Cisco Systems MDS 9500 Series manual Switch# show hardware fabric-mode

Appendix A Migrating to Generation 3 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules

Migration Procedures for the MDS 9513 Director

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switch# show hardware fabric-mode

Fabric mode supports only one configuration of Gen3 Linecards - 4/44 Host-Optimized 8G FC Linecard.

switch#

Failure message for Gen3 cards for fabric2 in the above fabric-mode:switch# 2008 Jul 24 10:27:58 switch %XBAR-2-INCOMPATIBLE_CONFIG: Fabric mode does not support linecard in slot 4 . Please reload the switch to support 24-port and 48-port 8G FC linecards.

Step 7 Enter the reload command to enable the increased bandwidth capabilities of the MDS 9513 Fabric 2 modules.

Step 8 When the switch comes back up, install the MDS 9000 48-port or 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel modules.

Step 9 Enter the show hardware fabric-modecommand to verify that increased bandwidth capabilities are activated.

The following example shows the output of the show hardware fabric-modecommand, and indicates that support for the MDS 9000 48-port and 24-port 8-Gbps Generation 3 modules has been activated.

switch# show hardware fabric-mode

Fabric mode supports Gen3 and above linecards. switch#

Step 10 Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide or Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide for information on how to configure the MDS 9000 48-port or 24-port8-Gbps Fibre Channel modules.

Installing the MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Activating Higher Bandwidth by Powering Down the Switch

To power down the switch to activate the increased bandwidth capabilities of the MDS 9513 Fabric 2 modules, follow these steps:

Step 1 Upgrade to Cisco NX-OS 4.1(1b). Refer to the upgrade procedure described in the MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide.

Step 2 Verify that the switch is running Cisco NX-OS 4.1(1b) by entering the show version command.

Step 3 Enter the copy running-configstartup-configcommand to save a copy of the current switch configuration.

Step 4 Power down the switch by turning the power supply switch at the rear of the power supply counterclockwise to the off position on both power supplies.

Step 5 Remove the MDS 9513 Fabric 1 modules and replace them with MDS 9513 Fabric 2 modules. See steps 5 through 10 in the “Installing MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Running Cisco SAN-OS 3.x” section on page A-5.

Step 6 Install the MDS 9000 48-port or 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel modules.

Step 7 Power up the switch by turning the power supply switch at the rear of the power supply clockwise to the on position on both power supplies.

Step 8 Enter the show hardware fabric-modecommand to verify that increased bandwidth capabilities are activated.

The following example shows the output of the show hardware fabric-modecommand, and indicates that support for the MDS 9000 48-port and 24-port 8-Gbps Generation 3 modules has been activated.

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OL-17467-02		A-11