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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Introduction

Andres Vigil Systems Engineer AT Data Center Channels anvigil@cisco.com


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Topics
Data Center 3.0 Storage Strategy Cisco MDS 9000 Family Overview Differentiators from the Competition Service Oriented SANs MDS & UCS How to Sell

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Fabric Switches

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Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch Features:

Optional Power Supply


MDS 9124 Fabric Switch

24 line rate 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports


64 buffer-to-buffer credits per group of 4 ports

2 hot-swappable power supplies with integrated fans


3 Fans + 1 Fan per Power Supply

1/2/4 Gbps shortwave Fibre Channel SFPs 8-port base configuration


8-port incremental licensing

Complete NX-OS feature set, with few exceptions Non-disruptive software upgrade Support for 16 VSANs 1 SPAN session Full MIB and SMI-S support

Comprehensive Security Framework Management through 10/100 Base-T Ethernet and RS232 Console Port

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Delivering Performance & Flexibility at a Compelling value


Cisco MDS 9148

#1

Optimized for performance, power and space with 48 line-rate 8Gbps ports for green SAN deployments

#2

Flexibility for growth and virtualization.

#3

Lowest price SAN switch with Enterprise-class capabilities.

#4

Easy to sell.
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MDS 9148 : 48-port 8G FC Fabric Switch


Front View Back View

48 x 8G FC ports with line rate performance Industry leading 1RU 8G FC density

Dual Power Supplies and Dual Fan Trays For Enterprise-Class Availability

Platform
Based on Ciscos System-on-a-Chip (SOC) 3 base SKUs to choose from 16p, 32p or 48p On-demand ports - 8-port license for growth Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays Less than 20 deep

Powered by NX-OS Software


Ease-of-Use with Quick Configuration Wizard Industry-leading security for addressing compliance and regulation requirements Enterprise-class availability for increased business resilience, including ISSU Flexibility to grow with changing business needs No hidden charges for software license

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On-Demand Ports for Pay-as-you-grow Flexibility


E-mail Database Backup

16 ports

32 ports 48 ports

2x8 ports

2x8 ports

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Lowest Price SAN Switch with Enterprise Class Capabilities


FabricWatch License SAN fault management

+
Brocade 5300, VA-40FC, 5100 or 300 Fabric Switch

Base Software

Advanced Performance Monitoring Extended Fabrics License ISL Trunking License

Typical OEM list price ~$16,000

+
MDS 9148

Base Software VSANs, E_Port, PortChannels, Extended Distances, AAA Security Services, Fault Management, NPIV support, and Real-Time Performance Management

$0

Availability, security, and flexibility features are bundled with hardware at no charge

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MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch


Fans

Eighteen 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, four 1Gbps Ethernet IP Storage Services ports for FCIP and iSCSI Network Processing Engine to enable storage services
Expansion slot

x 4G FC ports + 4 x GE ports

FCIP SAN Extension Data-At-Rest Encryption

Expansion slot
12-Port, 24-Port, 48Port 1/2/4-Gbps FC 4-Port 10Gb FC

Scales up to 66 Fibre Channel ports 4x8G ports with 4/44 Host-Optimized module Enables Storage Virtualization with SSM

SSN (Intelligent Fabric


Applications)

8-Port IP Storage Services iSCSI and FCIP

Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans Complete MDS 9500 Director feature-set with market leading enterprise-class SAN-OS (now NX-OS) In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) enables hitless SAN-OS upgrade
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18/4-Port Multiservice 4/44-Port 8G Host-Optimized Module Module (4x8G ports, 44 x4G ports)

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SAN Investment Protection


Only Switches/Directors with Proven Investment Protection
2 Gbps Modules FC-16 FC-32 MDS 9200 Fabric Switches SSM

MPS-14/2

MSM-18/4

FC-4 (10G) FC-24

4 Gbps Modules

Backward and forward compatible switching modules

MDS 9222i (66 ports) MDS 9500 Directors MDS 9513 (528 ports)

FC-12

FC-48

FC-24

8 Gbps Modules FC-48 FC-4/44

Common OS with consistent features

MDS 9509 (336 ports) MDS 9506 (192 ports)

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Directors and Line Cards

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Ultra-High Availability SAN Directors


Reducing down-time through HW and SW resiliency
Integrated Call-Home

Non-Disruptive MDS 9513 (528 Ports) MDS 9509 (336 Ports)


Online Software Upgrades

Stateful Software
Failover and Re-startable Software Modules

End-to-End Data Integrity


ECC, Parity, CRC

MDS 9506 (192 Ports)

Logical Redundancy
VSANs, VRRP, ISL Bundling, Load Balancing

Physical Redundancy
Supervisors, Power Supplies, Fabrics
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Secure 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules


Tiered connectivity: optimize cost, performance and density Investment Protection: compatibility with all MDS 9500 Series ever shipped Reduced TCO: simplified infrastructure reduces space, power, and cooling requirements Fibre Channel Link Encryption: Cisco TrustSec

24-Port 8-Gbps Module High end storage subsystems and InterSwitch Links (ISLs).
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48-Port 8-Gbps Module Optimal performance and density for virtualized servers.

