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Manager Server) extends the standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition software by providing server
federation, historical performance monitoring for network traffic hotspot analysis, centralized management
services, and advanced application integration. All standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition features
and functions are fully integrated with the optional Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition capabilities.
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs): The Cisco MDS 9148 provides an extensive set of APIs for
integration with third-party and user-developed management tools. The APIs are based on industry-standard
protocols, including SNMP and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management
Initiative Specification (SMI-S).
Advanced Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools
Management of storage networks requires proactive diagnostics, tools to verify connectivity and route latency, and
mechanisms for capturing and analyzing traffic. The Cisco MDS 9148 integrates the industry’s most advanced
analysis and debugging tools. Power-on self-test (POST) and online diagnostics provide proactive health monitoring.
The Cisco MDS 9148 provides the integrated hardware functions required to implement diagnostic capabilities such
as Fibre Channel traceroute to detail the exact path and timing of flows, and SPAN to intelligently capture network
traffic. After traffic has been captured, it can be analyzed with the Cisco Fabric Analyzer, an embedded Fibre
Channel analyzer. With the Cisco MDS 9148, Cisco delivers a comprehensive tool set for troubleshooting and
analysis of an organization’s storage network.
Product Specifications
Table 1 lists the standard feature product specifications for the Cisco MDS 9148.
Table 1. Product Specifications
Item Specification
Minimum software requirements ● Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.0(1) supporting Cisco MDS 9148 and Cisco Fabric Manager
● Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 5.2(1) supporting Cisco DCNM for SAN
● Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 5.2(x) supporting Zero-Touch Installation (“x” TBD)
Performance and port configuration ● Port speed: 8-, 4-, 2-, and 1-Gbps autosensing with 8 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per port
● Buffer credits: Up to 128 for a group of 4 ports, with a default of 32 buffer credits per port and a maximum
of 125 buffer credits for a single port in the group
● Ports per chassis: Up to 48 8-Gbps ports
Base configuration with 16 ports; additional configurations for 32 and 48 ports available
Upgrade ports in 8-port increments from any configuration with the port activation license
● PortChannel: Up to 16 ports in a PortChannel with automatic load balancing
Security ● VSAN fabric isolation
● Intelligent packet inspection @ port level
● Hardware zoning by access control lists (ACLs)
● Logical-unit-number (LUN) zoning and read-only zones
● Extended broadcast zoning
● FC-SP switch-to-switch authentication
● FC-SP host-to-switch authentication
● RBAC using RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
● Management access
● Secure FTP (SFTP)
● Secure Shell Version 2 (SSHv2)
● Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES)
● Control-plane security
Virtual Computing Environment
(VCE) coalition
Cisco MDS 9148 is supported as a VCE coalition option for Vblock1
®
and Vblock2
®
.