Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

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                      Model              Status

---  -----  -------------------------------- ------------------ ------------

...

...

7    0      Supervisor/Fabric-2              DS-X9530-SF2-K9    active *

8    0      Supervisor/Fabric-2              DS-X9530-SF2-K9    ha-standby

No payload encryption (NPE) images are available with some releases of Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 
5.2(x) 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: 

m9500-sf2ek9-kickstart-mz-npe.5.2.8d.bin

m9500-sf2ek9-mz-npe.5.2.8d.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.

This section lists the guidelines recommended for upgrading your Cisco MDS NX-OS software image 
and includes the following topics:

Before you begin the upgrade process, review the list of chassis and modules that Cisco MDS NX-OS 
Release 5.2(8d) supports. See the 

For detailed instructions for performing a software upgrade using Cisco DCNM, see the Cisco DCNM 
Release Notes, Release 5.2, which is available from the following website:

Before upgrading your Cisco NX-OS software, you must determine if the following issue has occurred 
in your switch: