Cisco MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module for Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors Data Sheet

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Table of Contents

 

 

Product overview

The Cisco MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module provides a high-performance, flexible, unified platform for deploying enterprise-class disaster-recovery and business-continuance SAN extension solutions (Figure 1).

Cisco MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module

Figure 1.            

Cisco MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module

The MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module is supported on Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors. With 24 line-rate 2-, 4-, 8-, 10-, and 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and eight 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) ports, this module enables large and scalable deployment of SAN extension solutions. The SAN extension module has two independent service engines that can each be individually and incrementally enabled to scale as business requirements expand. The SAN extension module supports the full range of services available on other Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fibre Channel switching modules, including virtual SAN (VSAN), security, and traffic management services. The FCIP module uses Cisco expertise and knowledge of IP networks to deliver outstanding SAN extension performance, reducing latency for disk and tape operations with FCIP acceleration features, including FCIP write acceleration and FCIP tape write and read acceleration. Hardware-based encryption helps secure sensitive traffic with IP Security (IPsec), and hardware-based compression dramatically enhances performance for both high- and low-speed links, enabling immediate cost savings in expensive WAN infrastructure. Multiple FCIP interfaces within a single engine or across service engines can be grouped into a port channel of up to 16 links for high availability and increased aggregate throughput.

Main features and benefits

The MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module is designed for mission-critical enterprise storage networks that require secure, robust, cost-effective business-continuance services. The SAN extension module offers the following main features:

      FCIP for remote SAN extension

The Cisco SAN Extension over IP functionality is offered as standard on the eight fixed 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, enabling features such as Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and compression on the module without the need for additional licenses. The functionality provides the following benefits:

    Simplifies data-protection and business-continuance strategies by enabling backup, remote replication, and other disaster-recovery services over WAN distances using open standards FCIP tunneling.

    Optimizes utilization of WAN resources for backup and replication by enabling hardware-based compression, hardware-based encryption, FCIP write acceleration, and tape read and write acceleration for both FCIP and FICON over IP. The SAN extension module will support 3 tunnels per interface and can scale up to 24 tunnels (3 tunnels x 8 1/10GE ports).

    Preserves MDS 9000 Family enhanced capabilities, including VSANs, advanced traffic management, and security, across remote connections.

      I/O Accelerator Services

Cisco MDS 9000 IOA functionality can be deployed in conjunction with disk data replication solutions to extend the distance between data centers or reduce the effects of latency on application performance due to slower disk or tape devices or low speed links. Cisco MDS 9000 IOA functionality can also be used to enable remote tape backup and restore operations without significant throughput degradation when compared to local tapes. The capability to accelerate tape traffic over Fibre Channel, and not just over FCIP, is unique in the industry. The main features of Cisco MDS 9000 IOA functionality include:

    Transport and Speed-independent acceleration that accelerates Disk and Tape traffic over any 2/4/8/16G Fibre Channel port on the director and 1/10GE FCIP ISLs

    Unified solution for disk and tape I/O acceleration over Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and WANs

    Extension of acceleration as a fabric service to any port in the fabric, regardless of where it is attached

    Transport Independent Write Acceleration (WA) of Disk Replication traffic and Tape Acceleration (TA) of Tape Replication Traffic

    Data compression in conjunction with FCIP ISLs.

    High availability using Port-Channels with acceleration over Fibre Channel and FCIP ISLs

Cisco MDS 9000 IOA capability is available on MDS 9700 series directors from NX-OS 8.2(1) release and can be enabled using the I/O acceleration package license which is available to configure separately on a module. A module can be configured either for IOA or SAN extension over IP functionality at any time.

      Integrated IP storage services in a high-density form factor: The module supports eight 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Individual ports can be configured with hot-swappable shortwave and longwave Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) connections.

      Integrated hardware-based VSANs and Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR): The module enables deployment of large-scale multisite and heterogeneous SAN topologies. Integration into port-level hardware allows any port in a system or fabric to be partitioned into any VSAN. Integrated hardware-based IVR provides line-rate routing between any ports in a system or fabric without the need for external routing appliances. Cisco MDS Enterprise License is required to support IVR.

