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Data Center 3.0 Storage Strategy Cisco MDS 9000 Family Overview Differentiators from the Competition Service Oriented SANs MDS & UCS How to Sell
Fabric Switches
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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Optimized for performance, power and space with 48 line-rate 8Gbps ports for green SAN deployments
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Easy to sell.
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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
16 ports
32 ports 48 ports
2x8 ports
2x8 ports
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Brocade 5300, VA-40FC, 5100 or 300 Fabric Switch
Base Software
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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
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
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
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)
MPS-14/2
MSM-18/4
4 Gbps Modules
MDS 9222i (66 ports) MDS 9500 Directors MDS 9513 (528 ports)
FC-12
FC-48
FC-24
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Stateful Software
Failover and Re-startable Software Modules
Logical Redundancy
VSANs, VRRP, ISL Bundling, Load Balancing
Physical Redundancy
Supervisors, Power Supplies, Fabrics
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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.
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-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-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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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 9222i
Minimum SAN OS Supervisor Fabric 8G Modules supported NX-OS 4.x N/A N/A
MDS 9513
NX-OS 4.x Supervisor 2 Fabric 2
Supervisor 2 N/A
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MDS 9148
Nexus 5000
FC Array
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FC Hosts
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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
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
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
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FCoE connectivity from MDS 9500 Directors to: Nexus 5000 and Nexus 7000 FCoE Storage Arrays
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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
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