Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Guide

CHAPTER 1
New and Changed Information
• Change Summary, on page 1
Change Summary
This chapter lists the New and Changed features for this guide.
Table 1: New and Changed Features
Where DocumentedChanged in
Release
New and Change TopicsFeature
About Zoning8.3(1)The Autozone feature is a mechanism to automate
zoning via a single command or to allow minimal
effort for deploying of fabric switches that support 32
Gbps or higher speed Fibre Channel interfaces.
Autozone
About FLOGI8.3(1)Changed the default FLOGI quiesce timeout value
from 2000 to 0 millisecond.
FLOGI Scale Optimization
About FLOGI8.2(1)VMID support allows unique identification of virtual
machines (VMs) by SAN fabric infrastructure.
Virtual Machine Identifier
(VMID)
FLOGI Scale Optimization,
on page 209
8.1(1)The FLOGI scale optimization feature enables users
to increase the chassis-wide FLOGI scale limits. This
feature is supported only on Cisco MDS 9718
Directors.
FLOGI Scale Optimization
About Zoning7.3(0)D1(1)The Zone Server performance is enhanced using the
following features:
• Zone Server FCNS Shared Database
• Zone Server SNMP Optimizations
• Zone Server Delta Distribution
Zone Server Enhancements
Understanding Device
Aliases
7.3(0)D1(1)When this feature is enabled on all the switches in a
fabric, it enables better scalability.
Device Alias Diffs-only
Distribution
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Fabric Configuration Guide, Release 8.x
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Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available