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4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes • November 2008
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host-
Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module
The 4/44-port module has the following specifications:
■ Four 8-Gbps ports and 44 4-Gbps ports
■ 96 Gbps of full-duplex bandwidth
■ Installable in both a Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Director or Cisco MDS
9222i Multiservice Modular Switch
Note – The Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director does NOT require the MDS 9513
Fabric 2 Modules to support the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host-
Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module.
Firmware Requirements
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules require Cisco
MDS 9000 NX-OS Software revision 4.1(1b) (minimum) be installed on the Cisco
MDS 9000 Family director or switch into which the module is installed. Use
TABLE 1
to determine the correct patch ID for your equipment. The -xx suffix indicates the
latest patch revision number.
For further information, see “Downloading and Installing Patches” on page 5.
Note – The switch or director into which these modules are installed might have
specific firmware, hardware, or software requirements. Be sure to check the
available documentation for your equipment for important compatibility
information.
TABLE 1 Patch IDs for Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS
Software Revision Sun Patch ID
Cisco MDS 9222i
Multiservice Modular Switch
4.1(1b) 140044-xx
Cisco MDS 9500 Series
Multilayer Director
4.1(1b) 140045-xx