Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI-Mode Switch FPGA/EPLD Upgrade Release Notes, Release 1.2(2g)

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Update History

Contents
Update History
Introduction
Deciding When to Upgrade EPLDs
Switch Requirements
EPLD Upgrades Available for ACI-Mode Releases 1.0(4X) to 1.2(2g)
Related Documentation
Documentation Feedback
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

First Published: February 22, 2016
Last Updated: March 01, 2016

Update History

This document lists the current and past versions of EPLD images and describes how to update them for use with the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches.

The following table shows the history of changes for this document.

Date

Description

February 22, 2016

Created the release notes for Release 1.2(2).

March 1, 2016

Removed sections with instructions that do not apply to ACI-mode operations.

Introduction

The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI-mode switches contain several programmable logical devices (PLDs) that provide hardware functionalities in all modules. Cisco provides electronic programmable logic device (EPLD) image upgrades to enhance hardware functionality or to resolve known issues. PLDs include electronic programmable logic devices (EPLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), but they do not include ASICs. In this document, the term EPLD is used for FPGA and CPLDs.

The advantage of having EPLDs for some module functions is that when you need to upgrade those functions, you just upgrade their software images instead of replacing their hardware.

Note

EPLD image upgrades for an I/O module disrupt the traffic going through the module because the module must power down briefly during the upgrade. The system performs EPLD upgrades on one module at a time, so at any one time the upgrade disrupts only the traffic going through one module.

Cisco provides the latest EPLD images with each release. Typically, these images are the same as provided in earlier releases but occasionally some of these images are updated. These EPLD image updates are not mandatory unless otherwise specified. The EPLD image upgrades are independent from the Cisco ACI In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) process, which upgrades the system and kickstart images with no impact on the network environment.

When Cisco makes an EPLD image upgrade available, these release notes announce their availability, and you can download them from http://www.cisco.com.

Deciding When to Upgrade EPLDs

When new EPLD images are available, the upgrades are always recommended if your network environment allows for a maintenance period in which some level of traffic disruption is acceptable. If such a disruption is not acceptable at this time, then you might consider postponing the upgrade until a better time.

Note

The EPLD upgrade operation is a disruptive operation. You should execute this operation only at a programmed maintenance time. The system/kickstart ISSU upgrade is a nondisruptive upgrade.

Note

Do not perform an EPLD upgrade during an ISSU system/kickstart upgrade.

Switch Requirements

The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch must be running the Cisco ACI operating system and include the following hardware:

Supervisor modules—one or two, each with at least 200 MB of available bootflash memory (Cisco Nexus 9504, 9508, and 9516 switches)

System controller modules—one or two (Cisco Nexus 9504, 9508, and 9516 switches)

I/O modules (Cisco Nexus 9504, 9508, and 9516 switches)

One to four modules for the Cisco Nexus 9504 switch

One to eight modules for the Cisco Nexus 9508 switch

One to sixteen modules for the Cisco Nexus 9516 switch

Fabric modules—three to six (Cisco Nexus 9504, 9508, and 9516 switches)

Fan modules

Two for the Cisco Nexus 93120TX switch

Three for the Cisco Nexus 93128TX, 9396PX, and 9396TX switches

Four for the Cisco Nexus 9332PQ, 9372PX, 9372PX-E, 9372TX, and 9372TX-E switches

Fan trays

Three for the Cisco Nexus 9504, 9508, and 9516 modular switches

Power supplies

One or two of the following power supplies for the Cisco Nexus 9332PQ, 9372PX, 9372PX-E, 9372TX, 9372TX-E, 9396PX, and 9396TX switches:

1200-W HVAC/HVDC power supply with dual direction airflow (N9K-PUV-1200W)

650-W AC power supply with port-side intake airflow and NEBS compliance (NXA-PAC-650W-PI)

650-W AC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow and NEBS compliance (NXA-PAC-650W-PE)

650-W AC power supply with port-side intake airflow (N9K-PAC-650W)

650-W AC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow (N9K-PAC-650W-B)

930-W DC power supply with port-side intake airflow (UCSC-PSU-930WDC)

930-W DC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow (UCS-PSU-6332-DC)

One or two 1200-W AC or one or two 930-W DC power supplies for the Cisco Nexus 93120TX, 93128TX, and 9336PQ switches:

1200-W HVAC/HVDC power supply with dual direction airflow (N9K-PUV-1200W)

