Network Device Installation Guide

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Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Port Index Availability
Using any combination of modules that include a Generation 1 module and a Supervisor-2 module limits
the port index availability to 252 on all Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors. But the Generation 1 modules
can use any contiguous block of port indexes in the range 0–252 (See
Table 1-9).
Using any combination of only Generation 2 with a Supervisor-2 module allows a maximum of 528 (with
an architectural limit of 1020) port indexes on all Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors. Generation 2
modules do not need contiguous port indexes. Generation 2 modules will use the available ports in the
slot that it is installed and then borrow available ports from the supervisors, and then restart at slot 1 of
the chassis until it has the number of port indexes necessary.
Table 1-12 shows a valid sample configuration for maximum capacity within the port index limits. The
table only lists Generation 2 modules in a Cisco MDS 9513 Director.
Ta b l e 1-11 Maximum Chassis Configuration on a Cisco MDS 9509 Director (Exceeded)
Slot No. Modules in Cisco MDS 9509 Director Generation
Physical
Ports
Port
Indexes
1 18-port Fibre Channel and 4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP
Multiservice module (MSM-18/4)
2 22 34
2 14-port Fibre Channel/2-port Gigabit Ethernet
Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module
1 16 22
3 8-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage Services module 1 8 32
4 4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage Services module 1 4 16
5 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
6 Supervisor-1 1
7 Supervisor-1 1
8 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
9 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
10 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
Total s 240 296
Ta b l e 1-12 Maximum Chassis Configuration on a Cisco MDS 9513 Director (Valid)
Slot No. Modules in Cisco MDS 9513 Director Generation
Physical
Ports
Port
Indexes
1 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
2 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
3 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
4 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
5 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
6 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
7 Supervisor-2 2
8 Supervisor-2 2
9 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48
10 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module 2 48 48