MDS Cisco

Cisco Storage Product Update
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Industry Leading Investment Protection Across a
Comprehensive Product Line MDS 9509
Director
MDS 9216 and 9216i MDS 9506

MDS 9120 Modular Director
MDS 9140 Fabric Switches
Fixed
Fabric Switches
MDS 9000
Family
4, 8 Port
IP Storage Storage
16 Port 32 Port 14+2 Port Services
FC FC FC+IP Storage Module
MDS 9000
Modules
Mgmt Cisco Fabric Manager

OS MDS 9000 Family-OS
MDS 9500 - Chassis
• MDS 9500 series multilayer

director-class switches
6, 9 Slot Models
MDS 9506 (7 RU)
MDS 9509 (14 RU)
Dual “fixed” Supervisor slots
Remaining slots available for any
Line Card type
2 System Clocks for High
Availability
Highly Scalable System
Highly scalable system – 1.4Tbps

High port density – up to 768 ports per
rack
Integrated redundant crossbar
system
Up to 80 Gbps per line card
Multi-protocol support in one system
Investment protection
Common equipment
amortized over more ports
(power, supervisors)
720 Gbps
Multiprotocol
Crossbar (x2)
MDS 9500 - Supervisor Module
Manages basic switch functions, Pentium III class processor

intelligent services, and high
availability features Internal Flash – 256 MB
Redundant External CompactFlash – up to 512
paths/central arbiter MB
Re-startable DRAM Memory – 4 GB
processes
Non-disruptive code
updates
Non-disruptive
stateful failover to
redundant supervisor
Integrated crossbar switching
fabrics connect modules
Single fabric = 720
Gbps
Dual fabric = 1.4 Tbps
80 Gbps per switching
module
MDS 9500 - Fan Assembly
• MDS 9500 Fan Assembly

Non-redundant assembly
Hot swappable
Easy removal
and Install Air Flow
Fan status
LEDs
Provides 300 LFM (Linear
Feet per Minute) of cooling
with 9 fans
Cools up to (9) 410 W cards
or 4000 W power supply
Supervisor module
monitors system
temperature
MDS 9216 - Chassis
• MDS 9216 Multilayer

Fabric Switch
2 Slot (3 RU) Chassis
Fixed Interface Module
Fixed Supervisor and 16 port FC
switch module
Built-in dual system
clocks
Remaining slot can support any
line card type
Dual power supply option
available
New Addition to the Family:
MDS 9216i – Multilayer Fabric Switch
• FCIP, iSCSI capable fabric switch
– 14 FC ports + 2 IP ports
– Expansion slot for MDS 9000 Family modules
• Optimized for SAN extension
– FCIP enhancements
• Compression – b/w optimized
• Encryption – IPsec
• FCIP Write and Tape Acceleration
– FC over DWDM/CWDM/SONET/SDH enhancements
• Extended distance capability
• 255 buffer credits per FC port
• Up to 3500 buffer credits on a single FC port
(Extended Credits)
• Low cost SANs via iSCSI
– IP ports support both iSCSI and FCIP
– Line rate performance for server aggregation
MDS 9216 - Fan Assembly
• MDS 9216 Fan Assembly

Non-redundant assembly
Hot Swappable
Easy Removal and
Install
Integrated temperature
and power management
Provides 300 LFM of cooling with 4
fans
Supervisor module monitors Air Flow
system temperature
MDS-9100 Series
• A new series of MDS 9000 family multilayer intelligent

SAN switches
MDS 9140 40-Port Fibre Channel switch
MDS 9120 20-Port Fibre Channel switch
MDS 9100 Front Views
Ports 1-4
Full-Rate Mode FC
MDS 9120 Front View
LEDs Console Port and

Ports 5-20
Status 10/100 Link Status and Speed LEDs
OSM Mode FC
Power Management Port
Fans
Ports 1-8 Ports 9-40

Full-Rate Mode FC MDS 9140 Front View
OSM Mode FC
LEDs Console Port and

Status 10/100 Link Status and Speed LEDs
Power Management Port
Fans
16 Port FC Module
The 16 Port FC Module is optimized for Disk

array / Tape Libraries, High End Server
and ISL connections
• 16 ports x 2Gbps x 2 = 64 Gbps Needed
• 80 Gbps provided
• 255 buffer to buffer per port
• 1024 Virtual Output Queues per port
• 4 Levels of Quality of Service per VOQ
• SFP LC Optical Connectors
• FC Port Modes: E, F, FL, SD, TE, & TL
• Hardware ACL-Based Port Security
• Port & WWN Zoning
• VSAN
• Port Channel
Standard FC Line Cards – Basic Features
• Fibre Channel switch modules

• 16 and 32-port Cards
Auto-configurable 1-2 Gb/s
Standard port types (E, F, FL)
FC enhanced ports (TE, TL, SD)
SFP optical interfaces
Classes of service (2, 3, and F)
• Security features
Hardware ACL-based port security
Virtual SANs (VSANs)
Port zoning
32 Port FC Module
The 32 Port FC Module is optimized for Low / Mid end

host connections
• 40 Gbps provided
• Oversubscription of 3.2:1 at 2Gbps and 1.6:1 at
1Gbps
• All same features and services of the 16 Port FC
module
• Consider most host connections do not generate
anywhere near 2Gbps or even 1Gbps sustained
• Any individual connection can utilize all available • All same features of 16 Port FC Module
bandwidth
• Each group of 4 marked ports shares 2.5Gbps of
• Same visual indicators per port bandwidth to crossbar
• Cost-per-port optimized • Each port maintains 12 BB credits
• Any individual port can consume all available bandwidth
• Hardware designed to share bandwidth evenly if all 4 ports
require service
• Ports are switched – not an internal hub
Fibre Channel Switch Modules
Performance Features S-16: All 16 ports default as
Up to 80 Gbps fabric bandwidth Fx_Ports and 16 BB_Credits.
available per line card E_Ports and TE_Ports can be
set up to 255 BB_Credits.
Up to 255 BB_Credits per port
Over 4K Virtual output queues
ISL Bundling
Multi-Path load balancing
Fibre Channel congestion control
Quality of Service
S-32: All 32 ports default and
Status, speed, and link LEDs are fixed at 12 BB_Credits.
Multiprotocol Services Module (MSM)
• Integrated FC, FCIP, iSCSI on single module
– 14 FC ports + 2 IP ports
– High performance compression
– IPsec encryption
• Optimized for SAN extension
– FCIP enhancements
• Compression – b/w optimized
• Encryption – IPsec
• FCIP Write and Tape Acceleration
– FC over DWDM/CWDM/SONET/SDH enhancements
• Extended distance capability
• 255 buffer credits per FC port
• Up to 3500 buffer credits on a single FC port (Extended
Credits)
• Low cost SANs via iSCSI
– IP ports support both iSCSI and FCIP
– Line rate performance for server aggregation
Comprehensive SAN Extension Solution
Primary Data Center Backup Data Center

