Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric
Switch Hardware Release Notes
For Installation in a Sun™ Storage Area Network
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Part No. 820-2855-10
November 2007, Revision A
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Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric
Switch Hardware Release Notes
This document contains important information about the Cisco MDS 9134 34-port
Multilayer Fabric Switch hardware installed in Sun storage area networks (SANs).
Read this document so that you are aware of issues or requirements that can affect
the installation and operation of the Cisco MDS 9134 switch in a Sun SAN.
Note – Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned
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This document contains the following sections:
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“Product Features” on page 2
“Supported Software” on page 2
“Supported Management Software” on page 3
“Supported Hardware” on page 4
“Downloading and Installing the Firmware” on page 6
“Related Documentation” on page 7
“Service Contact Information” on page 7
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Product Features
The Cisco MDS 9134 32-port Multilayer Fabric Switch provides up to 32 4-Gbps
Fibre Channel ports and two 10-Gbps Fibre Channel ports in a one rack unit (1RU)
chassis. A port activation license allows you to add an extra eight ports to the
original 24-port configuration for a total of 32 4-Gbps ports. Another port activation
license will allow you to activate the two 10-Gbps Fibre Channel ports for a total of
34 active ports.
The Cisco MDS 9134 switch can be used as a stand-alone switch or stacked together
via copper X2 transceivers for up to 64 4-Gbps ports.
Note – Optical X2 transceivers can also be used to stack the Cisco MDS 9134
switches together.
The part numbers for the optical and copper X2 transceivers are as follows:
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Cisco 10 Gbps Fiber Channel-short wavelength X2 SFP: SG-XSWCS-10G-X2S-Z
Cisco 10 Gbps Fiber Channel-long wavelength X2 SFP: SG-XSWCS-10G-X2L-Z
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Supported Software
This section describes the firmware and operating system requirements for the Cisco
MDS 9134 switch.
Firmware Requirements
The Cisco MDS 9134 Hardware requires SAN OS rev 3.2(1a) (minimum) which is
delivered as patch 126488-03 and available from SunSolveSM. See “Downloading and
Installing the Firmware” on page 6 for more information.
Operating System Requirements
The following operating systems running on hosts on the SAN are compatible with
the Cisco MDS 9134 switch:
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Solaris
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Solaris 9 Update 1 or higher for SPARC
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Solaris 10 for SPARC and x86
Linux
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit/64-bit)
SuSE Linux 9 Professional Community Edition (32-bit/64-bit)
SuSE Linux 10 Professional Community Edition (32-bit/64-bit)
Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit)
Other
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HP/UX 11.i and11.23
IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3
IBM z/OS
Supported Management Software
You can manage the Cisco MDS 9134 switch using any of the following software
management tools.
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Cisco MDS 9000 family CLI
Cisco Quick Configuration wizard
Cisco Fabric Manager Release 3.2(1a) or higher
Application programming interface (API) for integration with third-party and
user-developed management tools
If you need information about these tools, see the Cisco product documentation at:
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Supported Hardware
This section lists the hardware that is compatible with the Cisco MDS 9134 switch.
Supported Switches and Directors
The Cisco MDS 9134 switch interoperates with the Cisco MDS 9000 family of
products. For more information, see Cisco’s interoperability support matrix located
Supported Storage Platforms
The Cisco MDS 9134 switch is compatible with the following storage platforms:
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Sun StorEdge™ 3510, 3511 FC arrays
Sun StorEdge 6120 and 6130 arrays
Sun StorageTek™ 6140 and 6540 arrays
Sun StorEdge 6320 system
Sun StorageTek FlexLine™ 380 array
Sun StorEdge Fibre Channel 9840A, 9840B, 9840C, 9940A, 9940B, LTO-2, LTO-3,
and SDLT 600 FC tape drives
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Sun StorEdge 9910, 9960, 9970, 9980, 9985, 9990
Sun StorEdge FC420 FC-SCSI Bridge for L25 and L100 tape libraries with the SG-
XFCCARD2-C LVD SCSI to Fibre Channel Card Quantum or the SG-
XFC420CARD-MOD Fibre Channel / LVD Internal Bridge
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FC Robots: L180, L700j, L1400M, SL500, L500
Supported HBAs
The Cisco MDS 9134 switch is compatible with the following HBAs:
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SG-XPCIE2FC-EB4-Z
SG-XPCIE20FC-NEM-Z
SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 and SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z
SG-XPCI1FC-QF2
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SG-XPCI1FC-QLC and SG-XPCI1FC-QLC-Z (Maximum of two cascaded switches
between devices)
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SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 and SG-XPCI2FC-EM2
SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 and SG-XPCI2FC-QF4
SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 and SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4
SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z and SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z
SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 and SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4
SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z
Supported Server Platforms
The Cisco MDS 9134 switch is compatible with the following Sun servers:
x64/x86 Systems
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Sun Fire™ V40z
Sun Fire x2100
Sun Fire x2200 (M2)
Sun Fire x4100 (M2) and x4200 (M2)
Sun Fire x4600 (M2)
Sun Fire 8000 Modular System
SPARC Servers
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Sun Fire T1000/T2000
Sun Fire V1280/Netra 1280
Sun Fire Netra 240
Sun Fire V210/V240/V250
Sun Fire V245/V445
Sun Fire V440
Sun Fire V480
Sun Fire V490
Sun Fire V880
Sun Fire V890
Sun Fire 4800/4810/6800
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Sun Fire 2900
Sun Fire 12k/15k/20k/25k
Sun Enterprise™ 4900/6900
Downloading and Installing the
Firmware
This section provides instructions for downloading and installing the Cisco MDS
9000 SAN-OS firmware.
Note – Download the latest version of the firmware to ensure proper compatibility.
▼ To Download and Install the Patch
Use the following procedure to retrieve Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS revision.
1. Access the SunSolve web site at:
2. Accept the terms and conditions of the license agreement.
3. Click Patches and Updates under the Support category.
4. Type Patch ID 126488-xx under PatchFinder and click Find Patch.
Do not type the -xx revision number. PatchFinder automatically finds the latest
patch.
5. Verify that you have retrieved the correct patch.
6. Print the README file that contains installation instructions and any special
guidelines.
7. Download the patch by clicking on either HTTP or FTP in the following line:
Download Patch (nn,nnn,nnn bytes) HTTP FTP
8. When you have finished downloading the patch, install the patch by following
the instructions in the patch README file.
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Related Documentation
For more information about the Cisco MDS 9134 switch, refer to the following
documents:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide, Release 3.x
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, Release 3.x
Service Contact Information
If you need help installing or using this product in the United States, call
1-800-USA-4SUN, or go to:
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