Cisco MDS 9000 Family for IBM System Storage

Redefining Data Center Scalability

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer fabric switches, directors, and SAN management software elevates the standard for networked storage, providing industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management in an integrated multiprotocol platform. Layering a rich set of intelligent features onto a high-performance switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family meets the stringent requirements of large data center storage environments and cost-conscious small and medium-sized businesses. The MDS 9000 Family offers customers significant benefits including:

At-A-Glance

Intelligent Storage Networking

Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS Software The Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS is the underlying system software that powers the award-winning Cisco MDS 9000 Family. SAN-OS provides many unique and powerful standards-based features that simplify the configuration, provisioning and ongoing management of MDS-based SAN solutions. In addition to supporting Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), SAN-OS supports IBMFibre Connection (FICON), Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) in a single platform allowing customers to better utilizing existing enterprise resources, thereby lowering costs. Additionally, Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches are the first SAN switches on the market with Virtual SAN (VSAN) support built into the switch hardware. VSAN capabilities allow the SAN-OS to logically divide a large physical fabric into separate, isolated environments to improve Fibre Channel SAN scalability, availability, manageability, and network security. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Software License Packages In addition to the unique software feature included in the base switch configuration, Cisco offers an advanced set of software features logically grouped in software license packages. Enterprise License Package This package includes advanced traffic management and advanced security features recommended for enterprise class SANs such as Inter-VSAN Routing, Quality of Service, Extended Credits, and Hardware Enforced LUN Zoning. SAN Extension over IP The Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN Extension over IP package provides an integrated, cost-effective, and reliable business continuance solution for connecting Fibre Channel SANs across an existing IP infrastructure. The package delivers FCIP Data Compression for more efficient WAN bandwidth utilization, FCIP Write Acceleration for improved application performance, FCIP Tape Acceleration for improved resources utilization, and SAN extension tuning for optimization. Mainframe Package The Cisco MDS 9000 Family Mainframe package is acomprehensive collection of features required for using theCisco MDS 9000 Family switches in mainframe storage networks. With the Mainframe package, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family has the capability to simultaneously support the Fibre

Channel, iSCSI, FCIP and FICON protocols allowing SAN users to standardize on one vendor to support their entire SAN environment. FICON VSAN support is provided to help ensure that there is true hardware-based separation of FICON and open systems. Switch cascading, fabric binding, and intermixing also are included in this package. Fabric Manager Server (FMS) The Cisco Fabric Manager Server (FMS) package extends thefeatures and functionality in Cisco Fabric Manager by providing historical performance monitoring for network traffic hot-spot analysis, centralized management services, and advanced application integration. Storage Services Enabler (SSE) When used with the Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Services Module (SSM) the Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Services Enabler (SSE) package provides the underlying infrastructure and programmatic interface to enable intelligent fabric applications such as Network-Accelarated Serverless Backup for non-disruptive data replication, NetworkAssisted storage applications for heterogeneous data replication, and Network-Hosted applications such as storage virtualization for heterogeneous volume management. Cisco Fabric Manager Software Cisco Fabric Manager, included at no charge with every Cisco MDS9000 Family switch, is a responsive, easy-to-use, Web-based application that simplifies the management of Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches. With the Cisco Fabric Manager intuitive GUI, storage administrators can compare switch configurations side by side, perform configuration policy checks across Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches, set alarm thresholds for reporting into third-party fault-management applications, and view individual device and aggregate statistics in real time to simplify the management of their storage environment.

Industry Leading Scalability and Performance The MDS 9500 Director series delivers the industrys highest port density, highest performance director-class switch supporting up to 528 ports in a single chassis with optional 1/2/4-Gbps and 10-Gbps Fibre Channel modules. Business ContinuityCisco offers the broadest range of business continuity solutions delivering Fibre Channel, FCIP and iSCSI protocols in a single integrated system allowing cost-effective, high-performance storage transport over IP, Wide Area and Metropolitan Area Networks. Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)With integrated GUI-based SAN management and network diagnostics included in every switch, the MDS 9000 Family delivers improved storage administrator productivity, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs. Investment ProtectionThe MDS 9000 Family shares acommon architectural framework and offers interchangeable, backward- and forward-compatible switching modules across the entire family to protect existing SAN investments and provide a smooth upgrade path to support future growth. Simplified, Secure InfrastructureAdvance features such as virtual storage area networks (VSANs) and Inter-VSAN routing (IVR) allow administrators to logically and functionally partition a single physical SAN fabric or switch into multiple VSANs, each with its own security policies and fabric services. Open Platform for Intelligent Storage Applications TheMDS 9000 Family provides the intelligent hardwarebased services for hosting or accelerating applications for data migration, data replication, serverless backup, networkhosted volume management, and more.

