MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) Release Date: March 31, 2014 Part Number: OL-29201-03 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 “Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request” section on page 52. Release notes are sometimes updated with new information 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 Table 1 shows the online change history for this document. Table 1 Online History Change Revision Date Description A0 March 31, 2014 Created the release notes. B0 April 4, 2014 Added open caveats CSCuo00701 and CSCun82838. C0 May 13, 2014 Added open caveats CSCun56276 and CSCuo24658. D0 June 14, 2014 E0 July 11, 2014 • Update the General Upgrading Guidelines section • Added open caveat CSCub40020. Added open caveat CSCva31989. Contents This document includes the following: • Introduction, page 2 • Components Supported, page 2 • MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support, page 10 Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA Introduction • Software Download Process, page 14 • Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image, page 18 • Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image, page 23 • New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(7), page 26 • Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages, page 29 • Limitations and Restrictions, page 31 • Caveats, page 32 • Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 52 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. Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS software powers the award-winning Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches. It is designed to create a strategic SAN platform with superior reliability, performance, scalability, and features. Formerly known as Cisco SAN-OS, Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS software is fully interoperable with earlier Cisco SAN-OS versions and enhances hardware platform and module support. Components Supported Table 2 lists the NX-OS software part numbers and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Note Table 2 For the latest information about supported transceivers, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers data sheet. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components Componen t Part Number Description Applicable Product Software M97S3K9-6.2.7 MDS 9700 Supervisor/Fabric-1, NX-OS software MDS 9710 Switch M95S2K9-6.2.7 MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software MDS 9500 Series only M92S3K9-6.2.7 MDS 9200 Supervisor/Fabric-1, NX-OS software MDS 9250i Switch M92S2K9-6.2.7 MDS 9200 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software MDS 9222i Switch M91S3K9-6.2.7 MDS 9148 Supervisor/Fabric-3 NX-OS software MDS 9148 Switch MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 2 OL-29201-03 Components Supported Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Componen t Part Number Licenses Description Applicable Product M9500SSE184K9z Storage Services Enabler License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9500 Series only M9200ENT1K9 Cisco MDS 9200 Series Enterprise Package MDS 9200 Series only DCNM-SAN-M92-K9 Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager MDS 9250i Switch only M9250IIOA Cisco MDS 9250i I/O Accelerator Services package MDS 9250i Switch only M9250IDMMK9 Cisco MDS 9250i Data Mobility Manager package MDS 9250i Switch only M9250IDMMT6M Cisco MDS 9250i DMM License - 6-month period M9200FIC1K9 Cisco MDS 9200 Series Mainframe Package MDS 9250i Switch only M9200XRC Cisco MDS 9200 XRC Acceleration Package for IBM series z, spare MDS 9250i Switch only M9222ISSE1K9 Storage Services Enabler License MDS 9222i Switch only M9200SSE184K9 Storage Services Enabler License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9200 Series only M95DMM184K9 Data Mobility Manager License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9500 Series only M9222IDMMK9 Data Mobility Manager License for Cisco MDS 9222i MDS 9222i Switch M92DMM184K9 Data Mobility Manager License for one MSM-18/4 module MDS 9200 Series only M95DMM184TSK9 Data Mobility Manager for one MSM-18/4 module — Time limited to 180 days only MDS 9500 Series only M9222IDMMTSK9 Data Mobility Manager — Time limited to 180 days only MDS 9222i Switch only M92DMM184TSK9 Data Mobility Manager for one MSM-18/4 module — Time limited to 180 days only MDS 9200 Series only M92SSESSNK9 Cisco Storage Services Enabler License for SSN-16 (1 engine) MDS 9200 Series only M95SSESSNK9 Cisco Storage Services Enabler License for SSN-16 (1 engine) MDS 9500 Series only M92SMESSNK9 Cisco Storage Media Encryption License for SSN-16 (1 engine) MDS 9200 Series only M95SMESSNK9 Cisco Storage Media Encryption License for SSN-16 (1 engine) MDS 9500 Series only M92IOASSN Cisco I/O Accelerator License for SSN-16 (1 engine) MDS 9200 Series only M95IOASSN Cisco I/O Accelerator License for SSN-16 (1 engine) MDS 9500 Series only M92IOA184 Cisco I/O Accelerator License for MSM-18/4 MDS 9200 Series only M95IOA184 Cisco I/O Accelerator License for MSM-18/4 MDS 9500 Series only M9222IIOA Cisco I/O Accelerator License for Cisco MDS 9222i base MDS 9222i Switch only switch 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 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 3 Components Supported Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Componen t Part Number Chassis Supervisor Modules Description Applicable Product DS-C9710 Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director (10-slot multilayer MDS 9710 switch director with 2 half-width slots for Supervisor 1 modules, with 8 slots available for switching modules — SFPs sold separately) DS-C9513 Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director (13-slot multilayer MDS 9513 Switch director with 2 slots for Supervisor-2 modules, with 11 slots available for switching modules — SFPs sold separately) DS-C9509 Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director (9-slot multilayer MDS 9509 Switch director with 2 slots for Supervisor modules, with 7 slots available for switching modules — SFPs sold separately) DS-C9506 Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director (6-slot multilayer MDS 9506 Switch director with 2 slots for Supervisor modules, with 4 slots available for switching modules — SFPs sold separately) DS-C9250I-K9 The Cisco MDS 9250i offers up to forty 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, two 10 Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, and eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports in a fixed two-rack-unit (2RU) form factor. DS-C9222i-K9 Cisco MDS 9222i Multilayer Fabric Switch (3-rack-unit MDS 9222i Switch (3RU) semimodular multilayer fabric switch with 18 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a modular expansion slot for Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switching and Services modules) DS-C9148-K9 Cisco MDS 9148 48-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch (1RU MDS 9148 Switch fixed-configuration multilayer fabric switch with 48 8-Gbps Fibre Channel ports) DS-X97-SF1-K9 Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor-1 Module MDS 9700 Series DS-X9530-SF2-K9 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module MDS 9500 Series DS-X9530-SF2A-K9 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module MDS 9500 Series MDS 9250i Switch MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 4 OL-29201-03 Components Supported Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Componen t Part Number Description Applicable Product Switching Modules DS-X9448-768K9 Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP LC connectors MDS 9710 Switch DS-X9848-480K9 Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Module with SFP LC connectors MDS 9710 Switch DS-X9112 Cisco MDS 9000 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP LC connectors MDS 9500 Series Cisco 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP LC connectors MDS 9500 Series Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP LC MDS 9500 Series Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP LC MDS 9500 Series DS-X9224-96K9 Cisco MDS 9000 24-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP and SFP+ LC connectors MDS 9500 Series DS-X9248-96K9 Cisco MDS 9000 48-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module with SFP and SFP+ LC connectors MDS 9500 Series DS-X9248-48K9 Cisco MDS 9000 4/44-Port Host-Optimized 8-Gbps Fibre MDS 9500 Series Channel Switching Module with SFP and SFP+ LC MDS 9222i Switch connectors 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 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module MDS 9500 Series DS-X9316-SSNK9 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 16-Port Storage Services Node (SSN-16) — 16 fixed 1-Gbps Ethernet ports, plus 4 service engines that support 16 Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports. MDS 9500 Series DS-X9124 DS-X9148 DS-X9704 Services Modules External crossbar module MDS 9200 Series MDS 9200 Series MdS 9200 Series MDS 9200 Series MDS 9222i Switch DS-X9304-18K9 MDS 9500 Series Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4) — 18-port, 4-Gbps Fibre Channel plus MDS 9200 Series 4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP services and switching module with SFP LC connectors DS-X9710-FAB1 Cisco MDS 9710 Crossbar Switching Fabric 1 Module MDS 9710 Switch DS-13SLT-FAB2 Cisco MDS 9513 Switching Fabric 2 Module MDS 9513 Switch DS-13SLT-FAB3 Cisco MDS 9513 Switching Fabric 3 Module MDS 9513 Switch MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 5 Components Supported Table 2 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components (continued) Componen t Part Number Description Applicable Product DS-CAC-300W 300W AC power supply MDS 9100 Series DS-C24-300AC 300W AC power supply MDS 9124 Switch DS-CAC-845W 845W AC power supply for Cisco MDS 9200 Series MDS9200 Series DS-C50I-300AC 300W AC power supply MDS 9250i Switch DS-CAC-3000W 3000W AC power supply for Cisco MDS 9509 MDS 9509 Switch DS-CAC-2500W 2500W AC power supply MDS 9509 Switch DS-CDC-2500W 2500W DC power supply MDS 9509 Switch DS-CAC-6000W 6000W AC power supply for Cisco MDS 9513 MDS 9513 Switch DS-CAC-1900W 1900W AC power supply for Cisco MDS 9506 MDS 9506 Switch CompactFl ash MEM-MDS-FLD512M External 512-MB CompactFlash memory for supervisor module MDS 9500 Series Port Analyzer Adapter DS-PAA-2, DS-PAA Standalone Fibre Channel-to-Ethernet adapter that allows MDS 9000 Family for simple, transparent analysis of Fibre Channel traffic in a switched fabric Power Supplies Smart Card DS-SCR-K9 Reader Storage Media Encryption (SME) Smart Card Reader MDS 9000 Family Smart Card DS-SC-K9 SME Smart Card MDS 9000 Family Table 3 lists the part numbers and optical components supported by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 6 OL-29201-03 Components Supported Table 3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Optics and Transceivers Component Part Number Description Applicable Product Optics SFP-10G-SR / DS-SFP-10GE-SR 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Module MDS 9710, MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9), MDS 9250i SFP-10G-SR / DS-SFP-10GE-LR 10GBASE-LR SFP+ Module MDS 9710, MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9), MDS 9250i SFP-10G-ER 10GBASE-ER SFP+ Module MDS 9710, MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9), MDS 9250i SFP-H10GB-CU1M 10GBASE-CU SFP+ cable 1 meter MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9) SFP-H10GB-CU3M 10GBASE-CU SFP+ cable 3 meter MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9) SFP-H10GB-CU5M 10GBASE-CU SFP+ cable 5 meter MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9) SFP-H10GB-ACU7M 10GBASE-CU SFP+ active copper cable 7 meter MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9) SFP-H10GB-ACU10M 10GBASE-CU SFP+ active copper cable 10 meter MDS 9500 Series, 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module (DS-X9708-K9) MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 7 Components Supported Table 3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Optics and Transceivers (continued) Component Part Number Description Applicable Product LC-type fiber-optic SFP DS-SFP-FC16G-SW SFP+ optics (LC type) for 16-Gbps Fibre Channel for shortwave mode MDS 9710, 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module (DS-X9448-768K9), MDS 9250i DS-SFP-FC16G-LW SFP+ optics (LC type) for 10-Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave mode MDS 9710, 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module (DS-X9448-768K9), MDS 9250i DS-SFP-FC10G-SW SFP+ optics (LC type) for 10-Gbps Fibre Channel for shortwave mode 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module (DS-X9448-768K9), 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module (DS-X9232-256K9), 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module (DS-X9248-256-K9) DS-SFP-FC10G-LW SFP+ optics (LC type) for 10-Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave mode 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module (DS-X9448-768K9), 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module (DS-X9232-256K9), 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Module (DS-X9248-256-K9) DS-SFP-FC8G-ER SFP+ optics (LC type) for 2-, 4-, or 8-Gbps Fibre Channel for extended reach (40 km reach) MDS DS-X9200 Series switching modules, MDS 9148 MDS 9250i DS-SFP-FC8G-SW SFP+ optics (LC type) for 2-, 4-, or MDS 9710, 8-Gbps Fibre Channel for shortwave MDS DS-X9200 Series switching modules, mode MDS 9250i DS-SFP-FC8G-LW SFP+ optics (LC type) for 2-, 4-, or MDS 9710, 8-Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave MDS DS-X9200 Series switching modules, mode; supports distances up to 10 km MDS 9250i DS-SFP-FC4G-SW MDS 9124, MDS 9134, MDS 9148, MDS SFP optics (LC type) for 1-, 2-, or 4-Gbps Fibre Channel for shortwave 9222i, DS-X9100, and DS-X9200 