Product Compatibility
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family
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Software Compatibility
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Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.0(1) or later
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Protocols
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Fibre Channel standards
- FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994)
- FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1-1996)
- FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
- FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997)
- FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998)
- FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002)
- FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003)
- FC-AL, Revision 4.5 (ANSI/INCITS 272-1996)
- FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999)
- FC-AL-2, Amendement 1 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999/AM1-2003)
- FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001)
- FC-SW-3, Rev. 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004)
- FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001)
- FC-GS-4, Rev. 7.91 (ANSI/INCITS 387-2004)
- FC-BB, Revision 4.7 (ANSI/INCITS 342-2001)
- FC-BB-2, Rev. 6.0 (ANSI/INCITS 372-2003)
- FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI/INCITS 269-1996)
- FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI/INCITS 350-2003)
- FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI/INCITS 349-2001)
- FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI/INCITS 374-2003)
- FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI/INCITS 357-2002)
- FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998)
- FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998)
- FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999)
- FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002)
- FC-SP, Revision 1.6
- FC-DA, Revision 3.1
IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
Extensive IETF-standards based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIBs
Class of Service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F
Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, B
Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, TE, TL
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Cards, Ports, Slots
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Base: 16 fixed auto-sensing 1 /2-Gbps Fibre Channel ports
Expansion: 1 empty expansion slot
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Features and Functions
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Fabric services
- Name server
- Internet Storage Name Server (iSNS)
- Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
- Login services
- Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)
- Private loop
- Public loop
- Translative loop
- Broadcast
- In-order delivery
Advanced Functionality
- VSAN
- Inter-VSAN Routing
- PortChannel with Multipath Load Balancing
- QoS-flow-based, zone-based
- Fibre Channel Congestion Control
- Extended Buffer-To-Buffer Credits
- FC Write Acceleration
- Network-accelerated serverless backups
- Network-assisted applications through SANTap
- Network-hosted applications through FAIS-based Intelligent Storage Application Programmatic Interface (ISAPI)
Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools
- Power-on-self-test (POST) diagnostics
- Online diagnostics
- Internal port loopbacks
- SPAN and Remote SPAN
- Fibre Channel Traceroute
- Fibre Channel Ping
- Fibre Channel Debug
- Cisco Fabric Analyzer
- Syslog
- Online system health
- Port-level statistics
- Real Time Protocol Debug
Network security
- VSANs
- Access Control Lists
- Per-VSAN role-based access control
- Fibre Channel Zoning
- N_Port WWN
- N_Port FC-ID
- Fx_Port WWN
- Fx_Port WWN and interface index
- Fx_Port domain ID and interface index
- Fx_Port domain ID and port number
- LUN
- Read-only
- Broadcast
- iSCSI zoning
- iSCSI name
- IP address
- Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
- DH-CHAP switch-switch authentication
- DH-CHAP host-switch authentication
- Port Security and Fabric Binding
- IPSec for FCIP and iSCSI
- IKEv1 and IKEv2
- Management access
- SSH v2 implementing AES
- SNMPv3 implementing AES
- SFTP
Serviceability
- Configuration file management
- Call Home
- Power-management LEDs
- Port beaconing
- System LED
- SNMP traps for alerts
- Network boot
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Performance
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Port speed: 1 /2-Gbps auto-sensing, optionally configurable
Buffer credits: Up to 255 per port
Ports per chassis: 16 to 48 1 /2-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, up to eight 1-Gbps Ethernet ports
Ports per rack: Up to 672
PortChannel: Up to sixteen 2-Gbps ports
Supported optics, media, and transmission distances:
Optics Media Distance:
- 1-Gbps-SW, LC SFP 50/125 micron multimode 500 m
- 1-Gbps-SX, LC SFP 50/125 micron multimode 550 m
- 1-Gbps-SW, LC SFP 62.5/125 micron multimode 300 m
- 1-Gbps-SX, LC SFP 62.5/125 micron multimode 275 m
- 1-Gbps-LW, LC SFP 9/125 micron single-mode 10 km
- 1-Gbps-LX/LH, LC SFP 9/125 or 10/125 micron single-mode 10 km
- 1-Gbps-CWDM, LC SFP 9/125 micron single-mode Up to 100 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 single-mode 10 km
- 2-Gbps-CWDM, LC SFP 9/125 micron single-mode Up to 100 km
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Reliability and Availability
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Hot-swappable, 1+1 redundant power supplies
Hot-swappable fan tray with integrated temperature and power management
Hot-swappable SFP optics
Hot-swappable switching module
Passive backplane
Stateful process restart
Any module, any port configuration for PortChannels
Fabric-based multipathing
Per-VSAN fabric services
Port tracking
Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for management and FCIP or iSCSI connections
Online diagnostics
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Network Management
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Access methods
- Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet port
- RS-232 serial console port
- In-band IP-over-Fibre Channel
- DB-9 COM port
Access protocols
- CLI-via console and Ethernet ports
- SNMPv3-via Ethernet port and in-band IP-over-Fibre Channel access
- Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
Distributed Device Alias service
Network security
- Per-VSAN role-based access control using RADIUS and TACACS+ based authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
- SFTP
- SSH v2 implementing AES
- SNMPv3 implementing AES
Management applications
- Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
- Cisco Fabric Manager
- Cisco Device Manager
- CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME) and Device Fault Manager (DFM)
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Programming Interfaces
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Scriptable CLI
Fabric Manager GUI
Device Manager GUI
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Environmental
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Temperature, ambient operating
- 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
Temperature, ambient non-operating and storage
- 40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 75°C)
Relative humidity, ambient (non-condensing) operating
Relative humidity, ambient (non-condensing) non-operating and storage
Altitude, operating
- -197 to 6500 feet (-60 to 2000 meter)
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Physical Dimensions
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Dimensions in inches (H x W x D)
- 5.25 x 17.32 x 22.66 inches (13.34 x 43.99 x 57.56 cm), 3 Rack Units (RU)
- All units rack mountable in standard 19 inch EIA rack
Weight
- Fully configured chassis with optional Switching Module: 70 lbs (32 kg)
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Power and Cooling
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Power supply (845W AC)
- AC input characteristics
- 100 to 240 VAC (10% range)
- 50-60Hz (nominal)
Airflow
- 200 linear feet per minute (lfm) through system fan assembly
- Cisco recommends that you maintain a minimum air space of 2.5 inches (6.4cm) between walls and the chassis air vents and a minimum horizontal separation of 6 inches (15.2 cm) between two chassis to prevent overheating.
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Approvals and Compliance
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Safety Compliance
- CE Marking
- UL 60950
- CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950
- EN 60950
- IEC 60950
- TS 001
- AS/NZS 3260
- IEC60825
- EN60825
- 21 CFR 1040
EMC Compliance
- FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
- ICES-003 Class A
- EN 55022 Class A
- CISPR 22 Class A
- AS/NZS 3548 Class A
- VCCI Class A
- EN 55024
- EN 50082-1
- EN 61000-6-1
- EN 61000-3-2
- EN 61000-3-3
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