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Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules Hardware Release Notes • November 2008

Features

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules deliver up to 

528, 8-Gbps ports and twice the bandwidth of previous generation Cisco MDS Fibre 

Channel switching modules. All module configurations have the following features:

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Auto-sensing 1- 2- 4- and 8-Gbps capability (1-Gbps port speed is not available 

with 8-Gbps small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers)

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High-performance inter-switch link (ISL) capability

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Support for virtual storage area networks (VSANs), access control lists (ACLs), 

and quality of service (QoS)

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Advanced Fiber Connectivity (FICON) services

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules are not 

usable as stand-alone switches.

Port Configurations

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules are available in 

three port configurations. They are installed into an existing Cisco MDS 9500 Series 

Multilayer Director or Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch chassis, 

depending on the chosen module configuration.

The following sections describe each available configuration:

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