Series switching modules mode DS-SFP-FC4G-MR SFP optics (LC type) for 1-, 2-, or MDS 9124, MDS 9134, MDS 9222i, 4-Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave DS-X9100, and DS-X9200 Series switching mode; supports distances up to 4 km modules DS-SFP-FC4G-LW SFP optics (LC type) for 1-, 2-, or MDS 9124, MDS 9134, MDS 9222i, 4-Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave DS-X9100, and DS-X9200 Series switching mode; supports distances up to 10 km modules DS-SFP-FCGE-SW MDS 9000 Series SFP optics (LC type) for 1-Gbps Ethernet and 1- or 2-Gbps Fibre Channel for shortwave mode; not for use in 4-Gbps-capable ports DS-SFP-FCGE-LW MDS 9000 Series SFP optics (LC type) for 1-Gbps Ethernet and 1- or 2-Gbps Fibre Channel for longwave mode; not for use in 4-Gbps-capable ports DS-SFP-GE-T SFP (RJ-45 connector) for Gigabit Ethernet over copper MDS 9000 Series MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 8 OL-29201-03 Components Supported Table 3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Optics and Transceivers (continued) Component Part Number Description DS-CWDM-xxxx Cisco Coarse Wavelength - Division Multiplexin g (CWDM) DS-CWDM4Gxxxx MDS 9000 Family CWDM Gigabit Ethernet and 1- or 2-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP LC type, where product number xxxx = 1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590, or 1610 nm DWDM-X2-xx.xx Dense Wavelength - Division Multiplexin g (DWDM) MDS 9500 Series DWDM X2 SC optics for 10-Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity to an MDS 9200 Series 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, 52.52, 51.72, 50.92, 50.12, 48.51, 47.72, 46.92, 46.12, 44.53, 43.73, 42.94, 42.14, 40.56, 39.77, 38.98, 38.19, 36.61, 35.82, 35.04, 34.25, 32.68, 31.90, 31.12, or 30.33 DWDM-SFP-xxxx Applicable Product CWDM 4-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP MDS 9000 Family LC type, where product number xxxx = 1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590, or 1610 nm MDS 9000 Family DWDM Gigabit Ethernet and 1- or 2-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP LC type, where product number xxxx = 3033, 3112, 3190, 3268, 3425, 3504, 3582, 3661, 3819, 3898, 3977, 4056, 4214, 4294, 4373, 4453, 4612, 4692, 4772, 4851, 5012, 5092, 5172, 5252, 5413, 5494, 5575, 5655, 5817, 5898, 5979, or 6061nm DWDM-SFP10G-xx.xx 10GBASE-DWDM SFP+ Add/Drop DS-CWDMOADM4A Multiplexer (ADM) 4-channel CWDM optical ADM (OADM) module (Cisco CWDM 1470, 1490, 1510, or 1530 NM Add/Drop Module) MDS 9710 Director MDS 9000 Family DS-CWDMOADM4B 4-channel CWDM OADM module MDS 9000 Family (Cisco CWDM 1550, 1570, 1590, or 1610 NM Add/Drop Module) DS-CWDM-MUX8A ADM for 8 CWDM wavelengths MDS 9000 Family CWDM DS-CWDMCHASSIS Multiplexer Chassis 2-slot chassis for CWDM ADMs MDS 9000 Family MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 9 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support Table 4 lists the MDS hardware chassis supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2 7. Table 4 Cisco MDS NX-OS 6.2 Chassis Support Matrix Switch NX-OS Release 6.2 Support MDS 9710 Yes MDS 9513 Yes MDS 9509 Yes MDS 9506 Yes MDS 9250i Yes1 MDS 9222i Yes MDS 9148 Yes Cisco MDS 8-Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Blade System Yes MDS 9134 No MDS 9124 No Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem No Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter No 1. This switch supports Cisco MDS NX-OS Release supports Release 6.2(5) and later. Table 5 lists the MDS hardware chassis supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.x. Table 5 Cisco MDS NX-OS 5.x Chassis Support Matrix Switch NX-OS Release 5.x Support MDS 9513 Yes MDS 9509 Yes MDS 9506 Yes MDS 9222i Yes MDS 9216i No MDS 9148 Yes Cisco MDS 8-Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Blade System Yes MDS 9134 Yes1 MDS 9124 Yes1 Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Yes1 Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter Yes1 1. This switch supports Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2) and later 5.x releases, but does not support Release 6.2(x). MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 10 OL-29201-03 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support Table 6 lists the MDS hardware modules supported Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2 Table 7 lists the MDS hardware modules supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS 5.x. For the list of MDS hardware modules supported by Cisco MDS SAN-OS 4.x, see Table 8. For the list of MDS hardware modules supported by Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x, see Table 9. Table 6 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2 Module Description MDS 9700 Series MDS 9500 Series MDS 9200 Series DS-X97-SF1-K9 MDS 9700 Supervisor-1 Module Yes N/A N/A DS-X9710-FAB1 MDS 9710 Fabric1 Module Yes N/A N/A DS-X9448-768K9 48-Port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes No No DS-X9848-480K9 Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet Module Yes No No DS-X9530-SF2-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2 Module N/A Yes N/A DS-X9530-SF2A-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2A Module N/A Yes N/A DS-13SLT-FAB3 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 3 N/A Yes N/A DS-13SLT-FAB2 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 2 N/A Yes N/A DS-13SLT-FAB1 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 1 N/A Yes DS-X9708-K9 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module No N/A Yes 1,2 No 1 No DS-X9232-256K9 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes DS-X9248-256K9 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes1 No DS-X9224-96K9 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes3 No DS-X9248-96K9 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes3 No DS-X9248-48K9 4/44-port Host Optimized 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes Yes DS-X9316-SSNK9 16-port Storage Services Node (SSN-16) No Yes Yes DS-X9304-18K9 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4) No Yes Yes DS-X9112 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes Yes DS-X9124 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes Yes DS-X9148 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes Yes DS-X9704 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No Yes Yes 1. Requires DS-13SLT-FAB3 or DS-13SLT-FAB2 in the MDS 9513. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 11 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support 2. Requires the Supervisor-2A module. 3. Requires DS-13SLT-FAB2 in the MDS 9513. Table 7 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS NX-OS 5.x Module Description MDS 9500 Series MDS 9222i NX-OS 5.2(x) NX-OS 5.0(x) NX-OS 5.2(x) NX-OS 5.0(x) DS-X9530-SF2-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2 Module Yes Yes N/A N/A DS-X9530-SF2A-K9 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 No Yes N/A N/A 1,2 No No No DS-X9232-256K9 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Yes Channel Switching Module 1 No No No DS-X9248-256K9 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Yes1 Channel Switching Module No No No DS-X9224-96K9 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes1 Yes3 No No DS-X9248-96K9 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes1 Yes3 No No DS-X9248-48K9 4/44-port Host Optimized 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9316-SSNK9 16-port Storage Services Node (SSN-16) Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9304-18K9 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4) Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9112 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9124 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9148 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9704 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9708-K9 8-port 10-Gbps FCoE Module Yes 1. Requires DS-13SLT-FAB3 or DS-13SLT-FAB2 in the MDS 9513. 2. Requires the Supervisor-2A module. 3. Requires DS-13SLT-FAB2 in the MDS 9513. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 12 OL-29201-03 MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support Table 8 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.x Module Description MDS 9500 Series MDS 9222i MDS 9216i DS-X9530-SF2-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2 Module Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 DS-X9530-SF2A-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2A Module Yes DS-X9530-SF1-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-1 Module No N/A N/A DS-13SLT-FAB2 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 2 Yes N/A N/A DS-13SLT-FAB1 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 1 Yes DS-X9224-96K9 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module N/A N/A Yes 2 No No 2 No No DS-X9248-96K9 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes 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 Switching Module Yes Yes Yes DS-X9704 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes Yes Yes DS-X9302-14K9 14/2-port Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) Module Yes No Yes DS-X9016 16-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes No Yes DS-X9032 32-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module Yes No Yes DS-X9032-SSM 32-port Storage Services Module (SSM) Yes Yes Yes DS-X9308-SMIP 8-port 1-, 2-Gbps IP Switching Module No No No DS-X9304-SMIP 4-port 1-, 2-Gbps IP Switching Module No No No 1. In software releases earlier than Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(7a), the Supervisor-2A module appears as unsupported hardware in Device Manager, but the Supervisor-2A module does work with Cisco NX-OS release 4.x software. 2. Requires DS-13SLT-FAB2 in the MDS 9513. Table 9 lists the MDS hardware modules supported by Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x. Table 9 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x Module Description MDS 9500 MDS Series 9222i MDS 9216i MDS 9216A MDS 9216 DS-X9530-SF2-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2 Module Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DS-X9530-SF2A-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor-2A Module Yes DS-X9530-SF1-K9 Yes MDS 9500 Supervisor-1 Module 1 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 13 Software Download Process Table 9 Module Support Matrix for Cisco MDS SAN-OS 3.x (continued) Module Description MDS 9500 MDS Series 9222i MDS 9216i MDS 9216A MDS 9216 DS-13SLT-FAB2 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 2 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A DS-13SLT-FAB1 MDS 9513 Fabric Module 1 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A DS-X9224-96K9 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No No No No No DS-X9248-96K9 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No No No No No DS-X9248-48K9 4/44-port Host Optimized 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module No No No No No DS-X9316-SSNK9 16-port Storage Services 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-X9302-14K9 14/2-port Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) Module Yes No Yes Yes Yes DS-X9016 16-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Yes Module No Yes Yes Yes DS-X9032 32-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Yes Module No Yes Yes Yes DS-X9032-SSM 32-port Storage Services Module (SSM) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DS-X9308-SMIP 8-port 1-, 2-Gbps IP Switching Module Yes No Yes Yes Yes DS-X9304-SMIP 4-port 1-, 2-Gbps IP Switching Module Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1. In software releases earlier than Cisco NX-OS Release 3.3(5a), the Supervisor-2A module appears as unsupported hardware in Device Manager, but the Supervisor-2A module does work with Cisco NX-OS release 3.x software. 2. Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) and later support the 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM-18/4). 