Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

EPLD Configuration

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Supported Device Hardware

The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series device 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

Two fabric fan tray modules

Two system fan tray modules

You must be able to access the system through a console, SSH, or Telnet.

You must have administrator privileges to work with the Nexus 7000 Series device.

Supported Device Operating Systems

The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series device must be running the Cisco NX-OS operating system, which is used to perform the EPLD upgrades.

Updated EPLDs

Depending on the Cisco NX-OS release that you are using, the EPLDs that you download and reinstall can include newly updated EPLDs. Table 10 lists the newly updated EPLDs for Cisco NX-OS release 4.1(2) and the hardware that they affect. Table 11 lists all of the EPLD versions for the Cisco NX-OS release 4.1(2).

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Table 10

Updated EPLDs for the Cisco NX-OS Release 4.1(2)

NX-OS Release

Module Type

EPLD Device

New EPLD Version

4.1(2)

Supervisor module

Power Manager

3.7

 

IO

3.26

 

Local Bus CPLD

3.0

 

 

 

48-port 10/100/1000 Mbps

Power Manager

5.4

Ethernet I/O module

 

 

 

IO

2.11

 

 

 

48-port 1 Gbps Ethernet I/O

Power Manager

4.6

module

 

 

 

IO

1.3

 

SFP

1.4

 

Forwarding Engine

1.6

 

 

 

 

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