      Intelligent network services: The module uses VSAN technology for hardware-enforced, isolated environments in a single physical fabric, Access Control Lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, and advanced traffic management features such as fabric wide Quality of Service (QoS) to facilitate migration from SAN islands to enterprise wide storage networks.

      Sophisticated diagnostics: The module provides intelligent diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network analysis tools as well as integrated Cisco Call Home capability for greater reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.

      Comprehensive network security framework: The module supports RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). RBAC provides separate control over management functions and access on a per-VSAN basis, enabling separation of duties among administrators on the same physical switch. Gigabit Ethernet ports support IPsec authentication, data integrity, and hardware-assisted data encryption.

      IP Version 6 (IPv6) support: The module supports IPv6 as mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Japan, and China. IPv6 support is provided for FCIP and for management traffic routed in band and out of band.

Integrated FCIP for Remote SAN and Mainframe Channel Extension

Data-distribution, data-protection, and business-continuance services are significant components of today’s information-centered businesses. The capability to efficiently replicate critical data on a global scale helps ensure a higher level of data protection for valuable corporate information, and it also increases utilization of backup resources and lowers total cost of storage ownership. The MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module uses the open-standards FCIP protocol to extend the distance of current Fibre Channel and FICON solutions, enabling interconnection of SAN islands over extended distances. FICON support will be available in a future date.

Advanced SAN Extension features

The MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module supports hardware-based FCIP compression to increase the effective WAN bandwidth of SAN extension solutions. The module can deliver compression ratios in the range of 4:1 to 5:1 over a wide variety of data sources.

The SAN extension module supports AES 256 IPsec encryption for secure transmission of sensitive data over extended distances. Hardware enablement of IPsec helps ensure line-rate throughput. Together, hardware-based compression and hardware-based encryption provide a high-performance, highly secure SAN extension capability.

Additionally, the SAN extension module supports FCIP write acceleration, a feature that can significantly improve application performance when storage traffic is extended across long distances. When FCIP write acceleration is enabled, WAN throughput is optimized by reducing the latency of command acknowledgments.

VSANs

Well suited for efficient, secure SAN consolidation, ANSI T11-standard VSANs enable more efficient storage network utilization by creating hardware-based isolated environments with a single physical SAN fabric or switch. Each VSAN can be zoned as a typical SAN and maintained with its own fabric services for greater scalability and resilience. VSANs allow the cost of SAN infrastructure to be shared among more users, while helping ensure segregation of traffic and retaining independent control of configuration on a VSAN-by-VSAN basis.

Integrated SAN Routing

In another step toward deployment of efficient, cost-effective, consolidated storage networks, the MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module supports IVR, the industry’s first and most efficient routing function for Fibre Channel. IVR allows selective transfer of data between specific initiators and targets on different VSANs while maintaining isolation of control traffic within each VSAN. With IVR, data can transit VSAN boundaries while maintaining control-plane isolation, thereby maintaining fabric stability and availability. IVR eliminates the need for external routing appliances, greatly increasing routing scalability while delivering line-rate routing performance, simplifying management, and eliminating the challenges associated with maintaining separate systems. IVR reduces the total cost of SAN ownership. Cisco MDS Enterprise License is required to support IVR.

Advanced Traffic Management

The advanced traffic management capabilities integrated into the MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module simplify deployment and optimization of large-scale fabrics.

    Virtual output queuing: Helps ensure line-rate performance on each port, independent of traffic pattern, by eliminating head-of-line blocking

    Port channels: Allow users to aggregate up to 16 FCIP ISLs into a single logical bundle, providing optimized bandwidth utilization across all links; the bundle can consist of any speed-matched ports from any module in the chassis, helping ensure that the bundle can remain active even in the event of a module failure

    Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)–based multipathing: Provides the intelligence to load-balance traffic across up to 16 equal-cost paths and, in the event of a switch failure, dynamically reroute traffic

    QoS: Can be used to manage bandwidth and control latency, to prioritize critical traffic

    Shaper: Rate limits the WAN bandwidth according to the maximum bandwidth configured for the FCIP tunnel

