Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide

Numerics

12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules

description 35

figure 35

14/2-port Multiprotocol Services module. See MPS-14/2

16-Port Storage Services Module 41

16-port switching modules

description 38

figure 38

LEDs (table) 37, 40

18/4-Port Multiservice Module 43

24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules

description 35

figure 35

24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules

description 33

figure 33

32-port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module. See ASM

32-port Fibre Channel Storage Services Module. See SSM

32-port switching modules

description 37

figure 38

LEDs (table) 37, 40

4/44-port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel switching modules

description 33

figure 33

48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules

connectors 33, 34

description 34

figure 33, 34

LEDs (figure) 34

48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules

description 33

figure 33

4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules

description 36

figure 36

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Cisco MDS 16-Port Storage Services Node (SSN-16) 41

A

AC power

installing (MDS 9509 Director) 57

providing (MDS 9506 Director) 30, 32

providing (MDS 9509 Director) 30, 32

providing (MDS 9513 Director) 29

removing (MDS 9509 Director) 56

removing (MDS 9513 Director) 52

airflow specifications 4

ASM

description 50

figure 50

LEDs (table) 51

audience

description xvii

B

backplane

description 8

batteries on CSM 50

binary images

downloading 50, 52

Bladeswitch 9

C

cabinet installation guidelines 2

cabinets

perforated, requirements 3

requirements 1

See also racks

solid wall requirements 4

space requirements 2

cabling

COM1 port 3

console port 2

MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port 6

MGMT 10/100/1000 Ethernet port 4

requirements 2

SFP transceivers 14, 15

Caching Services Module. See CSM

chassis

grounding 23

installing guidelines 3

unpacking 5

chassis (MDS 9506 Director)

description 7

features 7

figure 7

grounding (figure) 27

installing in a rack (procedure) 15

preinstallation 2

serial number location 3

chassis (MDS 9509 Director)

description 6

features 6

figure 6

grounding 26

installing in a rack (procedure) 11

power supplies 11

preinstallation 2

serial number location 2

chassis (MDS 9513 Director)

description 3

features 3

figure 4, 5

installing in a rack (procedure) 7

power supplies 10, 7, 28

preinstallation 2

serial number location 2

Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors

description 1

Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 9

clock modules

description 8, 76

installing (MDS 9506 Director) 86

installing (MDS 9509 Director) 83

installing (MDS 9513 Director) 79

installing in MDS 9506 Director (procedure) 86

installing in MDS 9509 Director (procedure) 79, 83

removing (MDS 9506 Director) 84

removing (MDS 9509 Director) 80

removing (MDS 9513 Director) 76, 77

removing from MDS 9506 Director (procedure) 83

removing from MDS 9509 Director (procedure) 77, 80

COM1 port

cabling 3

connecting 4

pinouts (table) 3

support 4

support (note) 4

CompactFlash cards

installing 76

LED on supervisor module 23

removing 75

Supervisor-1 modules 22

Supervisor-2 modules 19

Supervisor-2 modules, LEDs 19

connecting

COM1 port 4

console port 2

Fibre Channel ports 9

MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port 7

MGMT 10/100/1000 6

console port

cabling 2

connecting 2

pinouts 2

contact and site information 6

crossbar fan modules

description 16

crossbar modules

Cisco MDS 9513 support 25

description 25

installing 48

location 25

removing 47, 5

supervisor association 25

crossbar switching fabric

description 22

dual fabric configurations 17, 22

mesh design 17

Supervisor-2 modules 17

CSM

batteries 50

description 54

installing 45

internal (figure) 55

LEDs (table) 56

maintaining 50

powering off 44

removing 44

requirement (note) 44

CUP 43

customer service, contacting 1

CWDM transceivers

description 58

SFP transceiver specifications 30

D

DC power

installing (MDS 9509 Director) 62

providing (MDS 9506 Director) 34

providing (MDS 9509 Director) 33

removing (MDS 9509 Director) 61

downloading software images

ASM-SFN image 50

SSM image 52

DWDM transceivers

description 59, 35

E

electrostatic discharge (ESD) 19

environmental specifications 1

Ethernet port

MGMT 10/100 7

MGMT 10/100/1000 6

F

fan modules

crossbar fan modules, description 16

description 16

failure (caution) 16

LEDs 16

removing and installing 68

Fiber Connectivity 43

fiber optic cables, maintaining 16

Fibre Channel ports

connecting 9

connecting with LC-type cables (figure) 15

Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet SFP transceivers 58

G

Genaration 3 Modules

Installing the MDS 9000 4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Module 3

