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Appendix 8 Managing the Switch Hardware
Configuring EPLDs
Switch Requirements
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch must be running the Cisco NX-OS operating system and include
the following hardware:
• One or two supervisor modules, each with at least 120 MB of available bootflash or slot0 memory
• One or more I/O modules
• One or more fabric modules
• One fan tray module (Cisco Nexus 7009)
• Two fabric fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
• Two system fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
• Two fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7018)
You must be able to access the system through a console, SSH, or Telnet.
You must have administrator privileges to work with the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches.
EPLDs Available with Releases 5.0(2) through 6.2(2)
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 each release, see Table 8-9.
Note Table 8-9 shows EPLD image numbers in x.00y format but the show commands might display these
numbers in x.y format (without leading zeros) for earlier EPLD images.
Moving 48-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet I/O
modules from a Cisco Nexus 7010 switch to a
Cisco Nexus 7018 switch
48-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M148GT-11)
Moving the supervisor (N7K-SUP1) modules
from a Cisco Nexus 7010 switch to a Cisco Nexus
7018 switch
Supervisor (N7K-SUP1) modules
1. We recommend (not mandatory) that you upgrade the EPLD images for the supervisor, I/O, and fabric modules.
Table 8-8 Conditions For Upgrading EPLD Images (continued)
Condition Modules Targeted for Upgrades
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