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 9222i for IBM System Storage multiservice modular 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
Multiservice design for high performance business continuity solutions with Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare®, IBM OS/400® and IBM z/OS® servers
Cost-effective “green” switch design requires up to 27 percent less power per port
Modular design provides scalability and configuration flexibility
Excellent availability with redundant, hot swappable components 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 9222i for medium-sized businesses and large enterprises
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 for remote site device aggregation and SAN extension connectivity to large customer data center directors.
A wide range of IBM System Storage mid-range and enterprise Storage Area Network (SAN) IT simplification and business continuity solutions can be created with the Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage multiservice modular switch. IT simplification solutions for IBM System i™, System p™, System x™ and System z™ servers include 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 business 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) fabric switch ports; Gigabit Ethernet SAN extension over IP ports and 10 Gbps ISL ports for remote device aggregation for connection to data center enterprise directors and switches
Modular design with wide range features provides flexible Fibre Channel switching; IP services and storage services configurations
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 eighteen 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports with two shortwave SFPs; four GbE IP port (no optics) with SAN Extension over IP; dual swappable power supplies and cooling fans; and SAN-OS 3.2 firmware with Cisco Fabric Manager, Virtual SAN (VSAN) and PortChannel capabilities
Modular switch design with wide range features provides flexible Fibre Channel switching; IP services and storage services configurations
Each fabric 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
Optional 10 Gbps ISL ports support optical X2 transceivers for edge switch attachment to Cisco MDS 9500 directors
SAN extension with high performance FCIP acceleration and hardware based compression capabilities and security with hardware-based encryption
