Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 7.3 Informationshandbuch
Rick Leonard, PMP® Vendor Services Lab Manager
System z® Hardware Development
International Business Machines Corporation
System z® Hardware Development
International Business Machines Corporation
IBM Corporation
2455 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
September 04, 2008
2455 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
September 04, 2008
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM®) and Cisco Systems, Inc. have successfully completed connectivity
testing of the MDS family of switches (9222i, and 9134) and Directors (9506, 9509 and 9513) at code level 3.3(1c) and
Cisco Fabric Manager 3.3(1c) in IBM.
Intended support is for the following environments:
FICON® attached to the IBM eServer™ zSeries® 900 (z900) at driver 3GF
FICON attached to the IBM eServer zSeries 890 and 990 (z890, z990) at driver 55K
FICON attached to the IBM System z9™ BC and EC at driver 67L including 4 Gbps FICON channel support
FICON attached to the IBM System z10™ at driver 73G including 4 Gbps FICON channel support
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) mode attached to z900, z990, z890 with Linux on System z (either Novell SuSE SLES9 and
testing of the MDS family of switches (9222i, and 9134) and Directors (9506, 9509 and 9513) at code level 3.3(1c) and
Cisco Fabric Manager 3.3(1c) in IBM.
Intended support is for the following environments:
FICON® attached to the IBM eServer™ zSeries® 900 (z900) at driver 3GF
FICON attached to the IBM eServer zSeries 890 and 990 (z890, z990) at driver 55K
FICON attached to the IBM System z9™ BC and EC at driver 67L including 4 Gbps FICON channel support
FICON attached to the IBM System z10™ at driver 73G including 4 Gbps FICON channel support
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) mode attached to z900, z990, z890 with Linux on System z (either Novell SuSE SLES9 and
SLES10 or Red Hat RHEL3, 4 or 5) using the same driver levels as above.
Input/Output (I/O) attachment to the IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) 2105-800
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS8000
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS6000
I/O attachment to the IBM 3590 and 3592/J70 tape products
I/O attachment to the IBM 3592 C06
I/O attachment to the IBM TS-7740
FCP supporting
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS8000
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS6000
I/O attachment to the IBM 3590 and 3592/J70 tape products
I/O attachment to the IBM 3592 C06
I/O attachment to the IBM TS-7740
FCP supporting
IBM System Storage Metro Mirror
(formerly PPRC) and FICON supporting IBM System Storage z/OS Global
Mirror (formerly XRC)
It is also anticipated that the Cisco switches and directors could attach to any IBM System z server FICON supported
device and other FICON devices that adhere to the FICON architecture.
It is also anticipated that the Cisco switches and directors will operate under IBM operating systems (OS) such as z/OS®,
z/VM, z/VSE, and zTPF that currently support FICON on IBM System z servers.
Ficon Tape Acceleration with compression and encryption over FCIP links support up to 3000 Km for supported devices.
Optical (2, 4, and 10 Gbps) InterSwitch Links (ISLs) distances extended up to 300 km through DWDM
Optical 2 Gb Inter System Links (ISLs) distances extended up to 100Km through Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing
Optical 2 Gb Inter System Links (ISLs) distances extended up to 100Km through Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing
(CWDM).
Optical 4 Gb Inter System Links (ISLs) distances extended up to 40Km through CWDM.
DWDM optics installed in the 9500 series switches and directors at distances up to 300 Km.
Notes:
Server environments mentioned previously should be at the latest release levels as of June 30
DWDM optics installed in the 9500 series switches and directors at distances up to 300 Km.
Notes:
Server environments mentioned previously should be at the latest release levels as of June 30
th
, 2008.
Cascading of directors and switches is limited to one hop for a FICON environment.
Results Summary
The identified Cisco directors and switches successfully passed IBM’s connectivity testing for the following:
I/O attachment to IBM System z FICON supported devices listed below:
Results Summary
The identified Cisco directors and switches successfully passed IBM’s connectivity testing for the following:
I/O attachment to IBM System z FICON supported devices listed below:
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 (FICON and FCP 4 Gbps)
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS6000
I/O attachment to the IBM TotalStorage DS6000
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) with Linux on System z Novell SuSE SLES9 and SLES10
FCP including
N_Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)
IBM z/OS V1.9
IBM System Automation (SA) for OS/390® (In band management feature using Control Unit Port [CUP] device)
Intermix of FICON and FCP traffic in either a single switch or cascaded switch environment
IBM System Automation (SA) for OS/390® (In band management feature using Control Unit Port [CUP] device)
Intermix of FICON and FCP traffic in either a single switch or cascaded switch environment