32 Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module - Cisco MDS 9216 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Product Overview

32 Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module

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32 Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module
The 32 Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module (ASM) for the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports up to 32 Fibre Channel ports and provides
distributed intelligent storage services such as network-based volume
management and copy services, and is virtualization enabled. The module makes
it possible to allocate bandwidth optimally and delivers the industry's highest
line-card port density, along with 32 Gbps of total bandwidth.
The ASM module is supported for switches running Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release
Note
1.2(2a) or later.
The Fibre Channel port interfaces support hot-swappable Fibre Channel SFP
transceivers, which can be short wavelength (SWL) for connectivity up to 500m,
or long wavelength (LWL) for connectivity up to 10km. All interfaces are
auto-sensing 1/2 Gbps compatible. The port interfaces also support coarse
wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM) SFP transceivers, which can be used
for extended long wavelength (EWL) transmission or for coarse
wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM). For more information about SFP
transceivers, see Supported SFP Transceivers, page 1-21.
Tip For a full 2-Gbps bandwidth between two hosts, connect one host to the first port
group and connect the second host to the second port group.
Figure 1-6 shows the Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module, with the part
number "DS-X9032-SMV" on the left side.
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