| Feature |
Description |
| Banner message |
Configures the message of the day (MOTD) for each switch. |
| Full zone set distribution |
Distributes inactive, unmodified zone sets throughout the fabric. |
| Inter-VSAN routing (IVR) |
Configures IVR interoperation with third-party switches. Adds and withdraws IVR domains to VSANs. |
| In-order delivery (IOD) |
Enables IOD for specific VSANs. |
| FICON features |
Configures FICON port numbering, first-available port numbers, and moves the FICON VSAN offline. |
| IP storage updates |
Addresses the IPS-4 module inclusion, FCIP and iSCSI default changes, burst size change for iSCSI interfaces, and delay jitter estimation. |
| Switch summary |
Provides a brief summary of the switch configuration. |
| Online health management system |
Performs fault detection and recovery using the online health management system (system health) feature. |
| Feature |
Description |
| Running configuration information |
Displays configurations based on a specified feature, interface, module, or VSAN. |
| Licensing |
Accesses specified premium features on the switch. |
| Initial setup additions |
Configures the full zone set distribution and FC ID persistence features for the entire fabric during initial setup. |
| Automatic image synchronization |
Automatic synchronization of the running image in the standby supervisor module by the active supervisor module. |
| Standby state |
Displays standby or HA standby when the redundancy state or the supervisor state indicate a switchover is possible. |
| Terminal connection options |
Connects to a console terminal, a Telnet terminal, or an SSH terminal from the active supervisor module. |
| Standby supervisor module boot variables |
Forces the standby supervisor module to run the same version as the active supervisor module. |
| Replacing modules |
Ensures that the new module is running the same software version as the rest of the switch. |
| Transceiver and calibration information |
Displays real-time diagnostics information. |
| Buffer-to-buffer credit (BB_credit) display |
Displays the receive and transmit BB_credit along with other pertinent interface information. |
| Common Information Model (CIM) configuration |
Configures the CIM server using the HTTP and HTTPS protocol. |
| PortChannel quiesce |
Gracefully shuts down an interface without dropping any frames. |
| Zone membership |
Assigns zone membership criteria based on the interface and domain ID, domain ID and port number, and IP address. |
| IVR |
Accesses resources across VSANs without compromising other VSAN benefits. |
| Fabric-Device Management Interface (FDMI) |
Enables management of devices using the FDMI feature. |
| AAA server groups |
Configures remote AAA servers using server groups. |
| TACACS+ authentication |
Uses the Terminal Access Controller Access Control System plus (TACACS+) protocol to communicate with remote AAA servers. |
| RADIUS enhancements |
Configures multiple RADIUS server groups. |
| FC-SP DHCHAP |
Configures Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) authentication to overcome security challenges for enterprise-wide fabrics. Diffie-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (DHCHAP) provides authentication between Cisco MDS switches and other devices. |
| FI-bre CON-nection (FICON) |
Intermixes FICON and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) traffic on the same switch without compromising scalability, availability, manageability and network security. |
| Fabric binding |
Prevents unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting current fabric operations. |
| Registered Link Incident Report (RLIR) |
Uses the RLIR function to send a LIR to a registered Nx port. |
| Trespass support |
Uses the trespass feature to enable the export of logical units (LUs) from the active to the passive port of a statically imported iSCSI target. |
| Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) |
Uses the iSNS services to automate the discovery and management of iSCSI devices. |
| Proxy initiator |
Connects all iSCSI initiators through one IPS port to make it appear as one Fibre Channel port per VSAN. |
| FCIP write accelerator |
Improves application performance using the FCIP write acceleration feature. |
| FCIP compression |
Allows IP packets to be compressed on the FCIP link if this feature is enabled on that link. |
| VSAN membership for iSCSI interfaces |
Configures an iSCSI host to be a member of one or more VSANs. |
| Call Home enhancements |
Defines a Call Home destination profile, selects predefined types of Call Home alerts, or filters messages based on their level of urgency. |
| FC domain ID changes |
Defines the default behavior to enable persistent FC IDs globally or for each VSAN. |
| Port rate limiting |
Uses the port rate limiting feature to control ingress traffic into a Fibre Channel port. |
| Quality of Service (QoS) |
Configures four priority levels for service differentiation. |
| Auto-discovery of SCSI targets |
Automatically discovers SCSI targets using the show scsi-target auto-poll command. |
| IPS SPAN source |
Assigns a Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) source on the IP Storage Services (IPS) module. |
| Per VSAN time out values (TOV) |
Configure different TOVs for a specified VSAN with special links like FC or IP tunnels. |
| Feature |
Description |
| Port security |
Prevents unauthorized access to a switch port in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. |
| Remote SPAN (RSPAN) |
Remotely monitors traffic for one or more SPAN sources distributed in one or more source switches in a Fibre Channel fabric. |
| Logical unit number (LUN) zoning |
Restricts access to specific LUNs associated with a device. |
| Read-only zones |
Restricts zone members to read-only access to devices within the zone. |
| Interface-based zoning |
Specifies a switch interface as a zone member for local or remote switches. |
| Common roles |
Provides the ability to create and modify roles using CLI or SNMP. |
| VSAN-based roles |
Creates roles that are valid in a specific VSAN. |
| IP access control lists (IP-ACLs) |
Restricts IP-related in-band and out-of-band management traffic based on IP addresses (Layer 3 and Layer 4 information. |
| Incompatability check |
Verifies feature compatibility during a software downgrade. |
| ELPD configuration |
Provides ability to upgrade or downgrade ELPD images. |