1200-W AC power supply with port-side intake airflow and NEBS compliance (NXA-PAC-1200W-PI)

1200-W AC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow and NEBS compliance (NXA-PAC-1200W-PE)

1200-W AC power supply with port-side intake airflow (N9K-PAC-1200W)

1200-W AC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow (N9K-PAC-1200W-B)

930-W DC power supply with port-side intake airflow (UCSC-PSU-930WDC)

930-W DC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow (UCS-PSU-6332-DC)

Up to four 3000-W AC power supplies or up to four 3000-W Universal AC/DC power supplies for the Cisco Nexus 9504 switch

Up to eight 3000-W AC power supplies or up to eight 3000-W Universal AC/DC power supplies for the Cisco Nexus 9508 switch

Up to 10 3000-W AC power supplies or up to 10 3000-W Universal AC/DC power supplies for the Cisco Nexus 9516 switch

Uplink module (Cisco Nexus 93128TX, 9396PX, and 9396TX switches only)

M6PQ

M6PQ-E

M12PQ

You must have administrator privileges to work with the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch.

EPLD Upgrades Available for ACI-Mode Releases 1.0(4X) to 1.2(2g)

Each EPLD image that you can download from http://www.cisco.com is a bundle of EPLD upgrades. To see the updated EPLD versions for the Cisco Nexus 93xxx ACI-mode switches and the Cisco Nexus 95xx ACI-mode switches, see the following tables.

Note

All updates to an image are shown in boldface.

Table 1 EPLD images for the Cisco Nexus 93xxx ACI-Mode Fixed Switches

Component

EPLD Device

Release 1.0(4X) (5/2015)

Release 1.1(1X) (6/2015)

Release 1.1(2) (8/2015)

Release 1.2(1i) (12/2015)

Release 1.2(2g) (2/2016)

Cisco Nexus 93120TX Switch (N9K-C93120TX)

IOFPGA

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

0x8 (0.008)

0x8 (0.008)

MIFPGA

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

Cisco Nexus 93128TX Switch (N9K-C93128TX)

IOFPGA

0x8 (0.008)

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

MIFPGA

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

Cisco Nexus 9332PQ Switch (N9K-C9332PQ)

IOFPGA

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x11 (0.017)

0x11 (0.017)

MIFPGA

0x13 (0.019)

0x15 (0.021)

0x15 (0.021)

0x15 (0.021)

0x15 (0.021)

Cisco Nexus 9336PQ Switch (N9K-C9336PQ)

IOFPGA

0x8 (0.008)

0x8 (0.008)

0x8 (0.008)

0x9 (0.009)

0x9 (0.009)

MIFPGA

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

Cisco Nexus 9372PX Switch (N9K-C9372PX)

IOFPGA

0x6 (0.006)

0x6 (0.006)

0x6 (0.006)

0x7 (0.007)

0x7 (0.007)

MIFPGA

0x11 (0.017)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

Cisco Nexus 9372PX-E Switch (N9K-C9372PX-E)

IOFPGA

0x6 (0.006)

0x6 (0.006)

0x6 (0.006)

0x7 (0.007)

0x7 (0.007)

MIFPGA

0x11 (0.017)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

Cisco Nexus 9372TX Switch (N9K-C9372TX)

IOFPGA

0x4 (0.004)

0x4 (0.004)

0x4 (0.004)

0x5 (0.005)

0x5 (0.005)

MIFPGA

0x13 (0.019)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x15 (0.021)

0x15 (0.021)

Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E Switch (N9K-C9372TX)

IOFPGA

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

0x5 (0.005)

MIFPGA

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

N.A.¹

0x2 (0.002)

Cisco Nexus 9396PX Switch (N9K-C9396PX)

IOFPGA

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x15 (0.021)

0x15 (0.021)

MIFPGA

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

0x14 (0.020)

Cisco Nexus 9396TX Switch (N9K-C9396TX)

IOFPGA

0x7 (0.007)

0x7 (0.007)

0x7 (0.007)

0x8 (0.008)

0x8 (0.008)

6-port 40-Gigabit optical uplink module (N9K-M6PQ and N9K-M6PQ-E)

MIFPGA

0x9 (0.009)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

0x10 (0.016)

12-port optical uplink module (N9K-M12PQ)

MIFPGA

0x18 (0.024)

0x20 (0.032)

0x20 (0.032)

0x20 (0.032)

0x20 (0.032)

¹ Not available in this release.