MDS 9216i
or MDS 9216i
MPS-14/2 or
MPS-14/2
WAN/MAN
I/O Performance WAN B/W Security Traffic

Utilization Management
Tape & Write IPsec Encryption IVR, TCP/IP Tuner

Compression
Acceleration
Job Aid: GBICs and Fiber Cable Options
Supported options with the media type

(GBIC/fiber cables) and their respective distances
for reliable data transfer are listed below.
•Options •Media •Distance
•1-Gbps – SW, LC SFP •50/125-micron multimode •500 m
•1-Gbps – SW, LC SFP •62.5/125-micron multimode •300 m
•1-Gbps – LW, LC SFP •9/125-micron singlemode •10 km
•2-Gbps – SW, LC SFP •50/125-micron multimode •300 m
•2-Gbps – SW, LC SFP •62.5/125-micron multimode •150 m
•2-Gbps – LW, LC SFP •9/125-micron singlemode •10 km
Cisco CWDM SFPs
• (8) SFPs Total - one for each wavelength
(CWDM-SFP-xxxx=)
• 1470 nm, 1490 nm, 1510 nm, 1530 nm
1550 nm, 1570 nm, 1590 nm, 1610 nm
Optical Link Budget

•1 G FC/ GE •2 G FC
•Transmit •+1 dBm •+1 dBm
•Receive •-29 dBm •-28 dBm
•Budget • 30 dB •29 dB •Link Span •>100 km* •>40km*
* Assumes 8 lambda configuration (point-to-point/ 8 node

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Dual Or Single Fiber Mux/Demux
Benefits of CWDM with MDS 9000
• Extend Native Fibre Channel

No 10 km limit
Up to 100 km distances
• Seamlessly Mix Technologies
Fibre Channel, Ethernet, etc.
1-Gbps Ethernet and 1 or 2-Gbps FC
• Optical Protection Built In
CWDM ring topology
Our Differentiators
• Architecture (4G/10G Ready)
• VSAN / Trunking
• Port- Channels (up to 16 ISL‘s)
• Multiprotocol (FCP, FCIP, iSCSI, FICON)
• SAN Extension over Optical, SDH and TCP/IP
• Control Plane (Pentium III, 1.2 GHz)
• Scalability / Investment Protection
• Traffic Engineering / QoS
• Management (FM/DM)
• Security (Radius/Tacacs+, SNMPv3..)
• Support
• Innovation (SANTap, X-Copy, Virtualization)
X-BAR Architecture (Non-blocking fabric—
1.44 Tbps, 10 G FC ready)
All speed are Half Duplex
20 Gbps
XBAR
360 Gbps
Line card 80 Gbps
Line card 80 Gbps 20 Gbps
Supervisor
Line card 80 Gbps
Line card 80 Gbps
Line card 80 Gbps
Line card 80 Gbps
Line card 80 Gbps
20 Gbps
XBAR
20 Gbps
360 Gbps
Supervisor
Switch Implementation, QoS ready
Supervisor/Fabric
Flash
Eth Console
Card
uP
CrossBar
Back plane
I/F uP I/F uP I/F uP I/F uP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
F F F F F F F F F F F F
M M M M M M M M M M M M
F F F F F F F F F F F F
SCard SCard SCard SCard
Virtualizing the Fabric (VSAN)
To build a cost saving fabric virtualization solution, 7 key services are required:
Virtual Fabric Service Model
• Virtual Fabric Attachment – the ability to assign virtual fabric membership at the
port level
Inter-Virtual Fabric Routing
• Multiprotocol Extensions – the ability to extend virtual fabric service to iSCSI,
FCIP, FICON, etc. Virtualized Fabric Management
• Virtual Fabric Services – the ability to create fabric services per virtual fabric Virtualized Fabric Security Policies
(routing, zones, RSCNs, QoS, etc.)
• Virtual Fabric Diagnostics – the ability to troubleshoot per virtual fabric Virtualized Fabric Diagnostics
problems
Virtualized Fabric Services
• Virtual Fabric Security – the ability to define separate security policies per
virtual fabric Multiprotocol Transport Extensions
• Virtual Fabric Management – the ability to map and manage virtual fabrics Virtualized Fabric Attachment
independently
• Inter-Fabric Routing – the ability to provide connectivity across virtual fabrics –
without merging the fabrics
ISL
MDS MDS
9000 9000
Family Family
Full Service End-to-End Virtual
Fabric Implementation
Fabric Zoning - Rules
A zone consists of multiple zone

members (devices)
Active Passive
Zone members in different zones can Zone- Zone-set
not have access to each other set
Zone members, however can belong
to multiple zones
Zoning is configured on a fabric wide
basis and replicated to all switches
Multiple zones in a VSAN are called a Z3 M4
zone set
M8
M3 M5
Only one active zone set per VSAN
M1 M7
A fabric can have multiple VSANs M2
M4 M6 M9
Each VSAN can have multiple zones
but zones cannot span across Z4
multiple VSANs Z1 Z2 Z5
VSAN 1
VSAN 2
FICON Intermixing Leveraging VSANs
Application / Department based Cisco MDS
9000 Family
SAN Islands Z/OS
FICON (FICON)
Z-Series VSAN
Z/OS FICON
Applicaitons Channel
Mainframe FICON FICON
FICON Storage
Common
Linux Storage Pool
VSAN Shared
Amongst
FC
Z-Series VSANs
LINUX
Fibre FICON FICON
Applicaitons Channel
Mainframe Open
FC Storage
Systems
VSAN
Collapsed Fabric with VSANs
FC
Open Systems
Servers and Fibre
• Clean partitioning of different operating
Applications Channel
Open
environments (FICON, Z-Series Linux-
FC Systems
Storage
FCP, Open Systems FCP)
• Significantly more stable and
• Separate physical fabrics
manageable than current zoning & best
• Over-provisioning ports on each island practices approach
• High number of switches to manage
VSAN Standardization
VSAN Based Roles
Network Administrator
• Enables deployment of VSANs
Configures and manages all that fit existing operational models
platform-specific capabilities
Network-admin configures all
platform-specific capabilities
VSAN-admin(s) configure and
manage their own VSANs
VSAN - Email
• The existing “role” definition is
enhanced to include VSAN(s)
VSAN - CRM
VSAN Administrators
Configure and manages only
their VSANs
WWN Based VSANs
Port Based VSANs WWN Based VSANs
SW1 SW2 SW1 SW2
Move requires Move without