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 NX-OS software and includes the following topics: • Determining the Software Version, page 15 • Determining Software Version Compatibility, page 15 • Downloading Software, page 15 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 14 OL-29201-03 Software Download Process • Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9148 Switch, page 16 • Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9222i Switch, page 16 • Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9500 Series Switch, page 17 • Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9710 Switch, page 17 • NPE Software Images, page 17 Determining the Software Version To determine the version of Cisco MDS NX-OS or 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 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 10 lists the software versions that are compatible in a mixed SAN environment, the minimum software versions that are supported, and the versions that have been tested. We recommend that you use the latest software release supported by your vendor for all Cisco MDS 9000 Family products. Table 10 Software Release Compatibility Cisco NX-OS Software Minimum NX-OS or SAN-OS Release Tested NX-OS and SAN-OS Release NX-OS Release 6.2(7) NX-OS Release 6.2(5a) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(5a) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(5) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(5) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(3) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(3) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(1) or later NX-OS Release 6.2(1) or later NX-OS Release 5.2(x) or later NX-OS Release 5.2(x) or later NX-OS Release 5.0(1a) and later NX-OS Release 5.0(1a) and later NX-OS Release 4.2(3) and later NX-OS Release 4.2(3) and later SAN-OS Release 3.3(5) and later SAN-OS Release 3.3(5) and later Downloading Software The Cisco MDS NX-OS software is designed for mission-critical high-availability environments. To realize the benefits of nondisruptive upgrades on the Cisco MDS 9500 Directors, we highly recommend that you install dual supervisor modules. To download the latest Cisco MDS NX-OS software, access the Software Center at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?a=a&i=rpm MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 15 Software Download Process See the following sections in this release note for details on how you can nondisruptively upgrade your Cisco MDS 9000 switch. Issuing the install all command from the CLI, or using Cisco DCNM for SAN to perform the downgrade, enables the compatibility check. The check indicates if the upgrade can happen nondisruptively or disruptively depending on the current configuration of your switch and the reason. Compatibility check is done: Module bootable Impact ------ -------- -------------1 yes non-disruptive 2 yes disruptive 3 yes disruptive 4 yes non-disruptive 5 yes non-disruptive 6 yes non-disruptive Install-type -----------rolling rolling rolling rolling reset reset Reason -----Hitless upgrade is not supported Hitless upgrade is not supported The show incompatibility system bootflash:system image filename command determines which additional features need to be disabled. Note If you would like to request a copy of the source code under the terms of either GPL or LGPL, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9148 Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9148 switch is shown in Table 11. Table 11 Software Images for MDS 9148 Switches Cisco MDS 9148 Switch Naming Convention MDS 9148, Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Filename begins with m9100-s3ek9 Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9222i Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9222i switch is shown in Table 12. Table 12 Software Images for MDS 9222i Switch Cisco MDS 92221 Switch Naming Convention MDS 9222i Filename begins with m9200-s2ek9 Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9250i Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9250i switch is shown in Table 13. Table 13 Software Images for MDS 9250i Switch Cisco MDS 9250i Switch Naming Convention MDS 9250i Filename begins with m9250-s5ek9 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 16 OL-29201-03 Software Download Process Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9500 Series Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9500 Series switch with a Supervisor-2 or Supervisor-2A module is shown in Table 14. Cisco NX-OS Release 6.x, Release 5.x, and Release 4.x do not support the Supervisor-1 module. Table 14 Software Images for MDS 9500 Series Switches Cisco MDS 9500 Series Switch Type Naming Convention MDS 9513, 9509, and 9506 Filename begins with m9500-sf2ek9 Use the show module command to display the type of supervisor module in the switch. The following is sample output from the show module command on a Supervisor-2 module: switch# show module Mod Ports Module-Type --- ----- -------------------------------... ... 7 0 Supervisor/Fabric-2 8 0 Supervisor/Fabric-2 Model Status ------------------ ------------ DS-X9530-SF2-K9 DS-X9530-SF2-K9 active * ha-standby Selecting the Software Image for an MDS 9710 Switch The system and kickstart image that you use for an MDS 9710 switch is shown in Table 15. Table 15 Software Images for MDS 9710 Switch Cisco MDS 9710 Switch Naming Convention MDS 9710 Filename begins with m9700-sf3ek9 NPE Software Images No payload encryption (NPE) images are available with Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) software. The NPE images are intended for countries who have import restrictions on products that encrypt payload data. To differentiate an NPE image from the standard software image, the letters npe are included in the image name as follows: • m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9100-s3ek9-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9200-s2ek9-kickstart-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9200-s2ek9-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9250-s5ek9-kickstart-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9250-s5ek9-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9500-sf2ek9-kickstart-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 17 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image • m9500-sf2ek9-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9700-sf3ek9-kickstart-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin • m9700-sf3ek9-mz-npe.6.2.7.bin When downloading software, ensure that you select the correct software images for you Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch. Nondisruptive software upgrades or downgrades between NPE images and non-NPE images are not supported. 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: Note • General Upgrading Guidelines, page 18 • Nondisruptive Upgrade Paths, page 20 • FICON Supported Releases and Upgrade Paths, page 22 Before you begin the upgrade process, review the list of chassis and modules that Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) supports. See the “MDS 9000 Chassis and Module Support” section on page 10. For detailed instructions for performing a software upgrade using Cisco DCNM, see the Cisco DCNM Release Notes, Release 6.2, which is available from the following website: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10495/prod_release_notes_list.html General Upgrading Guidelines Before upgrading your Cisco NX-OS software, you must determine if the following issue has occurred in your switch: %FLOGI-1-MSG_FLOGI_REJECT_FCID_ERROR after upgrade/switchover An ISSU or ISSD involves a supervisor switchover, so it is very important that you determine if this issue is present before a supervisor switchover occurs. If this issue is detected before the supervisor switchover, the affected interfaces can be restored easily by entering the shutdown and no shutdown command sequence. The following example shows how to determine if the issue has occurred before a supervisor switchover: switch# show flogi internal info | i key|Interface | i key p 1 Interface fc4/32: mode[F] [119f000] Mode: F State: UP Vsan: 237 Vsan no:237 Max flogi key:0x1002a(65578) num_fl[0x1]<<<Max flogi key greater than 65535 -Interface fc6/32: mode[F] [129f000] Mode: F State: UP Vsan: 237 Vsan no: 237 Max flogi key: 0x1(1) num_fl[0x1] -- Look for the value for a Max flogi key that is greater than 65535. In the example, the fc4/32 interface has encountered this issue, but the fc6/32 interface is normal. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 18 OL-29201-03 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image If you see that an interface has a Max flogi key greater than 65535 before a system switchover, ISSU, or ISSD, you must disable the interface and then reenable it by using the shutdown command followed by the no shutdown command. This process disrupts the devices on the interface that is being shut down. After the devices relogin, the Max flogi key is reset to 1 and you can avoid this issue. If an install and/or ISSU, or supervisor switchover has occurred, compare the number of devices fabric login (FLOGI) with the number of devices in the Fibre Channel Name Server (FCNS) local database. Enter the show flogi database and the show fcns database local commands and use the CLI outputs for comparison. If the FLOGI database has fewer entries than the FCNS local database, the issue has occurred. Also, if the following error message appears after an install, ISSU, or supervisor switchover, the issue might bug may have been encountered: %FLOGI-1-MSG_FLOGI_REJECT_FCID_ERROR: %$VSAN xxx%$ [VSAN xxx, Interface fc4/19: mode[F]] FLOGI rejected - FCID allocation failed with error 0x401b0000. If you observe either of the above situations, open a case with the Cisco TAC. Note If the Max flogi key value is a large number and is incrementing, it indicates that a device is repeatedly logging in. This situation might be a separate problem that needs further investigation. For assistance, contact the Cisco TAC. In addition, follow these general guidelines before performing a software upgrade: • Review the nondisruptive upgrade path to Release 6.2(7) in Table 16. • Install and configure dual supervisor modules before the upgrade. • Issue the show install all impact upgrade-image CLI command to determine if your upgrade will be nondisruptive. • Be aware 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 16 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 and the Gigabit Ethernet ports on the MSM-18/4 module and the MDS 9222i and MDS 9250i switch. Those nodes that are members of VSANs traversing an FCIP ISL are impacted, and a fabric reconfiguration occurs. iSCSI initiators connected to the Gigabit Ethernet ports lose connectivity to iSCSI targets while the upgrade is in progress. – FICON: If you have FICON enabled, the upgrade path is different. See the “FICON Supported Releases and Upgrade Paths” section on page 22. Note In addition to these guidelines, you may want to review the information in the “Limitations and Restrictions” section prior to a software upgrade to determine if a feature may possibly behave differently following the upgrade. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 19 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image Nondisruptive Upgrade Paths Use Table 16 to determine your nondisruptive upgrade path to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7). Find the image release number you are currently using in the “Current Release” column of the table and follow the steps in the order specified to perform the upgrade. Note The software upgrade information in Table 16 applies only to Fibre Channel switching traffic. Upgrading system software disrupts IP traffic and intelligent services traffic. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 20 OL-29201-03 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image Table 16 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) Current Release Nondisruptive Upgrade Path and Ordered Upgrade Steps NX-OS: Upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). Release 6.2(5a), 6.2(5), 6.2(3), 6.2(1), 5.2(1), 5.2(2), 5.2(2a), 5.2(2d), 5.2(6), 5.2(6a), 5.2(6b), 5.2(8), 5.2(8a), 5.2(8b), 5.2(8c), 5.2(8d), and 5.2(8e) All 5.0(x) releases All 4.2(x) releases and 4.1(x) releases 1. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 2. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 1. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(8a). 2. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 1. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(9). 2. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(8a). 3. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 4. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 1. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(5b). 2. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(9). 3. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(8a). 4. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 5. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 1. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c). 2. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(5b). 3. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(9). 4. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(8a). 5. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 6. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). SAN-OS: Release 3.3(2), 3.3(3), 3.3(4x), and 3.3(5x). Release 3.3(1c), all 3.2(x), 3.1(x), and 3.0(x) releases) Release 2.1(3), 2.1(2e), 2.1(2d), and 2.1(2b) MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 21 Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image Table 16 Nondisruptive Upgrade Path to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) (continued) Current Release Nondisruptive Upgrade Path and Ordered Upgrade Steps Release 2.1(2), 2.1(1b), 2.1(1a), and 2.0(x) 1. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b), 2.1(2d), 2.1(2e), or 2.1(3) 2. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c). 3. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(5b). 4. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(9). 5. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(8a). 6. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 7. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 1. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 1.3(4a). 2. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b). 3. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c). 4. Upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(5b). 5. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(9). 6. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(8a). 7. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 8. Upgrade to NX-OS Release 6.2(7). Release 1.x FICON Supported Releases and Upgrade Paths Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) is not a FICON-certified release. Table 17 lists the SAN-OS and NX-OS releases that are certified for FICON. Refer to the specific release notes for FICON upgrade path information. Table 17 FICON Supported Releases FICON Supported Releases NX-OS Release 6.2(5a) Release 5.2(2) Release 4.2(7b) Release 4.2(1b) Release 4.1(1c) SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) Release 3.2(2c) Release 3.0(3b) Release 3.0(3) Release 3.0(2) Release 2.0(2b) MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 22 OL-29201-03 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Use Table 18 to determine the nondisruptive upgrade path for FICON-certified releases. Find the image release number you are currently using in the Current Release with FICON Enabled column of the table and follow the recommended path. Table 18 FICON Nondisruptive Upgrade Path Current Release with FICON Enabled Upgrade Path NX-OS Release 4.2(7b) You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 5.2(2). NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.2(7b). NX-OS Release 4.1(1c) You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.2(1b). SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.2(1b). SAN-OS Release 3.2(2c), 3.0(3b), 3.0(3), and 3.0(2). First upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), and then upgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(1b). Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image This section lists the guidelines recommended for downgrading your Cisco MDS SAN-OS software image and includes the following topics: • Guidelines for Downgrading from Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(5a), 6.2(5), 6.2(3), or 6.2(1), page 22 • General Downgrading Guidelines, page 23 • FICON Downgrade Paths, page 25 General Downgrading Guidelines Follow these general guidelines before you perform a software downgrade: • Issue the system no acl-adjacency-sharing execute command to disable ACL adjacency usage on Generation 2 modules. If this command fails, reduce the number of zones, IVR zones, TE ports, or a combination of these in the system and issue the command again. • Disable all features not supported by the downgrade release. Use 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: – Fibre Channel Ports: Fibre Channel ports can be nondisruptively downgraded without affecting traffic on the ports. See Table 19 for the nondisruptive downgrade path for all SAN-OS releases. – Gigabit Ethernet Ports: Traffic on Gigabit Ethernet ports is disrupted during a downgrade. This includes IPS modules and the Gigabit Ethernet ports on the MSM-18/4 module, and the MDS 9222i switch. Those nodes that are members of VSANs traversing an FCIP ISL are impacted, and a fabric reconfiguration occurs. iSCSI initiators connected to the Gigabit Ethernet ports lose connectivity to iSCSI targets while the downgrade is in progress. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 23 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image – FICON: If you have FICON enabled, the downgrade path is different. See the “FICON Downgrade Paths” section on page 25. Use Table 19 to determine the nondisruptive downgrade path from Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(7). Find the NX-OS or SAN-OS image that you want to downgrade to in the To SAN-OS Release column of the table and follow the steps in the order specified to perform the downgrade. Note The software downgrade information in Table 19 applies only to Fibre Channel switching traffic. Downgrading system software disrupts IP and intelligent services traffic. Note Downgrading from Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(5a), 6.2(5), 6.2(3), or 6.2(1) on a Cisco MDS 9710 Director with 48-port 10-Gigabit FCoE module or VSAN configurations require additional steps that must be performed before downgrading. For more information, see Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 6.2(x). Table 19 Nondisruptive Downgrade Path from NX-OS Release 6.2(7) To NX-OS or SAN-OS Release Nondisruptive Downgrade Path and Ordered Downgrade Steps NX-OS: Downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). Release 6.2(5a), 6.2(5), 6.2(3), 6.2(1), 5.2(1), 5.2(2), 5.2(2a), 5.2(2d), 5.2(6), 5.2(6a), 5.2(6b), and 5.2(8), 5.2(8a), 5.2(8b), 5.2(8c), 5.2(8d), and 5.2(8e) All 5.0(x) releases All 4.2(x) and 4.1(x) releases 1. Downgrade from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 2. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(x). 1. Downgrade from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 2. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(x). 4. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(x) or 4.1(x). 1. Downgrade from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 2. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(x). 4. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(x) or Release 4.1(x). 5. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(x). SAN-OS: All 3.3(x) releases MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 24 OL-29201-03 Downgrading Your Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Image Table 19 Nondisruptive Downgrade Path from NX-OS Release 6.2(7) (continued) To NX-OS or SAN-OS Release All 3.2(x), 3.1(x), 3.0(x) releases, and all 2.1(x) releases. All 2.0(x) releases. Release 1.x Nondisruptive Downgrade Path and Ordered Downgrade Steps 1. Downgrade from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 2. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(x). 4. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(x) or Release 4.1(x). 5. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(x). 6. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.2(x), Release 3.1(x)., Release 3.0(x), or Release 2.1(x). 1. Downgrade from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 2. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(x). 4. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(x) or Release 4.1(x). 5. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(x). 6. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.1(2x). 7. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.0(x). 1. Downgrade from NX-OS Release 6.2(7). 2. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.2(x). 3. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 5.0(x). 4. Downgrade to NX-OS Release 4.2(x) or Release 4.1(x). 5. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(x). 6. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b). 7. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 1.3(4a). 8. Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 1.x. FICON Downgrade Paths Table 20 lists the downgrade paths for FICON releases. Find the image release number that you want to downgrade to in the To Release with FICON Enabled column of the table and follow the recommended downgrade path. Table 20 FICON Downgrade Path To Release with FICON Enabled Downgrade Path NX-OS Release 5.2(2) You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 6.2(5a) NX-OS Release 4.2(7b) You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 5.2(2). NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 4.2(7b). NX-OS Release 4.1(1c) You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 4.2(1b). SAN-OS 3.3(1c) You can nondisruptively downgrade directly from NX-OS Release 4.1(1c). MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 25 New Hardware in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) Table 20 FICON Downgrade Path To Release with FICON Enabled Downgrade Path SAN-OS 3.2(2c) First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 3.2(2c). SAN-OS 3.0(3b) First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 3.0(3b). SAN-OS 3.0(2) First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 3.0(2). New Hardware in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) This section briefly describes the new hardware introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(7). For detailed information about the new hardware, see the Cisco MDS 9250i Hardware Installation Guide that is available from this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps5989/prod_installation_guides_list.html Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet Module Ethernet Module The Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet Module (DS-X9848-480K9) is designed for the Cisco MDS 9710 Directors. The Cisco MDS 9710 Director supports up to eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules. These modules are hot-swappable and they support 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports in SFP+ form factor. The Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet module delivers integrated Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), simplifies the network infrastructure and helps reduce costs. The FCoE module allows you to extend the existing Fibre Channel SANs by using FCoE. The Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet module supports connectivity to FCoE switching platforms and to FCoE devices. This module also supports connectivity to FCoE initiators and targets that only send FCoE traffic. New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(7) This section briefly describes the new software features introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(7). • Enhanced the scalability for zones, maximum devices in the fabric and maximum devices in the switch. • Forward Error Correction (FEC) for 16-Gbps ISL connections • Enhanced scalability for simultaneous FLOGIs for Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches • Restriction of the number of NPIV logins to not exceed the configuration limits in for Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches • Command-line interface (CLI) command changes, including the following: – fcns bulk-notify – rscn coalesce swrscn vsan – switchport (added the max-npiv-limit and trunk-max-npiv-limit keyword.) MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 26 OL-29201-03 New Hardware in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(5) – switchport fec – system port pacer mode F interface-login-threshold – show fabric switch information vsan New Hardware in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(5) This section briefly describes the new hardware introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5). For detailed information about the new hardware, see the Cisco MDS 9250i Hardware Installation Guide that is available from this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps5989/prod_installation_guides_list.html Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch The Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch (DS-C9250I-K9) is an optimized platform for deploying high-performance SAN extension solutions, distributed intelligent fabric services, and cost-effective multiprotocol connectivity for both open systems and mainframe environments. The Cisco MDS 9250i switch is an ideal solution for local office and remote branch-office SANs and also in large-scale SANs operating the Cisco MDS 9700 and 9500 Series Multilayer director platforms. The Cisco MDS 9250i switch offers 40 autosensing 2-, 4-, 8-, and 16-Gbps line-rate Fibre Channel ports, eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports, and two 10-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports in a fixed two-rack-unit (2RU) form factor. New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5) This section briefly describes the new software features introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5). • DMM support for Cisco MDS 9250i switch • FCIP support for Cisco MDS 9250i switch • FCR support for Cisco MDS 9250i switch • IOA support for Cisco MDS 9250i switch • Path Trace • Command-line interface (CLI) command changes, including the following: – Changed the CLI output for the show ioa cluster flows command. – Introduced the ioa-ping command. – Introduced the ability to display IOA engine utilization. – Introduced the ability to display hosts and targets by device alias in IOA. New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(3) This section briefly describes the new software features introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(3). MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 27 New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1) • Cisco MDS Data Mobility Manager (DMM) supports logical unit numbers (LUN) sizes that are larger than 2 terabyte. The supported number of sessions per DMM job is more than 255. For more information, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Data Mobility Manager Configuration Guide. • FC-Redirect (FCR) support for Cisco MDS 9710 Director. For more information on IOA, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family I/O Accelerator Configuration Guide. For more information on SME, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide. • Command-line interface (CLI) command changes, including the following: – Changed the CLI output for the show fcdomain vsan command. – Deprecated the show interface counters performance command. New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1) This section briefly describes the new software features introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1). • Generic Online Diagnostics Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1), the Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports the generic online diagnostics (GOLD) feature. With online diagnostics, you can test and verify the hardware functionality of a device while the device is connected to a live network. In particular, the online diagnostics help you verify that hardware and internal data paths are operating as designed so that you can rapidly isolate faults. For more information about this feature, see the Cisco MDS 9000 System Management Configuration Guide at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_lis t.html • Enhancement to map LDAP/AD users to Cisco NX-OS roles and allow both local and remote users to use SSH or Telnet. For more information about this feature, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Security Configuration Guide, at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_lis t.html • Command-line interface (CLI) command changes, including the following: – Enhance the clear snmp counters command. – Display ISL related information. – Display a warning messages for a shared port interface when you bring down the port. – Display throughput information for all ports on a line card or ISL or on a switch or chassis. – Provide an estimated time for DMM job completion. – Shorten the show dmm job job-id 50571379 session session_id (1-20) command to show dmm job-id 50571379 session_id 1 Information about the modified CLI commands can be found in the Cisco MDS 9000 Command Reference at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/prod_command_reference_list.html MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 28 OL-29201-03 Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages Licensed Cisco NX-OS Software Packages Most Cisco MDS 9000 family software features are included in the standard package. However, some features are logically grouped into add-on packages that must be licensed separately, such as the Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package, SAN Extension over IP package, Mainframe package, and Data Mobility Manager package. On-demand ports activation licenses are also available for the Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch, Cisco MDS 9148 48-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch, and the Cisco MDS 8-Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Blade System. Note A license is not required to use the Cisco MDS 9000 8-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) module (DS-X9708-K9) and the Cisco MDS 48-Port 10- Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet Module (DS-X9848-480K9). Additional information about licensed Cisco NX-OS software packages is available at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps6029/products_data_sheets_list.html Enterprise Package The standard software package that is bundled at no charge with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches includes the base set of features that Cisco believes are required by most customers for building a SAN. The Cisco MDS 9000 family also has a set of advanced features that are recommended for all enterprise SANs. These features are bundled together in the Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package fact sheet for more information. SAN Extension over IP Package The Cisco MDS 9000 SAN Extension over IP package allows the customer to use FCIP to extend SANs over wide distances on IP networks using the Cisco MDS 9000 family IP storage services. