Cisco Systems 9216 manual IP Storage Services Module

Chapter 1 Product Overview

IP Storage Services Module

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•ST—A SPAN tunnel port (ST port) serves as an entry point port in the source switch for a Fibre Channel tunnel. ST ports are specific to remote SPAN (RSPAN) ports and cannot be used for normal Fibre Channel traffic.

•TE—A trunking E port (TE port) connects a switch to multiple VSANs.

•TL—A translative loop port (TL port) connects a switch to a private loop.

For more information about supported port types, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.

IP Storage Services Module

The IP Storage Services module (IPS module) provides eight ports of iSCSI and/or FCIP over Gigabit Ethernet, and supports the intelligent features available on other modules, including VSANs, security, and traffic management.

The IPS module ports can be configured to support iSCSI protocol, FCIP protocol, or both protocols simultaneously. For information about configuring the ports, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.

The port interfaces support hot-swappable Gigabit Ethernet SFP transceivers (SWL or LWL) and CWDM SFP transceivers (EWL or CWDM). For more information about SFP transceivers, see Supported SFP Transceivers, page 1-21.

Note The IPS module is supported for switches running Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.1(1a) or later.

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