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Chapter 3 Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces

Information About Fibre Channel Interfaces

Table 3-1 Fibre Channel Modules and Fabric Switches (continued)

Part Number	Product Name and Description
DS-X9112	12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module.
DS-X9704	4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module.
DS-X9530-SF2-K9	Supervisor-2 module for Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches.
Generation 2 Fabric Switches
DS-C9134-K9	Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric switch.
	32-port 4-Gbps Fabric switch with 2 additional 10-Gbps ports.
DS-C9124-K9	Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric switch.
	24-port 4-Gbps Fabric switch.
DS-C9222i-K9	Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular switch.
	18-port 4-Gbps switch with 4-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, and a
	modular expansion slot to host Cisco MDS 9000 Family switching and services
	modules.

Note Generation 2 Fibre Channel switching modules are not supported on the Cisco MDS 9216 switch; however, they are supported by both the Supervisor-1 module and the Supervisor-2 module.

For detailed information about the installation and specifications for these modules and switches, refer to the hardware installation guide for your switch.

Port Groups

Each module or switch can have one or more ports in port groups that share common resources such as bandwidth and buffer credits. Port groups are defined by the hardware consisting of sequential ports. For example, ports 1 through 6, ports 7 through 12, ports 13 through 18, ports 19 through 24, ports 25 through 30, 31 through 36, and ports 37 through 42, 43 through 48 are the port groups on the 48-port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel switching modules.

Table 3-2shows the bandwidth and number of ports per port group for the Generation 2, Generation 3, and Generation 4 Fibre Channel modules, and Generation 2 and Generation 3 Fabric switches.

Table 3-2 Bandwidth and Port Groups for the Fibre Channel Modules and Fabric Switches

				Bandwidth Per	Maximum
		Product Name/	Number of Ports	Port Group	Bandwidth Per Port
	Part Number	Description	Per Port Group	(Gbps)	(Gbps)
	Generation 4 Modules
	DS-X9248-256K9	48-port 8-Gbps	6	32.41 or 12.82	8 or 10
		Advanced Fibre			Gbps—depending
		Channel switching			on the
		module.			configuration
		Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
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