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 SAN Extension over IP package fact sheet for more information. Mainframe Package The Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe package uses the FICON protocol and allows control unit port management for in-band management from IBM S/390 and z/900 processors. FICON VSAN support is provided to help ensure true hardware-based separation of FICON and open systems. Switch cascading, fabric binding, and intermixing are also included in this package. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe package fact sheet for more information. Data Mobility Manager Package The Cisco MDS 9000 Data Mobility Manager package enables data migration between heterogeneous disk arrays without introducing a virtualization layer or rewiring or reconfiguring SANs. Cisco DMM allows concurrent migration between multiple LUNs of unequal size. Rate-adjusted migration, data verification, dual Fibre Channel fabric support, and management using Cisco DCNM for SAN provide MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 29 Deprecated and Changed Features a complete solution that greatly simplifies and eliminates most downtime associated with data migration. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Data Mobility Manager package fact sheet for more information. The Data Mobility Manager package is for use only with Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches. On-Demand Port Activation License On-demand ports allow customers to benefit from Cisco NX-OS Software features while initially purchasing only a small number of activated ports on the Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch, MDS 9148 48-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch, and the Cisco MDS 8-Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Blade System. As needed, customers can expand switch connectivity by licensing additional ports. I/O Accelerator Package The Cisco I/O Accelerator (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 engine on which you want to run IOA. Each SSN-16 engine that you configure for IOA checks out a license from the pool managed at the chassis level. SSN-16 IOA licenses are available as single licenses. XRC Acceleration License The Cisco Extended Remote Copy (XRC) acceleration license activates FICON XRC acceleration on the Cisco MDS 9222i switch and on the MSM-18/4 in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series directors. One license per chassis is required. You must install the Mainframe Package and the SAN Extension over FCIP Package before you install the XRC acceleration license. The Mainframe Package enables the underlying FICON support, and the FCIP license or licenses enable the underlying FCIP support. Deprecated and Changed Features Zoning Features LUN zoning, read-only zones, and broadcast zones are no longer supported. These features affect the following hardware: • Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch • Cisco MDS 9000 8-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Module • Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module • Cisco MDS 9000 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module • Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module You cannot bring up these modules if these features are already configured. You should completely remove all configurations that include these features before you attempt to bring up these modules. In addition, you cannot configure these features after you bring up these modules. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 30 OL-29201-03 Limitations and Restrictions In addition, the following software features are not supported or are changed in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(5a): Note • Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) is currently not supported on the Cisco MDS 9710 Director and on Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch. • Local switching is not supported on the Cisco MDS 9710 Director, but continues to be supported on the Cisco MDS 9500 Series. • Online Health Management System (OHMS)—The Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) system provides diagnostics for the Cisco MDS 9710 Director instead of the OHMS. In Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5), the GOLD system does not provide any support for automation of corrective actions, such as rebooting modules based on error thresholds. OHMS is supported on Cisco MDS 9500 Series directors, Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch, and Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch. Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5) does not support the following hardware: • Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric Switch • Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch • Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem • Cisco MDS 4-Gbps Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter Limitations and Restrictions This section lists the limitations and restrictions. The following limitations are described: • ASCII File Can Be Copied to the Startup Configuration, page 31 • Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) Not Supported, page 31 • Install Module Command Changes, page 32 • Fabric Binding Error Message, page 32 • IOA Scaling Support on Supervisor-2 Module, page 32 ASCII File Can Be Copied to the Startup Configuration The copy bootflash:runnig-config.ascii startup-config command that was deprecated in an earlier Cisco NX-OS release is enabled from Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1). Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) Not Supported Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1) does not support the Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) feature only on the Cisco MDS 9710 Director. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 31 Caveats Install Module Command Changes The install module module-number bios command is not supported on the Cisco MDS 9710 switch in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1) and later releases. Use the install all command to upgrade the BIOS during a software upgrade. The install module module-number bios command continues to be supported in Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(1) on Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches. Fabric Binding Error Message When fabric binding is enabled, an error message appears whenever the Mainframe Package license is not installed, and also when the grace period is disabled. There is a functional impact associated with the error message, and the feature is enabled correctly. IOA Scaling Support on Supervisor-2 Module In Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(5), I/O Accelerator (IOA) scaling is supported only on the Supervisor-2A module and is not supported on the Supervisor-2 module. Caveats This section lists the open and resolved caveats for this release. Use Table 21 to determine the status of a particular caveat. In the table, “O” indicates an open caveat and “R” indicates a resolved caveat. Table 21 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference NX-OS Software Release (Open or Resolved) NX-OS Software Release (Open or Resolved) 6.2(5) 6.2(7) CSCty82906 O O CSCue64981 O R CSCug22090 O O CSCuh37423 O O CSCui52280 O O CSCuj09522 O O CSCuj94303 O O CSCul12775 O O CSCul13809 O O CSCul64626 — O CSCum30306 O O CSCum87393 — O DDTS Number Severity 2 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 32 OL-29201-03 Caveats Table 21 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference (continued) NX-OS Software Release (Open or Resolved) NX-OS Software Release (Open or Resolved) 6.2(5) 6.2(7) CSCun04994 — O CSCun11007 — O CSCun59595 — O CSCun76030 — O CSCun84332 — O CSCuo00701 — O CSCuo24658 O O CSCuo82450 O O CSCur81171 — O CSCuq64102 O O CSCuq98083 O O CSCuw82693 O O CSCuu76450 O O CSCub40020 O O CSCuf64822 O O CSCug14717 O R CSCug83123 O O CSCuh05972 O O CSCuh49283 O O CSCuh93233 O R CSCui21601 O O CSCuj42921 O O CSCuj68267 O O CSCuj77722 O R CSCuj83626 O R CSCuj99534 O O CSCul08289 O O CSCul46007 O R CSCul65496 O O CSCun29631 — O CSCun56276 — O CSCun82838 — O CSCuo01578 — O DDTS Number Severity 3 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 33 Caveats Table 21 Open Caveats and Resolved Caveats Reference (continued) NX-OS Software Release (Open or Resolved) NX-OS Software Release (Open or Resolved) 6.2(5) 6.2(7) CSCum00691 — O CSCur52810 O O CSCuw06365 O O CSCus46630 O O CSCuv42986 O O CSCuf35479 O O CSCuj42272 O R CSCue48324 O O CSCva31989 O O O R CSCud07594 O O CSCuq00007 O O DDTS Number Severity 4 Severity 5 CSCts46166 Severity 6 Resolved Caveats • CSCuh93233 Symptom: The Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) feature does not work after a member of a port channel is removed. Condition: This situation occurs only when the monitor session source is a port channel. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCuj77722 Symptom: On the Cisco MDS 9250i switch that is connected to a Cisco Nexus 5000 switch for virtual Fibre Channel links, an In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) operation becomes a disruptive process. Condition: This situation occurs if the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch in N_port virtualization (NPV) mode is connected to the Cisco MDS 9250i switch and the host and or target is connected to the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCuj83626 Symptom: If there is a Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) session to inband and the switch is reloaded, the SPAN session becomes inactive, and packets are not spanned to the SPAN destination. Condition: A Cisco MDS switch is reloaded when a SPAN session exists from an inband port. Workaround: This issue is resolved. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 34 OL-29201-03 Caveats • CSCul46007 Symptom: For a Cisco MDS 9250i switch, an FCoE Ethernet Interface Monitor window displays Rx and Tx as 0. Condition: This situation occurs when the interval for monitoring the Ethernet interface is set to 5 seconds in Data Center Network Manager (DCNM). Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCuj42272 Symptom: On a Cisco MDS 9000 switch, when a fan fails, the board LED and fan LED turn red. Condition: This situation occurs when one of the fans fails. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCue64981 Symptom: The zone set import operation fails when you try to recover a merge failure between two switches if there are three or more ISLs connected. Condition: When there are three or more E-port ISLs connected between two switches and if the zone merge has failed, the recovery action of Zone import fails. The symptom occurs only if there are three or more ISLs. Workaround: This issue is resolved. • CSCts46166 Symptom: The hidden TFTP server is accessible on the mngt0 interface. Condition: This situation can occur if the IP address is configured on the mngt0 interface. Workaround: This issue is resolved. Open Caveats • CSCty82906 Symptom: The Storage Media Encryption (SME) cluster creation fails and the following error message appears: Log file is:\Documents and Settings\username\ciscosmartcardapplet.log [Wed Mar 21 15:50:40 IST 2012]:Thread[thread applet-com.cisco.dcbu.web.client.sme.applet.SmartcardApplet-1,4,https://172.16.1.1/sme /jsp/-threadGroup]:Initializing... [Wed Mar 21 15:50:42 IST 2012]:Thread[thread applet-com.cisco.dcbu.web.client.sme.applet.SmartcardApplet-1,4,https://172.16.1.1/sme /jsp/-threadGroup]:Module is Module Name: gclib.dll [Wed Mar 21 15:50:42 IST 2012]:Thread[Thread-11,4,https://172.16.1.1/sme/jsp/-threadGroup]: [Wed Mar 21 15:50:42 IST 2012]:Thread[Thread-11,4,https://172.16.1.1/sme/jsp/-threadGroup]:Looking for smartcard reader... [Wed Mar 21 15:50:51 IST 2012]:Thread[Thread-11,4,https://172.16.1.1/sme/jsp/-threadGroup]:Exception reading smartcard:CKR_OPERATION_NOT_INITIALIZED [Wed Mar 21 15:50:51 IST 2012]:Thread[Thread-11,4,https://172.16.1.1/sme/jsp/-threadGroup]:<fieldset class="cuesStatusBoxError" MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 35 Caveats Condition: This issue occurs if you create an SME cluster for recovery option as 2 of 3 by using Mozilla Firefox, version 11.