Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 3.4 Guía De Información
Table 2 Supported cascaded configurations
Switch(A) <ISL> Switch(A)
Extension(A) <IP> Extension (A)
Switch(A) <ISL> Extension (B) <IP> Extension (A)
Switch(A) <ISL> Extension (B) <IP> Extension (B) <ISL> Switch(A)
Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B) <ISL> Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B)
Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B) <ISL> Extension (B) <IP> Extension (B) <ISL> Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B)
Restrictions and Switch Descriptions:
Extension(A):
Switch(A) <ISL> Switch(A)
Extension(A) <IP> Extension (A)
Switch(A) <ISL> Extension (B) <IP> Extension (A)
Switch(A) <ISL> Extension (B) <IP> Extension (B) <ISL> Switch(A)
Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B) <ISL> Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B)
Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B) <ISL> Extension (B) <IP> Extension (B) <ISL> Switch(B) <16FPC> Switch(B)
Restrictions and Switch Descriptions:
Extension(A):
Extension switch MDS 9250i, MDS 9222i or DS-X9316-SSNK9 / DS-X9304-18K9 in MDS 95xx.
Extension(B):
Extension switch MDS 9250i, MDS 9222i or DS-X9316-SSNK9 / DS-X9304-18K9 in MDS 95xx.
Switch & IP connections only. No device or channel connections.
Switch(A):
May be any switch in Table 1.
Switch(B):
MDS 9710 or MDS 9706 only
16 Member FICON Port Channel <16FPC>:
Requires a set of sixteen (16) local 16G ISLs
Distance supported up to 2km
Differential routing is allowed (ie. Not all links must be same length)
Notes and Recommendations:
1.
The System z supported NxOS upgrade path to 6.2(11c) is from 6.2(5b) or 6.2(5a). For switches at any level prior, must
be upgraded to 6.2(5b) or 6.2(5a) before upgrading to 6.2(11c).
be upgraded to 6.2(5b) or 6.2(5a) before upgrading to 6.2(11c).
2.
For cabling and other best practices please visit IBM’s Cabling Considerations in Storage Area Networks support
document:
document:
3.
Please refer to Cisco NxOS Release Notes vx.0 (or the latest available version), for additional requirements, restrictions,
and recommendations.
and recommendations.
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regarding Cisco products. Cisco retains sole responsibility for its products, the performance of such products and all claims relating
to such products, including without limitation its products’ compliance with product specifications, industry standards and safety and
other regulatory requirements.
If a device supports attachment to the z System platform, then we anticipate it will operate properly with the qualified products in this
letter. For a list of IBM supported devices, please visit IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC):
; For third party devices, please check with the OEM device vendor for
support statements regarding attachment to System z.
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Rick Leonard, PMP®
System z Program Manager
International Business Machine Corporation
Qualification Letter Version History:
06/01/2014: Initial Version