Cisco Contacts for IBM Global Services:

SSO, MSS, NSD, ITS:
Account Manager: Adam Rodgers, adam.rodgers@cisco.com, 720-875-2955

BCRS:
Account Manager: Robert Williams, rwilliam@cisco.com, 978-936-4162 Global Sr. Systems Engineer: Jason Gmitter, jgmitter@cisco.com, 732-635-4272 IBM/Cisco partner website: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/san/c_type/

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At-A-Glance

Switch Type
Machine Type/Model Description

Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch

2053-424 Fixed configuration 1RU fabric switch containing 24 4/2/1Gbps Fibre Channel ports. Base switch will have 8 ports active. Additional 16 ports can be activated on demand using the 8-port license. The MDS 9124 has plug-and-play capabilities, including Quick Configuration Wizard support and Task Wizards, that allows it to be easily deployed in any size network. The Cisco MDS 9124 shares common features and the same SAN-OS Software with the Cisco MDS 9500, 9200, Series multilayer switches and directors. It is competitively priced with enterprise-class capabilities: VSANs, Port Channels, nondisruptive code upgrade and comprehensive security (AAA, RBAC, etc.), troubleshooting, and diagnostics. 24 SAN Edge or SMB

Cisco MDS 9216A Mulitlayer Fabric Switch

2054-D1A Semi-modular 3RU chassis with 16 1/2-Gbps FC fixed ports, and one open slot that supports all MDS 9000 Family backward and forward-compatible modules for superior investment protection. Support for FC, iSCSI, and FICON. Includes Fabric Manager software at no additional cost. Supports short-wave and long-wave SFPs.

Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switch

2054-D1H Semi-modular, multilayer, multiprotocol 3RU chassis with 14 1/2-Gbps FC ports and 2 GigE ports, and one open slot that supports all MDS 9000 Family backward- and forward-compatible modules for superior investment protection. Integrated support for FC, iSCSI, FCIP, and FICON. Includes Fabric Manager software and SAN Extension over IP license (FCIP) for fixed GigE ports at no additional cost. Hardware based Encryption and Compression on GigE ports. Supports short-wave, long-wave, and GigE copper SFPs. 64 Departmental SAN or Remote Branch Office; Optimized for SAN Extension

Cisco MDS 9500

2054-E04/2054-E07/2054-E11 Modular, multilayer, multiprotocol, highly available chassis includes dual supervisor modules delivering up to 2.2 Tbps of fully redundant crossbar bandwidth per system. The MDS 9506 (7RU) has four open slots; MDS 9509 (14RU) has seven; MDS 9513 (14RU) has 11 open slots that support all MDS 9000 Family backward- and forward compatible modules for superior investment protection. Includes Fabric Manager software at no additional cost. 192/336/528 SAN Core or Large Enterprise

Maximum Ports Target Group

64 Departmental SAN or Remote Branch Office

Ensuring true investment protection, flexibility, and scalability for businesses of all sizes, ALL Cisco MDS 9000 Family modules are fully backward and forward compatible across Cisco MDS 9000 modular chassis (Cisco MDS 9500 and 9200 series).

Switch Type

8-Port GE IP Storage Services Module

2208

14 FC/2GE Multiprotocol Services Module

2214

Storage Services Module (SSM)

2400

12-Port, 24-Port and 48-Port 4-Gbps FC Switching Modules

2412/2424/2448

4-Port 10-Gbps FC Switching Module

2404

Feature Code Features

IP Storage Services:
FCIP, iSCSI, iSNS FCIP Write Acceleration for enhanced remote copy FCIP Tape Acceleration for improved tape extension Support for FICON SAN Extension over IP Performance: Port speed: 1-Gbps Ethernet IP storage services ports per chassis: 8 to 88 ports 3 FCIP tunnels per port EtherChannel Support

14 1/2-Gbps FC

autosensing ports 2 GbE ports for long distance SAN extension Hardware-based compression and encryption IPsec authentication FCIP Write Acceleration for enhanced remote copy FCIP Tape Acceleration for improved tape extension

32 1/2-Gbps FC autosensing ports Fibre Channel Write Acceleration

12, 24, or 48 1/2/4-Gbps

(FC-WA) and SCSI flow-statistics monitoring Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup with standards-based Extended Copy Network-Assisted Applications with the SANTap protocol Network-hosted Applications Supports Inter-VSAN Routing

FC autosensing ports Buffer credits: 16 per port (sharedmode), up to 250 per port (dedicated mode), up to 4095 on an individual port (dedicated-mode with optional Enterprise License Package) PortChannel: up to 16 ports FICON: FC-SB-3 compliant Cascaded FICON fabrics Intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel FCP traffic CUP management Short-wave, long-wave (4 or 10km)

4 10-Gbps FC ports Buffer credits: 16 per port

(shared- mode), up to 250 per port (dedicated-mode), up to 4095 on an individual port (dedicated-mode with optional Enterprise License Package) PortChannel: up to 16 ports FICON: FC-SB-3 compliant Cascaded FICON fabrics Intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel FCP traffic CUP management Short-reach SC X2, Long-reach SC X2

SFPs

Tri-rate short wave, tri-rate long-wave, GigE copper GBICs

Short-wave, long-wave, GigE copper

Short-wave, long-wave

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