Table 2 EPLD images for the Cisco Nexus 95xx ACI-Mode Modular Switches

Component

EPLD Device

Release 1.0(4X) (5/2015)

Release 1.1(1X) (6/2015)

Release 1.1(2) (8/2015)

Release 1.2(1i) (12/2015)

Release 1.2(2g) (2/2016)

Supervisor A (N9K-SUP-A)

IOFPGA

0x22 (0.034)

0x22 (0.034)

0x22 (0.034)

0x22 (0.034)

0x27 (0.039)

Supervisor B (N9K-SUP-B)

IOFPGA

0x22 (0.034)

0x22 (0.034)

0x22 (0.034)

0x22 (0.034)

0x27 (0.039)

System Controller (N9K-SC-A)

IOFPGA

0x19 (0.025)

0x19 (0.025)

0x19 (0.025)

0x19 (0.025)

0x19 (0.025)

36-port 40-Gigabit QSFP+ I/O module (N9K-X9736PQ)

MIFPGA

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

IOFPGA

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

0x5 (0.019)

Fabric module for Cisco Nexus 9504 chassis (N9K-C9504-FM)

IOFPGA

0x18 (0.024)

0x18 (0.024)

0x18 (0.024)

0x18 (0.024)

0x19 (0.025)

Fabric module for Cisco Nexus 9508 chassis (N9K-C9508-FM)

IOFPGA

0x18 (0.024)

0x18 (0.024)

0x18 (0.024)

0x18 (0.024)

0x19 (0.025)

Fabric module for Cisco Nexus 9516 chassis (N9K-C9516-FM)

IOFPGA

0x12 (0.018)

0x12 (0.018)

0x12 (0.018)

0x12 (0.018)

0x13 (0.019)

Related Documentation

The Application Centric Infrastructure documentation set includes the following documents that are available on Cisco.com at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

Web-Based Documentation

Cisco APIC Management Information Model Reference

Cisco APIC Online Help Reference

Cisco APIC Python SDK Reference

Cisco ACI Compatibility Tool

Cisco ACI MIB Support List

Downloadable Documentation

Knowledge Base Articles (KB Articles) are available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Controller Release Notes

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals Guide

Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide

Cisco ACI Basic Configuration Guide

Cisco ACI Virtualization Guide

Cisco APIC REST API User Guide

Cisco APIC Object Model Command Line Interface User Guide

Cisco APIC NX-OS Style Command-Line Interface Configuration Guide

Cisco APIC Faults, Events, and System Messages Management Guide

Cisco ACI System Messages Reference Guide

Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services Deployment Guide

Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Device Package Development Guide

Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Device Package Test Guide

Cisco ACI Firmware Management Guide

Cisco ACI Troubleshooting Guide

Cisco APIC NX-OS Style CLI Command Reference

Cisco ACI Switch Command Reference, NX-OS Release 11.0

Verified Scalability Guide for Cisco ACI

Cisco ACI MIB Quick Reference

Cisco Nexus CLI to Cisco APIC Mapping Guide

Application Centric Infrastructure Fabric Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco NX-OS Release Notes for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI-Mode Switches

Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Licensing Guide

Cisco Nexus 9332PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9336PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9372PX and 9372PX-E ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9372TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9396PX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9396TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 93128TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9504 NX-OS Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9508 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Nexus 9516 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Simulator Documentation

The following Cisco ACI Simulator documentation is available at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-centric-infrastructure-simulator/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

Cisco ACI Simulator Release Notes

Cisco ACI Simulator Installation Guide

Cisco ACI Simulator Getting Started Guide

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Documentation

The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches documentation is available at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

Cisco Application Virtual Switch Documentation

The Cisco Application Virtual Switch (AVS) documentation is available at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/application-virtual-switch/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Integration with OpenStack Documentation

Cisco ACI integration with OpenStack documentation is available at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.

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Date	Description
February 22, 2016	Created the release notes for Release 1.2(2).
March 1, 2016	Removed sections with instructions that do not apply to ACI-mode operations.