Generation 1 modules

services modules 41

switching modules 32

Generation 2 modules

switching modules 32

Generation 3 modules

switching modules 32

Gigabit Ethernet/Fibre Channel SFP transceiver specifications 28

grounding

attaching the ESD wrist strap 19

best practices 17

chasis 23

establishing the system ground 22

required tools and equipment 22

H

hardware compatibility matrix (table) 27

heat dissipation

Cisco MDS 9506 Director 16

Cisco MDS 9509 Director 7, 11

high availability

features 1

I

IBM BladeCenter 9

installing

chassis (MDS 9506 Director) 2

chassis (MDS 9509 Director) 2

chassis (MDS 9513 Director) 2

CompactFlash cards 76

crossbar modules 48

EIA shelf brackets 6

equipment required 5

guidelines 3

power supplies (Cisco MDS 9513 Director 54

power supplies (MDS 9509 Director) 57, 62

rack mount brackets 11

rack-mounting guidelines 7

services modules 38

SFP transceiver cables 15

SFP transceivers (note) 13

shelf brackets 12

supervisor modules 38, 40

switching modules 38

Telco shelf brackets 6

X2 transceivers 11

installing SFP transceivers 14

IP Storage Services module. See IPS modules

IPS modules

IPS-4 modules (figure) 49

IPS-4 modules, description 48

IPS-8 modules, description 48

IPS-8 modules, figure 48

LEDs (table) 49

IPv6 43

L

LC-type cables

connecting to Fibre Channel ports 15

figure 15

LEDs

ASM (table) 51

clock modules 8, 16

CSM (table) 56

fan modules 16

IPS modules (table) 49

MDS 9513 Director power supplies (table) 11

MPS-14/2 (table) 44, 47

Supervisor-2 modules (table) 20

switching modules (table) 37, 40

M

maintaining

CSM 50

CSM disk drives 51

fiber optic cables 16

SFP transceivers 16

maintenance records 1

MDS 9506 Director

description 7

grounding location (figure) 27

heat dissipation 16

installing clock modules (procedure) 86

installing in a rack(procedure) 15

power supply LEDs (table) 8, 15

removing clock modules (procedure) 83

MDS 9509 Director

description 6

figure 6

grounding location (figure) 26

heat dissipation 7, 11

installing clock modules (procedure) 79, 83

installing in a rack (procedure) 11

power supply LEDs (table) 8, 15

removing clock modules (procedure) 77, 80

MDS 9513 Director

installing in a rack (procedure) 7

MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port

cabling 6

connecting 7

pinouts 6

MGMT 10/100/1000 Ethernet port

cabling 4

pinouts 4

MGMT 10/100/1000 port

connecting 6

Migration Procedures

Generation 3 modules 3

Installing MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Installing MDS 9000 24-port or 48-port 8-Gbps Modules 9

Installing MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Running Cisco SAN-OS 3.x 5

Installing the MDS 9000 4/44-Port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Module 3

Installing the MDS 9513 Fabric 2 Modules and Activating Higher Bandwidth by Reloading the Switch 10

Migration Procedure for the MDS 9509 Director and MDS 9506 Director 12

modules

chassis compatibility 27

specifications 4

weight 5

MPS-14/2

description

LEDs (table) 44, 47

software release requirements 46, 50

N

NEBS 19

network connections, preparing 2

new and changed information (table) xi

O

open racks, standard (requirements) 5

organization

description xvii

P

PEMs

installing 64

removing 64

physical specifications (table) 2

pinouts

COM 1 port 3

console port 2

MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port 6

MGMT 10/100/1000 Ethernet port 4

plugs supported for power supplies 7

port

MGMT 10/100/1000 6

on supervisor module 22

port indexes

availability 28

description 28

Generation 1 limitations 28

Generation 2 maximum 31

Generation combination (example) 30

Generation combination limitations 30

port interfaces

Supervisor-2 modules 18

power cord, jumper 11

power cords, length 7

power supplies

chassis (MDS 9509 Director) 11

chassis (MDS 9513 Director) 7, 28

circuits 4

description 9

installing (Cisco MDS 9506 Director) 67

installing (Cisco MDS 9513 Director) 54

installing (MDS 9509 Director) 57, 62

LEDs 11

LEDs (table) 11

MDS 9506 Director LEDs (table) 8, 15

MDS 9509 Director LEDs (table) 8, 15

MDS 9513 Director 10

MDS 9513 Director (figure) 10

removing (Cisco MDS 9506 Director) 67

removing (MDS 9509 Director) 56, 61

removing (MDS 9513 Director) 52

starting up the switch 28

supported plugs 7

power supplies (Cisco MDS 9506 Director)

