Cisco Nexus 7000 Series - Hardware Requirements; Switch Requirements

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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
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Chapter 7 Managing the Switch Hardware
Configuring EPLDs
Switch Requirements
This section includes the following topics:
• Hardware Requirements, page 7-37
• Supported Switch Operating Systems, page 7-38
Hardware Requirements
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch must include the following hardware:
• One or two supervisor modules, each with at least 120 MB of available bootflash or slot0 memory
• One or more I/O modules
• One or more fabric modules
• One fan tray module (Cisco Nexus 7009)
• Two fabric fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
• Two system fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS operating system
from Release 4.1(2) to Release 4.1(3) or later
releases on a switch that did not ship with Release
4.1(2) and a full EPLD upgrade to Release 4.1(2)
was not performed.
Supervisor modules (N7K-SUP1)
• Cisco Nexus 7010—Required for
CSCsr03766 and to fix a kernel booting
failure.
• Cisco Nexus 7018—Required for
CSCsq28232, CSCsr03766, CSCsu55410,
and to fix a kernel booting problem.
48-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M148GT-11)
• Cisco Nexus 7010—Required for
CSCsq97271, CSCsr42519, and
CSCsr44846.
• Cisco Nexus 7018—Required for
CSCsq28232, CSCsq97271, CSCsr42519,
and CSCsr44846.
Using vPC on a system that you are upgrading
Cisco NX-OS from Release 4.0 to Release 4.1(2)
or later releases.
32-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M132XP-12)
• Cisco Nexus 7010 and 7018—Required
upgrade for using vPC.
Using Cisco Trusted Security on a system that you
are upgrading Cisco NX-OS from Release 4.0 to
Release 4.1(2) or later releases.
32-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M132XP-12)
• Cisco Nexus 7010 and 7018—Required
upgrade for using Cisco Trusted Security.
1. It is recommended (not mandatory) that you upgrade the EPLD images for the supervisor, I/O, and fabric modules.
Table 7-10 Conditions For Upgrading EPLD Images (continued)
Condition Modules Targeted for Upgrades
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