Advanced Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools

Management of large-scale storage networks requires proactive diagnostics, tools to verify connectivity and route latency, and mechanisms for capturing and analyzing traffic. The MDS 9000 Family integrates the industry’s most advanced analysis and diagnostic tools. Power-On Self-Test (POST) and online diagnostics provide proactive health monitoring. The MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module implements diagnostic capabilities such as Fibre Channel Traceroute to detail the exact path and timing of flows and Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) to intelligently capture network traffic. The module also supports the SAN Extension Tuner (SET) tool, which helps you optimize FCIP performance by generating either direct-access (for magnetic disks) or sequential-access (for magnetic tape) Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) I/O commands and directing this traffic to a specific virtual target. You can specify the size of the test I/O transfers and the number of concurrent or serial I/O operations to generate while testing. The SET tool reports the resulting I/O operations per second (IOPS) and I/O latency, which helps you determine the number of concurrent I/O operations needed to get the best FCIP throughput.

After traffic has been captured, it can be analyzed with the Cisco Fabric Analyzer, an embedded Fibre Channel analyzer. Comprehensive port-based and flow-based statistics facilitate sophisticated performance analysis and Service-Level Agreement (SLA) accounting. With the MDS 9000 Family, Cisco delivers a comprehensive tool set for troubleshooting and analyzing storage networks.

Comprehensive Solution for Robust Network Security

Addressing the need for fail-proof security in storage networks, the MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module offers an extensive security framework to protect highly sensitive data moving in today’s enterprise networks. The module employs intelligent frame inspection at the port level, including the application of ACLs for hardware enforcement of zones, VSANs, and advanced port security features.

      Extended zoning capabilities restrict broadcasts to only the selected zones (broadcast zones).

      VSANs are used to achieve greater security and stability by providing complete isolation among devices that are connected to the same physical SAN.

      FC-SP provides switch-to-switch and host-to-switch Diffie-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (DH-CHAP) authentication supporting RADIUS and TACACS+, to help ensure that only authorized devices can access protected storage networks.

Product specifications

Table 1 lists the product specifications for the MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module.

Table 1.        Product specifications

Feature

Description

Product compatibility

Cisco MDS 9000 Family

Software compatibility

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software 7.3(0)DY(1)

Protocols

Fibre Channel standards

  FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994)
  FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994/AM1-1996)
  FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
  FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI INCITS 297-1997)
  FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI INCITS 303-1998)
  FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI INCITS 352-2002)
  FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI INCITS 404-2006)
  FC-PI-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 460-2011)
  FC-PI-4, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 450-2008)
  FC-PI-5, Revision 6 (ANSI INCITS 479-2011)
  FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI INCITS 373-2003)
  FC-FS-2, Revision 1.01 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007)
  FC-FS-2, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007/AM1-2007)
  FC-FS-3, Revision 1.11 (ANSI INCITS 470-2011)
  FC-LS, Revision 1.62 (ANSI INCITS 433-2007)
  FC-LS-2, Revision 2.21 (ANSI INCITS 477-2011)
  FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI INCITS 355-2001)
  FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI INCITS 384-2004)
  FC-SW-4, Revision 7.5 (ANSI INCITS 418-2006)
  FC-SW-5, Revision 8.5 (ANSI INCITS 461-2010)
  FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI INCITS 348-2001)
  FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI INCITS 387-2004)
  FC-GS-5, Revision 8.51 (ANSI INCITS 427-2007)
  FC-GS-6, Revision 9.4 (ANSI INCITS 463-2010)
  FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI INCITS 269-1996)
  FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 350-2003)
  FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 416-2006)
  FCP-4, Revision 2b (ANSI INCITS 481-2011)
  FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI INCITS 349-2001)
  FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003)
  FC-SB-3, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003/AM1-2007)
  FC-SB-4, Revision 3.0 (ANSI INCITS 466-2011)
  FC-SB-5, Revision 2.00 (ANSI INCITS 485-2014)
  FC-BB-6, Revision 2.00 (ANSI INCITS 509-2014)
  FC-BB-2, Revision 6.0 (ANSI INCITS 372-2003)
  FC-BB-3, Revision 6.8 (ANSI INCITS 414-2006)
  FC-BB-4, Revision 2.7 (ANSI INCITS 419-2008)
  FC-BB-5, Revision 2.0 (ANSI INCITS 462-2010)
  FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI INCITS 357-2002)
  FC-SP, Revision 1.8 (ANSI INCITS 426-2007)
  FC-SP-2, Revision 2.71 (ANSI INCITS 496-2012)
  FAIS, Revision 1.03 (ANSI INCITS 432-2007)
  FAIS-2, Revision 2.23 (ANSI INCITS 449-2008)
  FC-IFR, Revision 1.06 (ANSI INCITS 475-2011)
  FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998)
  FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998)
  FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999)
  FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002)
  FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005)
  FC-MI-3, Revision 1.03 (INCITS TR-48-2012)
  FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004)
  FC-DA-2, Revision 1.06 (INCITS TR-49-2012)
  FC-MSQS, Revision 3.2 (INCITS TR-46-2011)
  Fibre Channel classes of service: Class 2, Class 3, and Class F
  Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, and B
  Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, and TE
  IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
  IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) over Fibre Channel (RFC 4338)
  Extensive IETF-standards based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and remote monitoring (RMON) MIBs