Table 1 EPLD images for the Cisco Nexus 93xxx ACI-Mode Fixed Switches
Component	EPLD Device	Release 1.0(4X) (5/2015)	Release 1.1(1X) (6/2015)	Release 1.1(2) (8/2015)	Release 1.2(1i) (12/2015)	Release 1.2(2g) (2/2016)
Cisco Nexus 93120TX Switch (N9K-C93120TX)	IOFPGA	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	0x8 (0.008)	0x8 (0.008)
MIFPGA	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)
Cisco Nexus 93128TX Switch (N9K-C93128TX)	IOFPGA	0x8 (0.008)	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)
MIFPGA	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)
Cisco Nexus 9332PQ Switch (N9K-C9332PQ)	IOFPGA	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x11 (0.017)	0x11 (0.017)
MIFPGA	0x13 (0.019)	0x15 (0.021)	0x15 (0.021)	0x15 (0.021)	0x15 (0.021)
Cisco Nexus 9336PQ Switch (N9K-C9336PQ)	IOFPGA	0x8 (0.008)	0x8 (0.008)	0x8 (0.008)	0x9 (0.009)	0x9 (0.009)
MIFPGA	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)
Cisco Nexus 9372PX Switch (N9K-C9372PX)	IOFPGA	0x6 (0.006)	0x6 (0.006)	0x6 (0.006)	0x7 (0.007)	0x7 (0.007)
MIFPGA	0x11 (0.017)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)
Cisco Nexus 9372PX-E Switch (N9K-C9372PX-E)	IOFPGA	0x6 (0.006)	0x6 (0.006)	0x6 (0.006)	0x7 (0.007)	0x7 (0.007)
MIFPGA	0x11 (0.017)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)
Cisco Nexus 9372TX Switch (N9K-C9372TX)	IOFPGA	0x4 (0.004)	0x4 (0.004)	0x4 (0.004)	0x5 (0.005)	0x5 (0.005)
MIFPGA	0x13 (0.019)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x15 (0.021)	0x15 (0.021)
Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E Switch (N9K-C9372TX)	IOFPGA	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	0x5 (0.005)
MIFPGA	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	N.A.¹	0x2 (0.002)
Cisco Nexus 9396PX Switch (N9K-C9396PX)	IOFPGA	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x15 (0.021)	0x15 (0.021)
MIFPGA	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)	0x14 (0.020)
Cisco Nexus 9396TX Switch (N9K-C9396TX)	IOFPGA	0x7 (0.007)	0x7 (0.007)	0x7 (0.007)	0x8 (0.008)	0x8 (0.008)
6-port 40-Gigabit optical uplink module (N9K-M6PQ and N9K-M6PQ-E)	MIFPGA	0x9 (0.009)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)	0x10 (0.016)
12-port optical uplink module (N9K-M12PQ)	MIFPGA	0x18 (0.024)	0x20 (0.032)	0x20 (0.032)	0x20 (0.032)	0x20 (0.032)

Table 2 EPLD images for the Cisco Nexus 95xx ACI-Mode Modular Switches
Component	EPLD Device	Release 1.0(4X) (5/2015)	Release 1.1(1X) (6/2015)	Release 1.1(2) (8/2015)	Release 1.2(1i) (12/2015)	Release 1.2(2g) (2/2016)
Supervisor A (N9K-SUP-A)	IOFPGA	0x22 (0.034)	0x22 (0.034)	0x22 (0.034)	0x22 (0.034)	0x27 (0.039)
Supervisor B (N9K-SUP-B)	IOFPGA	0x22 (0.034)	0x22 (0.034)	0x22 (0.034)	0x22 (0.034)	0x27 (0.039)
System Controller (N9K-SC-A)	IOFPGA	0x19 (0.025)	0x19 (0.025)	0x19 (0.025)	0x19 (0.025)	0x19 (0.025)
36-port 40-Gigabit QSFP+ I/O module (N9K-X9736PQ)	MIFPGA	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)
IOFPGA	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)	0x5 (0.019)
Fabric module for Cisco Nexus 9504 chassis (N9K-C9504-FM)	IOFPGA	0x18 (0.024)	0x18 (0.024)	0x18 (0.024)	0x18 (0.024)	0x19 (0.025)
Fabric module for Cisco Nexus 9508 chassis (N9K-C9508-FM)	IOFPGA	0x18 (0.024)	0x18 (0.024)	0x18 (0.024)	0x18 (0.024)	0x19 (0.025)
Fabric module for Cisco Nexus 9516 chassis (N9K-C9516-FM)	IOFPGA	0x12 (0.018)	0x12 (0.018)	0x12 (0.018)	0x12 (0.018)	0x13 (0.019)

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