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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 .
These fabric switches have the following features:
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Refer to the Cisco MDS 9216 Switch Hardware Installation Guide and the Cisco MDS 9200 Series
Hardware Installation Guide.
Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series includes two multilayer, modular directors:
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The backplane has direct plug-in connectivity to one switching or services module.
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The hot-swappable fan module has four fans managing the airflow and cooling for the entire
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switch.
Two redundant, hot-swappable power supplies have AC connections, each of which can supply
power to a fully loaded chassis.
The 1-Gbps or 2-Gbps autosensing Fibre Channel ports support Inter-Switch Links (E ports),
extended Inter-Switch Links (TE ports), loops (FL and TL ports), and fabric (F ports) connectivity.
Besides Telnet access, a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet port provides switch access and an RS-232
(EIA/TIA-232) serial port allows switch configuration.
Hot-swappable, small form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports can be configured with either short or long
wavelength SFPs for connectivity up to 500 m and 10 km, respectively. The ports can also be
configured with the extended wavelength SFPs for connectivity up to 100 km.
The Cisco MDS 9200 Series switches support the IP Storage services (IPS) modules and the
14/2-port Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module. Both modules are configurable for both FCIP
and iSCSI operation on a port-by-port basis. Ports configured for FCIP operation can be further
configured to support up to three virtual ISL connections.
The Cisco MDS 9216 switch supports the 32-port Fibre Channel Storage Services Module (SSM).
The SSM enables pooling of heterogeneous storage for increased storage utilization, simplified
storage management, and reduced total cost of storage ownership.
The Cisco MDS 9506 Director addresses the stringent requirements of data center storage
environments and consists of the following major hardware components:
The chassis has six slots, two of which are reserved for the supervisor modules.
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Up to four hot-pluggable switching or services modules that provide Fibre Channel or Gigabit
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Ethernet services.
The backplane has direct plug-in connectivity to four switching or services modules, two
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supervisor modules, two clock modules, and two power supplies.
The hot-swappable fan module has six fans managing the airflow and cooling for the entire
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switch.
The Cisco MDS 9509 Director addresses the stringent requirements of large data center storage
environments and consists of the following major hardware components:
The chassis has nine slots, two of which are reserved for the supervisor modules.
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Up to seven hot-pluggable switching or services modules that provide Fibre Channel or Gigabit
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Ethernet services.
The backplane has direct plug-in connectivity to seven switching or services modules, two
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supervisor modules, two clock modules, and two power supplies.
The hot-swappable fan module has nine fans managing the airflow and cooling for the entire
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switch.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide
Hardware Overview
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