Product Overview - Cisco MDS9120 - MDS 9120 Multilayer Fabric Switch Installation Manual

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Product Overview

The Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches provide an intelligent, cost-effective, and
small-profile switching platform for small- and medium-sized storage environments. The
Cisco MDS 9100 Series also provides full-feature capability with the Cisco MDS 9500 Series multilayer
directors for a transparent, end-to-end service delivery in large data-center core-edge deployments.
The Cisco MDS 9100 Series includes four fixed configuration fabric switches:
The Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a 48-port, 1-, 2-, 4-, and 8-Gbps autosensing Fibre
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Channel switch.
The Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a 32-port, 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps autosensing Fibre
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Channel and 2-port 10-Gbps switch.
• The Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a 24-port, 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps autosensing Fibre
Channel port switch.
• The Cisco MDS 9140 is a 40-port Fibre Channel switch.
• The Cisco MDS 9120 is a 20-port Fibre Channel switch.
The Cisco MDS 9120 and the Cisco MDS 9140 Fibre Channel switches are not supported on NX-OS
Note
Release 4.1(1b).
The Cisco MDS 9100 Series is packaged in compact 1-RU enclosures with redundant hot-swappable
power supplies. The Cisco MDS 9140 Switch, the Cisco MDS 9120 Switch, also include two
hot-swappable fan modules. Management access is provided through 10/100 Ethernet for Cisco MDS
9134 switch. In the case of Cisco MDS 9148 switch, management access is provided through
10/100/1000 Ethernet, and serial console interfaces.
The Cisco MDS 9100 Series provides the following features:
High port density at 48, 40, 32, 24, or 20 ports per 1 RU.
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Port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
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transceivers.
Throughout this document the term SFP will refer to both 4, 2, and 1 Gbps optics as well as SFP+ 8Gbps
Note
optics.
Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies for high availability.
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Hot-swappable fan modules in the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch, Cisco MDS 9140 Switch,
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Cisco MDS 9134 Switch, and the Cisco MDS 9120 Switch.
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