IP standards

  RFC 791 IPv4
  RFC 793 and 1323 TCP
  RFC 894 IP/Ethernet
  RFC 1041 IP/802
  RFC 792, 950, and 1256 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  RFC 1323 TCP performance enhancements
  RFC 2338 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
  RFC 2460 and 4291 IPv6
  RFC 2463 ICMPv6
  RFC 2461 and 2462 IPv6 neighbor discovery and stateless autoconfiguration
  RFC 2464 IPv6/Ethernet
  RFC 3643 and 3821 FCIP

Ethernet standards

  IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
  IEEE 802.1Q VLAN

IPsec standards

  RFC 2401 Security Architecture for IP
  RFC 2403 and 2404 Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
  RFC 2405, 2406, and 2451 IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
  RFC 2407 and 2408 Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
  RFC 2412 OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
  RFC 3566, 3602, and 3686 AES

Internet Key Exchange (IKE) standards

  RFC 2409 IKEv1
  IKEv2, draft

Cards, ports, and slots

24 x fixed 2/4/8/10/16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, 8 x 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet ports,
2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet port[1]

Features and Functions

Fabric services

  Name server
  Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
  Login services
  Cisco Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)
  Private loop
  Public loop
  Translative loop
  Broadcast
  In-order delivery

Advanced functions

  VSAN
  IVR
  Port channel with multipath load balancing
  Flow-based and zone-based QoS
  Hardware-based compression for MAN and WAN data
  Hardware-based encryption
  Hardware-based data integrity
  FCIP disk write acceleration
  FCIP tape read and write acceleration

Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools

  POST diagnostics
  Online diagnostics
  Internal port loopbacks
  SPAN and remote SPAN
  Fibre Channel Traceroute
  Fibre Channel Ping
  Fibre Channel Debug
  Cisco Fabric Analyzer
  Syslog
  Online system health
  Port-level statistics
  Real-Time Protocol (RTP) debug

Network security

  VSANs
  ACLs
  Per-VSAN RBAC
  Fibre Channel zoning

    N-port worldwide name (WWN)

    N-port FC-ID

    Fx-port WWN

    Fx-port WWN and interface index

    Fx-port domain ID and interface index

    Fx-port domain ID and port number

    Logical Unit Number (LUN)

    Read-only

    Broadcast

  FC-SP

    DH-CHAP switch-to-switch authentication

    DH-CHAP host-to-switch authentication

  Port security and fabric binding
  IPsec for FCIP
  IKEv1 and v2
  Management access

    SSH v2 implementing AES

    SNMPv3 implementing AES

    SFTP

Serviceability

  Configuration file management
  Nondisruptive software upgrades for Fibre Channel interfaces
  Call Home
  Power-management LEDs
  Port beaconing
  System LED
  SNMP traps for alerts
  Network boot

