Release Notes HP C-series Fabric Switches for NX-OS 5.2(2) (5697-1882, May 2012)

2 MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director & Multilayer Fabric Switches Release Notes

Table of Contents

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release Notes ........................................................................................ 3

Rebranding of SAN-OS to NX-OS ................................................................................................. 4

NX-OS Images and Management Software Updates ...................................................................... 4

FICON Support ............................................................................................................................... 6

Hardware Components .................................................................................................................... 6

C-series Support Matrix with NX-OS 5.x ....................................................................................... 7

C-series Switch and Switching Module Bandwidth and Port Group .............................................. 8

NX-OS 5.2(2) Naming Convention ................................................................................................. 9

SAN-OS 3.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration .......................................................................................... 10

NX-OS 4.x to NX-OS 5.x Migration ............................................................................................. 11

SN8000C 13-slot Supervisor 2A Director and MDS 9513 Directors Fabric3 Module and 8-Gbps

Advanced Switching Modules ....................................................................................................... 12

MDS 9513 Fabric-2 Module and 8-Gbps Modules ....................................................................... 14

Additional Mounting Requirements .............................................................................................. 15

Serial Port ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Initial Installation Recommendations/Requirements ..................................................................... 16

Data Center Network Manager & Device Manager GUI Setup .................................................... 18

Cisco MDS 9000 N-Port Virtualization (NPV) Mode .................................................................. 19

Cisco MDS 9000 FlexAttach......................................................................................................... 19

QLogic HBAs And Mezzanine Cards connected to NPIV-based fibre channel interconnects ..... 20

Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Media Encryption (SME) .................................................................... 21

FC and FCIP Write Acceleration Feature Must Not Be Enabled When Implementing Continuous

Access Enterprise Virtual Array .................................................................................................... 22

FCIP Tape Acceleration ................................................................................................................ 22

Switch Settings for HP Continuous Access Enterprise Virtual Arrays ......................................... 22

HP SN6000C Fabric switch........................................................................................................... 23

Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for HP bladesystem c-Class ......................................................... 23

C-series MDS 9134 Fabric Switch ................................................................................................ 25

C-series MDS 9124 Fabric Switch ................................................................................................ 26

C-series MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem ................................................ 26

Upgrade from 2Gb Fibre Channel Switching Modules to 4Gb and/or 8Gb Fibre Channel

Switching Modules ........................................................................................................................ 27

Upgrade from 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module to 18/4 Multiservice Module ....................... 29

HP Specific Known Issues ............................................................................................................ 30