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1 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes Read this document so that you are aware of the requirements and issues that can affect the installation and operation of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fi bre Channel sw itching mod ules in a S un storag e area network (SAN).
2 Cisco MDS 9000 Fam ily 8-Gbps Fibre Ch annel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes • November 2008 Features The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fi bre Channel switching modu les deliver up to 528, 8-Gbps ports and twice the bandwidth of previous generation Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switc hing modules.
Cisco MDS 9000 F amily 8-Gbps F ibre Channel S witching Modules Hardware Re lease Notes 3 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 24-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module The 24-port module has the following speci.
4 Cisco MDS 9000 Fam ily 8-Gbps Fibre Ch annel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes • November 2008 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host- Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module The 4/44.
Cisco MDS 9000 F amily 8-Gbps F ibre Channel S witching Modules Hardware Re lease Notes 5 Downloading and Installing Patches The following task provides instructions for downloading and i nstalling patches for a Cisco MDS 9000 Family director or switch.
6 Cisco MDS 9000 Fam ily 8-Gbps Fibre Ch annel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes • November 2008 Related Documentation Cisco documentation is equipment-s pecific an d can be obtained di rectly from Cisco’s web site. ■ For documentation related to Ci sco Storage Networking Modules: http://cisco.
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