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 8, on the Microsoft XP operating system, and then rekey the master key. Workaround: None. • CSCug22090 Symptom: When an In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) is performed from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(6b) to Release 6.2(1), LLDP command-line interface (CLI) commands are not available. In this situation, LLDP is running and traffic is flowing normally even after the ISSU, but the CLI commands are not available. This symptom might be seen when feature-set fcoe was enabled on the original image, and feature lldps commands were working in the original image. Following the ISSU to Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2.1 image, the commands are not available. Workaround: Following the ISSU, enter the feature lldp command on the switch to make the LLDP commands available on the switch. switch(config)# feature lldp switch(config)# show lldp ? CSCui52280- Sev 2 O • CSCui52280 Symptom: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) process fails for IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC). Condition: This issue occurs when the Cisco MDS 9000 switches are connected through virtual Fibre Channel (vFC) interfaces. Workaround: None. • CSCuj09522 Symptom: The Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) functionality does not work after adding a VSAN filter and then removing the filter. Condition: This situation occurs when the source is an F_port and the destination is a local SD_ port. Workaround: None. • CSCtr50223 Symptom: On the MDS 9513 switch, when an MSM-18/4 module boots up, it sends a request to the supervisor module to mount the modflash on the MSM-18/4 module. If there is a timeout or error in response, the following syslog appears: sw-dc5-br2-12 %LC_MNT_MGR-SLOT3-2-LC_MNT_MGR_ERROR: SUP mount failed. MTS receive timedout sw-dc5-br2-12 %PROC_MGR-SLOT3-2-ERR_MSG: ERROR: PID 1144 (lc_mnt_mgr) exited abnormally, exit status (0xa) sw-dc5-br2-12 %MODULE-2-MOD_MINORSWFAIL: Module 3 (serial: JAE1141ZB43) reported a failure in service lc_mnt_mgr This issue might be seen when the supervisor module is unusually busy and cannot process the mount request from the MSM-18/4 module, or the actual mount command on the supervisor takes a long time. Workaround: Reload the MSM-18/4 module in the same slot/module where the modflash mount failed. A request will be sent to the supervisor to mount the modflash. • CSCug14717 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 36 OL-29201-03 Caveats Symptom: If beaconing is configured on some ports, LEDs might stop blinking after a supervisor switchover or module reload. Condition: This might be seen following a supervisor switchover or a module reload. Workaround: None. • CSCud07594 Symptom: In a virtual SAN (VSAN), the inter-switch link (ISL) might fail after entering the suspend command, followed by the no suspend command. Condition: This situation occurs if the no suspend command is entered after a VSAN suspend operation. Workaround: After entering the suspend command, wait for at least 5 to 15 minutes and then use the no suspend command. • CSCuj94303 Symptom: Traffic between two Cisco MDS 9250i switches might stop when the write acceleration feature is enabled during traffic flow. Condition: This situation occurs if there are more than 11 tunnels. Workaround: Disable the write acceleration feature on all of the tunnels or move all tunnels to a PortChannel. • CSCul13809 Symptom: Several control protocols are impacted because of the FCoE data traffic congestion in the traffic flows passing through, or originating, or terminating on a Cisco MDS 9250i switch that runs the default 7e network-qos policy. Condition: This is a known limitation with 7e policy. With the 7e template, all control and data FCoE traffic is sent to a single queue. When congestion in the network is present, in addition to data packets, control packets also are impacted, which results in timeouts and drops for several control protocols. Control protocols might display errors. Workaround: Use the 6e template throughout the fabric so that the control and data traffic are placed in different queues and do not impact each other. • CSCul65496 Symptom: Tape acceleration cannot be enabled on the Cisco MDS 9250i switch if the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections are set to 5. Condition: The tcp-connections command is used to set the TCP connection to 5. Workaround: Set TCP connections to 2. • CSCuj42921 Symptom: Inserting and removing an SFP in quick succession might cause the read operation to fail before completion with NACK errors, and the searching for supported speeds fails. This situation might prevent a port from coming up and the following error appears: speed not supported by transceiver Condition: This situation occurs with specific SFPs during removal and reinsertion. Workaround: Avoid quickly removing and inserting an SFP. After removing an SFP, wait for few seconds before reinserting it. • CSCuj68267 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 37 Caveats Symptom: The In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) or In-Service Software Downgrade (ISSD) of more than one Cisco MDS 9250i switch that are connected to one another might cause the VE/E links between them to go down. Condition: This situation occurs if an ISSU or ISSD is simultaneously performed on Cisco MDS 9250i switches that are interconnected. Workaround: Perform an ISSU or ISSD in a progressive method. For example, after the upgrade or downgrade completes on one switch, move on to another. • CSCuj99534 Symptom: During an In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), the Cisco MDS 9250i switch displays the following errors: 2013 Oct 10 14:09:07 sw234-9250i %ACLTCAM-2-ACL_TCAM_PHY_TCAM_WRITE_FAILED: Value write to hardware TCAM failed(ASIC: 1, Input TCAM, Address: 775, Num Entries: 1, Error: Broken pipe). 2013 Oct 10 14:09:07 sw234-9250i %ACLTCAM-2-ACL_TCAM_PHY_TCAM_WRITE_FAILED: Value write to hardware TCAM failed(ASIC: 2, Input TCAM, Address: 609, Num Entries: 1, Error: Broken pipe). Condition: The Cisco MDS 9250i switch has 200 I/O Accelerator (IOA) disk flows. Workaround: None. More information: The Cisco MDS 9250i switch supports up to 180 disk flows. • CSCul08289 Symptom: The Cisco MDS 9250i switch displays a powered-off power supply module as redundant. Condition: Two supply modules are operational and one is powered off. Workaround: Ensure that all three supply modules are operational. • CSCui21601 Symptom The Cisco MDS 9710 Director does not allow a copy running saving configuration and a switch reload operation. Condition: Active Fibre Channel Redirect (FC-Redirect) configurations are present in Cisco MDS 9710 Director. Workaround: Remove the Cisco MDS 9710 Director from the fabric. • CSCum00691 Symptom: If both the Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) links with the same equal-cost multipath (ECMP) entries) between two switches, traffic does not flow. Workaround: VLAN-VSAN mapping should be numerically identical when ECMPs exist with a mix of FC and FCoE paths. For example, map VSAN 10 to VLAN 10, VSAN 11 to VLAN 11, and so on. • CSCun29631 Symptom: Activation zone mode change or any such change operation failing is Stage Fabric Configuration (SFC) stage with the following error: Invalid data Condition: When you configure a member of type symbolic-nodename with a name that has more than 240 characters in it and attempt to activate the zone set or perform a zone mode change. Workaround: Configure zone members of type symbolic-nodename with the names that have fewer than 240 characters. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 38 OL-29201-03 Caveats • CSCun56276 Symptom: The following priority flow control (PFC) incompatibility warnings are logged to syslog even though there are no compatibility issues between the FCoE peers on the specified links: %ETH-QOS-2-QOSMGR_DCBXP_PFC_CMP_FAIL_MSG: Ethernet1/37 - qos config 'Priority-flow-control' not compatible with the peer Condition: These messages are incorrectly logged during In Service Switch Upgrade (ISSU) or In Service Switch Downgrade (ISSD) on for FCoE interfaces even though there are no compatibility issues. Workaround: None. More Information: This is a cosmetic issue. • CSCun82838 Symptom: On a Cisco MDS 9500 Series switch with a dual supervisor, after switchover to standby supervisor, the ilc_helper process crashes. Condition: This situation occurs during the Data Mobility Manager (DMM) operations after a switchover. Workaround: Purge the module and reenable the Storage Service Interface (SSI) software and configure the DMM again. • CSCuo01578 Symptom: The RewriteEngineLoopback test fails and get error is disabled on the Cisco MDS 9710 Director with 48-port 10-Gigabit FCoE. Condition: An In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) is performed from any of Cisco NX-OS Releases versions 6.2.1, 6.2.3, and 6.2.5 to 6.2.7 or sequentially from 6.2.1 to 6.2.3, and then to 6.2.7. Workaround: If there are multiple fabric modules in the chassis, reload each fabric module one after the other. For example, reload the fabric module 1, wait for the module to complete the reload process, wait for 2 to 3 minutes and then reload the next fabric module. You must not reload all fabric modules at the same time. After reloading all fabric modules, clear the diagnostic result using the diagnostic clear result module command. • CSCul12775 Symptom: The Cisco MDS 9250i switch incorrectly displays that the Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) is full even if enough memory is available. Condition: This situation occurs if the IOA flows go into the security region and some TCAM entries are deleted or added. Workaround: None. • CSCul64626 Symptom: Ethernet SPAN does not capture the egress traffic from a Fibre Channel node to the FCoE nodes. Condition: This situation occurs when Ethernet SPAN is configured on a Fibre Channel node of an MDS 9000 Series switch and the corresponding FCoE node is receiving traffic from the Fibre Channel node. Workaround: None. • CSCuh37423 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 39 Caveats Symptom: After changing the device alias configuration, the I/O Accelerator (IOA) flows remain unchanged until the reactivation of the zone set. Condition: This situation occurs during a device-alias add, delete, or rename operation. Workaround: None. • CSCum87393 Symptom: Packets drop on the egress of the Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet module because of the congestion timeout check. Condition: If the congestion timeout value is set to 100 ms for edge ports on the Cisco MDS 9710 Director with the Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet module, it causes the FCoE ISL to flap continuously. Workaround: Set the timeout value to 500 ms. More Information: Only the 500 ms timeout value is supported. • CSCun04994 Symptom: Fibre Channel trace does not work on the Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) module. Workaround: Use Path Trace to trace the path between two domains or a domain and an end device. • CSCun11007 Symptom: The server interface connected to the N_port virtualization (NPV) switch might flap if 5 or more FDISC rejects are sent from the core switch within 10 seconds. Condition: This occurs if the core switch rejects NPV FDISC logins in a short time or if the server is bursting logins that are getting rejected. Workaround: Make sure that no rejects occur for NPV FDISC logins on a server interface that is connected to the NPV switch. • CSCun59595 Symptom: During a high CPU utilization, if any access to the bootflash or compact flash occurs, USDs might crash, and this can result in switch reload. Condition: This situation occurs during the scale configuration or a high CPU utilization if any copy to bootflash or access to compact flash causes the heartbeat failure. Workaround: Based on the CPU utilization, perform the access to the bootflash. Further Problem Description: Copying an image to bootflash causes more IDE interrupts, and the CPU processes the interrupts and does not give control to other USDs to communicate with the watchdog, and this issue causes the USD to crash. • CSCun76030 Symptom: On the Cisco MDS 9710 Director with the 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet module, packet drop occurs when the FCoE port generates pause frame during a congestion. Condition: When the distance between Cisco MDS switches are distantly located and a congestion occurs. Workaround: None. • CSCun84332 Symptom: On the Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit FCoE module, the ECMP fails with multiple FCoE ISL. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 40 OL-29201-03 Caveats Condition: This situation occurs if one of these conditions is true: – Two switches with multiple FCoE ISLs are connected. For example, the host is connected to one switch and the target on another switch. – Multiple IVR flows are configured for any of these host-target combinations: FC host to FCoE target, FC host to FC target, and FCoE host to FC target Workaround: None. • CSCuo00701 Symptom: The normal operation of Data Mobility Manager (DMM) might be affected as follows: – DMM Initiator-Target (IT) flows for migration jobs cannot be configured. – DMM IT flows might encounter I/O traffic issues if either the initiator or target are physically moved to another switch. Condition: This situation occurs if at least one of the switches in the fabric has the FCNS bulk notification feature enabled or if the DMM-specific Initiator or Target are moved to a switch that has the FCNS bulk notification feature enabled. Workaround: Disable the FCNS bulk notification feature on the appropriate switches. • CSCuo24658 Symptom: After a switch upgrade to NX-OS 6.2(1) or later, a previously working AAA authenticated user who is configured for non network-operator privileges (such as network-admin) only receives network-operator privileges. This user is no longer able to configure the switch via CLI or SNMP. The CLI user will show as having 'network-operator' role: switch# show user-account fieldsupport user:fieldsupport roles:network-operator If the SNMP user exists, it will show as having 'network-operator' role: switch# show snmp user fieldsupport ______________________________________________________________ SNMP USERS ______________________________________________________________ User Auth Priv(enforce) Groups ____ ____ _____________ ______ fieldsupport md5 des(no) network-operator Condition: This issue only affects logins that meet all of the following conditions: 1) are logins to MDS switches 2) are authenticated remotely via RADIUS 3) have multiple vendor-specific attributes (VSAs) defined as a single Cisco-AV Pair, for example, shell and SNMP version 3 settings: shell:roles="operations-user fieldsupport" snmpv3:auth=SHA priv=AES-128 This issue does not occur if the 'shell:roles' VSA is defined alone (even with multiple roles assigned). Workaround: On the AAA server, create a separate RADIUS policy for NX-OS 6.2(x) users that splits Cisco-AV Pairs into true attribute pairs. For example: Cisco-AVPair #1: shell:roles="operations-user fieldsupport MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 41 Caveats Cisco-AVPair #2: snmpv3:auth=SHA priv=AES-128 Assign this policy conditionally on the requesting RADIUS client IP address (that is, a Cisco MDS switch mgmt0 IP address). Continue to use the original policy with the old format for RADIUS authentication requests from switches running NX-OS earlier than 6.2(1). If the RADIUS server does not support conditional assignment of policies by RADIUS client IP address then an alternate method is possible. Create a local user on the switch with local role assignment which will override the remotely supplied role using the following commands: switch(config)# no username <userid> switch(config)# username <userid> password ! role fieldsupport Further Problem Description: This issue was introduced in NX-OS release 6.2(1) due to changes to make RADIUS VSA handling consistent across NX-OS platforms. • CSCug83123 Symptom: If a nondefault logging level is set for LLDP, and if a switchover occurs, the running configuration will not show the logging level lldp 5. Condition: This situation occurs when LLDP sets a nondefault logging level by using the logging level lldp command and if a switchover occurs. Workaround: None. • CSCuh49283 Symptom: One of the symptoms is observed: – A zone member goes offline. – A Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) is not sent to zone members. – The device-mapping entry, port world wide name (pWWN) associated to a device alias is not displayed in the Dynamic Port VSAN Membership (DPVM) database. – The show running-configuration ivr command does not display the changes when a device alias member in an Inter-VSAN Routing zone (IVR zone) is renamed. – The port world wide name (pWWN) associated with the device alias is found dissociated in the port security database. – A device alias member is not found in the port security database. Condition: This situation occurs when all or one of the conditions is met: – A user attempts to perform a device-alias operation in batch, such as renaming an offline device alias to an existing online device alias or vice versa. – A device alias was renamed. – A device alias was deleted and an existing device alias is renamed to the deleted device alias in the same commit. – A device alias, which is not configured, resides in the DPVM database, and an online device is renamed to the former. – The IVR distribute option is enabled and the device alias is in enhanced mode, and the changes in a device alias are not updated to the IVR running configuration. Workaround: Add the offline member to the device alias database, revert to the previous name if you have renamed a device alias, and flap the ports that are connected to the affected zone member. • CSCuh05972 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 42 OL-29201-03 Caveats Symptom: When you use the show topology and show fcs ie commands, a few attributes such as switch name, and management interface address are not displayed. Condition: When the initial discovery is incomplete either because of the congestion that results in packet drops or the target switch does not respond. Workaround: Use the fcs start-discovery command and then use the show topology and show fcs ie command to display the topology details including the switch name, management interface address, and vendor name. Further Problem Description: If you use the show topology command, the switch name, the data for peer interfaces are displayed appropriately. • CSCub40020 Symptom: After an In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), In Service Software Downgrade (ISSD), or supervisor switchover, devices fail to FLOGI into the switch, and the following error is logged in the syslog: %FLOGI-1-MSG_FLOGI_REJECT_FCID_ERROR after upgrade/switchover Condition: This situation occurs if one or all of the following occur: 1. The Max flogi key is greater than 65535. The key can get this high if there are repeated FLOGIs on an interface. After the key exceeds 65535, this issue occurs. However, this situation does not impact end devices. 2. If a supervisor switchover, such as ISSU, ISSD, or system switchover occurs when the key is greater than 65535, Fibre Channel Identifiers (FC IDs) can be dropped from the FLOGI table. The end devices continue to function normally until they are logged out and then attempt to relogin. 3. If after both 1 and 2 above have occurred and then an end device is rebooted on the affected interface, that end device might not be able to log back in. Workaround: You must first resolve the issue with the device on the interface with the Max flogi key over 65535, such as FLOGI rejects or port security, to prevent the FLOGI key from incrementing. If the Max flogi key value is greater than 65535 before any supervisor switchover, ISSU, or ISSD, use the shutdown and then no shutdown command on the interface. Consequently, the Max flogi key value must be checked before any supervisor switchover. However, if the supervisor switchover has already occurred and logging in are failing, you must follow either of these steps: – Contact Cisco TAC to implement a nondisruptive recovery. This requires special files not accessible to customers. – Suspend the VSAN and wait for 5 minutes and then unsuspend the VSAN of the affected devices on the switch. This action is disruptive to all devices in that VSAN connected to this switch. More Information: For detailed information about this issue, see the General Upgrading Guidelines, page 18. • CSCuf64822 Symptom: The DCBX local information shows LLS DCBX registration when the port is in the shut state as: Local DCBXP Control information: Operation version: 00 Max version: 00 Seq no: 1 Type/ Subtype Version En/Will/Adv Config 006/001 000 Y/N/Y 80 Ack no: 0 006/001 is the LLS TLV. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 43 Caveats Note All the other DCBX features are usually preregistered on a down port and not seen in the DCBX output. LLS is not deregistered on a shut port, and keeps appearing in the output. Condition: This situation occurs when the port is in the shut state. Workaround: None. • CSCuf35479 Symptom: While configuring the SNMP server, if you configure a host name instead of an IP address, the following error appears: Bad IPv6 host address Condition: If the domain name and the name server IP are configured, and if you provide the SNMP host name. Workaround: Instead of the host name, add the IP address of the host in the SNMP configuration. • CSCue31727 Symptom: A user with the priv-14 role does not inherit rules from the priv-0 through priv-13 roles. Condition: This situation occurs during a normal operation. Workaround: Create users with roles from priv-0 to priv-13 and log in, or log in to the switch using AAA authentication where users with certain user levels are identified. • CSCuq59148 Symptom: Credit Monitor disabled on 9710 FC ports running NX-OS 6.2(7) when the device FLOGIs in with less than or equal to 8 credits. This can lead to other ports failing with: %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_LINK_FAILURE: %$VSAN 1%$ Interface fc1/1 is down (Link failure Link Reset failed nonempty recv queue) port-channel11. Condition: Applies to MDS 9710 running NX-OS 6.2(7) only. Also applies to earlier NX-OS 6.2 releases if there was an In Service Software Downgrade from NX-OS 6.2(7) to that earlier release. In that case, credit monitoring will remain disabled until the device re-logs in. Workaround: There are two known workarounds: 1. If possible have the attached device increase the number of B2B credits it allows in its FLOGI to a number that is greater than 8. 2. A TCL script is available that will non-disruptively modify the port settings on any/all F ports in the switch to enable credit monitoring. Please contact the Cisco TAC for this. Upgrading to Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(9) or later will completely resolve the issue. Further Problem Description: The following linecard command will show that credit monitoring is disabled on ports 19 and 20: module-1# show process creditmon statistics ******************Credit Monitor Info******************* Port Mode Monitor Cr Loss Slow-Port-Detection on? Detected? ------------- -------------- -----1 F yes 0 yes 0 2 F yes 0 yes 0 MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 44 OL-29201-03 Caveats 19 20 F F no no 0 0 no no 0 0 Other symptoms that might occur due to a port stuck at zero Tx credits remaining: %DIAG_PORT_LB-2-INT_PORT_LOOPBACK_TEST_FAIL: Module:1 Test:Internal PortLoopback failed 10 consecutive times. Faulty module: affected ports:affected ports:30 Error:Loopback test failed. Packets lost on the SUP in the transmit direction %DIAG_PORT_LB-2-SNAKE_TEST_LOOPBACK_TEST_FAIL: Module:1 Test:SnakeLoopback failed 10 consecutive times. Faulty module: affected ports:affected ports:1-48 Error:Test Failed, Could not identify the Faulty Device • CSCum30306 Symptom: The security service crashes when configuring an SSH authentication key. Configuring SSH keys multiple times within 10 minutes results in a HAP reset that resets the active supervisor. Condition: This issue intermittently occurs when configuring an SSH authentication key. Workaround: To avoid the supervisor reset, do not configure more than 2 SSH keys per 10 minutes. • CSCuo82450 Symptom: An egress FCoE interface log output discards during congestion even though pause frames are sent upstream on the ingress interface. Pause frames received on the egress interface do not prevent the output discards. Affected ingress interfaces can be identified when the 'ENABLED' field is 1 in the output of the following module-level command: show hardware internal qengine inst inst-num table vq_voq_td where inst-num = quotient of ((the port number - 1) / 4. For example, to verify Ethernet1/1 is affected using “slot 1” and “inst 0” as arguments to the above command: switch# slot 1 show hardware internal qengine inst 0 table vq_voq_td | include "port|ENABLE|^0" | Inst 0; port(s) 1-4 INDEX QUEUE PKT TYPE VL THRESHOLD ENABLE 0 8q CRD DE 0 14400 1 Condition: This issue only applies to interfaces with a “no drop” CoS, that is, FCoE interfaces. An interface will be affected by this issue only after a supervisor switchover (this includes ISSU/ISSD switchovers) and then the interface flaps for any reason (this includes moving the interface into a port channel). For Nexus 7000/7700 switches, the first affected release is Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(2). For MDS 9500/9700 switches, the first affected release is Cisco MDS NX-OS release 6.2(7). Workaround: To nondisruptively restore the “no drop” functionality, set the priority flow control to “on” and back to “auto” for each affected ingress interface. If the interface is a member of a port channel then the change should be done at the port channel interface level. For example: switch(config-if)# interface port-channel 1 switch(config-if)# priority-flow-control mode on switch(config-if)# priority-flow-control mode auto MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 45 Caveats The above workaround can only be applied to interfaces which are up. This will restore the potency of pause frames on the Ethernet interfaces. However, further port flaps will cause the issue to recur on the interface. Further Problem Description: By default, FCoE traffic is no-drop class and can be affected by this issue. Also, congestion is usually found in network designed to be oversubscribed or when slow drain devices are present in a network. To recover permanently and nondisruptively, follow these steps: 1. Apply the priority-flow-control mode on to all affected interfaces 2. Upgrade the system to a fixed version of NX-OS Apply the priority-flow-control mode auto to all the previously affected interfaces. • CSCur52810 Symptom: FCIP tunnels don't fully utilise the available TCP window size. This leads to underperforming FCIP tunnels that never achieve their configured bandwidth on higher latency links.When TCP send queue hits 2MB threshold, the FCIP tunnel is exerting flow control back to the FC ports utilizing the tunnel. This leads to Rx B2B credit depletion. You can see the current size of the send queue via the following command: show ips stats tcp interface gige Local Address Remote Address 1.1.1.1:65525 2.2.2.2:3225 State ESTABLISH Send-Q 2558928 0 Recv-Q Condition: This issue applies when: – NX-OS versions from 6.2(5) to 6.2(9c) inclusive, and – the platform is an MDS 9500 or MDS 9222i, and – latency on FCIP tunnel is high enough that a TCP window size greater than 2 MB is required Workaround: Increase the number of FCIP tunnels. Further Problem Description: The current TCP window size is displayed in the "Peer receive window" field of the show interface fcip command: Peer receive window: Current: 4162 KB, Maximum: 4220 KB, Scale: 11 • CSCur81171 Symptom: System switchover takes too long a time [around 20 minutes] and standby gets reloaded before becoming HA-standby. Flogi process will consume 90 - 100% of CPU cycles during PSS restore and due to this, any end device activity like login and logout will not be processed by Flogi process and eventually gets timed out. This may cause the flogi process to crash and if the standby is not in ha-standby status, the switch will reload. Condition: The issue will happen if all of the the below conditions are met. – The end device must have done a continuous Login - Logout [this is not a port flap but the end device doing a login flap without the port going down] to a switch running NX-OS less than 6.2.7. (or) 5.2.8e – Max flogi key greater than the flogi bitset (See Further Problem Description below.) – An ISSU to any version higher than NX-OS 6.2.7 or 5.2.8e from any version less than NX-OS 6.2.7 or 5.2.8e occur – A Supervisor Switch-over happens. Workaround: The workaround to recover - is to - identify the affected ports and flap them. Note: Contact Cisco TAC to efficiently identify affected ports. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 46 OL-29201-03 Caveats Further Problem Description: When there is repeated Flogi and Logo on an interface, the “Max Flogi key” count which is 16-bit will increment for every Login - Logout flap and after reaching 64k will wrap around and start from Zero. On the other hand, the “flogi bitset” count reaches 255 for every Login - Logout flap and after reaching 255 will stay put. When the “Max Flogi key” count is less than the “flogi bitset” the PSS recovery takes more time which is a bug. This issue is fixed and will not occur in Cisco MDS NX-OS Releases 6.2(7), 5.2(8e) and above - Bug CSCub40020. If the issue has occurred in lower versions and when an ISSU to Cisco MDS Release NX-OS 6.2(7) or 5.2(8e) is done, it tries to recover the “Max flogi key”. If the recovery step ends up in Max flogi key < than flogi bitset value, the PSS recovery during further Switchover will take up more time. The time consumption of PSS recovery is directly proportional to the No. of Instances where the “Max Flogi key” is less than the “flogi bitset” That is, in a scaled environment and when more and more ports or vsans are affected the time taken for PSS recovery is exponential. The affected interface can be found by the following CLI: # show flogi internal info |inc fc|port-channel|key|bitset Interface fc2/5: mode[F] [1084000] Mode: F State: UP Vsan: 1 Vsan no: 1 Max flogi key: 0x1(1) num_fl[0x1] flogi bitset: 0 -------------------------Interface port-channel3: mode[TF] [4000002] Mode: TF State: UP Vsan: 552 Vsan no: 1 Max flogi key: 0x40(64) num_fl[0x10] flogi bitset: 0-255 Vsan no: 552 Max flogi key: 0x40(64) num_fl[0x5] flogi bitset: 0-4 In the above example, interface fc2/5 in Vsan 1 and interface port-channel3 in Vsan 552 have Max flogi key greater than the flogi bitset [0x1(1) > 0 and 0x40(64) > 4] but interface port-channel3 in Vsan 1 has Max flogi key less than the highest flogi bitset value [0x40(64) < 255]. • CSCue48324 Symptom: Users remotely authenticated by RADIUS or TACACS+ cannot login to the system after ISSU. Also, the aaa group configuration has a deadtime greater than the maximum of 1440 minutes, for example: switch# show running-config tacacs+ aaa group server tacacs+ TACACS_GROUP deadtime 269688784 Conditions: This issue only occurs for RADIUS or TACACS+ server groups. Workaround: To recover after this issue has occurred: 1. Use a local account to login then reestablish a connection to the aaa servers with the one of the following commands: test aaa server tacacs+ a.b.c.d test aaa server radius a.b.c.d This must be done for all server addresses in the affected group. 2. Reconfigure the deadtime of the server group to a value within the range of 0 to 1440. After the deadtime is within range, it can be removed with the no deadtime command. To prevent this issue before an upgrade, initialise the deadtime and save the config, then remove it and save the config again. For example, for TACACS+: MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 47 Caveats switch# conf t (config)# tacacs-server deadtime 1 (config)# aaa group server tacacs tacacsgroup (config)# deadtime 1 (config)# end switch# copy run start switch# conf t (config)# no tacacs-server deadtime 1 (config)# aaa group server tacacs tacacsgroup (config)# no deadtime 1 (config)# end switch# copy run start • CSCuq00007 Symptom: Maximum FCIP throughput on the MDS 9250i is limited to less than line rate for 10 Gbps interfaces. Condition: This issue only applies to 10 Gbps FCIP interfaces on the MDS 9250i platform. Workaround: There is no workaround. • CSCuq64102 Symptom: The RSCN or ZONE service crashes with the following syslog message: %SYSMGR-2-SERVICE_CRASHED: Service "rscn" (PID 5405) hasn't caught signal 11 (core will be saved). or %SYSMGR-2-SERVICE_CRASHED: Service "zone" (PID 5430) hasn't caught signal 6 (core will be saved) A Cisco MDS 9700 switch can incur a switchover, however in most cases, the crash occurs again before the standby is available and the dual supervisor switch will reload. For Example: show system reset-reason ----- reset reason for Supervisor-module 5 (from Supervisor in slot 5) --1) At 161169 usecs after Thu Dec dd hh:mm:ss 2014 Reason: Reset triggered due to HA policy of Reset Service: rscn hap reset ... ----- reset reason for Supervisor-module 6 (from Supervisor in slot 6) --1) At 422003 usecs after Thu Dec dd hh:mm:ss 2014 Reason: Reset triggered due to HA policy of Reset Service: rscn hap reset. Condition: This issue occurs only when "port" format RSCNs are configured and an RSCN is sent on the relevant VSAN. RSCNs are sent, for example, after activating zoneset changes or a link changing state. Further, only the following platforms are affected: Cisco MDS 9710 Switch Cisco MDS 9706 Switch Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch Cisco Nexus 7710 Switch This issue does not occur when RSCNs are sent with "fabric" format. Workaround: Use the default RSCN address format by removing the following lines from the switch configuration: no zone rscn address-format port vsan MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 48 OL-29201-03 Caveats Note that some end devices may not support receiving RSCNs in this format. Further Problem Description: This wrong data is constructed by the zone server. It can corrupt its own heap while creating the payload to put into MTS. The crash can be either in the zone server or RSCN. It is just which module runs into the issue first. The fix that went in is to prevent both. • CSCuq98083 Symptom: An FCSP-ESP enabled (encrypted) port that was working fails to come up after ISSU/ISSD followed by link flap. Condition: This issue only affects FCSP encrypted ports on MDS 9700 DS-X9448-768K9 and MDS 9500 DS-X9248-256K9 and DS-X9232-256K9 switching modules after an ISSU or ISSD to an affected version of NX-OS. Workaround: Only a switch reload will recover from this situation. The switch must be running a fixed release of NX-OS (NX-OS 6.2(11) or above) before the reload to prevent the issue from recurring after recovery. None of the following steps alone will not recover the port functionality: – - Shut/no-shut the affected port. – - Reloading the affected linecard. – - Removing the FCSP configuration and re-configuring FCSP. – - Upgrading to NX-OS 6.2(11) or above. Further Problem Description: The issue arises on affected version of NX-OS since these versions do not push the FCSP-ESP configuration to hardware. This results in a permanent FCSP-ESP configuration mismatch with the peer port. Hence the port will not come up. • CSCuw82693 Symptom: An ISL connected over a DWDM path does not reach link up state. Condition: This issue only applies to MDS 9700 DS-X9448-768K9 modules used with some DWDM vendors. Workaround: None. Further Problem Description: show interface shows the link in "Link failure or not-connected" with OLS/LRR and NOS increasing in both directions. • CSCuw06365 Symptom: An ISL does not initialize quickly across a DWDM connection. The link can take minutes, hours or even days to connect. Once connected, it is stable. Condition: This issue only applies to DS-X9248-256K9 and DS-X9232-256K9 modules when connecting an ISL over a Tellabs 7100 DWDM path. Workaround: None. Further Problem Description: show interface shows the link in "Link failure or not-connected" with OLS/LRR and NOS increasing in both directions. • CSCus46630 Symptom: Whenever we give the command to max-bandwidth-mbps in m9250i, although the maximum supported speed is 10Gig, it shows 1Gig as the maximum configurable bandwidth. MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 49 Related Documentation Condition: There is one condition when we have IPS port speed for m9250i speed set as 1Gig, then as of now, the user has to make sure he doesn't give the speed as 10Gig. Reason being it will show the 10Gig as max-bandwidth allowed even for 1Gig speed in m9250i. As of now, we don't have the intelligence in the cli to check for what speed the port speed is set to. Hence when Port speed = 1Gig, we should give the value of max-bandwidth-mbps = 1Gig and not as 10Gig. Workaround: There is no workaround. Further Problem Description: Reproducible • CSCuv42986 Symptom: Callhome stops working and callhome tests fail. Condition: Only destination profiles of full_txt are configured. Workaround: To prevent from hitting this defect, configure an additional destination profile that is either short_txt or XML. To recover from this defect after it has already been hit, perform a system switchover or reload the switch. • CSCuu76450 Symptom: MDS fabric switch running in NPV mode fails to generate port-monitor alerts. Condition: Applies to all MDS fabric switches running in NPV mode using port-monitor. Applies to all versions prior to NX-OS 6.2(13). Will occur only in the following conditions: - After one or more upstream NP or TNP ports goes down and then back up. - For each (T)NP port that flaps, one F port at the end of the range of ports will no longer be scanned for port-monitor counter events. For example, if the (T)NP port fc1/1 flaps then the last F port being used(ex. fc1/48) will no longer be scanned for port-monitor counter events. Workaround: There are two workarounds, one temporary and one permanent: 1 - Contact the TAC and they can assist with killing the port-monitor process. Once the port-monitor process restarts, all ports will be once again scanned. This is only temporary in the sense that if an upstream (T)NP port flaps again the problem will recur. 2 - Move the (T)NP ports to the end of the ports on the switch. For example, if there are four (T)NP uplinks on a MDS 9148 or MDS 9148S, then move them to fc1/45-fc1/48. Once this has been done the problem will not recur. Further Problem Description: The fix is integrated into NX-OS 6.2(13) and later versions. Related Documentation The documentation set for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the documents listed in this section. To find a document online, access the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/tsd_products_support_series_home.html The documentation set for Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager is available from the following URL: MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) 50 OL-29201-03 Related Documentation http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9369/tsd_products_support_series_home.html Release Notes • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Releases • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for MDS SAN-OS Releases • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Storage Services Interface Images • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS 9000 EPLD Images Regulatory Compliance 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 NX-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Interface Images • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch-to-Switch Interoperability Configuration Guide Hardware Installation • Cisco MDS 9710 Director Hardware Installation Guide • Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide • Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Tech Note • Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch Installation Guide • Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide • Cisco MDS 9100 Series Hardware Installation Guide Software Installation and Upgrade • Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide Cisco NX-OS Configuration Guides • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Licensing Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(7) OL-29201-03 51 Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fabric Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Security Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS IP Services Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Intelligent Storage Services Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Inter-VSAN Routing Configuration Guide Command-Line Interface • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference Intelligent Storage Networking Services Configuration Guides • Cisco MDS 9000 I/O Acceleration Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family SANTap Deployment Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Data Mobility Manager Configuration Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide Troubleshooting and Reference • Cisco NX-OS System Messages Reference • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS MIB Quick Reference • Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS SMI-S Programming Reference Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html Subscribe to the What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. 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