IBM Cisco MDS 9506 user manual

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Intelligent storage networking for IBM System Storage
infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions
Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System
Storage
High performance and manageability
for SANs
The Cisco MDS 9506 for
IBM System Storage™ supports
1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switch
connectivity and intelligent network
services to help improve the security,
performance and manageability
required to consolidate geographically
dispersed storage devices into a large
The Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM

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Each Supervisor-2 Module provides the Switching modules are hot-swappable The 24-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel necessary crossbar bandwidth to with small form-factor pluggable (SFP) switching module is designed for deliver full system performance in the optic transceivers and support LC inter- high performance storage networking Cisco MDS 9506 director with up to faces. The PortChannel capability applications. Twenty-four autosensing four Fibre Channel switching modules. allows users to aggregate u

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and enterprise-class storage and process restart/failover and redundancy software configurable on a port-by-port servers. Port bandwidth reservation of active hardware components to sup- basis. The IP Storage Services enables 1, 2 or 4 Gbps switching band- port director-class availability. The Module feature provides eight iSCSI width to be flexibly dedicated to ports Supervisor-2 Module has the ability to ports. Multiprotocol Services to meet a wide range of application automatically restart fail

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Additionally, data plane traffic is secured advanced application integration. This switching. When combined with the through VSANs, which are designed to feature helps simplify management of Storage Services Enabler Package, segregate traffic between multiple vir- large enterprise SAN infrastructures. the module is designed to enable inde- tual fabrics within the single physical The package provides Fibre Channel pendent software vendors (ISVs) to fabric infrastructure, and through statistics mo

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Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage at a glance IBM product numbers 2054-E04—Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage includes dual Supervisor-2 cards, dual 1900 W AC power supplies All models include SAN-OS 3.0 firmware with Fabric Manager, VSAN and PortChannel capabilities FC 2208—8 Port IP Services Module (no optics) FC 2210—SAN Extension over IP for 8 Port IP Services Module FC 2214—Multiprotocol Services Module FC 2216—FCIP Activation for Multiprotocol Services Module FC 2400—Storage Service

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Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage at a glance 2 Physical characteristics Dimensions 31.11 cm H x 44.12 cm W x 55.25 cm D (12.25 in x 17.37 in x 21.75 in) Rack height 7U © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 Depth including cable guide 67.9 cm (26.75 in) IBM Systems and Technology Group Weight (fully configured 56 kg (124 lb) 9000 Rita Road Tucson, AZ 85744 chassis) Director is rack mountable in a standard 19-inch EIA rack, meeting Cisco requirements Produced in the United States 3 February 2007 d