Product Overview - Cisco MDS 9216 Hardware Installation Manual

Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc@cisco.com.

Product Overview

The Cisco MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch supports storage area network
(SAN) applications. It provides scalability, multi-transport capability, security
and an easy way to manage enterprise SANs. The Cisco MDS 9216 Switch shares
a consistent architecture with the Cisco MDS 9500 Series of multilayer directors,
making it an intelligent and flexible fabric switch.
The Cisco MDS 9216 Switch provides the following features:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
For information about how to configure the Cisco MDS 9216 Switch, refer to the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.
78-16165-01
A supervisor module
A 16-port or 32-port switching module with 1 Gbps / 2 Gbps auto-sensing
Fibre Channel (FC) ports, supporting up to 48 total ports
An interface module providing local and remote management interfaces for
the supervisor module
Modular, hot-swappable 8-port IP Storage Services module (IPS module)
Redundant power supplies, fan modules, and system clocks
Power and cooling management and environmental monitoring
Port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable small form
factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers
C H A P T E R
Cisco MDS 9216 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
1
1-1