Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.0

Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(7) is a maintenance release that includes bug fixes. There are no new 
features in this release. 

Most Cisco MDS 9000 family software features are included in the standard package. However, some 
features are logically grouped into add-on packages that must be licensed separately, such as the Cisco 
MDS 9000 Enterprise package, SAN Extension over IP package, Mainframe package, Fabric Manager 
Server (FMS) package, Storage Services Enabler (SSE) package, Storage Media Encryption package, 
and Data Mobility Manager package. On-demand ports activation licenses are also available for the 
Cisco MDS Blade Switch Series and 4-Gbps Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric switches. 

The standard software package that is bundled at no charge with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches 
includes the base set of features that Cisco believes are required by most customers for building a SAN. 
The Cisco MDS 9000 family also has a set of advanced features that are recommended for all enterprise 
SANs. These features are bundled together in the Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package. Refer to the 
Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package fact sheet for more information. 

SAN-OS Release 3.0(3b)

First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 
3.0(3b).

SAN-OS Release 3.0(2)

First downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then downgrade to Release 
3.0(2).

SAN-OS Release 2.0(2b)

Use the interface shutdown command to administratively shut any Fibre 
Channel ports on Generation 1 modules that are in an operationally down 
state before nondisruptively downgrading from NX-OS Release 4.1 to 
SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) then to SAN-OS Release 3.0(3b) or SAN-OS 
Release 3.0(2), and then to SAN-OS Release 2.0(2b). An operationally down 
state includes 

Link failure or not-connected, SFP not present

, or

 

Error Disabled

 status in the output of a show interface command. When 

an interface is administratively shut it will then show as 

Administratively 

down

. Interfaces that are currently up or trunking do not need to be shut 

down.

SAN-OS Release 1.3(4a)

Downgrade to SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) and then to Release 3.0(2). Use the 
shutdown command to shut all the ports operationally down and 
administratively up on all the Generation 1 modules before nondisruptively 
downgrading to Release 2.0(2b) and then downgrade to 1.3(4a).