Performance

  Port speed: Fibre Channel 2/4/8/10/16 Gbps; FCIP 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet
  Port channels: Up to 16 FCIP links
  FCIP tunnels: Up to 3 per port

Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (Ethernet transceivers for Gigabit Ethernet ports)

Speed

  1-Gbps SX, LC SFP
  1-Gbps SX, LC SFP
  1-Gbps SX, LC SFP
  1-Gbps LX/LH, LC SFP
  1-Gbps 1000-BASE-T
  10-Gbps SR
  10-Gbps SR
  10-Gbps LR
  10-Gbps ER
  10-Gbps DWDM

Media

  62.5/125-micron multimode fiber (OM1)
  50/125-micron multimode fiber (OM2)
  50/125-micron multimode fiber (OM3)
  9/125-micron single-mode fiber
  Category 5 or 5E
  50/125-micron multimode fiber (OM3)
  50/125-micron multimode fiber (OM4)
  9/125-micron single-mode fiber
  9/125-micron single-mode fiber
  9/125-micron single-mode fiber

Distance

  275m
  550m
  1000m
  10 km
  100m
  300m
  400m
  10 km
  40 km
  80 km

Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances

For detailed information about all supported transceivers, see Cisco MDS 9000 Family pluggable transceivers.

Reliability and availability

  Hot-swappable module
  Hot-swappable SFP optics
  Online diagnostics
  Stateful process restart
  Nondisruptive supervisor failover
  Any module, any port configuration for port channels
  Fabric-based multipathing
  Per-VSAN fabric services
  Port tracking
  VRRP for management and FCIP

Network management

  Access methods through Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor Module

    Out-of-band 10/100/1000 Ethernet port (Supervisor-1 Module)

    Out-of-band 10/100/1000 Ethernet port (Supervisor-2 Module)

    RS-232 serial console port (RJ45 form factor)

    In-band IP-over-Fibre Channel

  Access protocols

    Command-Line Interface (CLI) through console and Ethernet ports

    SNMPv3 through Ethernet port and in-band IP-over-Fibre Channel access

    Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI‑S)

  Distributed device alias service
  Network security

    Per-VSAN RBAC using RADIUS- and TACACS+-based Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) functions

    SFTP

    SSHv2 implementing AES

    SNMPv3 implementing AES

  Management applications

    Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI

    Cisco Data Center Network Manager

    Cisco Device Manager

Programming interfaces

  Cisco Data Center Network Manager GUI
  Cisco Device Manager GUI

Environmental

  Temperature, ambient operating: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
  Temperature, ambient nonoperating and storage: –40 to 158°F (–40 to 70°C)
  Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) operating: 5 to 90%
  Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 5 to 95%
  Altitude, operating: –197 to 6500 ft (–60 to 2000m)

Physical dimensions

  Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.75 x 15.9 x 21.8 in. (4.4 x 40.39 x 55.37 cm) Occupies one slot in a Cisco MDS 9700 Series
  Weight: 17 lb (7.71 kg)

Approvals and compliance

  Safety compliance

    CE Marking

    UL 60950

    CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950

    EN 60950

    IEC 60950

    TS 001

    AS/NZS 3260

    IEC60825

    EN60825

    21 CFR 1040

  EMC compliance

    FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

    ICES-003 Class A

    EN 55022 Class A

    CISPR 22 Class A

    AS/NZS 3548 Class A

    VCCI Class A

    EN 55024

    EN 50082-1

    EN 61000-6-1

    EN 61000-3-2

    EN 61000-3-3

Ordering information

Table 2 provides ordering information for the MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module.

