Table 1-1 New and Changed Features for Release 3.x
Feature
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Description
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Changed in Release
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Where Documented
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EMC Email Home
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EMC Email Home configuration information was added to the CallHome chapter.
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3.3(3)
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Chapter 55, "Configuring Call Home"
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First and Last Core
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Added updates.on First and Last core commands and Verification.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 30, "Advanced Features and Concepts"
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Common Information Model
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Added commands for displaying Common Information Model.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 60, "Monitoring System Processes and Logs"
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FlexAttach Virtual pWWN
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New chapter added for this new feature.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 6, "Configuring FlexAttach Virtual pWWN"
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IP Network Simulator
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Added a note on IP Network Simulator support for Multiservice Module (MSM) and the Multiservice Modular Switch.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 59, "Troubleshooting Your Fabric"
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About SAN Ext Tuner
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Added a note on SAN support for Multiservice Module (MSM) and the Multiservice Modular Switch.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 42, "Configuring the SAN Extension Tuner"
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NPV Traffic Management
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Added inforamton on NPV Traffic Managment throughtout the NPV chapter.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 14, "Configuring N Port Virtualization"
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Configuring SNMP Users from the CLI
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Removed des from the command switch(config)# snmp-server user user1 role1 auth md5 0xab0211gh priv 0x45abf342 localizedkey in To create or modify passwords for SNMP users from the CLI.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 33, "Configuring SNMP"
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Migrating from Supervisor-1 Modules to Supervisor-2 Modules
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Updated the steps for migrating from Supervisor-1 modules to Supervisor-2 modules on a Cisco MDS 9509 or 9506 switch.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 8, "Software Images"
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Enabling the Buffer-to-Buffer State Change Number
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Added information on BB_SCN on ISLs.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing
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Updated for no IVR support on MDS 9134 Fabric Switch.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 23, "Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing"
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Distributing Device Alias Services
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Updated the second bullet in Database Merge Guidelines.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 25, "Distributing Device Alias Services"
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Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules
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Updated table Bandwidth and Port Groups for Generation 2 FC Modules and Fabric Switches in Port Groups section.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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Configuring iSCSI
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Added the enable and disable command for modules in the iSCSI feature.
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3.2(2b)
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Chapter 43, "Configuring iSCSI"
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Obtaining and Installing Licenses
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Removed the prefix "VDH=" from HostID serial number.
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3.2(2b)
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Chapter 3, "Obtaining and Installing Licenses"
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N Port Virtualization
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N port virtualization educes the number of Fibre Channel domain IDs in SANs.
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 14, "Configuring N Port Virtualization"
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Cisco MDS 18/4-port Multiservice module
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Added updates about support or non-support of the module throughout the book.
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 8, "Software Images"
Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice modular switch
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Added updates about support or non-support of the switch throughout the book.
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 8, "Software Images"
Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch
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Added updates about support or non-support of the switch throughout the book.
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 3, "Obtaining and Installing Licenses"
Chapter 8, "Software Images"
Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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SANTap enhancements
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Provides for 32-bit support and dynamic LUNs.
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 50, "Configuring SANTap"
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CFS enhancements
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Support for CFS regions.
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 7, "Using the CFS Infrastructure"
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TACACS+ password expiry notification
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Password aging notification is initiated when the TACACS+ server authenticates access to the switch through Telnet or SSH
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3.2(1)
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Chapter 34, "Configuring RADIUS and TACACS+"
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Cisco 32-port switching module
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Added a new guideline for copying a saved configuration that contains the no system default switchport shutdown command, and the effect that has on E-port configuration.
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3.1(3)
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Chapter 17, "Configuring PortChannels"
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Cisco CompactFlash CRC Checksum Test
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Enables users to run the CompactFlash CRC Checksum test and update CompactFlash firmware.
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3.1(3)
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Chapter 11, "Managing System Hardware"
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System default port mode F
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Added information about the system default switchport mode F feature and command.
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3.1(3)
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Chapter 5, "Initial Configuration"
Chapter 13, "Configuring Interfaces"
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Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem and Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter
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Added updates about support or non-support of the switches throughout the book.
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3.1(2)
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Chapter 4, "On-Demand Port Activation Licensing"
Chapter 8, "Software Images"
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On-Demand Port Activation Licensing
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Added port naming conventions f and switch behavior of Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem and Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter.
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3.1(2)
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Chapter 4, "On-Demand Port Activation Licensing"
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Running the CompactFlash Report
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Enables users to run the CompactFlash Check utility to generate a report that shows the status of CompactFlash on certain line cards.
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3.1(2)
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Chapter 11, "Managing System Hardware"
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SAN device virtualization
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Allows you to create virtual devices that represent physical end devices when configuring switches.
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3.1(2)
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Chapter 21, "SAN Device Virtualization"
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Enable/disable up/down link
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Allows users to enable or disable SNMP link-state traps on specific interfaces.
