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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2)
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Modified Features
See the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide
for more
information on configuring and deploying SME Disk.
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager for SAN
Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco Data Center Network Manager have merged into a unified product
that can now manage and monitor both SAN and LAN environments. As a part of this merger, Cisco
Fabric Manager has been rebranded as Cisco DCNM for SAN.
As a part of NX-OS Release 5.2(1), Cisco DCNM for SAN introduces server-based licenses that
allow you to purchase a pool of Cisco DCNM for SAN licenses instead of a switch-based Fabric
Manager Server (FMS) license. The installed base of existing FMS licenses are grandfathered into
Cisco DCNM for SAN, which means that you do not have to purchase a new license to use Cisco
DCNM for SAN if you have an existing FMS license.
There are many new features in Cisco DCNM for SAN, including:
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Summary and host dashboards
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VMware topology and performance
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Performance forecasting charts
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External SMI-S 1.4 agent
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FCoE provisioning and management
Detailed information about Cisco DCNM features is available in the
Cisco DCNM Release Notes,
Release 5.2,
and in the feature configuration guides for Cisco DCNM for SAN.
For additional information about Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1), see the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1).
New Hardware in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1)
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(1) supports the following new Generation 4 hardware devices:
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Cisco MDS 9000 8-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) module (DS-X9708-K9)
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Cisco MDS 9000 32-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module (DS-X9232-256K9)
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Cisco MDS 9000 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching module (DS-X9248-256K9)
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Cisco MDS 9513 Switching Fabric 3 module (DS-13SLT-FAB3)
See the
Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide
for descriptions of, and specifications for
the new Generation 4 modules. This guide also provides instructions for migrating to the new Fabric 3
module and guidelines for installing the new 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel switching modules.
Modified Features
The following features behave differently in Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(x) than in earlier releases,
depending on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family hardware you use.
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LUN zoning
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Read-only zones
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Broadcast zones
These features affect the following hardware:
