Table 42 C-series Fibre Channel switches for NX-OS
Maximum number of Fibre
nl
Channel portsFirmware versionSwitch
192
NX-OS 4.2(3), 4.2(1a), 4.1(3a),
4.1(1c), 4.1(1b)
MDS 9506 Multilayer Director
336MDS 9509 Multilayer Director
528MDS 9513 Multilayer Director
66MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric
24MDS 9124
32 at 4 Gb/s
2 at 10 Gb/s
MDS 9134
8 internal, 4 external
MDS 9124e 12-Port Fabric
Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
16 internal, 8 external
MDS 9124e 24-Port Fabric
Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
NOTE:
NX-OS requires Supervisor-2 Modules for the MDS 950
x
Director switches.
Table 43 C-series Fibre Channel legacy switches
Maximum number of Fibre
Channel portsFirmware versionSwitch
20FabricWare 2.1(3), 2.1(2)MDS 9020 Fabric
20
SAN-OS 3.3(4a), 3.3(4), 3.3(3),
3.3(2), 3.3(1c), 3.3(1a), 3.2(3),
3.2(2c), 3.2(1a), 3.1(3a), 3.1(3),
3.1(2a)
MDS 9120 Fabric
40MDS 9140 Fabric
48MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric
64MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric
62
NX-OS 4.2(3), 4.2(1a), 4.1(3a),
4.1(1c), 4.1(1b)
SAN-OS 3.3(3), 3.3(2), 3.3(1c),
3.3(1a), 3.2(3), 3.2(2c), 3.2(1a),
3.1(3a), 3.1(3), 3.1(2a)
MDS 9216i
Table 44 describes SAN-OS C-series switching module support.
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