Cisco Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module データシート

 

 

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The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module and MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors were designed from 

the beginning for high availability. Beyond meeting the basic requirements of nondisruptive software upgrades and 

redundancy of all critical hardware components, the Cisco MDS 9500 Series software architecture offers outstanding 

availability. The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module has the unique ability to automatically restart failed 

processes, making it exceptionally robust. In the rare event that a supervisor module is reset, complete 

synchronization between the active and standby supervisor modules helps ensure stateful failover with no disruption 

of traffic.  

The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module also provides Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)

–based 

multipathing to help ensure high availability at the fabric level. With the intelligence to load-balance across up to 16 

equal-cost paths, the module can dynamically reroute traffic in the event of a switch failure. The Cisco MDS 9500 

Series Supervisor-2A Module combined with Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors takes high availability to a 
new level, helping provide solutions that exceed the 99.999 percent uptime requirements of today’s most demanding 

environments. 

The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module can supply up to 1.4 Tbps of nonblocking performance to Cisco 

MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors. Its robust switching performance enables the Cisco MDS 9500 Series to 

provide 1-, 2-, 4-, 8-, and 10-Gbps Fibre Channel port densities. When installed in a Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer 

Director chassis, the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module works in conjunction with the two crossbar 

modules to provide 2.2 Tbps of fully redundant system bandwidth, helping ensure high scalability in any SAN 

environment. 

The crossbar switching architecture of the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module enables multilayer and 

multiprotocol functionality, allowing the Cisco MDS 9500 Series to transparently integrate multiple transport protocols 

for maximum flexibility. With support for Fibre Channel, FICON, FCoE, iSCSI, and FCIP, the Cisco MDS 9500 Series 

is a robust multiprotocol platform designed for deployment of cost-optimized storage networks. Users can implement 

up to 10-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON for high-performance applications, FCoE for Unified Fabric, iSCSI over 

Ethernet for cost-effective connectivity to shared storage pools, and FCIP for connectivity between data centers. 

Management of large-scale storage networks requires proactive diagnostics, tools to verify connectivity and route 

latency, and mechanisms for capturing and analyzing traffic. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family integrates advanced, 

industry-leading analysis and debugging tools. Power-on self-test (POST) and online diagnostics provide proactive 

health monitoring. The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module provides the integrated functions required to 

implement diagnostic capabilities such as Fibre Channel traceroute for detailing the exact path and timing of flows 

and Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN) to intelligently capture network traffic. After traffic 

has been captured, it can be analyzed with the Cisco Fabric Analyzer, an embedded Fibre Channel analyzer. The 

Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module enables collection and management of comprehensive port-based 

and flow-based statistics, enabling sophisticated performance analysis and service-level agreement (SLA) 

accounting. In addition, integrated Call Home capability is provided for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and 

reduced service costs. With the Cisco MDS 9500 Series, Cisco delivers a comprehensive toolset for troubleshooting 
and analyzing an organization’s storage network.