Product Overview; Cisco Mds 9718 Director - Cisco MDS 9700 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Product Overview

The Cisco MDS 9700 Series of Multilayer Directors elevate the standard for director-class switches. It allows
a deployment of high-performance SANs with low cost of ownership, layering a rich set of intelligent features
onto a high-performance, protocol-agnostic switch fabric.
The Cisco MDS 9700 Series of Multilayer Directors addresses the stringent requirements of large data center
storage environments - Providing high availability, security, scalability, ease of management, and transparent
integration of new technologies.
The Cisco MDS 9700 Series of Multilayer Directors include the following directors:

• Cisco MDS 9718 Director

• Cisco MDS 9710 Director
• Cisco MDS 9706 Director
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Cisco MDS 9718 Director

The Cisco MDS 9718 Director is a high-port density switch that is designed to meet the requirements of a
large-scale enterprise data center storage environment. It provides superior performance, scalability, redundancy,
Cisco MDS 9718 Director, on page 5
Cisco MDS 9710 Director, on page 7
Cisco MDS 9706 Director, on page 8
Chassis Description , on page 10
System LEDs , on page 21
Supervisor Modules, on page 21
Crossbar Fabric Switching Modules, on page 32
Fiber Channel Switching Modules, on page 40
SAN Extension Modules, on page 46
Fiber Channel over Ethernet Switching Modules, on page 48
Fan Modules , on page 52
Power Supplies, on page 56
Supported Transceivers, on page 59
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