Cisco offers a comprehensive portfolio of storage networking products that includes directors, fabric switches, IP storage routers and metro-optical networking solutions. When combined with IBM System Storage™ disk and tape storage and IBM System p™, System x™, and System z™ servers as well as planning, design and implementation services from IBM Global Services, IBM and Cisco can deliver end-to-end storage networking solutions.
Cisco MDS 9000 for IBM System Storage switches with IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) software provide a solution that offers organizations the ability to securely "virtualize" storage, anywhere in the storage network. Whether your business requires cost-effective storage networking solutions for an enterprise data center, department/workgroup, small/medium-size business; or high-performance business continuance implementations in the metropolitan-area network (MAN), IBM and Cisco can design intelligent, highly-available storage networking solutions to meet your requirements.
The Solution
- Integrated storage networking intelligence delivers the scalability, performance, security and manageability required to progress from discrete SAN silos to interconnected SANs
- Cisco MDS 9000 for IBM System Storage switches qualified with the IBM System Storage disk and tape and IBM System p, System x, and System z servers
- IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is integrated with the Cisco MDS 9000 providing network-based virtualization, point-in-time copy, and replication
- Planning, design, and implementation services from IBM Global Services and IBM business partners
Solution Resources
- White Paper: Cisco and IBM End-to-End Data Center Solutions
(PDF - 467 KB) - Solution Brief: Virtualized Storage Infrastructure Solution from IBM and Cisco (PDF - 2 MB)
- Cisco MDS 9500 Multilayer Directors for IBM System Storage (At a Glance) (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- Cisco MDS 9000 Family for IBM System Storage (At a Glance) (PDF - 683 KB)
- SAN Express for SMB Solution Brief (PDF - 327 KB)
- IBM MDS Product Matrix Cross-Reference Guide (PDF - 278 KB)
Installation Guide
Warranty Information
For more information, please visit:
- Why Choose Cisco MDS 900 Family
- Cisco Storage Networking
- Cisco Data Center Solutions
- IBM Storage and Data Services
- IBM System Storage Products