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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
Services Modules
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series supports the following hot-swappable Generation 1 services modules:
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Note The internal bootflash installed on the modules are not field-replaceable units. Do not remove or replace
internal bootflash on the modules. Modifying the factory installed bootflash is not supported.
16-Port Storage Services Module
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 16-port Storage Services module (SSN-16) provides 16-Gigabit Ethernet
IP services ports. The SSN-16 module provides 16 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and supports features such
as I/O Accelerator, Storage Media Encryption and Fiber Channel over IP.
The SSN-16 module acts as a service blade for the storage applications. The module provides 16-Gigabit
front panel ports for IPS and for the management of the ISAPI applications. For ISAPI, up to four
Gigabit Ethernet ports are used for management of the application.
The ports are arranged in such a way that all the odd numbered ports (1, 3, 5, and so on till 15) are
arranged in a single horizontal line and the even numbered ports (2, 4, 6, and so on till 16) are arranged
below it, in another single horizontal line. That is, port 1 would be placed on the top left, port 2 would
be placed on the bottom left, port 3 would be placed next to port 1, port 4 would be placed next to port
2, and so on.
The SSN-16 module provides transparent services to any port in a fabric and does not require additional
SAN reconfiguration and rewiring. The module does not require the host or target to be directly attached
and provides high availability with multimodule clustering and balancing.
By running four separate, concurrent applications on the SSN-16 module, it can provide the following
functions:
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16-Port Storage Services Module, page 1-41
18/4-Port Multiservice Module, page 1-43
14/2-Port Multiprotocol Services Module, page 1-46
IP Storage Services Modules, page 1-48
32-Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module, page 1-50
32-Port Fibre Channel Storage Services Module, page 1-52
Caching Services Module, page 1-54
Provides better disaster recovery and continuity solutions for mission-critical applications.
Minimizes the number of devices required, which improves the reliability.
Consolidates the management with a single module, which provides end-to-end visibility.
Provides optimized performance.
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