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Cisco MDS 9216 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Product Overview
Backplane
Figure1-1 Cisco MDS 9216 Chassis
BackplaneThe Cisco MDS 9216 backplane provides connectivity for the following modules,
which plug directly into the backplane:
•One supervisor module with an integrated 16-port switching module.
•One interface module that provides a Console port, COM1 port, and a MGMT
10/100 Ethernet port for the supervisor module.
1Supervisor module with integrated
16-port switching module 3Fan module
2Switching module or services
module (such as IPS) 4Interface module
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