Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port Fibre Channel Switching Module Guide De Démarrage
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At-A-Glance
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps
Advanced Fibre Channel Switching
Modules Highlights
Cisco® MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre
Channel Switching Modules deliver high-performance
and innovative features to enable convergence, scale,
and intelligence in large, virtualized data centers. With
up to 528 line-rate 8-Gbps FC ports per chassis,
industry-first technologies such as Cisco FlexSpeed
and Arbitrated Local Switching, intelligent fabric services
such as integrated VSANs, Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR),
and PortChannels, Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps
Advanced FC Switching Modules enable deployment of
large, scalable, and virtualized data centers.
Channel Switching Modules deliver high-performance
and innovative features to enable convergence, scale,
and intelligence in large, virtualized data centers. With
up to 528 line-rate 8-Gbps FC ports per chassis,
industry-first technologies such as Cisco FlexSpeed
and Arbitrated Local Switching, intelligent fabric services
such as integrated VSANs, Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR),
and PortChannels, Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps
Advanced FC Switching Modules enable deployment of
large, scalable, and virtualized data centers.
• Available in 32-port and 48-port configurations
to address the diverse connectivity needs of
high-performance storage subsystems, Inter
Switching Links, and virtual machine clusters.
high-performance storage subsystems, Inter
Switching Links, and virtual machine clusters.
• Cisco FlexSpeed to configure a port as either
1/2/4/8-Gbps or 10-Gbps Fibre Channel interface for
secure, high-performance native Fibre Channel SAN
Extension and consolidation of 8-Gbps and 10-Gbps
ports into the same module. 10-Gbps interfaces
enable reduced cabling for ISLs because they provide
a 50 percent higher data rate than 8-Gbps interfaces.
secure, high-performance native Fibre Channel SAN
Extension and consolidation of 8-Gbps and 10-Gbps
ports into the same module. 10-Gbps interfaces
enable reduced cabling for ISLs because they provide
a 50 percent higher data rate than 8-Gbps interfaces.
• Arbitrated Local Switching to provide line-rate
switching for up to 528 8-Gbps ports with an
aggregate bandwidth of 8.4 terra bits per second
(Tbps) per chassis to consolidate SAN deployments
with fewer hardware components.
aggregate bandwidth of 8.4 terra bits per second
(Tbps) per chassis to consolidate SAN deployments
with fewer hardware components.
• Cisco VMpath technology to simplify the management
of virtual infrastructure by managing end-to-end path
through physical out to virtual network across the
whole data center environment.
through physical out to virtual network across the
whole data center environment.
• Compatible with all Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer
Directors to protect your investment and lower TCO.
Solutions
•
The 32-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel
Switching Module delivers line-rate performance
across all ports and is ideal for high-end storage
subsystems and for Inter Switch Link (ISL)
connectivity.
Switching Module delivers line-rate performance
across all ports and is ideal for high-end storage
subsystems and for Inter Switch Link (ISL)
connectivity.
•
The 48-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel
Switching Module provides higher port density and
is ideal for connection of high-performance and
virtualized servers. This module supports 48-ports
of line-rate 8-Gbps with Arbitrated Local Switching
and is perfect for deploying dense virtual machine
clusters.
Switching Module provides higher port density and
is ideal for connection of high-performance and
virtualized servers. This module supports 48-ports
of line-rate 8-Gbps with Arbitrated Local Switching
and is perfect for deploying dense virtual machine
clusters.
Figure 1. Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre
Channel Switching Modules
Channel Switching Modules
Cisco MDS 9000 family 48-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre
Channel Switching Module
Channel Switching Module
Cisco MDS 9000 family 32-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre
Channel Switching Module
Channel Switching Module
32-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel
Switching Module
• Up to 32 8-Gbps line rate or up to 24 10-Gbps FC
ports to support consolidation of 1/2/4/8-Gbps and
10-Gbps ports into the same module.
10-Gbps ports into the same module.
• Uncompromising performance of 512-Gbps
full duplex aggregate bandwidth best suited for
attachment of high performance 8-Gbps storage
subsystems or either 8-Gbps or 10-Gbps Inter
Switch Links (ISLs).
attachment of high performance 8-Gbps storage
subsystems or either 8-Gbps or 10-Gbps Inter
Switch Links (ISLs).
• Cisco FlexSpeed to provide 10-Gbps Fibre Channel
interfaces enabling secure, high-performance native
Fibre Channel SAN Extension.
Fibre Channel SAN Extension.
48-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel
Switching Module
• Higher port density with full-duplex aggregate
backplane switching performance of 512-Gbps
making this module ideal for high-performance
virtualized server connectivity.
making this module ideal for high-performance
virtualized server connectivity.
• 768-Gbps of full duplex aggregate switching
bandwidth across locally switched ports ideal for
deploying dense virtual machine clusters with locally
mapped storage.
deploying dense virtual machine clusters with locally
mapped storage.
• Cisco FlexSpeed to provide 10-Gbps Fibre Channel
interfaces enabling secure, high-performance native
Fibre Channel SAN Extension.
Fibre Channel SAN Extension.