High performance, exible, stackable midrange and enterprise switch

designed to help you expand and adjust to changing business needs

Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System Storage

Cisco MDS 9134 for medium-sized

businesses and large enterprises
The Cisco MDS 9134 for
IBM System Storage is designed to
address the needs of medium-sized
Stackable design scales from 24-port fabric to 64-port fabric in 2U rack height

businesses and large enterprises with a

wide range of Storage Area Network
(SAN) capabilities. It can be used as

Highlights

part of a high performance simple SAN

Designed to support high avail

with single-switch or stacked switch

per second performance for

ability with redundant, hot

congurations for business-class cus

simplication and business

swappable power supplies and

tomers in support of IT simplication

continuity solutions with

fans and non-disruptive

and business continuity solutions. It can

Windows, UNIX, Linux,

rmware upgrades

also be used as an edge switch for

Simple-to-use 4 and 10 Gigabit

device aggregation with 10 Gbps core

NetWare, IBM OS/400 and

IBM z/OS servers

Includes Virtual SAN (VSAN)

director congurations for large enter

capability for SAN consolidation

prise customers.

Cost-effective green switch

into virtual SAN islands on a

requires up to 50 percent less

single physical fabric

the basis for IT simplication solutions

power per port

Enterprise, Mainframe and

Stackable design provides pay-

Fabric Manager Server

as-you-grow scalability and

Packages provide added intelli

exibility with On-Demand port

gence and value

activation features

Fabric connectivity capabilities can be

for IBM System i, System p,

System x and System z servers

While the Cisco MDS 9134 is as the

9134 presents a consistent, logical

and storage consolidation and high-

foundation of medium-sized SMB

Command Line Interface (CLI). The

availability server clustering with

SANs, it can also be congured as an

Cisco MDS 9134 CLI, which adheres to

IBM System Storage disk storage

edge switch to aggregate devices for

widely known Cisco IOS Software CLI

arrays. Business continuity capabilities

core enterprise directors as a compo

syntax, is easy to learn and delivers

can help businesses protect valuable

nent of a tiered enterprise SAN with

broad management capabilities.

data with IBM System Storage tape

other members of the Cisco MDS 9000

libraries and IBM Tivoli Storage

for IBM System Storage family. Cisco

High performance and manageability for

Manager data protection software.

MDS 9000 SAN-OS rmware provides

SANs

Advanced connectivity capabilities can

enterprise-class capabilities such as vir

The Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System

help businesses protect against major

tual SANs (VSANs), Port Channels,

Storage provides 4, 2 and 1 Gbps Fibre

disasters with IBM System Storage disk

Quality of Service (QoS) and security for

Channel switch connectivity and intelli

metro and global mirroring disaster

deployment in core-edge enterprise

gent network services to help improve

recovery solutions.

SAN solutions. These capabilities help

the security, performance and manage

provide investment protection as SAN

ability required to consolidate geo

A single Cisco MDS 9134 switch can

requirements evolve and grow

graphically dispersed storage devices

serve as an initial building block for a

over time.

into a large enterprise SAN.

SAN for those who want to obtain the

Administrators can use the Cisco MDS

benets of storage consolidation and

Easy to install and maintain

9134 to help address the needs for

are just beginning to implement Fibre

The Cisco MDS 9134 includes capabili

high performance and reliability in SAN

Channel storage systems. An entry-

ties designed to make it easy to install

environments ranging from midrange

level, twenty-four port switch storage

and easy to maintain for system admin

SMB SANs to very large, integrated

consolidation solution could support up

istrators who have minimal experience

global enterprise SANs.

to twenty-two servers with a dual path

with SAN components. Cisco Fabric

to either a disk storage array or tape

Manager, a centralized management

Connectivity, compatibility and traffic

library. The On-Demand Port

tool with task-based wizards, is

management

Activation features are designed

designed to provide a responsive, easy-

The Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System

to enable a switch to grow from 24 to

to-use Java application that helps

Storage offers twenty-four or thirty-two

32 ports; and to interconnect two

simplify management of a standalone

Fibre Channel ports. With 4 Gbps dedi

switches to create a 48 to 64 port fab

switch or multiple switches and fabrics.

cated bandwidth per port, the Cisco

ric to support more servers and more

For more advanced users, Cisco MDS

MDS 9134 is designed to meet the per

storage devices without taking the

formance and scalability requirements

switch offline.

of the most demanding environments.

Two 10 Gbps Inter-Switch Link (ISL)

The Cisco MDS 9134 presents the user

(DH-CHAP) authentication to help limit

expansion ports enable two stacked

with a consistent, logical CLI. Adhering

device access to protected storage

Cisco MDS 9134s to be interconnected

to the syntax of the widely known

networks.

with copper X2 transceivers and cables

Cisco IOS, the Cisco MDS 9000 for

to create up to a 64 port fabric. These

IBM System Storage family CLI has

Additionally, data plane traffic is secured

ISL ports may also be used to connect

broad functionality. The Quick

through VSANs, which are designed to

Cisco MDS 9134 edge switches to

Conguration Wizard allows server

segregate traffic between multiple vir

Cisco MDS 9500 core directors with

access to storage to be set up quickly

tual fabrics within the single physical

10 Gbps ISL ports with optical long-

and easily in as single step, using an

fabric infrastructure, and through hard

wave X2 transceivers at distances up to

intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).

ware-enforced zoning, which further

10 kilometers.

segregates traffic within each VSAN.

