Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 2.1 Informationshandbuch
Rick Leonard, PMP®, Vendor Services Lab Manager
Sam Mercier, VSC Lab, Sr. Engineer
System z® Hardware Development
System z® Hardware Development
International Business Machines Corporation
International Business Machines Corporation
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Cisco NX-OS 5.2.2 and Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) 5.2 Qualification on System z
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and Cisco Systems have successfully completed connectivity testing of NX-OS 5.2.2 on
switches and directors listed in Table 1 with IBM System z servers listed in Table 2. This release contains the initial support for the fabric 3
modules (DS-13SLT-FAB3) and the new full line rate 8 Gb/sec 32-port card (DS-X9232-256K9) and 48-port card (DS-X9248-256K9). The
release also has support for 10 Gb/sec optics installed in the new port blades for use as ISLs. The release also provides the initial support for the
SSN-16 in a FICON environment.
Table 1) Cisco switches and directors supported on machines from Table 2
Cisco Name
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and Cisco Systems have successfully completed connectivity testing of NX-OS 5.2.2 on
switches and directors listed in Table 1 with IBM System z servers listed in Table 2. This release contains the initial support for the fabric 3
modules (DS-13SLT-FAB3) and the new full line rate 8 Gb/sec 32-port card (DS-X9232-256K9) and 48-port card (DS-X9248-256K9). The
release also has support for 10 Gb/sec optics installed in the new port blades for use as ISLs. The release also provides the initial support for the
SSN-16 in a FICON environment.
Table 1) Cisco switches and directors supported on machines from Table 2
Cisco Name
Code Release
Graphical User Interface
(GUI)
(GUI)
IBM Machine Type
Supported Small Form
Factor Pluggable (SFP)
Optics
Factor Pluggable (SFP)
Optics
MDS-9513
NX-OS 5.2.2
DCNM 5.2
2062-D11 or 2054-E11
2, 4, 8, and 10 Gb/sec
MDS-9509
NX-OS 5.2.2
DCNM 5.2
2062-D07 or 2054-E07
2, 4, 8, and 10 Gb/sec
MDS-9506
NX-OS 5.2.2
DCNM 5.2
2062-D04 or 2054-E04
2, 4, 8, and 10 Gb/sec
MDS-9222i
NX-OS 5.2.2
DCNM 5.2
2054-E01
2, 4 and 8 Gb/sec
MDS-9134
NX-OS 5.2.2
DCNM 5.2
2053-434
2, 4, and 10 Gb/sec
Table 2) FICON (CHPID type FC) and FCP (CHPID type FCP) attachment of the tested switches and directors is supported on the
following
zEnterprise 196 (z196) at driver 86E and driver 93G
zEnterprise 114 (z114) at driver 93G
System z10 Enterprise Class and System z10 Business Class (z10 EC and z10 BC) at driver 76D or 79F
System z9 Enterprise Class and System z9 Business Class (z9 EC and z9 BC) at driver 67L
zSeries 990 (z990) and zSeries 890 (z890) at driver 55K
zSeries 900 (z900) and zSeries 800 (z800) at driver 3GF
Note: Check with IBM service personnel to ensure all required Machine Change Levels (MCLs) have been applied to System z machines.
Table 3) Supported System z functions/features and environments
High Performance FICON for System z (zHPF)
All FICON / FCP data rates (1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/sec) are supported on the switches and directors in Table 1.
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) attached to System z machines that support FCP listed in Table 2 running with Linux on System z
•
Novell SUSE SLES 10 and SLES 11
•
Red Hat RHEL 5 and 6
Note: FCP is also supported by z/VM and z/VSE.
FCP N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on System z machines listed in Table 2.
Intermix of FICON and FCP traffic within the same fabric
FCP N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on System z machines listed in Table 2.
Intermix of FICON and FCP traffic within the same fabric
Table 4) Supported Input/Output (I/O) devices
TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) (2105-800)
IBM System Storage DS8000 series
IBM System Storage DS6000 (1750)
IBM Virtualization Engine TS-7700 (3957-VEA and 3957-V06)
IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (3494)
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller model J70 (3592-J70)
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Controller model C06 (3592-C06)
Optica PRIZM for FICON to ESCON conversion
Note: It is anticipated that the Cisco switches and directors could attach to any System z FICON / FCP supported device and other FICON / FCP
devices that adhere to the FICON / FCP architecture.
TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) (2105-800)
IBM System Storage DS8000 series
IBM System Storage DS6000 (1750)
IBM Virtualization Engine TS-7700 (3957-VEA and 3957-V06)
IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (3494)
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller model J70 (3592-J70)
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Controller model C06 (3592-C06)
Optica PRIZM for FICON to ESCON conversion
Note: It is anticipated that the Cisco switches and directors could attach to any System z FICON / FCP supported device and other FICON / FCP
devices that adhere to the FICON / FCP architecture.
IBM Corporation
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Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
January 24, 2012
2455 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
January 24, 2012