4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Module Cost-effective solution for standard servers


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24-Port 8 Gb FC Module Features


Port Group

24-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Performance Module EMC # MDS-PBF-24-8G 96-Gbps per slot bandwidth 3 Ports per Port Group Bandwidth per Port Group is 12.8Gbps Maximum Bandwidth Per Port is 8-Gbps 12,240 Buffers available for allocation (6,120 per 12 ports)
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48 Port 8 Gb FC Module Features


Port Group

48-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Performance Module EMC # MDS-PBF-48-8G 96-Gbps per slot bandwidth 6 Ports Per Port Group Bandwidth Per Port Group is 12.8Gbps Maximum Bandwidth Per Port is 8-Gbps 12,192 Buffers available for allocation (6,096 per 24 ports)
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4/44-Port 8 Gb Host-Optimized Module Features


8 Gb ports
Port Group

4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel Module EMC # MDS-PBF-44-8G 48-Gbps per slot bandwidth 12 Ports per Port Group Bandwidth per Port Group is 12.8Gbps Maximum Bandwidth per Port is 8-Gbps 6,048 Buffers available for allocation
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TrustSec FC Link Encryption


8G module s

FC Data Integrity & Encryption

FC HDR

Payload

FC HDR

Payload

FC HDR

Encrypted Payload

Preserve integrity and confidentiality of FC traffic over MAN Integrated, high performance functionality No change to existing SAN, enable functionality only on edge switches

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MDS 8G Ready Requirements

MDS 9222i
Minimum SAN OS Supervisor Fabric 8G Modules supported NX-OS 4.x N/A N/A

MDS 9506 MDS 9509


NX-OS 4.x

MDS 9513
NX-OS 4.x Supervisor 2 Fabric 2

Supervisor 2 N/A

4/44-port Host 8G 24-port 8G port 8G Host 8G

48- 24-port 8G 484/44-port port 8G 4/44-port Host 8G


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MDS & UCS

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Storage Connectivity for Unified Fabric and Unified Computing


UCS B-series Interconnects

Seamless Connectivity Fully Interoperable Consistent Management

MDS 9148

MDS 9000 FC SAN

UCS C-series Rackmout Servers With FC HBAs

Nexus 5000
FC Array
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FC Hosts

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Evolution of Unified Fabric


Phase 1
FCoE Hosts FCoE Blades

Ethernet Fibre Channel DCE FCoE

Phase 2
FCoE Hosts

Phase 3
FCoE Hosts FCoE Blades EoR

Nexus 5k
Cat 6K Nexus 7K FC

ToR

Nexus 7K FC

Nexus 7K

FC

Separate FC and Ethernet


MDS

FCoE

FCoE
FCOE Array

Unified I/O

MDS

Unified Fabric

MDS

FC Array

FC Hosts

FC Array

FC Hosts

FCOE Array

FC Array

FC Hosts

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Supervisor-2A
Supervisor 2A

FCS July 2010

SUP2
OS Dependency Memory Support for existing FC Modules Support for High Density Line Rate 8G Modules Support for FCoE Modules SAN-OS 3.x+ 1G Yes Yes No

SUP2A
SAN-OS 3.x+ 2G Yes Yes Yes

SUP2A
Non-disruptive Upgrade from SUP2 Mix of SUP2 and SUP2A in same chassis Shipping by default in chassis Yes Supported during upgrade ONLY Yes based on per-OSM basis

ONLY required to support FCoE in MDS 9500


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8-Port 10G FCoE Module


8-Port 10G FCoE Module

Enables integration of existing FC infrastructure into Unified Fabric


8 FCoE ports at 10GE full rate 80-Gbps front panel bandwidth SFP+ SR, LR, CX-1 optics support

FCoE connectivity from MDS 9500 Directors to: Nexus 5000 and Nexus 7000 FCoE Storage Arrays

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Roadmap


NX-OS Unified OS for the Data Center

Platforms

High Density 8G FC Modules MDS 9500 Increased Scalability and Performance Storage Services Node Highly Scalable and Flexible Multi-services Platform FCoE Module

8G Fabric Switch

8G Blade Switches

Modular

Services

Fixed

Solutions

SAN Consolidation Data Protection VM-aware SANs

SAN Extension Cloud Storage Encryption

End-to-End Virtualization Services-Oriented SANs Unified I/O (FCoE)

Unified OS and Management Tools


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