Security for large enterprise SANs

High availability design

Because storage networks require

Advanced security and management

The Cisco MDS 9134 is designed for

security, the Cisco MDS 9134 for

The Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise

high availability environments. It is

IBM System Storage employs a com

Package feature is designed to provide

designed to provide non-disruptive

prehensive security framework. It is

advanced security and management

rmware upgrades, dual hot-swappable

designed to provide extensive security

capabilities. The package helps improve

power supplies (with integrated fans for

measures at possible points of attack

management with Quality of Service

redundancy), hot swappable fans,

to help prevent unauthorized manage

(QoS) and enhanced network security

VSANs for fault isolation, and

ment access and snooping. These

capabilities including Switch-Switch and

PortChannel for ISL resiliency.

measures include Secure Shell (SSHv2),

Host Authentication, LUN Zoning,

Simple Network Management Protocol

Read-only zones and Port lockdown,

Simplied storage network management

(SNMPv3), Remote Authentication Dial-

and VSAN-Based Access Control. This

The Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System

In User Service (RADIUS) authentication

feature helps simplify SAN consolidation

Storage provides four principal modes

and Role-Based Access Control

for secure infrastructure simplication

of management: the Cisco MDS 9000

(RBAC). In addition, Fibre Channel

solutions.

Family Command-Line Interface (CLI),

Security Protocol (FC-SP) is designed

the Quick Conguration Wizard, the

to provide switch-switch and host-

The Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager

Cisco Fabric Manager and integration

switch Diffe-Hellman Challenge

Server Package feature is designed to

with third-party storage management

Handshake Authentication Protocol

extend Cisco Fabric Manager by pro

tools.

viding historical performance data col

lection, centralized management

services and support for advanced

Capabilities to help reduce TCO

9000 switches. This compatibility

application integration. This feature

VSAN capability allows more efficient

enables customers to initially deploy

helps simplify management of large

SAN utilization by creating multiple iso

separate Cisco MDS 9134 SAN islands

enterprise SAN infrastructures.

lated environments within a single SAN

and then to later consolidate these

fabric. Each VSAN can be zoned as a

islands into a large enterprise SAN as

The Mainframe Package feature is

typical SAN and maintains its own fab

their requirements change.

designed to enable mainframe storage

ric services for added scalability and

network applications including

resilience. VSANs allow the cost of the

A thirty-two port Cisco MDS 9134

IBM FICON protocol; FICON Control

SAN infrastructure to be shared among

switch offers up to 25 percent reduction

Unit Port (CUP); FICON and FCP inter

more users, while helping to segregate

in power and cooling per port com

mixing; FICON Switch Cascading and

and secure traffic and retain independ

pared to a twenty-four port Cisco MDS

Fabric Binding. This feature helps pro

ent control of congurations on a

9124 switch. For non-oversubscribed

vide secure mainframe and open sys

VSAN-by-VSAN basis.

congurations, a sixty-four port MDS

tem SAN infrastructure consolidation

9134 switch fabric offers more than a

and helps provide integrated

Another example of the cost-

50 percent reduction in power and

IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server

effectiveness of the Cisco MDS 9134 is

cooling per port compared to a twenty-

and IBM System Storage DS8000

its compatibility with other Cisco MDS

eight port Cisco MDS 9216A (sixteen

series metro and global mirroring busi

switch ports plus an optional twelve

ness continuity solutions.

port line card).

Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System Storage at a glance

Physical characteristics
Height
Width
Depth
Weight

4.47 cm mm/1.76 in. (1RU)

436 mm/17.65 in.
480 mm/18.9 in.
9.1 kg/20.0 lb. (dual power supplies)

Operating environment
Temperature

0 C to 40 C/32 F to 104 F

Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System Storage at a glance

Electrical requirements
Power supplies
Input
Product number
Base fabric switch, Model 434

Stacked fabric switch, Model S34

Fibre Channel interfaces
Optical transceivers

Fans and power

Hot-swap components
Rack support
Management software
Servers supported A

Operating systems supported

Storage products supported

Fibre optic cable

Optional features

845 W AC
100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz, 99 watt max with 0.99A @ 100 VAC
2053-434, 2053-S34 (orderable only in pairs)
Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System Storage includes 24 activated ports, no optics, dual
swappable AC power supplies and cooling fans and SAN-OS 3.2 rmware with Cisco
Fabric Manager, VSAN and PortChannel capabilities.
2053-434 with 10 Gbps 2 Port Activation; two 10 Gbps optical X2 transceivers and one
single mode bre cable
E_Port, F_Port, FL_Port
Fibre Channel 4 Gbps optical SFPs transceivers
Fibre Channel 10 Gbps optical X2 transceivers
Copper 10 Gbps X2 transceiver
Replaceable redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Power supplies, cooling fans, transceivers
19 inch, 1RU industry-standard rack
Cisco CLI, Quick Conguration Wizard, Cisco Fabric Manager
IBM System x servers and selected Netnity servers
Other Intel processor-based servers
IBM System p and selected RS/6000 servers
IBM System i and IBM System z
Selected Sun and HP servers
Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003
Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced
Server SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES) United Linux
Novell NetWare
IBM Storage System DS6000, DS8000 and Enterprise Storage Server
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Systems
IBM System Storage DS4000 Disk Systems
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive
IBM System Storage TS3100, TS3200, TS3310 and TS3500 Tape Libraries
IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single mode and multi
mode formats
On-Demand 4 Gbps Port Activation, 8 ports
On-Demand 10 Gbps Port Activation, 2 ports
Optical 4 Gbps SFP and 10 Gbps X2 transceivers
Copper 10 Gbps X2 transceiver
MDS 9100 Enterprise Package
MDS 9100 Mainframe Package
MDS 9100 Fabric Manager Server Package
Fibre optical and copper cables
Country specic power cords

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