A wide range of IBM System Storage™ medium-size and enterprise storage area network (SAN) IT simplification and business continuity solutions can be created with the Cisco MDS 9134 for IBM System Storage stackable fabric switch. Infrastructure simplification solutions for the IBM System i™, System p™, System x™ and System z™ families of servers include storage consolidation and high-availability server clustering with IBM System Storage disk storage arrays. Business continuity solutions include data protection with IBM System Storage tape libraries and devices and IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager data protection software; and disaster protection with IBM System Storage disk metro and global mirroring disaster recovery solutions.
Highlights
Simple-to-use 4 and 10 Gigabit per second performance for simplification and business continuity solutions with Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare®, IBM OS/400® and IBM z/OS® servers
Cost-effective “green” switch requires up to 50 percent less power per port
Stackable design provides pay-as-you-grow scalability and flexibility with On-Demand port activation features
Designed to support high availability with redundant, hot swappable power supplies and fans and non-disruptive firmware upgrades
Includes Virtual SAN (VSAN) capability for SAN consolidation into virtual SAN islands on a single physical fabric
Enterprise, Mainframe and Fabric Manager Server Packages provide added intelligence and value
Cisco MDS 9134 for medium-sized businesses and large enterprises
The Cisco MDS 9134 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 part of a high performance simple SAN with single-switch or stacked switch configurations for business-class customers in support of IT simplification and business continuity solutions. It can also be used as an edge switch for device aggregation with 10 Gbps core director configurations for large enterprise customers.
Fabric connectivity capabilities can be the basis for IT simplification solutions for IBM System i™, System p™, System x™ and System z™ servers and storage consolidation and high-availability server clustering with IBM System Storage disk storage arrays. Business continuity capabilities can help businesses protect valuable data with IBM System Storage tape libraries and IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager data protection software. Advanced connectivity capabilities can help businesses protect against major disasters with IBM System Storage disk metro and global mirroring disaster recovery solutions.
Common features
Hardware summary
Enables simple-to-use medium-size and enterprise IT simplification and business continuity SAN solutions
Designed for high-performance with 4 Gigabit per second (Gbps) device ports and 10 Gbps ISL ports for stacking and edge switch device aggregation for core enterprise directors
Pay-as-you-grow scalability with On-Demand port features
Designed to support high availability with redundant, hot-swappable fans and power supplies and non-disruptive firmware upgrades
Cisco MDS 9000 for IBM System Storage switches, SAN routers and directors use common switch firmware, which helps simplify SAN fabric expansion and management
Base switch includes 24 active ports, no optics, dual swappable power supplies and cooling fans and SAN-OS 3.2 firmware with Cisco Fabric Manager, Virtual SAN (VSAN) and PortChannel capabilities
Port activation features enable “pay-as-you-grow” upgrades from a single 24 port switch to a stacked switch 64 port fabric
Each device port can auto-negotiate to 1, 2 or 4 Gbps speed depending on the speed of the device at the other end of the link
Each 10 Gbps ISL port supports copper or optical X2 transceivers for switch stacking or edge switch attachment to Cisco MDS 9500 directors
Dedicated 4 or 10 Gbps bandwidth per port is designed to support full line speed performance
Comprehensive management tools include Cisco MDS 9000 family Command-Line Interface (CLI), Quick Configuration Wizard, Cisco Fabric Manager and integration with IBM TotalStorage® Productivity Center
Optional Enterprise, Fabric Manager Server and Mainframe Packages provide advanced intelligence to simplify management of more complex configuration.