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3.1(2)
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Chapter 33, "Configuring SNMP"
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Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch support
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Updates throughout the book to reflect support of the Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch.
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3.1(1)
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Chapter 1, "Product Overview"
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On-demand port activation licensing
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Allows users to buy additional licenses for ports in the Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch, and to also move licenses among ports.
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3.1(1)
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Chapter 4, "On-Demand Port Activation Licensing"
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Non-disruptive upgrades on the Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch
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Describes non-disruptive upgrades on the Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch.
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3.1(1)
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Chapter 8, "Software Images"
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Removal of restrictions on oversubscription ratios
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Allows users to remove any restrictions on maximum oversubscription ratios.
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3.1(1)
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Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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FICON Tape Acceleartion
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Provides acceleration for FICON tape write operations over FCIP for the IBM Virtual Tape Server (VTS) and tape libraries that support the 3490 command set.
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3.1(1)
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Chapter 29, "Configuring FICON"
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IP Network Simulator
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Allows users to simulate network conditions to test the impact of network latency for FCIP or iSCSI.
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3.1(1)
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Chapter 59, "Troubleshooting Your Fabric"
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Generation 2 switching modules
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Provides default support for Fibre Channel ACL adjacency sharing on Generation 2 switching modules.
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3.0(3)
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Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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Command scheduler remote user support
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Allows remote users to configure command scheduler jobs.
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3.0(3)
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Chapter 19, "Scheduling Maintenance Jobs"
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IVR zones and zone members
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Increases the limits for IVR zones to 8000 and for IVR zone members to 20,000
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3.0(3)
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Chapter 23, "Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing"
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RLIR messages
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Allows you to specify a server to receive Registered Link Incident Report (RLIR) frames.
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3.0(3)
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Chapter 29, "Configuring FICON"
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User configuration limit
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Sets the maximum number of users on a switch to 256.
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3.0(3)
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Chapter 39, "Configuring Users and Common Roles"
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show tech-support command
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Allows you to specify new options for the show tech-support command for specific features.
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3.0(3)
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Chapter 59, "Troubleshooting Your Fabric"
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install ssi command
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Copies the SSI boot image file to the SSM modflash:.
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3.0(2)
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Chapter 12, "Managing Modules"
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Domain manager fast restart
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Allows the domain manager to quickly recover from a principal link failure when a backup link is available.
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3.0(2)
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Chapter 18, "Configuring Domain Parameters"
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FICON port prohibiting default
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Allows you to change the default setting for port prohibiting.
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3.0(2)
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Chapter 29, "Configuring FICON"
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CLI enhancements
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Includes the following CLI enhancements:
• User-defined command variables.
• User-defined aliases for common commands.
• The pwc command displays the list of commands entered to reach a command submode.
• Command variable support in the run-script command.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 2, "Before You Begin"
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Configuration format change
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Describes the multiple entry format for displaying interface configuration information in the show running-config and show startup-config command outputs.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 2, "Before You Begin"
Chapter 13, "Configuring Interfaces"
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Supervisor-2 module support
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Includes support for the following Supervisor-2 module features:
• Configuring modem parameters on the console port and COM1 port.
• Allowing 1000 Mbps speed on the management port.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 5, "Initial Configuration"
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CFS over IP
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Allows CFS distributions over IP connections.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 7, "Using the CFS Infrastructure"
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Configuration check
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Describes the changes to the show incompatibility system command that indicate the commands to use to disable features before downgrading to an earlier release of the system image.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 8, "Software Images"
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Supervisor module management procedures
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Includes the following recommended supervisor module management procedures:
• Preparing to remove supervisor modules from Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors containing both Generation 1 and Generation 2 switching modules.
• Migrating from Supervisor-1 modules to Supervisor-2 modules in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 8, "Software Images"
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boot auto-copy command enabled by default
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Changes the default state for the boot auto-copy command to enabled.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 10, "Configuring High Availability"
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Crossbar removal procedures
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Provides the recommended procedures to prepare to remove crossbars from Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 11, "Managing System Hardware"
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N-port identifier virtualization (NPIV)
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Provides support for multiple N port identifiers to support multiple applications on a server accessing an MDS switch.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 13, "Configuring Interfaces"
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Auto port mode support change
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Disallows configuring auto port mode on Storage Services Module (SSM) Fibre Channel interfaces.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 13, "Configuring Interfaces"
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Generation 2 switching module support
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Describes how to configure interfaces on the Generation 2 Fibre Channel switching modules.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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SFP diagnostic information
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Describes the show interface transceiver command change to display SFP diagnostic information on Generation 2 modules.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 15, "Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules"
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CFS support for allowed domain ID lists
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Allows the allowed domain ID lists to be distributed in the fabric using the CFS infrastructure.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 18, "Configuring Domain Parameters"
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IVR enhancements
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Includes the following IVR enhancements:
• Allowing more than one active IVR service group.
• Renaming IVR zones (IVZs).
• Renaming IVR zone sets (IVZSs).
• Copying the active IVZS to the full IVZS to be edited and reactivated.
• Copying the active IVR topology to the manually configured IVR topology.
• Copying the active IVR service group database to the configured IVR service group database.
• Clearing the configured IVR service group database.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 23, "Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing"
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Increased zone limit per VSAN
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Increases the maximum number of zones per VSAN from 2000 to 8000.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 24, "Configuring and Managing Zones"
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Zone analysis
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Provides a means to analyze zone characteristics using the show zone analysis command.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 24, "Configuring and Managing Zones"
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Device alias rename
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Allows existing device aliases to be renamed.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 25, "Distributing Device Alias Services"
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In-order-delivery enhancement
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Ensures that frames are delivered in order within the switch latency drop period.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 26, "Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols"
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CFS support for RCSN
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Allows the RSCN timer value to be distributed in the fabric using the CFS infrastructure.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 27, "Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases"
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RSCN timer configuration
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Allows the RSCN timer value to be configured.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 27, "Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases"
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FICON port numbering
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Provides information on the changed default port numbering scheme for Generation 2 hardware and how to assign port numbers when a switch has more than 255 ports.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 29, "Configuring FICON"
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fcid-last-byte command deprecated
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Does not support the fcid-last-byte command.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 29, "Configuring FICON"
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FICON port swapping
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Provides the ability to port swap using the interface identifier when there are duplicate port numbers on a switch.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 29, "Configuring FICON"
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SSH authentication enhancement
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Provides digital certificate support for host authentication.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 39, "Configuring Users and Common Roles"
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AAA server enhancements
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Includes the following AAA server enhancements:
• Monitoring and validating the availability of remote AAA servers.
• Allowing users to specify a remote AAA server name at login.
• Displaying AAA server statistics.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 34, "Configuring RADIUS and TACACS+"
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MSCHAP
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Provides support for the Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MSCHAP).
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 34, "Configuring RADIUS and TACACS+"
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Change to show ip access-list command
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Deprecates the usage option.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 35, "Configuring IPv4 and IPv6 Access Control Lists"
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IPv6 access control lists (IPv6-ACLs)
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Describes the support for IPv6-ACLs.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 35, "Configuring IPv4 and IPv6 Access Control Lists"
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Certificate authorities and digital certificates
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Describes interoperating with certificate authorities and using digital certificates for secure communication with peers.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 36, "Configuring Certificate Authorities and Digital Certificates"
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IKE digital certificate support
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Allows IKE to use digital certificates for authentication instead of using preshared keys.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 37, "Configuring IPsec Network Security"
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IKE fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
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Includes using FQDNs, as well as IPv4 addresses, for the following IKE features:
• Preshared keys
• Identity mode
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 37, "Configuring IPsec Network Security"
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Fabric binding for Fibre Channel
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Supports fabric binding for Fibre Channel VSANs as well as FICON VSANs.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 40, "Configuring Fabric Binding"
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FCIP read tape acceleration
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Supports tape read acceleration over FCIP interfaces as well as tape write acceleration.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 41, "Configuring FCIP"
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SAN extension tuner enhancement
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Describes how to assign tape read and write commands to N ports.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 42, "Configuring the SAN Extension Tuner"
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iSCSI server load balancing (iSLB)
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Provides information on how to easily configure large iSCSI deployments.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 43, "Configuring iSCSI"
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iSNS cloud discovery
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Provides information to iSNS on the various interfaces reachable from an initiator by partitioning the interfaces on a switch into disjointed IP clouds.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 43, "Configuring iSCSI"
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Dynamic initiator modes
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Allows configuration of dynamic initiator modes iSCSI, iSLB, and deny log in to the MDS switch.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 43, "Configuring iSCSI"
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IPv6
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Provides support for IP version 6 (IPv6).
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 44, "Configuring IP Services"
Chapter 47, "Configuring IPv6 for Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces"
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RMON high capacity alarms
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Provides the show rmon high capacity alarms command to display RMON high capacity alarm values.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 52, "Configuring RMON"
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Call Home enhancement
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Allows customization of alert group messages.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 55, "Configuring Call Home"
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QoS behavior
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Provides information about the behavior of QoS with different combinations of Generation 1 and Generation 2 switching modules.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 57, "Configuring Fabric Congestion Control and QoS"
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On-line system health maintenance (OHMS) enhancements
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Includes the following OHMS enhancements:
• Configuring the global frame length for loopback test for all modules on the switch.
• Specifying frame count and frame length on for the loopback test on a specific module.
• Configuring source and destination ports for external loopback tests.
• Providing serdes loopback test to check hardware.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 60, "Monitoring System Processes and Logs"
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On-board failure logging (OBFL)
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Describes OBFL, how to configure it for Generation 2 modules, and how to display the log information.
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3.0(1)
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Chapter 60, "Monitoring System Processes and Logs"
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