Cisco Mds 9710 Director Chassis - Cisco MDS 9700 Series Hardware Installation Manual

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Cisco MDS 9710 Director Chassis

The Cisco MDS 9710 Director (DS-C9710) is a 10-slot chassis with up to two supervisor modules and up to
8 I/O modules. The chassis holds up to six crossbar fabric switching modules, up to 8 AC or DC 3-kW power
supplies, and three fan modules. Airflow is front-to-back (port-side intake) in the Cisco MDS 9710 chassis.
Note
The following figure shows the front view of the Cisco MDS 9710 chassis.
Fan modules - (Three fan modules) 1-3 are
numbered left to the right. When the fan
modules are installed, they cover the
crossbar fabric switching modules.
Only two fan modules are shown in the
figure. One fan module is removed to show
the crossbar fabric switching module in the
back.
Crossbar fabric switching modules - (up
to six crossbar fabric switching modules
with two modules behind each fan
module). The crossbar fabric switching
modules 1 and 2 are behind the fan module
1, fabric modules 3 and 4 are behind the
fan module 2, and fabric modules 5 and 6
are behind the fan module 3.
Fan module handle
Fan module exhaust
The base configuration of the Cisco MDS 9710 (DS-C9710-1K9) Director ships with two supervisor modules
(DS-X97-SF4-K9), three crossbar fabric switching modules (DS-X9718-FAB3), and six power supplies.
5 Fan power connector
6 Fan and crossbar fabric switching modules
LEDs
7 Ground point
8 PSU exhaust
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