Cisco Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module Guía De Información
Product End-of-Life Notice
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Table 2.
Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product
Part Number
Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product
Part Number
Part Number
Replacement Product
Description
Description
DS-X9302-14K9
MDS 9000 2-port GE and 14-port
FC Module
FC Module
DS-X9304-18K9
MDS 9000 18-port FC and 4-port
GE Module
GE Module
DS-X9302-14K9=
MDS 9000 2-port GE and 14-port
FC Module
FC Module
DS-X9304-18K9=
MDS 9000 18-port FC and 4-port
GE Module, Spare
GE Module, Spare
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 18/4-Port Multiservice
Module. Information about this product can be found at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps8425/index.html
.
Table 3.
Product Comparisons
Feature
Cisco MDS 9000 14/2-Port
Multiprotocol Services Module
Multiprotocol Services Module
Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port
Multiservice Module
Multiservice Module
Max Interface Speed
2-Gbps
4-Gbps
Fibre Channel Interfaces
14 1/2-Gbps FC Ports
18 1/2/4-Gbps FC Ports
Ethernet Interfaces for FCIP and iSCSI
2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Max Modules per MDS 9513 Chassis
11
11
Intelligent Network Services—Integrated support for
VSANs, ACLs, FCC, QOS
VSANs, ACLs, FCC, QOS
Yes
Yes
Integrated hardware based VSANs and Inter-VSAN
Routing (IVR)
Routing (IVR)
Yes
Yes
Support for Intelligent Fabric Applications—Cisco
Storage Media Encryption
Storage Media Encryption
No
Yes
Hardware Based FCIP Compression and Encryption
Yes
Yes
Typical Harware based FCIP Compression Ratio
2:1
4:1
FCIP Write Acceleration
Yes
Yes
FCIP Tape Write and Read Acceleration
Yes
Yes
FICON Support
Yes
Yes
Customers may purchase the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 18/4-Port Multiservice Module from EMC
Corporation, IBM Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett Packard, Xiotech, Sun, Network
Appliance, Dell, NEC, Fujitsu all of whom are designated Original Storage Manufacturer (OSM) or
Solutions Technology Integrator (STI) partners, or from any of these companies' resellers. Cisco
does not offer trade-in credits or a trade-in program.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps8425/index.html
, or contact your local account
representative.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
.
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-
bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
.