
Contents
Contents
This document includes the following sections:
• Introduction, page 2
• Components Supported, page 2
• Software Download Process, page 8
• Upgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 11
• Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 21
• New Features in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), page 24
• Changes in Existing Features, page 29
• Limitations and Restrictions, page 29
• Caveats, page 33
• Related Documentation, page 42
• Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines, page 44
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 storage environments: uncompromising high availability, security,
scalability, ease of management, and seamless integration of new technologies.
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS is the underlying system software that powers the Cisco MDS
9500 Series, 9200 Series, and 9100 Series multilayer switches. The Cisco SAN-OS provides intelligent
networking features, such as multiprotocol and multitransport integration, virtual SANs (VSANs),
advanced security, sophisticated debug analysis tools, and unified SAN management.
Components Supported
Table 2 lists the SAN-OS software part number and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS
9000 Family.
Note To use the Cisco Storage Services Enabler package, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(5) or later must
be installed on the MDS switch.