Cisco MDS 9000 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.

• Ports18 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
  
• Link Speeds1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps auto-sensing fabric; Gigabit Ethernet IP; 10 Gbps ISL
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• Operating SystemsMicrosoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare®, IBM OS/400® and z/OS®
  
• Optional FeaturesAssorted 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
  

The Cisco MDS 9124 Express for System Storage™ is designed to address the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses with a wide range of SAN capabilities. It can be used as part of SAN solutions from simple single-switch configurations to larger multi-switch configurations in support of fabric connectivity and advanced business continuity capabilities.
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• Ports8, 16, 24 (2053-424)
  16, 24 (2417-C24, PN 2417C24)
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• Link Speeds1, 2 and 4 Gbps
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• ServersIBM System i™, System p™, System x™ and IBM BladeCenter®

The Cisco MDS 9148 for IBM System Storage® Multilayer Fabric Switch (2417-C48) is designed to provide an affordable, highly capable and scalable storage networking solution for small, midrange and large enterprise customers. It can be used as part of SAN solutions from simple single-switch configurations to larger multiswitch configurations in support of fabric connectivity and advanced business continuity capabilities.

• Ports16, 24, 32, 40, and 48 ports
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• Link Speeds1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps
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• ServersIBM System x® servers
  Other Intel® processor-based servers
  IBM System p® servers
  IBM System i® servers
  Selected Sun and HP servers

The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors for IBM® System Storage® are director-class Storage Area Networking (SAN) switches designed for deployment in scalable-enterprise and service provider clouds to enable business transformation. Layering a comprehensive set of intelligent features onto a high-performance, protocol-independent switch fabric, the MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors for System Storage address the severe requirements of large virtualized data center storage environments: high availability, security, scalability, ease of management and simple integration of new technologies for extremely flexible data center SAN solutions.

• PortsOffers scalability to 192, 336 and 528 maximum Fiber Channel port count (respectively)
  
• Link Speeds1, 2, 4, 8 and 10 Gbps Fibre Channel speed
  
• Operating systemsMicrosoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare, IBM OS/400®, IBM z/OS®
  
• Optional Features4-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
  
  18/4 Multiservice Module (includes two 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs)
  
  16-port GbE Storage Services Node-16 (SSN-16) Module
  
  32-port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module
  
  48-port 8 Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module
  
  24-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
  
  48-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
  
  4/44-port 8 Gbps Host Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module
  
  8-port 10 Gbps FCoE Module
  
  Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 and Supervisor-2A Module
  
  9513 Fabric2/Fabric3 Switching Modules
  
  Flash memory card
  
  IBM FICON Package
  
  MDS 9500 Enterprise and Mainframe Packages
  
  MDS 9500 Fabric Manager Server Package
  
  Storage Media Encryption (SME) package for one MSM 18/4-port for MDS 9500
  
  SME License (1 engine) for one SSN-16 on MDS 9500
  
  MDS 9500 DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition
  
  MDS 9500 I/O Acceleration for 18/4 Module
  
  MDS 9500 FCIP Activation for SSN-16
  
  MDS 9500 FCIP Activation for MSM
  
  MDS 9500 I/O Acceleration for SSN-16
  
  MDS 9500 SAN Extension Over IP package for one 18/4-Port Multiservice Module
  
  MDS 9500 SAN Extension License (1 engine) for the SSN-16 module
  
  Note: Switching modules do not include optics unless specified otherwise