HP Cisco MDS 9200 8 Port FCIP Services SW RTU A7474A プリント

Integral switch component which provides up to 8 ports of multiprotocol connectivity for 1Gb
Ethernet to 4/2/1-Gb Fibre Channel ports allowing IP connections using FCIP and iSCSI.

The IP Storage Services Modules integrate seamlessly into the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of
Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches. Traffic can be routed between any IP storage port and
any other port on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP Storage
Services Module supports the full range of services available on other MDS 9000 Family
Switching Modules including VSANs, security, and traffic management.

Flexible Configuration The Cisco 8-port IP Storage Services Module supports, eight hot-swappable, Small Form-Factor

Pluggable (SFP), LC Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Modules can be configured with short-wave and
long-wave SFPs. Additionally, all ports are configurable for both FCIP and iSCSI. Ports configured
for FCIP operation can be further configured to support up to three virtual ISL connections.

One of the key advantages of FCIP for remote connectivity is its ability to extend distances. But,
distance at the expense of performance is an unacceptable tradeoff for IT organizations that
demand full utilization of expensive WAN bandwidth. The IP Storage Services Module implements
TCP Extensions for High Performance (RFC 1323) that allow for efficient full-bandwidth operation
over greatly increased distances relative to standard TCP.

Transparent Operation The Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP Storage Services Modules provide transparent mapping of SCSI

input/output operations between iSCSI and Fibre Channel domains. When IP-attached servers are
added to a Cisco MDS 9000 Family storage network, they are presented to the Fibre Channel
storage devices as native-Fibre Channel hosts. Conversely, Fibre Channel storage devices are
presented as iSCSI targets to the iSCSI hosts. This transparent access preserves correct
operation of storage tools, such as zoning managers, which require visibility of all hosts. Also,
hosts have access to consistent SAN services independent of the transport they use to attach to
the SAN. As iSCSI hosts are added to the SAN, they are added to the appropriate VSAN, Fibre
Channel Name Server, Zone Server, and Cisco MDS 9000 Family management infrastructure.

VSANs are Hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric for secure
sharing of physical infrastructure. VSANs allow the cost of SAN infrastructure to be shared among
more users, while assuring absolute segregation, security of traffic, and retaining independent
control of configuration on a VSAN-by-VSAN basis.

Supports role-based access control, VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, FC-SP, ACLs, RADIUS
authentication, SNMPv3, SSH, and SFTP.

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