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1Overview

Cisco MDS 9148 Switch

The Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch has 48 Fibre Channel ports with speeds of 8, 4, 2, and 1 Gbps. The Cisco MDS 9148 Switch is a top-of-rack (TOR) Fibre Channel switch based on System-on-a-Chip (SOC) technology, which is a Cisco innovation. The Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch has these features:

•16, 32, or 48 default licensed ports and an 8-port on-demand license.

•8-,4-, 2-, 1-Gbps full line rates.

•128 buffers available as a shared pool to each port group: 32 buffers per Fibre Channel (FC) port. A maximum of 125 buffers per port in a port group.

•Fair bandwidth arbiters.

•Device Manager Quick Config Wizard for the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch.

•Redundant power supplies and fans.

•Enterprise class features such as In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU), Virtual SANs (VSANs), security features, and quality of service (QoS).

•Consistency with NX-OS.

The front of the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch contains the LEDs, the console and management ports, and 48 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Ports. See Figure 1.

Figure 1 Front View of the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch

Console

port

LEDs

DS-C9148-16p-K9

STATUS
P/S
FAN
MDS 9148	LINK	ACT
	Multilayer Fabric
		Switch	1	2	3	4
							5	6	7	8
											9	10	11	12
														13	14	15	16
Ethernet																		17	18	19	20
																						21	22
																								23	24				29	30	31	32	33	34
																									25	26	27	28
management					16 default
																																			35	36				41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48
																																				37	38	39	40
port						licensed														32 on-demand

portsports

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The rear of the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch contains the redundant power supplies, the AC power receptacle, and the fans. See Figure 2.

Figure 2 Rear View of the Cisco MDS 9148 Switch

DS -	C48 - 300AC
100 -
4 -	2 A240VAC
50	- 60 Hz
INPUT		OUTPUT
OK		OK
				DS -	C48 - 300AC
Power
				100 -		Hz
				4 -	2 A240VAC
				50	- 60
module		Fan		INPUT		OUTPUT
				OK		OK
			Fan
		module
			module	Power

module

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Note The on-demand ports can be activated in 8-port increments through software licensing.

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