Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 4.1 Guía De Instalación
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Services Interface Image Installation and Upgrade Guide
OL-17262-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Services Interface Image Installation and Upgrade Guide
Overview for Upgrading Software for Intelligent Storage Services
Tip
For more information on managing files on the Cisco MDS 9000 family switches, refer to the
.
Overview for Upgrading Software for Intelligent Storage
Services
Services
For MDS 9000 Family switches, follow these steps for Cisco MDS SAN-OS software upgrades for
Intelligent Storage Services:
Intelligent Storage Services:
Step 1
Determine the correct Cisco MDS Software release and SSI boot image version. Refer to the
Cisco MDS SAN-OS
Software Release Notes
, and, if applicable, the third party support matrix to locate the correct image
version for your system. Also, refer to the
Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Release Notes
for any other SSI
boot image upgrading considerations or procedures for the version to which you want to upgrade.
Step 2
Download the kickstart image and system image for the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release that is appropriate
for your installation from the following URL:
for your installation from the following URL:
Note
You must upgrade to Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.1(2b), or later, before upgrading to Cisco
SAN-OS Release 3.0(2).
SAN-OS Release 3.0(2).
Step 3
Download the SSI boot image that is appropriate for your installation from the following URL:
Step 4
Install Cisco SAN-OS system and kickstart images and the SSI boot image.
Step 5
Save the configuration.
When you upgrade the SSI boot image, you might disrupt traffic through the module.
describes
how updating the SSI boot image affects SSM traffic.
Table 1
SSI Boot Image Upgrading Affects on SSM Traffic
Current Cisco MDS SAN-OS
Release
Release
Traffic Type
Disrupts Traffic?
2.0(2b) through 2.1(1a)
All
Yes
2.1(2) and later
Fiber Channel switching only
No
1
1.
Requires EPLD version 2.1(2). See the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide, Release 2.x
.
Intelligent Storage Services enabled
(such as Fibre Channel write
acceleration, NASB, SANTap, ISAPI
virtualization)
(such as Fibre Channel write
acceleration, NASB, SANTap, ISAPI
virtualization)
Yes