Reconfiguration reconfiguration
on SW2
•VSAN membership based on physical •VSAN membership based on pWWN of

port of switch server/target
•Reconfiguration is required when a •Fabric-wide distribution of
server or target moves configuration using CFS
•No re-configuration is required when a
server/target moves
MDS Interop Modes
• Interop Mode 1 – Standard mode that requires all

other vendors in Fabric to be in InterOP mode.
Disruptive to implement on Brocade and McDATA
fabrics
• Interop Mode 2 – Brocade native mode Core PID “0”.
Non-disruptive to implement on the fabric
• Interop Mode 3 – Brocade native mode Core PID “1”.
Non-disruptive to implement
Inter-VSAN Routing w/ FC-ID Translation
Enable SAN Consolidation By Routing

Between Heterogeneous Fabrics
MDS
VSAN 1
VSAN 2
VSAN 3
Brocade Brocade McData

Fabric # 1 Fabric # 2 Fabric # 3
No restriction of unique Domain IDs

Intelligent Network Consolidation with
Cisco MDS 9100 Series
The Old SAN paradigm A Paradigm-Shift

Application-based SAN Islands Collapsed Fabric with VSANs and IVR
Application A Media Media Application B

Servers Server Server Servers Application A Media Application B
Servers Server Servers
Disk Array Tape Library

Disk Tape Disk (Shared Across (Shared Across
Array Library Array VSANs) VSANs)
Fabric 1 Fabric 3 Fabric 2 VSAN 1 VSAN 2

Application A Tape Backup Application B Application A Application B
(MS Exchange) (MS SQL) (MS Exchange) (MS SQL)
VSAN – Switch Consolidation
Switch connections with no Switch connections with

VSANs VSANs
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S1 S2
FC FC FC FC FC FC
Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR):
Resilient SAN Extension Solutions
• Minimize the impact of change in fabric services across
geographically dispersed sites
• Limit fabric control traffic such as SW-RSCNs and Build/Reconfigure
Fabric (BF/RCF) to local VSANs
• Flexible connectivity with the highest availability
• Works with any transport service (FC, SONET, DWDM/CWDM, FCIP)
Inter-VSAN Connection
with Completely Isolated Fabrics
EISL#1 in
Port Channel
Replication Replication
VSAN_1 VSAN_4
Metro DWDM
(or SONET/SDH
IVR or FCIP) IVR
Transit
VSAN_3
Local (IVR) Local
VSAN_2 VSAN_5
EISL#2 in
Port Channel
Port Channel Vs. Trunking
ISL = Inter-Switch Link

Port Channel = E-Ports and ISLs
ISL
Trunk = ISLs that support VSANs
ISL
Trunking = TE-Ports and EISLs
ISL
Non Cisco MDS Switch

Switch
E-Port TE-Port
ISL EISL
ISL EISL
ISL EISL
MDS Switch MDS Switch MDS Switch MDS Switch

Port Channel Only Port Channel and Trunking
ISL PortChanneling
A PortChannel is a logical bundling of identical links
• Criteria for forming a PortChannel
Same speed links
Same modes (auto, E, etc) and states
Between same two switches
Same VSAN membership
• Treated as one logical ISL by upper layer protocols (FSPF)
• Can use up to 16 links in a PortChannel (32Gbps max)
• Can be formed from any ports on any modules – HA enabled
• Exchange-based in-order load balancing
Mode 1: based on src/dst FC_IDs
Mode 2: based on src/dst FC_ID/OX_ID
8 Gbps
•
PortChannel
Much faster recovery than FSPF-based balancing
• Given logical interface name with aggregated bandwidth and derived routing metric
Load Balancing Using S_ID and D_ID
Link 1
S1D1 - 1
S_ID 1 S1D1 - 2
D_ID 1
S1D1 - n PC-1
S2D2- 1
S_ID 2 S2D2- 2 Link 2
D_ID 2
S2D2- N
Load Balancing Using S_ID, D_ID, and OX_ID
S1D1 - 1
S1D1 - 2
S_ID 1 Link 1
D_ID 1 S1D1 - 3
Exchange 1
S1D1 - n
PC-1
S1D1 - 1
S1D1 - 2
S_ID 1 Link 2
D_ID 1 S1D1 - 3
Exchange 2
S1D1 - n
FSPF – Different Cost Paths
P5-7 P2
P1
MDS 9216
MDS 9509 P8-9 P3
P16
P3
P16
P5-6 P1
MDS 9216 P2
P7-9
MDS 9509
Persistent / Static FC_ID Addressing
Requirements
Some operating systems like HPUX require static FC_ID

assignments to operate correctly
• Accomplished in the MDS 9000 using a persistent FC_ID cache
• Requires static domain_ID assignment
• Steps to configure static FC_IDs Static Domain_ID
0x7a
Change domain_ID of switch to static value
Change FC_ID allocation mode to ‘persistent’
All current FC_IDs become persistent
• Once in ‘persistent’ mode, static FC_IDs can be assigned
manually or continue to be dynamically assigned
• Enabled on a switch-by-switch-per-VSAN basis
FC_ID CACHE
WWN FCID
WWN1 0x7a1111
WWN2 0x7a1112
WWN3 0x7a1113
AAA Architecture
Management FCSP Feature

ISCSI AAA
Station Feature
Module#1
DHCHAP …. Module
#n
Service
RADIUS
Common Server(s)
AAA Radius
Common Mgmt Api Interface Client
SNMP
Java queries AAA
Application Protocol TACACS+
acting as SNMPv3
SNMP Local key
Dispatcher Client
manager store/cache CLI
TACACS+
Download Java Web SNMP AAA
Server(s)
LOCAL
application server agent Telnet Configuration
SSH
TCP/IP Console/
Console/
Modem
Modem
Local Disk
Driver
Driver (Accounting
IP/FC Log, local
passwd)
FC-2
Out of Band In band management Modem

