Specifications

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Storage Networking at a Glance
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Storage Networking
Storage Networking at a Glance
Product Features Page
Cisco SN 5400 Series
Storage Router
Enables access to Fibre Channel attached storage systems anywhere on an IP network
through Small Computer Systems Interface over IP (iSCSI); the first storage implementation
based on IP standards.
• Provides a full function Fibre Channel switch for small / medium businesses and enterprise
workgroup storage area networks (SAN).
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Multilayer Directors and
Fabric Switches
• Industry-leading port densities across the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
• Intelligent network services including VSANs, Port, Channels, embedded diagnostics and
advanced security
• Embedded Fabric Manager, open API and integration with CiscoWorks RME and other third
party SAN management platforms
• Multiprotocol support including Fibre Channel, FICON, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and
iSCSI. (Cisco MDS 9500 Series and Cisco MDS 9200 Series)
• Open platform for hosting third party storage applications (Cisco MDS 9500 Series and Cisco
MDS 9200 Series)
• High availability directors with non-disruptive software upgrades, stateful processor
restart/failover and redundancy of all major components
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Additional Storage
Networking Solutions
• Cisco MDS 9000 Port Analyzer Adapter encapsulates Fibre Channel frames into Ethernet
packets for low cost Ethernet based storage/SCSI protocol analysis
• Cisco Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) Extended Distance Solution offers Small
Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics in 8 different wavelengths, enabling 2/1 Gbps Fibre
Channel and 1 Gbps Ethernet ports to be directly connected to passive add/drop CWDM
multiplexers.
• Cisco 7200 FCIP Port Adapter for long distance SAN connectivity over an IP network
infrastructure
• Cisco ONS 15530/15540/15454 are Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) platforms
that provide transport across dark fibre for business continuance applications
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