Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

At-a-Glance

• Cisco NX-OS - Networking Software 17-Jul-2012 (PDF - 43 KB)

Data Sheets

• Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2(6) Data Sheet 08-Jun-2012

End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

English

• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NXOS 7.x 25-Sep-2019
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NXOS 6.x 04-Sep-2019
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 3.x 06-Jan-2010

French - Canadian

• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco NXOS 7.x 25-Sep-2019
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco NXOS 6.x 04-Sep-2019

Field Notices

• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
• Field Notice: FN - 64211 - MDS9K - Traffic Interruption Due To Fibre Channel Interface Link Up/Down Events - SW Upgrade Recommended 25-Oct-2016

Compatibility Information

Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(11c) and Cisco DCNM Release 7.1(2) 20-Jul-2015 (PDF - 128 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5b) and Cisco DCNM Release 6.2(5b) 20-Jul-2015 (PDF - 120 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(5a) and Cisco DCNM Release 6.2(5a) 16-Jul-2015 (PDF - 120 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(2) and Cisco DCNM Release 5.2 26-Jan-2012 (PDF - 126 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Fabric Manager and NX-OS Release 4.2(7b) 09-Dec-2010 (PDF - 129 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Fabric Manager 4.2 and NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) with IBM z196 13-Sep-2010 (PDF - 122 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Fabric Manager 4.2 and NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) 14-Dec-2009 (PDF - 126 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for NX-OS Release 4.2(1b) with VSM and Sun StorageTek configurations 14-Dec-2009 (PDF - 241 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Fabric Manager and NX-OS Release 4.1(1c) 19-Jun-2009 (PDF - 115 KB)
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family FICON Certification for Fabric Manager and SAN-OS Release 3.3(1c) 03-Sep-2013 (PDF - 101 KB)

Master Index

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS NX-OS Configuration Guides Master Index 07-Aug-2011

Release Notes

Most Recent

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS 9000 EPLD Images, Release 6.2(x) 04-Jan-2018
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS 9000 EPLD Images, Release 7.3(x) 02-Jan-2018
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8i) 04-Dec-2016
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8h) 02-May-2016
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8g) 30-Jun-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8b) 30-Apr-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(6b) 30-Apr-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2d) 30-Apr-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8c) 30-Apr-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8d) 26-Feb-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(2s) 18-Feb-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8f) 18-Feb-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8e) 31-Oct-2014
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8) 04-Nov-2013
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2(8a) 05-Sep-2013

Command References

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference, Release 5.2(8) 23-Jul-2012

Documentation Roadmaps

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Documentation Roadmap 22-Jul-2014
• Documentation Locator 09-Mar-2018

Licensing Information

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 8.x

• Open Source Used In Cisco MDS NXOS Software 8.4(1) 22-Jun-2019 (PDF - 2 MB)
• Open Source Used In Cisco MDS NXOS Software 8.3(1) 21-May-2019 (PDF - 6 MB)
• Open Source Used In Cisco MDS NXOS Software 8.2(1) 02-Oct-2017 (PDF - 4 MB)
• Open Source Used In Cisco MDS NXOS Software 8.1(1) 18-Apr-2017 (PDF - 6 MB)

Technical References

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family MIB Quick Reference 11-Aug-2013
• Cisco MDS 9000 MIBs, NX-OS Release 5.2(1) 11-Dec-2012
• Interoperability Matrix for Cisco Nexus and MDS 9000 Products 24-Oct-2019

Design Guides

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch-to-Switch Interoperability Configuration Guide 22-Feb-2010

Install and Upgrade Guides

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide 08-Nov-2018

Configuration Examples and TechNotes

• Configure MDS LDAP 09-Nov-2016
• SSH into NX-OS Switches Using Key-Based Authentication 07-Apr-2017

Configuration Guides

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Data Mobility Manager Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 18-Jul-2011
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family I/O Accelerator Configuration Guide 15-Apr-2014
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fabric Configuration Guide 07-Aug-2012
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide 04-Oct-2010
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide 18-Jul-2011
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Security Configuration Guide 26-Nov-2018
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide 06-Jul-2011
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family SANTap Deployment Guide 06-Jul-2011
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide, Release 5.x 30-Jul-2009
• Cisco MDS 9000 Series IP Services Configuration Guide, 5.x 02-May-2010
• Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.2 Configuration Limits 22-Jan-2014

Feature Guides

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Hardware and Software Compatibility Matrix and Feature Lists 17-Dec-2008

Programming Guides

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 8.x

• Cisco MDS 9000 Series Programmability Guide 19-Jun-2019
• Cisco MDS 9000 Series Ansible Modules 29-May-2019

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 7.x

• Cisco MDS 9000 Series Programmability Guide, Release 7.x 07-Feb-2019

Troubleshooting Guides

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x 03-Apr-2006

Troubleshooting TechNotes

• MDS 9148 Slow Drain Counters and Commands 03-Oct-2013
• Upgrade the Firmware on an MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director Switch 18-Apr-2019

Solution Overviews

• Cisco N-Port Virtualizer and FlexAttach: Simplify Large-Scale Blade Server Fibre Channel SAN Deployments 04-Aug-2008