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Chapter1 Product Overview
Chassis
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Cisco MDS 9216 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco MDS 9216 Switch, including the
following information:
•Chassis, page 1-2
•Backplane, page 1-3
•Power Supplies, page1-4
•Fan Module, page1-5
•Supervisor Module, page 1-6
•Switching Modules, page 1-10
•IP Storage Services Module, page 1-15
•32 Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module, page 1-18
•Supported SFP Transceivers, page1-21
•Ethernet Ports, page 1-23
Chassis
The Cisco MDS 9216 Switch has a 2-slot chassis that includes a non-removable
supervisor module with an integrated 16-port switching module, and a second slot
for either a 16-port or 32-port switching module or an IPS module (see
Figure 1-1). It supports dual power supplies and a removable fan module.
Slot 1 contains the supervisor module with its integrated 16-port switching
module. The supervisor module provides switching and local and remote
management. Above Slot1 is the interface module, which provides the local and
remote management interfaces for the supervisor module.
Slot 2 is reserved for an additional hot-swappable 16-port or 32-port switching
module or an 8-port IPS module.