Cisco MDS 9148 compatibity with EMC VNX 5300

Hi Cisco ,
We have 2 MDS 9148 switches running on NX-OS 5.0(1a). These switches are connected to EMC VNX 5300 currently running on 05.31 version.
We are planning to upgrade both Switches and VNX.
So my query to you guys is, I am thinking to upgrade Switch to NX-OS 5.2(8c). Will this 5.2(8c) support the VNX 5300 05.32 version.
Please suggest.
Pranav.

Please check
http://www.emc.com/interoperability
and
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/interoperability/matrix/intmatrx/Matrix1.html

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Have you already seen that kind of situation ?
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