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Switch CPU Resources Critical for Scalability
• Switch CPU and memory resources are critical to ensure SAN
scalability and resiliency
• Cisco has addressed this need with powerful processing • Cisco MDS 9000 Family
capabilities in the MDS 9000 Family • CPU: Intel Pentium III @ 1.13GHz
• Relative CPU Speed: 3477 DhryStone 2.1 MIPS
• Inadequate CPU resources can have major adverse effects on • RAM on Supervisor: 1024MB
SAN operations
• Brocade Silkworm 12000 Core Switch
• SAN Scalability – Additional CPU resources required for each
• CPU: IBM PowerPC 405GP @ 200MHz
new neighbor switch, logged in device, propagated zone set, • Relative CPU Speed: 282 DhryStone 2.1 MIPS
RSCN-registered device and many other process factors • RAM on Supervisor: 128MB
• CPU runs at 24% utilization with no switch connections
• SAN Resiliency – *CPU is most critical factor* - Without
adequate CPU resources, fabric reconvergence from a fault • McData Intrepid 6140 Director
can take excessive time or even fail altogether as high • CPU: Intel i960-HD80 @ 80MHz
number of computations are required • Relative CPU Speed: 160 Dhrystone 2.1 MIPS
• RAM on Supervisor: 128MB
• SAN Security – Additional CPU resources are required for
added security features including SSH/SSL access, FC-SP • HP IPAQ 3650 Pocket PC
fabric authentication, and port binding/security • CPU: Intel StrongARM SA-1110 @ 208MHz
• Relative CPU Speed: 235 Dhrystone 2.1 MIPS!!
• RAM on Device: Varies 16MB-64MB
FCIP Write Flow
Host FCIP1 FCIP2 Target

Write Cmd
RTT
Xfer Rdy
Data
RTT
Status
FCIP Write Acceleration

Write Cmd
RTT
Status
• FCIP Write Acceleration reduces each IO processing time by 1 RTT

• FCIP Write Acceleration doubles the throughput
IP Storage: FCIP Write Acceleration
• Reduces effective I/O latency within SAN extension solutions
• Enables extended distance with synchronous replication
technologies for business continuity applications
• Available on the DS-X9308/4-SMIP IP Services module
• Highly resilient solution – no data stored in MDS 9000 switch
FCIP Write Acceleration (WA)
IP (FCIP)
Network
WA WA Reduction
in I/O
Latency
WRITE
@ 100km
XFER_RDY
DATA XFER_RDY
STATUS
Reduction in I/O Latency equal

to one round trip time (RTT)
FCIP Tape Acceleration for Backup
Consolidation
• Benefits of Tape Backup over
WAN:
– Centralized Tape Library
– Ubiquity and economics of IP
• However, Tape Backup over
Throughput (MB/s)
WAN has issues:

– Sequential I/O reduces
throughput
– Variable latency reduces the life
of tape (shoe shine effect)
• FCIP Tape Acceleration
overcomes the above
limitations:
RTT (ms) – Local IPS port proxies as a Tape
Library
─ Windows Advanced Server 2000, Dual Xeon CPUs ©,
Legato Networker 7.0
– Remote IPS port proxies as a
─ IBM Ultrium TD2 LT0-2 Tape Drive Backup Server
Tape Backup Protocol
Tape Library
Host Memory Tape
Tape Write CMD Buffer Media
Xfer-Rdy
Data
Status
Write Filemarks CMD
Write Filemarks Status
FCIP Tape Acceleration

Write Cmd-1
Write Cmd-2
• FCIP Tape Acceleration reduces each IO processing time by 2 RTT

• FCIP Tape Acceleration keeps the tape streaming
• It extends the tape buffering onto the IPS modules
FCIP Tape Acceleration

Cmd-1
Cmd-2
Cmd-3
Write Filemarks Cmd
Write Filemarks
Status
TA Flow Control
Host FCIP-1 FCIP-2 Tape
Cmd-1
Cmd-2 Cmd-
1
Flow
Control
Cmd-3
1
AT US- Cmd-
ST
Cmd-4 2
FCIP-1 waits until the tape has finished Cmd-1 before sending XFR-RDY to the host for Cmd-4
to limit the amount of overall outstanding buffered data
FICON Qualification Update
Qualified Chassis MDS 9216, 9506, 9509
Qualified Modules DS-X9530-SF1-K9 MDS 9500 Supervisor/Fabric I
DS-X9016 Fibre Channel Switching Module
DS-X9308-SMIP 8-Port IP Storage Services Module (FCIP)
DS-X9304-SMIP 4-Port IP Storage Services Module (FCIP)
Qualified SAN-OS SAN-OS v 1.3(4a) and 2.0(2a)
Release
Qualification Scope Qualified for use in any IBM OS/390, Z/OS, Z/VM FICON-enabled
environment or Fiber Channel Protocol (FCP) running under
ZLinux
Operational Modes Single switch
Multi-switch cascaded using FC and/or FCIP ISLs (single hop)
Intermix
CUP
CTC Channel-To-Channel
Additional IBM XRC using FC and/or FCIP ISLs to 100km
Qualifications
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MDS IP Storage Strategic Positioning
IPS-4, 14+2, IPS-8
NEW
IPS-4 14+2 IPS-8
• Low-Cost-of Entry • Optimized SAN • iSCSI Routing

SAN Extension Extension
Configuration • Maximum IP
• SAN-OS 1.3(4) • Preserves FC Port Connectivity
• Shipping Today Density • Shipping Today
• SAN-OS 2.0(1)
• Target OSM FCS:
October 2004
New McData Interop Mode (SAN-OS V3.0)
Disk Virtualization
Benefits of Network-Hosted Storage Intelligence
• Single point of management • Application integration

• Insulates servers from storage change • Multi-pathing
• Consolidation: Legacy investment

protection
• Incorporate new heterogeneous storage
and servers • LUN abstraction
• Mirror, striping
• Different class of storage for different • Online Relayout
purposes
• Snapshot virtualization
• Capacity on-demand provides • Replication
increased utilization
• Ease of deployment/installation
• No new host-based drivers
• No new appliances
• Add new storage seamlessly
• RAID
• HA upgrades
• Multiple paths
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Overview
INDUSTRY LEADING INVESTMENT PROTECTION

