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Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage

Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage
 

The Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage™ is designed to address the needs of medium-sized businesses and large enterprises with a wide range of Storage Area Network (SAN) capabilities. It can be used as a cost-effective high performance SAN extension over IP router switch for midrange SMB customers in support of IT simplification and business continuity solutions. It can also be used as a remote site router switch for device aggregation and SAN extension over IP to data center directors for large enterprise customers.

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Assorted optical and copper transceivers and cables; MDS 9200 Enterprise, Fabric Manager Server, 8-port and 18/4-port SAN Extension over IP, Mainframe, Storage Service Enabler Packages; 4 port 10 Gbps ISL; 12-, 24-, 48-port 4 Gbps FC; 4/44-port 8 Gbps FC, 8 port IP and18 FC/4 IP port; Storage Services (32 2 Gbps FC) modules

1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps auto-sensing fabric; Gigabit Ethernet IP; 10 Gbps ISL

18 Fibre Channel and 4 IP ports; expandable with one 12, 24 or 48-port 4 Gbps FC switch module or one 4/44 8 Gbps FC switch module or one 4-port 10 Gbps FC switch module

Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare®, IBM OS/400® and z/OS®


IBM System Storage SAN06B-R

IBM System Storage SAN06B-R
 

A SAN extension switch designed to accelerate and optimize replication, backup, and migration over any distance using next generation Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) networking technology. Combines class-leading performance and reliability, “pay-as-you-grow” scalability and flexible deployment options to address the most demanding disaster recovery, compliance and data mobility requirements for IBM® System Storage® disk or tape devices

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Base system provides four active FC and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. The optional SAN06B-R Upgrade license activates all 16 FC ports and all 6 IP ports and supports advanced tape and IBM FICON® features.

Up to 8 Gigabits per second (Gbps) autosensing FC and up to 1 Gbps Ethernet (GbE).

Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX®, UNIX, Linux, IBM OS/400® and IBM z/OS®

Optical and copper SFP transceivers, fibre optic cables, 8 Gbps Advanced Extension license, SAN06B-R Upgrade license, Accelerator Activation for FICON, FICON with CUP, Enterprise Bundle, Adaptive Networking, Integrated Routing, country-specific power cords and SAO license

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