Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2 Datenbogen

 

 

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Data Sheet 

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2 

Product Overview 

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 MDS 9000 NX-OS Software powers the award-winning Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer switches. It 

enables data center switches to create a strategic platform with superior reliability, performance, and scalability. 

Cisco has expanded its unified fabric storage portfolio with enhanced Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and 

Fibre Channel options, unified management, and new fabric services for Cisco MDS 9000 Family products and 

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 Family switches. These new capabilities enable convergence, scalability, and intelligence across 

LAN and SAN environments in large, virtualized data centers. 

In addition to essential SAN switching features, Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software provides many unique features 

that help the Cisco MDS 9000 Family deliver low total cost of ownership (TCO) and a quick return on investment 

(ROI). 

Note:   This document discusses the features and capabilities supported by Cisco NX-OS Software Release 6.2 
across all Cisco MDS 9000 Family platforms, but not all features may be available on every hardware platform. To 

determine the features supported on a particular Cisco MDS 9000 Family platform, please refer to the data sheet 

for that specific hardware platform. 

Flexibility and Scalability 

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS is a highly flexible and scalable platform for enterprise SANs. 

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS runs on all Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches, including multilayer fabric switches and 

multilayer directors. Using the same base system software across the entire product line helps provide an 

extensive, consistent, and compatible feature set across the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Cisco NX-OS Software also 

runs on Cisco Nexus Family switches, providing a common software infrastructure for evolving a unified fabric. 

In addition to Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS supports IBM Fibre Connection (FICON), 

Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI), FCoE, and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) in a single platform. 

Native iSCSI support in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family lets you consolidate storage for a wide range of servers into a 

common pool on the SAN. FCoE allows an evolutionary approach to I/O consolidation by preserving all Fibre 

Channel constructs and maintaining the latency, security, and traffic management attributes of Fibre Channel, 

while preserving investment in Fibre Channel tools, training, and SANs. 

FCoE recognizes Fibre Channel as the dominant storage protocol in the data center while offering customers a 

viable I/O consolidation solution. It simplifies customer environments by using Ethernet and allowing the industry to 

avoid creation of another, separate protocol for I/O consolidation. Native FCIP support lets you use existing 

investments in IP networks for cost-effective business-continuity solutions in both Fibre Channel and FICON 

environments. With Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS multiprotocol support, customers can use their enterprise resources 

better, thereby lowering costs and reducing business risk.