Specifications

Chapter 10 Storage Networking
10-4
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches
• High performance—Cisco MDS 9500 Directors supply 1.44 Terabits/sec of internal
throughput ensuring readiness for future 10 Gbps integration
• Open—Cisco MDS 9500 Series directors and Cisco MDS 9200 Series provide open
platform for network-based storage applications
Specifications
Feature MDS 9509 Director MDS 9506 Director
MDS 9216 Fabric
Switch
MDS 9100 Fabric
Switches
Modular Slots
9 slots: 2 for supervisors, 7
for connectivity
6 slots: 2 for supervisors, 4
for connectivity
2 slots: 1 fixed configuration
16 Fibre Channel ports: 1 slot
for connectivity
fixed configuration, Fibre
Channel ports
Maximum Number of
Ports per Switch
224 Fibre Channel ports 128 Fibre Channel ports 48 Fibre Channel ports MDS 9120/9140: 20 and 40
Fibre Channel ports,
respectively
Multiprotocol/
Multitransport
Yes: Fibre Channel, FCIP,
iSCSI, IP-FC and FICON
Yes: Fibre Channel, FCIP,
iSCSI, IP-FC and FICON
Yes: Fibre Channel, FCIP,
iSCSI, IP-FC and FICON
No: Fibre Channel only
High Availability:
Non-disruptive software
upgrades, stateful failover,
process re-startability,
system health monitoring,
hot swap: optics, power
supplies, fans, supervisors,
switching and services
modules
Same as MDS 9509 Director Stateful failover, process
re-startability, system health
monitoring, hot swap:
optics, power supplies, fans,
switching and services
modules
Stateful failover, process
re-startability, system health
monitoring, hot swap:
optics, power supplies, and
fans
Intelligent Network
Services: VSANs,
PortChannels,
Diagnostics, Security,
Traffic Mgmt, QoS
Yes Yes Yes Ye s
Platform for Hosting
network-based storage
applications
(virtualization, volume
mgmt, data replication)
Yes Yes Yes N o
Embedded Fabric
Management, open API,
integration with
CiscoWorks, third party
SAN and network mgmt
platforms
Yes Yes Yes Ye s
Dimensions (HxWxD)
24.5 x 17.25 x 18.4 in. 12.25 x 17.37 x 21.75 in 5.25 x 17.32 x 22.66 in 1.75 x 17.2 x 23.1 in
Max Buffer Credits per
port
255 per port in the 16 port
line card; 12 per port in the
32 port line card
Same as MDS 9509 Director 255 per port in the 16 port
line card and in the fixed
module; 12 per port in the 32
port line card
255 per port
(target-optimized ports); 12
per port (host-optimized
ports)
Port Channel
Up to 16 ports per Port
Channel across switching
modules
Up to 16 ports per Port
Channel across switching
modules
Up to 16 ports per Port
Channel across switching
modules
Cisco MDS 9120: Up to 7
ports; Cisco MDS 9140: up to
15 ports
Optics Support
Fibre Channel Ethernet and
CWDM
Same as MDS 9509 Director Same as MDS 9509 Director Same as MDS 9509 Director
HW enforced Zoning
Support
N_Port WWN, F_Port WWN,
N_Port FCID, Port
Broadcast,
Same as MDS 9509 Director Same as MDS 9509 Director Same as MDS 9509 Director
Default, LUN, Read Only
Yes Yes Yes Ye s
Security
Role-based access control,
VSAN-based access
control, Port security,
RADIUS, TACACS+,
SNMPv3, FC-SP, SSH, SSL,
SFTP and IPsec
Same as MDS 9509 Director Same as MDS 9509 Director Role-based access control,
VSAN-based access
control, Port security,
RADIUS, TACACS+,
SNMPv3, FC-SP, SSH, SSL,
and SFTP