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dating switch firmware, you can use two successive NX-OS/SAN-OS/FabricWare versions tem-
porarily. Do not enable new switch features until the upgrade is complete.
• Follow the fabric rules. (See “ Fibre Channel switch fabric rules ” on page 146.)
For the latest information on supported C-series Fibre Channel switches and firmware versions, see
the HP SAN Infrastructure website:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html
Table 41 C-series Fibre Channel switches for SAN-OS
Maximum number of Fibre
nl
Channel ports Firmware version Switch
192
SAN-OS 3.3(4a), 3.3(4), 3.3(3),
3.3(2), 3.3(1c), 3.3(1a), 3.2(3),
3.2(2c), 3.2(1a), 3.1(3a), 3.1(3),
3.1(2a)
MDS 9506 Multilayer Director
336 MDS 9509 Multilayer Director
528 MDS 9513 Multilayer Director
66 MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric
24 MDS 9124 Fabric
32 at 4 Gb/s
2 at 10 Gb/s
MDS 9134 Fabric
8 internal, 4 external
MDS 9124e 12-Port Fabric Switch
for HP c-Class BladeSystem
16 internal, 8 external
MDS 9124e 24-Port Fabric Switch
for HP c-Class BladeSystem
NOTE:
MDS 9509 requires Supervisor-2 Modules to use the maximum port count.
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