ACROSS A COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT LINE
MULTILAYER FABRIC MDS 9500 MULTILAYER

SWITCHES DIRECTORS
MDS 9000 MDS 9216i

Family
MDS 9140/MDS 9120 MDS 9216 MDS 9506 MDS 9509
MDS
9000
Modules
Supervisor 16 and 32-port 14 FC/2 IP 4-and 8-port IP SSM
Fibre Channel iSCSI + FCIP
Mgmt CISCO FABRIC MANAGER
OS Cisco SAN-OS 2.1
Storage Services Module (SSM)
• Integrated 32 Fibre Channel ports
• Supported on 9216, 9506 and 9509
• 1 Control Plane Processor (CPP)
• 4 embedded ASICs
Provide inline SCSI Processing
Each ASIC has 2 Data Path Processors (A total of 8
DPPs per SSM)
• Fully distributed architecture provides huge
aggregate performance
Up to 320,000 IOPS
MDS 9000 SSM
• Module supports SANTap, XCOPY, FC-Write
Acceleration & standards based Virtualization
as well
Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Service
Module (SSM)
32-port Fibre Channel Module Scalability and High Performance
Separate Control Plane Processor
MDS 9200 Fabric Switches
Multiple Data Path Processors
MDS 9500 Directors
ASIC-Based Innovation
Open Platform Hosts Intelligent Applications

Volume Management
Industry Standards-Based (FAIS API) Point in Time Copy (Snapshot)
SANTap Protocol Support Replication / Data Migration
Serverless Backup
“Network-Hosted” Storage Applications:
Standards-Based, Open API
Control Path ▪ Fabric Application Interface

Specification (FAIS)
Partner
− Standards-based (T11), open-
Software API
Program Data Path & − Chaired and Co-authored by
Handle Exceptions
Cisco
FAIS-based (Open API)
▪ Enables Cisco to host partner
Hardware-specific applications with an open
operations
interface
Data Path
▪ Enables Cisco’s partners to
write storage applications
that are switch independent
Software Strategy for SSM
Pay-as-You-Enable
Software Applications
32-port Module
ti
.
on lity +
te c na FAIS SAN Tap
P ro nctio (Partner (Partner Serverless
e nt Fu Virtualization) Apps) Backup
estm ased 32-port Module

Inv se b
Storage Services Enabler (SSE) License
Functionality
i cen +
L FC Write Acceleration & SCSI
Statistics
Enterprise License
32-port Module
SSM Deployment Options

Native FC Write Acceleration (WA)
Extend Distances for DR/BC
Applications • Problem
Performance of DR/BC application
Primary Data Center DR Data Center drops over extended distances
• Solution
FC WA
FC Write Acceleration w/ SSM
Module on both ends
Minimizes application latency or
reduction in transactions per
SSM SSM second
• Primary Applications
Synchronous replication such as
30% SRDF, TrueCopy etc.
Performance improvement
was seen by a major financial
services company over
125 km distance
FC Write Flow
Host FC1 FC2 Target
Write Cmd
RTT
Xfer Rdy
Data
RTT
Status
FC Write Acceleration
Host FC1 FC2 Target
Write Cmd
RTT
Status
• FC Write Acceleration reduces each IO processing time by 1 RTT
Cisco MDS 9000 Virtualization:
Storage Intelligence and VSANs
• VSANs created to provide

isolation of fabric-wide
Dept 2 services.
Dept 1 VSAN Dept 3
VSAN VSAN
Virtualization • Virtualization allows

physical storage to be in
its own VSANs, separate
from the host VSANs.
VSANs provide
Data Center VSANs
• Secure isolation of physical storage
• Easier configuration
• Dynamic configuration of fabrics
• Role-based access control
EMC: Invista Logical Topology
Invista Core
N Ports
Pooled Resources
Layer 2
SAN
Targets Initiators
EMC Invista Functionalities
Network Functions
•Heterogeneous Volume Mgt
•Point-in-Time Copies (Cloning)
•Data Mobility (Migration)
SSM
CPC
EMC: Invista High-Availability Configuration
• Mirrored SAN
2 separate SANs (no ISLs)
Hosts
Supports non-disruptive
firmware upgrades
Provides HA for switch
configurations through
fault isolation Layer 2 SAN
Invista LUNs can be exposed (A/B Fabric)
out both fabrics
• CPC is a two-node cluster
Active/active
Distribution of load Invista
• Multiple virtualizers Core CPC
Failover LUNs across virtualizers

Support for switch upgrades
(hardware and firmware)
Storage Arrays
Cisco MDS 9200 Invista Topology
Hosts
SSM on each
MDS 9216
Dual Fabric
A/B CPC
Storage Arrays
Cisco MDS 9500 Invista Topology
Hosts
Up to 2 SSM on
each
MDS9500
Dual Fabric
A/B CPC
Storage Arrays
Invista on MDS Packaging and Configuration
Invista Cabinet*
Chassis
• Use new or existing MDS
9500 or 9200
Data Path Controller

• 1, 2, or 4 DPCs (SSM)
deployed in MDS 9000
IP Routers
• HA Internal network to
connect CPC to DPCs
Metadata Storage
• 3-way mirror
• Contains configuration
information and logs**
Control Path Cluster

• 2-node cluster
• Runs Invista application
Standby Power Supply

*Also available in rack-mount versions
**Metadata may be backed up to SAN
Intelligent SAN Applications
The Evolution of Backup Architectures
12Fabric-Assisted
months
LAN-Based LAN-Free 6 monthsServerless Fabric-Assisted
12Serverless
months
- Data moved + Data moved + Data moved + Data moved

over LAN over SAN over SAN over SAN
- App Server - App Server + App Server not + App Server not
moves data moves data in data path in data path
- Dedicated + Fabric moves
Server moves data
data
Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup (NASB)
Serverless Backup - Today Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup
Media
Servers
Media
Servers Application Application
Servers Instead of Media Servers, SSM Servers
SAN SAN
MDS with SSM moves data
from Disk to Tape
Tape Disk Tape Disk
Customer Benefit Benefit Description

Lower TCO • Offload I/O and CPU work from Media Servers to SSM
• Reduces server administration and mgmt tasks
Higher Performance & • Each SSM delivers up to 16 Gbps throughput

Reliability • SSM integrated in highly available MDS platform
Investment Protection • No changes to existing backup environment

• SSM data movement can be enabled w/ software
Server-Free Backup
LAN
1. Based on policy stored in catalog, the
Master Server Media Server Application Server backup process is started
2. Backup node requests the Backup Agent
1 2 to initiate backup
Backup Agent 3. Backup Agent quiesces the app and
5
generates a snapshot
4. Backup Agent creates meta data (extent
list) of file/volume mapping
to blocks
5. Backup Agent sends meta data to backup
Catalog 7 node. The backup node sends it to Master
6
Server where it gets written to Catalog
• Backup Schedules
4 3
• Backup Policies SAN 6. Based on the extent list, backup node
• File Catalog reads data blocks from disk
7. Backup node writes these data blocks to
tape
Disk
Tape
Network-Accelerated Backup
LAN
1. Based on policy stored in catalog,
Master Server Media Server Application Server the backup process is started
2. Media Server requests the Backup
1 2
Agent to initiate backup
Backup Agent
5 3. Backup Agent quiesces the app and
generates a snapshot
4. Backup Agent creates meta data (extent
6 list) of file/volume mapping to blocks
5. Backup Agent sends meta data to Media
Catalog
Serve. The Media Server sends it to
• Backup Schedules Master Server where it gets written to
4 3
• Backup Policies SAN
MDS XCOPY
Engine Catalog
• File Catalog
6. Based on the extent list, Media Server
sends SCSI XCOPY command to MDS
8 XCOPY Engine
7
7. MDS XCOPY Engine reads data blocks
from disk
Disk 8. MDS XCOPY Engine writes these data
Tape
blocks to tape
Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup
Development Partners
CA BrightStor
CommVault Galaxy Backup & Recovery
VERITAS NetBackup
EMC Legato Server less Backup
EMC Certified Releases
EMC Current Certified Release: 2.1.2b
Fabric Switch Roadmap Details
MDS 9020 Fabric Switch
• The MDS 9020 is a 20-port 4 Gbps line rate Fibre

Channel switch
• 1 fixed power supply and 4 fixed fans; Front to back
airflow
• FabricWare Release 2.1.2 Now Online:
– Nondisruptive SW upgrades
– Can be managed via CLI or Cisco Fabric Manager
– No VSANS, IVR, PortChannel, Diagnostics, etc
• No port licensing; 20 ports will be priced to

compete with 12 to 16 port switches
• MDS 9020 will ship with 1/2/4 Gbps SFPs
EMC MDS 9020 Announcement: Nov 29th 2005
• See
http://www.emc.com/news/emc_releases/showRele
ase.jsp?id=3731&l=en&c=US
MDS 9020 FabricWare Features – Rel 2.1.2
Fabric Services Interfaces

• FSPF configurability • FTP and TFTP for file transfers
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) • FDMI support
support
• Port performance and error
Security counters
• Administrator and operator roles (2) Maintenance and Diagnostics

• RADIUS • Non-disruptive code upgrade
• IP ACLs for management ports • Loopback testing
• N-Port, soft zoning only • Beacon capability
• Telnet & SSH • Syslog (internal and external)
• SNMPv1, v2 • Audit log
Management • Environmental Status
• Cisco FM and DM support • SNMP Traps for switch alarms
• CLI with syntax like IOS
4-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP
Features and Strategy
• Auto-sensing 1/2/4 Gbps FC speeds

• Integrated support for digital diagnostics
Transceiver temperature, Supply Voltage, Laser Bias Current, Laser output
power, Received Power
• Options will include SW, 4km LW, and 10km LW
• Shortwave 4-Gbps SFPs

orderable now with the
MDS 9020
•Longwave 4-Gbps SFPs will FCS with Generation-2 MDS products (Isola)
•4-Gbps FC SFPs WILL NOT be made available on current 2-Gbps MDS

products
•2-Gbps optics WILL NOT be available on 4-Gbps capable products
Director Roadmap Details
MDS 9513 13-Slot Chassis
Industry Leading Port Density
MDS 9509 MDS 9513 MDS 9513

Rear View
Fabric
Fan
Power Supply
Power Supply
Fabric Cards
Up to 336 Ports Up to 528 Ports
14 RU Form Factor 14 RU Form Factor
18.8” Deep 28” Deep
MDS 9513 (DS-C9513)
Chassis Features
• Industry Leading Port Density

Fabric
Fan
Power Supply
Power Supply
Up to 528 ports per chassis
Fabric Cards
Up to 1584 ports per rack
• Redundant High Performance
Crossbar Fabric Modules MDS 9513 Configuration
48 Gbps redundant front panel Qty Access
bandwidth supported per slot Supervisor Module Slots  Front
• Redundant 6000W AC Power Supplies Line Card Module Slots 11 Front
Fabric Module Slots 2 Rear

Room-to-grow power for future high
performance application modules Power Supplies 2 Rear
Line Card Fan Tray 1 Front

• Supervisor-2 Required
Fabric Card Fan Tray 1 Rear
Sup-1 not supported
Supervisor-2 Module (DS-X9530-SF2-K9)
Features
• High Performance Integrated Crossbar

Supports up to 48 Gbps of front-panel bandwidth
per slot
Active when installed in MDS 9506 or MDS 9509
chassis DS-X9530-SF2-K9
Front Panel
Bypassed when installed in MDS 9513 chassis Interfaces
• Enhanced Crossbar Arbitor Console Port
Supports mix and match of generation-1 and Management Ethernet Port

generation-2 modules 10/100/1000
COM1 Port
Up to 256 port indexes when
generation-1 modules are present Compact Flash Slot
(practical limit of 240 ports)
USB Ports (2)
Up to 1024 port indexes when only
generation-2 modules are present
• PowerPC Management Processor
Provides increased performance and lower power
consumption vs. Sup-1
New “Generation-2” Fibre Channel Modules
Four modules address key SAN consolidation requirements

• 12-Port 1/2/4Gbps FC Module DS-X9112
Full-rate 4Gbps performance for ISLs and highest performance
server and tape applications
Full-rate 2Gbps performance for enterprise storage connect and
high performance server applications
Shared bandwidth 2Gbps performance for mainstream server
applications
• 4-Port 10Gbps FC Module DS-X9704
Full-rate 10Gbps performance for ISL consolidation and high
bandwidth Metro connect
Generation-2 Fibre Channel Module Features
• Full support for all generation-1 features except

private loop (TL Port)
• Up to 6000 Buffer Credits per

Module
The buffer credit allocation mechanism
is governed by port mode
Shared-Mode and Dedicated Mode
Shared-mode ports are allocated 16
credits per port
Dedicated-mode allows for flexible
allocation of 2-250 credits per port
Dedicated-mode ports can also use
extended credits
• Port Bandwidth Reservation

Ports can be configured for full
rate or shared subscription
MDS 9000 4Gbps and 10Gbps Optical Interface Options
12, 24, 48-Port FC Modules SFP and X2 Optical Interface rollout timeline
• 1/2/4Gbps SFP Short

wave Longwave
Distance 300m 4km 10km 40km 80km
1/2/4 Gbps Now GA* GA* NA NA
4-Port 10 Gbps FC Module Fibre Channel
10 Gbps NA NA GA* GA+6 GA+6
• 10 Gbps Fibre Channel X2 Fibre Channel
• 10 Gbps Ethernet X2 10 Gbps NA NA GA+3 GA+6 GA+6
Ethernet
Uses 10 GE X2 optical signaling to
transport FC (this is not FC-Ethernet
routing) GA=First OSM GA Date for Generation-2 (Isola) modules
GA+3=First OSM GA Date + 3 Months (not committed)
GA+6=First OSM GA Date + 6 Months (not committed)
MDS 9000 Modular Platform Scalability
MDS 9200 MDS 9500

Series* Series MDS 9506 MDS 9509 MDS 9513
Up to 16 fixed Mixed Gen-1 192 x 1/2/4Gbps 240 x 1/2/4Gbps 240 x 1/2/4Gbps
1/2Gbps ports Gen-2 Config 16 x 10Gbps 28 x 10Gbps 40 x 10Gbps*
plus:
Gen-2-Only 192 x 1/2/4Gbps 336 x 1/2/4Gbps 528 x 1/2/4Gbps
48 x 1/2/4Gbps Config 16 x 10Gbps 28 x 10Gbps 44 x 10Gbps
or 4 x 10Gbps
*MDS 9216A, MDS 9216i *Assumes at least one Generation-1 linecard
Common Architecture –
Ease-of-Migration and Investment Protection
IPS-4 All Modules

Supervisor 1 Forward/Backward 12-port FC Module
Compatible* Supervisor 2
IPS-8
24-port FC Module
FC-32
MDS 9506/09 FC-16 48-port FC Module
MPS-14/2 ASM / SSM MDS 9513

4-port 10Gbps FC
Generation-1 Generation-2
• Architectural support for up to 256 ports • Architectural support for up to 1,024 ports
• Max planned system density of 240 ports • Max planned system density of 528 ports
• 1/2Gbps FC interfaces • 1/2/4G, 10G FC interfaces
*Some feature limitations in mixed Current-Gen/New-Gen configurations
MDS 9000 Family – Software Roadmap
Release 3.0 Release 3.1 Release 3.2
BASE (Incl. w/HW) Mainframe LIC BASE (Incl. w/HW) BASE (Incl. w/HW)
• Next Gen platform support • FICON qual. • FM – Enhanced optical • Atlantis platform
• iSLB (current & Next integration support
Gen)
• IPv6, MS-CHAP SSE LIC • Port licensing for
• FICON Tape Atlantis
• CFS & IOD enhancements • SANTap w/ MDS
Acceleration journaling • Task oriented GUI
• SMI-S 1.1.0 support SSE LIC mgmt for Atlantis
• EMC Invista:
• EMC CallHome • Scaling NASB
and SANTap, - IP over FC
Enterprise LIC Legato integ. - Distributed CPC - Other features
• Fabric Binding (open sys.) - Sync replication TBD -
• IPsec enhancements - Mirroring
SAN Extension LIC - Scalability
• FCIP based on IPv6 • IBM SVC-I
• Tape Read Acceleration - Volume Mgmt
(Slice, concatenate
FMS LIC RAID 0, 1, 1+0)
• FMS enhancements - Migration, Snapshots
- Image mode
Dec’05 C2Q’06 C2H’06

Licenses
Cisco Enterprise Package
Advanced Security, QoS and Inter-VSAN Routing
Feature McDATA Brocade Cisco
ISL Aggregation (PortChannels for MDS) Licensed Licensed
Zoning Licensed Licensed
Extended Fabric Licensed Licensed Standard Package

(No charge)
Remote Switch Licensed Licensed
Quickloop Licensed Licensed
VSANs, Advanced Diagnostics, RMON, FCC, VOQ and other Not Available Not Available
unique Cisco features.
Basic Security (RBAC, SSH, SSL, Radius, ACLs)

Licensed Licensed
Advanced Security (Port Security, FC-SP, VSAN Roles, and
IPsec)
Enterprise Package
Advanced Zoning (LUN Zoning & Read-only Zones)
Not Available Not Available
QoS
Inter-Fabric Routing (IVR for MDS) Additional HW & Lic
Cisco SAN-OS standard package includes almost all features

competitors charge for separately plus many unique Cisco features
- No charge - Licensed - Not available

Cisco Fabric Manager Server Package
Centralized management and performance monitoring
Device configuration WebTools

SAN-Pilot
Software and configuration file updates
Cisco Fabric Manager
Brocade Fabric Manager and Device Manager
Troubleshooting tools beyond zone merge analysis Not Available
(No charge)
Inventory and management reports
Configure switch alarm thresholds (e.g. RMON) Fabric Watch

EFCM 8.x with
Performance and
Real-time performance monitoring Event Manager APM
Discovery and topology mapping

Brocade Fabric Manager
Continuous health and event monitoring
Centralized management, multiple physical fabrics Server
Package
Historical performance monitoring Not Available
Competitors charge for features Cisco provides at no charge in the

Cisco SAN Extension over IP Package
The only integrated IP SAN Extension solution
Feature McDATA’s Brocade Cisco
Nishan Products FAP7420
IP storage services integrated in a SAN switch Not Available Not Available Available
(No charge)
iSCSI protocol (No charge)
Licensed?
FCIP or iFCP protocol iFCP License
FCIP Write and Tape Acceleration Intelligent Bandwidth Not Available

Services License SAN Extension over IP
License
FCIP compression
FCIP inter-fabric routing Licensed?
FCIP encryption Not Available Not Available
• Cisco is the only vendor that provides a multi-protocol SAN switch

capable of support IP storage services
• All functionality related to FCIP is included in a single bundle

Cisco Mainframe Package
Comprehensive FICON offering with VSANs & FICON over FCIP

FICON protocol (No charge) (No charge)
FCP/FICON zoning
FICON VSANs Not Available Not Available

Mainframe Package
CUP management CUP Licensed?
FICON configuration (Non CUP Mgmt) OSMS Fabric Manager
Switch cascading SANtegrity Secure Fabric OS
Fabric Binding
Integration for FICON over FCIP support Not Available Not Available
Feedback on MDS Mainframe Package

“I understand you approach and simplicity is always a key
requirement for customers and sales channels.”
“My expectation is that most customers do Intermix, Cascading
and/or CUP, and your approach is a good one”

References
FCIP over long distance Sprint with HDS and
Cisco
•TrueCopy Replication
•HDS 9970V Storage
•3600mi WAN link
•Sonet OC-3 Circuit
•72ms RT latency
•Replication @ ~16MB/s
IBM XRC over FCIP
ISTANBUL IZMIR SDM

Test
WRITE
MDS 9509
READ
MDS 9506
2 x GE 2 x GE
SDH
SDH
NETWORK
NETWORK
2 x 155 Mbps
500 Km
Production
Cisco IT Storage: SAN Consolidation
Cisco IP LAN Cisco IP LAN

IP WAN
FCIP FCIP iSCSI
FC
FC
Fabric Cisco IP Storage Fabric
Switching Module
Multiple Datacenters (campus/metro/global)
Timeline
2004 2005
Phase 4: Originally Phase 5: Predicted to
scheduled to begin in take 12 - 18 months
2005 (2005-2006).
Cisco IT Production SAN – 4 Data Centers
CWDM FCIP
32 Gbps
Port channel
37 Switches - 4640 ports
2390 in use as of October
74 VSANs in production
iSCSI, FCIP, CWDM deployed
FCIP
Cisco IT Production SAN
Cisco IT Storage
MDS Fabric Manager Screenshot
UBS Zurich: Cisco Metro DWDM
• Cisco ONS 15540 / ONS 15530 Metro DWDM Series

• ONS 15540 transparent transponder:
FICON, Fibre Channel, ISC, and ETR/CLO
• ONS 15530 aggregation solution:
ESCON, Gigabit Ethernet
• Protection Switch Module provides fiber protection
Disaster Recovery: Unicredito Milano Italy
~180 Km
Site 1 Site 2
8 x GE 10GE Optical path 1 10GE 8 x GE
IP module 1 x 10GE lambda IP module
MDS9509 Cat 6509 Cat 6509 MDS9509
Sync SRDF Optical path 2 10GE 8 x GE

10GE
campus 8 x GE
IP module 1 x 10GE lambda IP module
MDS9509 Cat 6509 Cat 6509 MDS9509
~15 Km
Environments:
MDS9216 MDS9216
 Metro Cluster Application
 Async SRDF Mirroring
Site 3
 Remote Tape Backup
Nationwide UK: Data Center and DR Site Design
Primary Data Center Disaster Recovery Site
Storage (EMC and HP) and Tape (STK), Storage (EMC and HP) and Tape (STK),
plus some High-end Hosts plus some High-end Hosts
(416 usable FC Ports) (416 usable FC Ports)
FC FC FC FC
FC FC FC FC
MDS 9509 MDS 9509

Multilayer Multilayer
Director Director
(Core) (Core)
Optical
Network
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ONS15540 ONS15540 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MDS 9509 DWDM Resilient DWDM MDS 9509
Multilayer Optical Multilayer
Director Transport Director
(Edge) Networks (Edge)
FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC
Mix of High-end Hosts (including Sun ES7000) Mix of High-end Hosts (including Sun ES7000)
and Low-end hosts, disks and tape and Low-end hosts, disks and tape
(608 usable FC Ports) (608 usable FC Ports)
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Cisco Storage Product Update

MDS 9216 and 9216i MDS 9506

Mgmt Cisco Fabric Manager

• MDS 9500 series multilayer

Highly scalable system – 1.4Tbps

Manages basic switch functions, Pentium III class processor

• MDS 9500 Fan Assembly

• MDS 9216 Multilayer

• MDS 9216 Fan Assembly

• A new series of MDS 9000 family multilayer intelligent

LEDs Console Port and

Ports 1-8 Ports 9-40

LEDs Console Port and

The 16 Port FC Module is optimized for Disk

• Fibre Channel switch modules

The 32 Port FC Module is optimized for Low / Mid end

Primary Data Center Backup Data Center

I/O Performance WAN B/W Security Traffic

Tape & Write IPsec Encryption IVR, TCP/IP Tuner

Supported options with the media type

Optical Link Budget

•Transmit •+1 dBm •+1 dBm

•Receive •-29 dBm •-28 dBm

•Budget • 30 dB •29 dB •Link Span •>100 km* •>40km*

* Assumes 8 lambda configuration (point-to-point/ 8 node

• Extend Native Fibre Channel

All speed are Half Duplex

I/F uP I/F uP I/F uP I/F uP

A zone consists of multiple zone

SW1 SW2 SW1 SW2

Move requires Move without

•VSAN membership based on physical •VSAN membership based on pWWN of

• Interop Mode 1 – Standard mode that requires all

Enable SAN Consolidation By Routing

Brocade Brocade McData

No restriction of unique Domain IDs

The Old SAN paradigm A Paradigm-Shift

Application A Media Media Application B

Disk Array Tape Library

Fabric 1 Fabric 3 Fabric 2 VSAN 1 VSAN 2

Switch connections with no Switch connections with

ISL = Inter-Switch Link

Non Cisco MDS Switch

MDS Switch MDS Switch MDS Switch MDS Switch

Some operating systems like HPUX require static FC_ID

Management FCSP Feature

Out of Band In band management Modem

Host FCIP1 FCIP2 Target

Host FCIP1 FCIP2 Target

• FCIP Write Acceleration reduces each IO processing time by 1 RTT

Reduction in I/O Latency equal

WAN has issues:

Write Filemarks CMD

Write Filemarks Status

Host FCIP1 FCIP2 Target

• FCIP Tape Acceleration reduces each IO processing time by 2 RTT

Host FCIP1 FCIP2 Target

Write Filemarks Cmd

Host FCIP-1 FCIP-2 Tape

• Low-Cost-of Entry • Optimized SAN • iSCSI Routing

• Single point of management • Application integration

• Consolidation: Legacy investment

INDUSTRY LEADING INVESTMENT PROTECTION

MULTILAYER FABRIC MDS 9500 MULTILAYER

MDS 9000 MDS 9216i

MDS 9140/MDS 9120 MDS 9216 MDS 9506 MDS 9509

MDS 9216A, MDS 9216i Assumes at least one Generation-1 linecard