Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) (OL-17675-02, October 2008)

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b)
OL-17675-02
New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b)
New Features in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(1b)
This section briefly describes the new features introduced in this release. For detailed information about
the features listed, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide, Release 3.x, the Cisco
MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage
Media Encryption Configuration Guide. For information about new commands associated with these
features, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference. The “New and Changed
Information” section in each of these books provides a detailed list of all new features and includes links
to the feature description or new command.
Note These release notes are specific to this release. For the complete NX-OS and SAN-OS documentation
set, see the “Related Documentation” section.
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) New Features
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) is a software and hardware release that includes new features,
enhancements, and bug fixes. New features include the following:
• New 8Gbps Performance Fibre Channel Module Support, page 34
• Call Home Delayed Traps Feature, page 35
• Smart Call Home Enhancement, page 35
• SANTap Enhancements, page 35
• IPv6 Support, page 36
• NPV Traffic Management, page 36
• CFS Distribution Using Static List, page 36
• Cisco Data Mobility Manager Enhancements, page 37
• Cisco Storage Media Encryption Enhancements, page 37
• Switch Interoperability with Brocade 5.x and McData 9.07, page 37
New 8Gbps Performance Fibre Channel Module Support
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1b) supports the following new switch hardware platforms and
modules:
• 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module, page 34
• 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module, page 35
• 4/44-port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module, page 35
48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
The 48-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module offers 48 autosensing 1-, 2-, 4- and 8-Gbps Fibre
Channel ports and can be used in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Switches. The 48-port switching module
can be configured in one of two operational modes: shared bandwidth mode (default) and dedicated
bandwidth mode. A Device Manager GUI command automatically configures specific ports to dedicated
bandwidth mode to achieve the per port bandwidth requirements; the remaining ports are configured in
shared mode.