Table 2.        Ordering information

Part Number

Product Description

DS-X9334-K9

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 24/10 SAN Extension Module

DS-SFP-GE-T

Gigabit Ethernet Copper SFP, RJ-45

SFP-10G-SR

10GBASE-SR SFP Module, (300m) (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-SR-S

10GBASE-SR SFP Module, (300m) Enterprise-Class (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-LR

10GBASE-LR SFP Module (10km), (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-LR-S

10GBASE-LR SFP Module (10km), Enterprise-Class (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-ER

10GBASE-ER SFP Module, (40km), (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-ER-S

10GBASE-ER SFP Module (40km), Enterprise-Class (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

QSFP-40G-SR4

40GBASE-SR4 QSFP Transceiver Module with MPO Connector

QSFP-40G-CSR4

QSFP 4x10GBASE-SR transceiver module, MPO, 300M

QSFP-40G-LR4-S

QSFP 40GBASE-LR4 Trnscvr Mod, LC, 10km, Enterprise-Class

QSFP-40G-LR4-S

QSFP 40GBASE-LR4 Trnscvr Mod, LC, 10km, Enterprise-Class

QSFP-40/100-SRBD

100G and 40GBASE SR-BiDi QSFP transceiver, LC, 100m OM4 MMF

DS-SFP-FC8G-SW

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (10-km reach) (Supported only on FC ports

DS-SFP-FC8G-ER

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel ER SFP+, LC (40-km reach) (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC10G-SW

10 Gbps Fibre Channel SW SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC10G-LW

10 Gbps Fibre Channel LW SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC16G-SW

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/8/16-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC16G-LW

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/8/16-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (10km) (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC16GELW

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/8/16-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (25km) (Supported only on FC ports)

Licenses

M97IOA2410

Cisco IOA License for 24/10 module on MDS 9700

M97IOA24102X

Cisco IOA License pack for 24/10 module on MDS 9700

Spare Components

DS-X9334-K9=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 24/10 SAN Extension Module, spare

DS-SFP-GE-T=

Gigabit Ethernet Copper SFP, RJ-45

SFP-10G-SR=

DS-SFP-10GE-SR=

10GBASE-SR SFP Module, (300m) (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-SR-S=

10GBASE-SR SFP Module, (300m) Enterprise-Class (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-LR=

DS-SFP-10GE-LR=

10GBASE-LR SFP Module, (10km) (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-LR-S=

10GBASE-LR SFP Module, (10km) Enterprise-Class (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-ER=

10GBASE-ER SFP Module, (40km) (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-10G-ER-S=

10GBASE-ER SFP Module, (40km) Enterprise-Class (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

DWDM-SFP10G-xxxx=

10G DWDM Module (80km) (Supported only with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

SFP-H10GB-CUxx=

10GBASE-CU SFP+ cable

SFP-H10GB-ACUxx=

Active Twinax cable assembly

DS-SFP-FC8G-SW=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (10-km reach) (Supported only on FC ports

DS-SFP-FC8G-ER=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel ER SFP+, LC (40-km reach) (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-CWDM8G-xxxx=

Cisco MDS CWDM 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+ (40km)

DS-SFP-FC10G-SW=

10 Gbps Fibre Channel SW SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC10G-LW=

10 Gbps Fibre Channel LW SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

QSFP-40G-SR4=

40GBASE-SR4 QSFP Transceiver Module with MPO Connector, Spare

QSFP-40G-CSR4=

QSFP 4x10GBASE-SR transceiver module, MPO, 300M, Spare

QSFP-40G-LR4-S=

QSFP 40GBASE-LR4 Trnscvr Mod, LC, 10km, Enterprise-Class, Spare

QSFP-40G-LR4-S=

QSFP 40GBASE-LR4 Trnscvr Mod, LC, 10km, Enterprise-Class, Spare

QSFP-40/100-SRBD=

100G and 40GBASE SR-BiDi QSFP transceiver, LC, 100m OM4 MMF, Spare

DS-SFP-FC16G-SW=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/8/16-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP+, LC (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC16G-LW=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/8/16-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (10km) (Supported only on FC ports)

DS-SFP-FC16GELW=

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4/8/16-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (25km) (Supported only on FC ports)

For a complete list of supported optics, see Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers. For 10-Gbps Dense Wavelength-Division Mulitiplexing (DWDM) optics see Cisco 10GBASE DWDM SFP+ Modules.

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For more information about the MDS 9000 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/storage or contact your local account representative.

 

 

 



[1] Requires the Director switch running at NX-OS version 9.3(1) or higher

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