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Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage

High performance, flexible, scalable midrange and enterprise multiservice switch

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Feature Benefits
Multiservice design
  • Designed to provide cost-efficient:
    • Integrated 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and GbE IP ports
    • SAN extension over IP and FCIP Inter-VSAN routing firmware included with no additional charges
    • Fibre Channel, FCIP, mainframe FICON® and storage service capabilities for mid-market businesses and global enterprises
Modular design
  • Scalability with one 4/44-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel module or one 4-port 10 Gbps FC module; Flexibility with one 8- or 18/4-port IP;
High performance design
  • Support for new 4 Gbps server and storage devices and compatibility with 1, 2 and 8 Gbps helps provide server, storage and switch investment protection
  • Support for GbE IP networks with FCIP compression, write acceleration and tape acceleration helps maximum utilization of limited WAN bandwidth
Autosensing 8, 4, 2 and 1 Gbps ports
  • Designed to provide high performance and compatibility with existing devices.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager, Cisco CLI, third party management tools
  • Designed to help:
    • Simplify installation and fabric management for Cisco MDS 9000 customer
    • Simplify business continuity solutions with integrated IP and FC management
    • Integration with IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric
    • Provide a robust framework and comprehensive feature set that meets the routing, switching and storage administration needs of present and future virtualized data centers
Advanced security capabilities
  • Secure sensitive data in-flight over public networks using hardware-based encryption
  • Isolate users of a consolidated SAN infrastructure using VirtualSAN, VSAN and FCIP InterVSAN routing
  • Provide additional security capabilities for large enterprise SAN infrastructures using the Enterprise Package feature
Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise Package
  • Simplify SAN consolidation with advanced security capabilities for secure infrastructure simplification solutions
Cisco MDS 9000 DCNM Package
  • Simplify management of large enterprise SAN infrastructures
Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe Package
  • Provide FICON connectivity for IBM mainframe servers and storage with a single feature including FICON CUP, FICON/FCP intermix, FICON cascading and fabric binding
Compatibility with Cisco MDS 9000 family
  • Provide switch investment protection for existing fabrics
  • Allow use for device aggregation at remote site and FCIP connectivity with enterprise data center Cisco MDS 9500 directors
Wide range of IBM supported servers and storage products
  • Provide flexible choice of servers, storage, software and switches for creation of IT simplification and business continuity solutions with worldwide IBM service and support
Energy efficient package
  • Offer up to 27 percent reduction in power and cooling per port with 22 ports compared to the prior generation modular switch with sixteen ports
  • Offer up to 33 percent reduced power and cooling per port with 24 and 48 ports Fibre Channel modules compared to the prior generation 16- and 30-port modules

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