Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

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:

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 Optimized8-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 
Module

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

DS-X9032

32-port 1-, 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching 
Module

Yes

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).