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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
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Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware
EPLD Configuration
• Supported Device Hardware, page 6-26
• Supported Device Operating Systems, page 6-26

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 EPLD s that you download and reinstall
can include newly updated EPLDs. Tabl e 10 lists the newly updated EPLDs for Cisco NX-OS release
4.1(2) and the hardware that they affect. Ta ble 11 lists all of the EPLD versions for the Cisco NX-OS
release 4.1(2).
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Tab l e 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
IO
Local Bus CPLD
3.7
3.26
3.0
48-port 10/100/1000 Mbps
Ethernet I/O module
Power Manager
IO
5.4
2.11
48-port 1 Gbps Ethernet I/O
module
Power Manager
IO
SFP
Forwarding Engine
4.6
1.3
1.4
1.6