Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8d)
Introduction
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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 the 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.
availability, scalability, security, and management, allowing you to deploy high-performance
storage-area networks with the 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.
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
For the latest information about supported Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP), Enhanced Small
Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+), and X2 devices, see the
Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+), and X2 devices, see the
data sheet.
lists the NX-OS software part numbers and hardware components supported by the Cisco MDS
9000 Family.
Table 2
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Supported Software and Hardware Components
Component
Part Number
Description
Applicable Product
Software
M95S2K9-5.2.8d
MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software
MDS 9500 Series only
M92S2K9-5.2.8d
MDS 9200 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software
MDS 9222i Switch only
M91S3K9-5.2.8d
MDS 9148 Supervisor/Fabric-3 NX-OS software
MDS 9148 Switch
M91S2K9-5.2.8d
MDS 9100 Supervisor/Fabric-2, NX-OS software
MDS 9134 Switch and MDS
9124 Switch
9124 Switch