Cisco Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module Guía De Información
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Product End-of-Life Notice
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DS-X9308-SMIP=
MDS 9500 8-port 1GE IP
Services Module
Services Module
DS-X9304-18K9=
MDS 9000 18-port FC and 4-port GE
Module, Spare
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 8-Port 1GE IP
Storage Services Module
Storage Services Module
Cisco MDS 9000 18-port FC
and 4-port GE module
and 4-port GE module
Fibre Channel Interfaces
None
18 1/2/4-Gbps FC Ports
Ethernet Interfaces for FCIP and iSCSI
8 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Max Modules per MDS 9513 Chassis
7
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
Support for Intelligent Fabric Applications-Cisco Data
Mobility Manager
Mobility Manager
No
Yes
Hardware Based FCIP Compression and Encryption
No (software compression, no
encryption)
encryption)
Yes
Typical Hardware based FCIP Compression Ratio
2:1 (software compression)
4:1
Maxl Hardware based FCIP Compression Ratio
NA (no hardware compression)
40:1
FCIP Write Acceleration
Yes
Yes
FCIP Tape Write and Read Acceleration
Yes
Yes
FICON Support
Yes
Yes
Customers may purchase the Cisco MDS 9000 18-port FC and 4-port GE module from EMC
Corporation, IBM Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Xiotech, Sun, Network
Appliance, Dell, NEC, or Fujitsu, all of whom are designated original storage manufacturer (OSM)
or solution 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-port FC and 4-port GE module, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5991/ps8425/product_data_sheet0900aecd
80694b27_ps5991_Products_Data_Sheet.html
, or contact your local account representative.
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
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