Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 3.4 Informationshandbuch
Rick Leonard, PMP®, Vendor Services Lab Manager
Sam Mercier, VSC Lab, Sr. Engineer
System z® Hardware Development
System z® Hardware Development
International Business Machines Corporation
International Business Machines Corporation
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Cisco NX-OS 4.2(1b) and Cisco Fabric Manager 4.2 FICON Qualification Letter
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and Cisco Systems have successfully completed connectivity testing of switches and
directors at NX-OS 4.2(1b) in Table 1 with IBM System z servers listed in Table 2. This release contains the initial support for FC Link Encryption
on 8 Gb/sec line cards; this feature is supported only on individual InterSwitch Links (ISLs) at this time. FC Link Encryption is not supported with
Port Channels.
Table 1) Switches and directors tested
Switches
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and Cisco Systems have successfully completed connectivity testing of switches and
directors at NX-OS 4.2(1b) in Table 1 with IBM System z servers listed in Table 2. This release contains the initial support for FC Link Encryption
on 8 Gb/sec line cards; this feature is supported only on individual InterSwitch Links (ISLs) at this time. FC Link Encryption is not supported with
Port Channels.
Table 1) Switches and directors tested
Switches
Directors
MDS-9216i
MDS-9506
MDS-9222i
MDS-9509
MDS-9134
MDS-9513
Table 2) FICON (CHPID type FC) and FCP (CHPID type FCP) attachment of the tested switches and directors is supported on the
following
System z10 Enterprise Class and z10 Business Class (z10 EC and z10 BC) at driver 76D
System z9 Enterprise Class and Business Class (z9 EC and z9 BC) at driver 67L
zSeries 990 (z990) and zSeries 890 (z890) at driver 55K
zSeries 900 (z900) and zSeries 800 (z800) at driver 3GF
Note: Check with IBM service personnel to ensure all required Machine Change Levels (MCLs) have been applied to System z machines.
Table 3) Supported System z functions/features and environments
High Performance FICON for System z (zHPF)
All FICON / FCP data rates (1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/sec) are supported on the switches and directors in Table 1.
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) attached to System z machines that support FCP listed in Table 2 running under Linux on System z
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Novell SUSE SLES 9 and SLES 10
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Red Hat RHEL 3, RHEL 4, and RHEL 5)
Note: FCP is also supported by z/VM and z/VSE.
FCP N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on System z machines listed in Table 2.
Intermix of FICON and FCP traffic within the same fabric
FCP N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on System z machines listed in Table 2.
Intermix of FICON and FCP traffic within the same fabric
Table 4) Supported Input/Output (I/O) devices
TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) (2105-800)
IBM System Storage DS8000 series
IBM System Storage DS6000 (1750)
System Storage Virtualization Engine TS-7700 (3957)
IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (3494)
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller model J70 (3592-J70)
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Controller model C06 (3592-C06)
Optica PRIZM for FICON to ESCON conversion
Note: It is anticipated that the Cisco switches and directors could attach to any System z FICON / FCP supported device and other FICON / FCP
devices that adhere to the FICON / FCP architecture.
Table 5) Supported distance for non-repeated and non-amplified switch/director optics
Small Form Factor (SFP) optic
TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) (2105-800)
IBM System Storage DS8000 series
IBM System Storage DS6000 (1750)
System Storage Virtualization Engine TS-7700 (3957)
IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (3494)
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller model J70 (3592-J70)
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Controller model C06 (3592-C06)
Optica PRIZM for FICON to ESCON conversion
Note: It is anticipated that the Cisco switches and directors could attach to any System z FICON / FCP supported device and other FICON / FCP
devices that adhere to the FICON / FCP architecture.
Table 5) Supported distance for non-repeated and non-amplified switch/director optics
Small Form Factor (SFP) optic
Distance Supported
2 Gb/sec LX, 10 km optics
10 km
4 Gb/sec LX, 10 km optics
10 km
4 Gb/sec LX, 4 km optics
4 km
8 Gb/sec LX, 10 km optics
10 km
10 Gb/sec LX, 10 km optics
10 km
10 Gb/sec Extended Reach (ER) optics
40 km
Note: Short wavelength (SX) optics are supported. The preferred method of connection for 8 Gb/sec short wavelength (SX) small form factor
pluggable optics (SFPs) is through 50 micron multimode fiber optic cabling rated at 2000 MHz-km (OM3 fiber). Other 50 micron and 62.5 micron
multimode fiber may be used as an alternative, but distance limitations exist.
pluggable optics (SFPs) is through 50 micron multimode fiber optic cabling rated at 2000 MHz-km (OM3 fiber). Other 50 micron and 62.5 micron
multimode fiber may be used as an alternative, but distance limitations exist.
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