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Release Notes for Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b)
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Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager
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Cisco Family Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b) can manage switches that are running any MDS 9000
NX-OS 4.x release and switches that are running any SAN-OS 3.x release.
NX-OS 4.x release and switches that are running any SAN-OS 3.x release.
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Any Fabric Manager 3.x release cannot fully manage switches that are running any MDS 9000
NX-OS 4.x release because Fabric Manager Release 3.x cannot manage features that are specific to
the MDS 9000 NX-OS 4.x release series. Fabric Manager Release 3.3(x) can manage all legacy
features in any SAN-OS 3.x, 2.x, and 1.x release.
NX-OS 4.x release because Fabric Manager Release 3.x cannot manage features that are specific to
the MDS 9000 NX-OS 4.x release series. Fabric Manager Release 3.3(x) can manage all legacy
features in any SAN-OS 3.x, 2.x, and 1.x release.
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In terms of testing and support, future releases of Cisco Fabric Manager 4.x will be backwards
compatible with the two previous releases of MDS NX-OS 4.x and with the two highest releases in
the SAN-OS 3.x release series.
compatible with the two previous releases of MDS NX-OS 4.x and with the two highest releases in
the SAN-OS 3.x release series.
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Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b) offers backwards compatibility support for the releases shown in
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Upgrading Your Version of Cisco Fabric Manager
As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), Cisco Fabric Manager is no longer packaged with a Cisco MDS 9000
Family switch. It is included on the CD-ROM that ships with the switch. You can install Fabric Manager from
the CD-ROM or from files that you download.
Family switch. It is included on the CD-ROM that ships with the switch. You can install Fabric Manager from
the CD-ROM or from files that you download.
Installing Cisco Fabric Manager is a multi-step process that involves installing a database, as well as Fabric
Manager. The complete installation instructions are provided in the “Installation of Cisco MDS SAN-OS and
Fabric Manager” section in the
Manager. The complete installation instructions are provided in the “Installation of Cisco MDS SAN-OS and
Fabric Manager” section in the
and are
available on-screen once you launch the Fabric Manager installer from the CD-ROM.
Note
When upgrading Fabric Manager, refer to the supported upgrade path shown in
. For example,
when upgrading from SAN-OS Release 3.1(x) to Release 4.1(3b), you will need to upgrade from Release
3.1(x) to Release 3.2(x) and then upgrade to Release 4.1(3b).
3.1(x) to Release 3.2(x) and then upgrade to Release 4.1(3b).
Table 2
Software Version Compatibility
Current Software Version
Tested with and Supports:
MDS Fabric Manager Release 4.1(3b)
MDS NX-OS 4.1(3a), 4.1(1c), 4.1(1b)
SAN-OS 3.3(3), 3.3(2), 3.3(1c)
Table 3
Supported Fabric Manager Upgrade Paths
Current
Upgrade Path
3.0.x
3.1.x
3.1.x (HSQL)
3.2.x (Oracle)
3.1.x (HSQL)
3.2.x PostgreSQL
3.1.x (Oracle)
3.2.x (Oracle)
3.2.x (Oracle)
3.3.x (Oracle
3.2.x (PostgreSQL)
3.3.x (PostgreSQL)