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Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage

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Product characteristics
Product number 2054-E01
Base machine Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage includes eighteen 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, two 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs, 4 GbE IP ports (no optics), dual AC power supplies and SAN Extension over IP Package for integrated IP ports in the base switch. The Cisco MDS 9222i includes one slot for an optional Fibre Channel; IP, Multiservice 18/4 with Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for SAN (formerly Cisco Fabric Manager), VSAN and PortChannel capabilities
Fibre Channel interface E_Port, F_Port, FL_Port
Transceivers
  • Trirate GbE Shortwave (SW) and Longwave (LW) SFP transceivers
  • Copper GbE SFP transceivers
  • 4 Gbps FC SW and LW SFPtransceivers
  • 8 Gbps FC SW, LW and Extended Reach (ER) SFP+ transceivers
  • 10 Gbps FC Shortreach (SR), LW and (ER) X2 transceivers
  • 10 GbE-SR X2 transceivers
Note: Some SFPs are available in a four-pack
Hot-swap components Power supplies, cooling fans, transceivers
Rack support 19-inch, 3RU industry-standard rack
Management software Cisco CLI, Cisco DCNM for SAN, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center supported
Servers supported* IBM System x servers and selected IBM Netfinity® servers
Other Intel processor-based servers
Power Systems, System p and selected RS/6000® and System i servers
System z
Selected Sun and HP servers
Operating systems supported* Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2008
Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced
Server SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES) United Linux
Novell NetWare
Storage products supported*
  • IBM XIV® Storage System
  • Storage System DS6000™, DS8000 and IBM Enterprise Storage Server®
  • TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server systems
  • System Storage DS4000® disk systems
  • System Storage TS1120 tape drive
  • System Storage TS3100, TS3200, TS3310 and TS3500 tape libraries
  • TotalStorage 3494 tape library
  • System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
Fibre optic cable Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single mode and multimode formats
Warranty 1-year limited warranty; on-site service, same day 24×7 (4 hour)
Power cords You must specify the type of power cord when ordering the product from IBM. Specify the required country-specific feature number in the initial order or choose the Cabinet Jumper Power Cord.
Optional features
  • 4-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
  • 18/4 Multiservice Module
  • 16 Port Gigabit Ethernet SSN-16 Module
  • 4/44 Port 8 Gbps Host Optimized FC Switching Module
  • 4-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch module
  • 18/4-port multiservice module
  • SAN Extension over IP for 8-port and 18/4-port modules
  • MDS 9200 Enterprise Package
  • MDS 9200 Mainframe Server Package
  • MDS 9200 Fabric Manager Server Package
  • Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Advanced Edition
  • 9200 FCIP Activation/8-Port IP Serv Line Card
  • MDS 9200 FCIP Act for 18/4
  • 9200 I/O Acc for 18/4
  • 9200 FCIP Act for SSN16
  • 9200 I/O Acc for SSN16
  • Optical and copper SFP and X2 transceivers
  • Fibre optic and copper cables
  • Country-specific power cords
Physical characteristics
Height 13.3 cm /5.25 in. (3RU)
Width 4.40 cm/17.3 in.
Depth 5.76 cm/22.7 in.
Weight 28.2 kg/62.0 lb (with optional switching module)
Temperature 0° C to 40° C/32° F to 104° F
Electrical requirements
Power supplies 845 W ac
Input 100-240 V ac
50 - 60 Hz nominal

* Refer to ibm.com/systems/networking/switches/san/ctype/ for the most current and complete details

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