removing and installing PEMs 64

specifications 14

power supplies (Cisco MDS 9509 Director)

specifications 6, 9

power supplies (MDS 9506 Director)

description 15

power supplies (MDS 9509 Director)

description 12

powering up the switch 36

pre-installation

guidelines 2

rack mount brackets 7

R

rack-mount installation options 2

racks

EIA installing 10

open, requirements 5

required equipment 8

requirements 1

See also cabinets.

space requirements 2

Telco installing 9

Telco requirements 6

records

chassis and module information 7

contact and site information 6

site planning and maintenance 1

removing

CompactFlash cards 75

crossbar modules 47, 5

CSM 44

power supplies (MDS 9509 Director) 56, 61

power supplies (MDS 9513 Director) 52

services modules 45

SFP transceiver cables 14

SFP transceivers 12

shelf brackets 12

supervisor modules 39

switching modules 45

X2 transceivers 11

S

SAN extension 43

serial number

location (MDS 9506 Director) 3

location (MDS 9509 Director) 2

location (MDS 9513 Director) figure 2

services modules

ASM 50

CSM 54

description 41

Generation 1 modules 41

installing 38, 45

IPS modules 48

MPS-14/2 module 46

MSM-18/4 module 43

removing 45

specifications 4

SSM 52

SFP and SFP+ transceivers

specifications 22

SFP transceivers

cabling 14, 15

CWDM 58, 30

description 58, 12, 22

DWDM 59, 35

Fibre Channel 58

Fibre Channel specifications 23

Fibre Channel supported 23

Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet 58

Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet supported 28

Gigabit Ethernet 58

installing 14

latches supported 12

removing 12

shelf bracket

Cisco MDS 9500, installation 13

installing Telco/EIA 6

shelf brackets

description 13

site planning preparation checklist 4

specifications

airflow 4

cables 1

environmental 1

heat dissipation for Cisco MDS 9506 Director 16

heat dissipation for Cisco MDS 9509 Director 7, 11

MDS 9513 Director 6

modules 4

physical (MDS 9506 Director) 3

pinouts 1

power, MDS 9506 Director 14

power, MDS 9509 Director 6, 9

SFP and SFP+ transceivers 22

SSM

alarm LEDs 52

description 52

figure 52

LEDs (table) 53

power-on LEDs 52

ready LEDs 52

self-test passed LEDs 52

self-test running LEDs 52

SSN-16 41

supervisor module

port interfaces 22

supervisor modules

description 16

installing 38, 40

removing 39

specifications 4

Supervisor-1 modules

CompactFlash cards 22

control and management 21

Ethernet port 7

features 21

figure 21

LEDs 23

LEDs (figure) 23

LEDs (table) 23

memory options 22

nondisruptive restart 21

processor 22

redundant central arbiter 21

support (note) 21

warm switchover 22

Supervisor-2

Ethernet port 6

Supervisor-2 modules

CompactFlash cards 19

CompactFlash cards LEDs 19

control and management 18

description 17

features 17

figure 17

integrated crossbar switching fabric 17

LEDs 19

LEDs (figure) 19

LEDs (table) 20

LEDs description 19

memory options 18

nondisruptive restart 18

port interfaces 18

processor 18

redundant central arbiter 18

warm switchover 18

switching modules

12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules 35

16-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel (figure) 38

24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules 35

24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules 33

32-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel (figure) 37

4/44-port 4-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel switching modules 33

48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules 34

48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules 33

4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules 36

description 32

downloading binary image 50, 52

features 39

Generation 1 modules 32

Generation 2 modules 32

Generation 3 modules 32

installing 38, 45

LEDs (table) 37, 40

removing 45

specifications 4

system grounding 17

T

Telco racks (requirements) 6

transceivers

description 57

supported SFP transceivers 57

supported X2 transceiver 57

troubleshooting

contacting customer service 1

W

weight of modules 5

X

X2 transceivers

description 57, 19

installing 11

removing 11

supported (table) 20