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New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

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Table 1 summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide, and tells you where they are documented. If a feature has changed in Release 1.2(2a), a brief description of the change appears in the "Description" column, and that release is shown in the "Changed in Release" column.

Table 1 Documented Features for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide

Feature	Description	Changed in Release	Where Documented
Advanced Services Module (ASM)	The hot-swappable Advanced Services Module (ASM) provides virtualization services for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports up to 32 Fibre Channel ports.	1.2(2a)	Preface
Line console modem configuration	The CLI configurations are available through a console port line connection. You can also connect to a line console when the switch is already in operation.	1.2(2a)	Initial Configuration
The install all command	Recommendations to issue the install all command.	1.2(2a)	Software Images
Configuring unique area FC IDs	Using the FC ID persistence feature switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family can be manually configured with a different area to either the storage port or the HBA port FC ID	1.2(2a)	Configuring Domain Parameters
Assigning LUNs to storage systems	Single-OS and multi-OS scenarios for LUN zoning if LUN masking is enabled on the storage system.	1.2(2a)	Configuring and Managing Zones

Table 2 contains the history of the changes to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide, Release 1.2(2a). When the document is updated for the next release, these changes are incorporated into the new revision and will no longer appear in this table.

Table 2 Documentation Changes for Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide, Release 1.2(2a)

Date	Description of Change	Where Changed
10/21/2003	Document created.	---
11/19/2003	ST ports and SD cannot be configured using ASMs.	Monitoring Network Traffic Using SPAN
11/19/2003	Switch port configuration description.	Configuring Interfaces
11/19/2003	Replacing supervisor modules (removed faulty). This procedure applies to any supervisor module replacement.	Software Images
01/29/2004	The TCP SACK configuration is enabled by default	Configuring IP Storage
01/29/2004	The delete command deletes the specified file or directory	Initial Configuration
01/29/2004	Table 10-1 was updated for clarity.	Configuring Trunking