Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 2.x Guida Informativa
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)
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)
Restrictions and Switch Descriptions:
Extension(A)
Extension switch MDS 9222i or DS-X9316-SSNK9 / DS-X9304-18K9 in MDS 95xx.
Extension(B)
Extension switch 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.
Notes and Recommendations:
1.
The System z supported NxOS upgrade path to 6.2(5b) is from 6.2(5b) or 5.2(2s). For switches at any level prior, must be
upgraded to 6.2(5a) or 5.2(2s) before upgrading to 6.2(5b).
upgraded to 6.2(5a) or 5.2(2s) before upgrading to 6.2(5b).
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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Rick Leonard, PMP®
System z Program Manager
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