Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage includes eighteen 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, two 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs, four 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 or Storage Services module with Fabric Manager, VSAN and PortChannel capabilities
Replaceable redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Hot-swap components
Power supplies, cooling fans, transceivers
Rack support
19 inch, 1RU industry-standard rack
Management software
Cisco CLI, Cisco Fabric Manager, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center supported
Servers supported A
IBM System x servers and selected IBM Netfinity® servers
Other Intel® processor-based servers
IBM Power Systems, System p and selected RS/6000® and System i servers
IBM System z
Selected Sun™ and HP servers
Operating systems supported A
Microsoft® Windows NT®, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) United Linux Novell® NetWare
Storage products supported A
IBM Storage System DS6000™, DS8000 and Enterprise Storage Server®
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Systems
IBM System Storage DS4000 Disk Systems
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive
IBM System Storage TS3100, TS3200, TS3310 and TS3500 Tape Libraries
IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
Fibre optic cable
Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single mode and multi-mode formats
Optional features
12-, 24- and 48-port 4 Gbps FC switch module
4/44-port 8 Gbps FC switch module
4-port 10 Gbps FC switch module
Storage Services module
8-port IP and 18/4-port multiservice modules
SAN Extension over IP for 8-port and 18/4-port modules
MDS 9200 Enterprise Package
MDS 9200 Mainframe Package
MDS 9200 Fabric Manager Server Package
MDS 9200 Storage Services Enabler Package
Optical and copper SFP and X2 transceivers
Fibre optical and copper cables
Country specific power cords
A Refer to http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/san/ctype/ for the most current and complete details