Overview
 

The Cisco MDS 9100 Series includes two multi-layer fabric switches - the MDS 9120 and the MDS 9140. The MDS 9120 is a 20-port Fibre Channel switch, while the MDS 9140 is a 40-port Fibre Channel switch. Each switch is packaged in a 1 RU rack-mountable chassis with redundant hot swappable power supplies and fans. SFPs are sold separately. Both chassis’ utilise front to rear chassis airflow. Management access is provided through 10/100 Ethernet and serial console interfaces. The Cisco MDS 9100 Series integrates the same intelligent networking services as the Cisco MDS 9500 series with the exception of supervisor failover and support for non-Fibre channel data transports. It is a cost effective solution for enterprise departments, workgroups, small and medium scale SAN deployments and for edge connectivity in core-edge environments not requiring modularity.

Features
 

Controllable: Manageable - provides embedded Fabric Manager and integration with HP OpenView -SAM and CiscoWorks RME; Serviceable - delivers embedded diagnostics (Fibre Channel ping, traceroute and protocol analyser) and "Call Home".

Resilient: High Reliability - hot swappable components; Secure - supports VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, role-based access control, FC-SP, and access control lists.

Extensible: Flexible - introduces Virtual SANs (VSANs) for consolidation of isolated SAN islands on a single physical fabric; Interoperable - offers compatibility with a broad range of HP servers and operating systems, as well as disk and tape storage devices.

Specifications
 

System features

Management features description

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Line Interface (CLI); Cisco Fabric Manager; Integration with third-party storage management tools

I/O port description

F, FL, TL, E, TE, SD, ST

Fibre channel protocols description

FC-PH, Revision 4.3, FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4, FC-GS-2, Revision 5.3, FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01, FC-FLA, Revision 2.7, FC-FG, Revision 3.5, FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3, FC-AL, Revision 4.5, FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0, FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1, FC-VI, Revision 1.61, FCP, Revision 12, FCP-2, Revision 7a, FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1, FC-BB, Revision 4.7, FC-FS, Revision 1.7, FC-PI, Revision 13 , FC-MI, Revision 1.99, FC-Tape, Revision 1.17

Maximum port bandwidth description

9120: (4) 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex ports, (16) 2.125 Gbps, full duplex ports in 4-port groups, each group sharing 2.5 Gbps of switch bandwidth; 9140: (8) 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex ports, (32) 2.125 Gbps, full duplex ports in 4-port groups, each group sharing 2.5Gbps of switch bandwidth

Compatible operating systems description

MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3

Power requirements description

100 to 240 VAC; 50 to 60 Hz

High availability description

Hot swappable redundant fans and power supplies, Hot swappable SFP optical modules, automatic process restart. PortChannels allows users to aggregate up to four physical links (MDS 9120) into one logical bundle. The bundle can sustain the failure of any physical link without causing a reset.

Diagnostics description

Power on self test (POST), online system health monitoring, network analysis and debug tools, FC Traceroute, FC Ping, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) Remote Switched Port Analyzer (RSPAN), Cisco Fabric Analyzer, integrated Call Home

Full duplex description

No

Classes of service description

Class 2, Class 3, Class F

Warranty

(1-1-1) Hardware Warranty: 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (8x5, next business day response) and 1-year labor. Software Warranty: HP warrants only that the software media will be free of physical defects for a period of ninety (90) days from delivery

Warranty options description

Warranty upgrade to 3-3-3; Various support response times (same/next day, 24x7); Various support coverage periods (M - F, 24x7, 1 yr, 3 yr); 6-hr Call-To-Repair; Software support coverage periods (13x5, 24x7, 1 yr, 3 yr); License to Use and SW Updates (1 yr, 3 yr)

Service & support features

(1-1-1) Hardware Warranty: 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (8x5, next business day response) and 1-year labor. Software Warranty: HP warrants only that the software media will be free of physical defects for a period of ninety (90) days from delivery

Service & support options description

Installation service; SAN Solution service; SAN-Environmental Support service; SAN Architecture service H9162A; Proactive 24

Weight, metric description

11kg

 

Business Value
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Uncompromising performance, high availability, security, scalability, ease of management and lower TCO of SANs. Common software ensures environment scales seamlessly as business grows to protect SAN investment.

 

 

 

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