18/4-Port Multiservice Module - Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Product Overview
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
•
•

18/4-Port Multiservice Module

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 18/4-port Multiservice (MSM-18/4) module provides 18 autosensing 1-,
2-, and 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and four Gigabit Ethernet IP services ports. The MSM-18/4 module
provides multiprotocol capabilities such as Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), Small
Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI), IBM Fiber Connectivity (FICON), and FICON Control Unit
Port (CUP) management.
The MSM-18/4 module provides18 4-Gbps Fibre Channel interfaces for high-performance SAN and
mainframe connectivity and four Gigabit Ethernet ports for FCIP and iSCSI storage services. Individual
ports can be configured with hot-swappable shortwave, longwave, extended-reach, coarse
wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM) or dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) Small
Form-Factor Pluggables (SFPs) for connectivity up to 125 miles (200 km).
The MSM-18/4 module can minimize latency for disk and tape through FCIP write acceleration and
FCIP tape write and read acceleration. The MSM-18/4 module provides up to 16 virtual Inter-Switch
Link (ISL) connections on the four 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports through tunneling, and provides up to 4095
buffer-to-buffer credits that can be assigned to a single Fibre Channel port.
The MSM-18/4 supports hardware-based encryption and it is required to run the Storage Media
Encryption (SME) which, is a part of the Cisco NX-OS. For more information on SME, see the Cisco
MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide.
The MSM-18/4 supports SAN extension over IP and is compatible with current SAN extension products,
such as MPS-14/2, 9216i, and IPS. The MSM-18/4 provides an integrated next generation 4-Gbps FC
platform for SAN extension. The MSM-18/4 module supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) as
mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Japan, and China. The IPv6 support is provided
for FCIP, iSCSI, and management traffic routed in-band and out-of-band.
The MSM-18/4 provides intelligent diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network analysis tools with the
integrated Call Home capability.
Figure 1-28
Figure 1-28
OL-19587-01
Comprehensive network security framework
The module supports RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), Secure
File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, and Simple Network Management
Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing AES, VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, and
per-VSAN role-based access control (RBAC). RBAC provides separate control over management
functions and access on a per-VSAN basis, enabling separation of duties among administrators on
the same physical switch. Gigabit Ethernet ports support IPsec authentication, data integrity, and
hardware-assisted data encryption.
IP version 6 (IPv6) support
The module supports IPv6 as mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Japan, and
China. IPv6 support is provided for FCIP and management traffic routed in-band and out-of-band.
shows the MSM-18/4 module.

18/4-Port Multiservice Module

Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Services Modules
1-43