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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Troubleshooting Mixed Generation Hardware
This chapter describes how to identify and resolve problems that might occur when you combine
Generation 1 and Generation 2 hardware components of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. It includes the
following sections:
• Overview, page 5-1
• Combining Modules and Supervisors, page 5-7
• Initial Troubleshooting Checklist, page 5-7
• Generation 1 and Generation 2 Issues, page 5-7
Overview
Table 5-1 identifies the modules supported by the Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches and Cisco MDS
9216A and Cisco MDS 9216i switches, as well as the Generation 2 switches:
Table 5-1 Generation 2 Modules and Switches
Part Number Description
Modules
DS-X9148 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-9304-18K9 18-port 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching
module with 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports
DS-X9112 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9704 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9530-SF2-K9 Supervisor-2 module (Cisco MDS 9500 Series
switches only)
Switches
DS-C9222i-K9 10-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switch with 4
Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, and a
modular expansion slot to host Cisco MDS 9000
Family Switching and Services Modules
DS-9134-K9 34-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switch