Cisco Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module Hoja De Datos

 

 

Data Sheet 

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—Offers advanced management tools for overall lowest TCO. 

It supports Cisco virtual SAN (VSAN) technology for hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single 

physical fabric for secure sharing of physical infrastructure, further decreasing TCO.  

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—The multilayer architecture of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 

enables a consistent feature set over a protocol-independent switch fabric. The Cisco MDS 9500 Series 

Supervisor-2A Module transparently integrates Fibre Channel, IBM Fiber Connection (FICON), FCoE, Small 

Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) in one system. 

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—Provides integrated support for VSAN technology, access control lists (ACLs) 

for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, and advanced traffic management features such as fabric-

wide quality of service (QoS) to enable migration from SAN islands to enterprise-wide storage networks.  

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—Provides the intelligent services necessary for hosting 

and/or accelerating storage applications such as network-hosted volume management, data migration and 

backup. 

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—Enables deployment of large-scale 

multisite and heterogeneous SAN topologies. Integration into port-level hardware allows any port in a system 

or fabric to be partitioned into any VSAN. Integrated hardware-based IVR provides line-rate routing between 

any ports in a system or fabric without the need for external routing appliances.  

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—Supports 1, 2, 4, 8 and 10-Gbps FICON environments, including cascaded FICON fabrics, 

VSAN-enabled intermix of mainframe and open systems environments, and N_Port ID Virtualization for 

mainframe Linux partitions. Control Unit Port (CUP) support enables in-band management of Cisco MDS 9000 

Family switches from the mainframe management console. 

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—Supports RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre Channel Security Protocol 

(FC-SP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, and Simple Network 

Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Encryption Standard (AES), VSANs, hardware-

enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN role-based access control.  

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—Provides intelligent diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network analysis tools 

as well as integrated call-home capability for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service 

costs.  

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—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes built-in storage network management, 

with all features available through a command-line interface (CLI) or Cisco Fabric Manager, a centralized 

management tool that simplifies management of multiple switches and fabrics. Integration with third party 

storage management platforms allows seamless interaction with existing management tools. 

The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module combines an intelligent control module and high-performance 

crossbar switch fabric in a single unit. The module provides industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and 

flexibility, and it maintains full compatibility with the Cisco MDS 9506 and MDS 9509 chassis, switching modules, and 

intelligent services modules. When combined with the Cisco MDS 9513 chassis, densities of up to 528 ports can be 

achieved.