Overview
 

The Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch is a twenty port, 4 Gb Fibre Channel switch. The Cisco MDS 9020 is well suited for small to medium businesses that want to deploy cost-effective but scalable, high-performance SANs. The Cisco MDS 9020 is also ideal for branch offices and departments in large enterprises that require management simplicity and easy deployment. It can be used as the foundation of SAN standalone SANs or as an edge switch in larger core-edge SAN infrastructures. The Cisco MDS 9020 provides a balance of cost, performance and basic enterprise-class features in a compact 1 rack unit form factor. Layering a requisite set of intelligent features onto a cost-effective, small profile switching platform, the Cisco MDS 9020 meets the cost, performance, ease of management and connectivity requirements of small to medium-scale storage environments.

Features
 

Cost effective: Intelligent storage networking offers advanced features in a compact, extremely cost-effective design that simplifies deployment and administration of small and medium-scale storage-area networks (SANs).

Industry leading performance: The MDS 9020 offers full non-blocking 4 Gb Fibre Channel performance on 20 line rate ports, for an aggregate bandwidth of 160 Gb/sec full duplex in 1 rack unit.

Non-disruptive software upgrades: Supports non-disruptive software upgrades to minimize service disruptions in a highly available storage area networking environment.

Simplified storage management: The MDS 9020 includes built-in storage network management with all features available through a command line interface (CLI) or Cisco Fabric Manager, a centralized management tool that simplifies management of multiple switches and fabrics.

Sophisticated diagnostics: Provides intelligent diagnostics for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.

Specifications
 

System features

Management features description

Built-in Management and Cisco Fabric Manager

I/O port description

Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, B; Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, TE, TL

Fibre channel protocols description

Fibre Channel standards: FC-PH; Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994), FC-AL-2; Revision 7.0 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999), FC-SW-2; Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001)

Maximum port bandwidth description

Transfer rate: 4 Gb/FC port

Power requirements description

100 to 240 VAC (±10%); 50 to 60 Hz (nominal) (±3%)

High availability description

Redundant fans; Hot-swappable SFP optical interface modules; Non-disruptive software upgrades

Diagnostics description

Embedded diagnostics, Network analysis tools

Classes of service description

Class 2, Class 3, Class F

Warranty

HP warrants only that the software media will be free of physical defects for a period of 90 days from delivery

Warranty options description

Service offerings include a full range of Customer HP Care Pack services for both hardware and software services: Response - Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4-hours; Coverage - Extend hours of coverage from 5 days x 9 hours to 7 days x 24 hours; Duration - Select duration of coverage for a period of 1, 3, or 5 years. Additional Warranty protection and/or HP Installation packages can be purchased

Service & support features

(1-1-1) Hardware Warranty; 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (8 x 5 next business day response) and 1-year labor

Service & support options description

Increased warranty options are available, including 1, 3, 4 and 5-year on-site, next-day, same-day 4 hour response, 13 x 5 and 24 x 7, hardware and software phone support

Weight, metric description

4.08 kg

 

Business Value
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Offers advanced storage networking capabilities at new price points, allowing SMBs, branch offices and departments in large enterprises to easily deploy SANs that are simple to manage.

 

 

 

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