Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2

Use 

 to determine the nondisruptive upgrade path for FICON-certified releases. Find the image release number you 

are currently using in the Current Release with FICON Enabled column of the table and follow the recommended path.

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

NX-OS

Release 6.2(5b)

Release 6.2(5a)

Release 5.2(2s)

Release 5.2(2)

Release 4.2(7b)

Release 4.2(1b)

Release 4.1(1c)

SAN-OS

Release 3.3(1c)

Release 3.2(2c)

Release 3.0(3b)

Release 3.0(3)

Release 3.0(2)

Release 2.0(2b)

NX-OS Release 5.2(2) or 
5.2(2s)

You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 6.2(5a) or 
6.2(5b).

NX-OS Release 4.2(7b)

You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 5.2(2).

NX-OS Release 4.2(1b)

You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.2(7b).

NX-OS Release 4.1(1c)

You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.2(1b).

SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c)

You can nondisruptively upgrade directly to NX-OS Release 4.2(1b).

SAN-OS Release 3.2(2c), 
3.0(3b), 3.0(3), and 3.0(2). 

First upgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c), and then upgrade to NX-OS 
Release 4.2(1b).