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1 Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-Port Module Har dware Release Notes Read this document so that you are awar e of the requir ements and issues that can affect the installation and operation of the Ci.
2 Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-por t Module Hardware Release Notes • April 2008 Pr oduct Features The MDS 9222i switch integrates Fibre Channel (FC) and IP (FCIP) storage services in a single system to allow maximum flexibility in user configurations.
Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-P or t Module Hardw are Release Notes 3 ■ Mainframe connections using FICON requir e SAN-OS version 3.2(2c) (minimum). Note – SAN-OS 3.2(2c) is not qualified for channel extension with Cisco V isual Switch Manager (VSM) or any Sun StorageT ek FICON tape drives.
4 Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-por t Module Hardware Release Notes • April 2008 ■ Solaris 10 Linux ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (IA32/AMD64) ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (IA32/AMD64) ■ Su.
Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-P or t Module Hardw are Release Notes 5 Cisco Storage Media Encryption Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption (SME) encrypts data at rest on heterogeneous tape devices and virtual tape libraries.
6 Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-por t Module Hardware Release Notes • April 2008 ■ Sun StorEdge™ 3510, 351 1 FC arrays ■ Sun StorEdge 9910, 9960, 9970, 9980, 9985, and 9990 ■ Sun StorEdge .
Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-P or t Module Hardw are Release Notes 7 x64/x86 Systems ■ Sun Blade 6000 & 8000 Modular System ■ Sun Fire™ V20/40z ■ Sun Fire x2100 and x4100/4200 (M2) ■ .
8 Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-por t Module Hardware Release Notes • April 2008 Downloading and Installing Patches The following tasks provide instructions for downloading and installing patches for the MDS 9222i switch and MSM-18/4 module.
Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-P or t Module Hardw are Release Notes 9 Related Documentation Cisco documentation is equipment-specific and can be obtained directly fr om Cisco’s web site. ■ For documentation related to Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multilayer Switches: http://cisco.
10 Cisco MDS 9222i Switch and 18/4-por t Module Hardware Release Notes • April 2008.
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