Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors

Data Sheets and Product Information

Data Sheets

• Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers Data Sheet 28-Jul-2021
• Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Data Sheet 14-Mar-2017
• Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director Data Sheet 14-Mar-2017
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules Data Sheet 15-Jan-2016
• Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module 13-Mar-2015
• Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Modules 20-May-2011
• Cisco MDS 9000 10-Gbps 8-Port FCoE Module 29-Mar-2011
• Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module 08-Jun-2010
• Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2 Module 07-Jun-2010

End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

• English

  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 4 Gbps Fibre Channel-SW SFP 01-May-2017
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9500 Family Fiber Channel Switching Modules: 8-Gbps Advanced Switching Modules, SSN-16 Module, Supervisor-2A, Fabric 3 21-Feb-2017
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director 30-Oct-2015
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director 30-Oct-2015
  • EoS/EoL Cisco MDS 9500 Series Power Supplies 16-Dec-2005
  • EOS and EOL Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9500 Series 2500W AC Power Supply 29-Mar-2007
  • End-of-Life Announcement For Cisco iSCSI Drivers 17-Oct-2005
  • EOS & EOL for the Cisco MDS 9000 Port Analyzer Adapter, Base 08-Mar-2005
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director 31-Oct-2013
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco MDS 9509 Power Supply 23-Oct-2014

• French - Canadian

  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco MDS 4 Gbps Fibre Channel-SW SFP 28-Apr-2017
  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie des modules de commutation Fiber Channel Cisco MDS de gamme 9500: modules de commutation avancés 8-Gbps, module SSN-16, superviseur-2A, trame 3 20-Feb-2017
  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director 30-Oct-2015
  • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director 30-Oct-2015
• EOS/EOL for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Advanced Services Module 13-Mar-2015
• EoS/EoL for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-port IP Storage Services Module 13-Mar-2015

Security Notices

Field Notices

• Applicable to Multiple Models

  • Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
  • Field Notice: FN - 64211 - MDS9K - Traffic Interruption Due To Fibre Channel Interface Link Up/Down Events - Software Upgrade Recommended 11-Oct-2017

• Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director

  • Field Notice: FN - 72237 - Cisco MDS Fabric Switch – Some Hosts Might Lose Connectivity After a Switch Software Update - Workaround Provided 04-Oct-2021
  • Field Notice: FN - 63132 - MDS9000 - Potential DIMM Memory issue in small number of DS-X9530-SF2-K9 supervisor cards manufactured between September 2007 and February 2008. - Replace on Failure 22-Jan-2019

• Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director

  • Field Notice: FN - 63171 - Deferral of NX-OS 4.1.1a Due to Risk of Configuration Loss When Using Fabric Manager (FM) 15-Oct-2008

• Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director

  • Field Notice: FN - 63171 - Deferral of NX-OS 4.1.1a Due to Risk of Configuration Loss When Using Fabric Manager (FM) 15-Oct-2008
• Field Notice: FN - 63157 - In Rare Situations Repeated show tech Commands May Cause an MDS Supervisor to Reboot When Running San OS 3.0(x) to 3.1(x) 09-Sep-2008

Install and Upgrade

Install and Upgrade Guides

• Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director

  • Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide 08-Nov-2018

Configuration

Configuration Examples and TechNotes

• Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director

  • Tech Note on FC Port Down due to "Error disabled - bit error rate too high" 11-Dec-2018
• MDS 9000 Chassis Backup, Restoration, and Replacement Configuration Example 05-Nov-2015
• F-port-channel-trunk from MDS 9148 (NPV) to MDS 9509 (NPIV) Configuration Example 05-Sep-2014

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting TechNotes

• Applicable to Multiple Models

  • MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel Port Link Event "LR Rcvd B2B" Troubleshoot 27-Sep-2013
• Generation 4 (gen4) Linecard Slow Drain Counters and Commands Troubleshooting (MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors) 17-Jul-2013

Literature

Case Studies

• Financial

  • AmWINS Group Improves Scalability and Enhances Services 25-Feb-2014
  • Banco Azteca Spearheads Desktop Virtualizatoin With VCE Professional Services 28-Feb-2014
  • Seven Corners Meets Travelers Needs with Private Cloud (Case Study) 17-Apr-2012
  • Spanish Global Bank Manages Rapid Storage Growth with Cisco Services (Case Study) 11-Dec-2013

• Manufacturing

  • EDIF Reduces Data Center Costs by 75 Percent 10-Aug-2021

• Service Provider

  • HireRight Scales to Meet Real-Time Demand 03-Mar-2014

• Technology

  • KORE Telematics Provider Virtualizes with Unified Data Center Solutions 24-Feb-2014
  • NTT DATA uses Cisco UCS to Achieve an Eco-friendly IT Platform 04-Mar-2014
  • NTT Data Virtualizes In-House IT System and Reduces TCO (Case Study) 03-Mar-2014

White Papers

• High-Availability Storage Networks with Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors 30-Apr-2021
• Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel Link Encryption White Paper 12-Mar-2020
• Cisco MDS 9000 10-Gbps 8-Port FCoE Module 20-May-2011 (PDF - 216 KB)