Cisco Systems MDS 9200 Series manual Product Overview, C H A P T E R

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Product Overview

The Cisco MDS 9200 Series of multilayer modular fabric switches supports storage area network (SAN) applications. The Cisco MDS 9200 Series switches provide scalability, multitransport capability, security, and manageability to enterprise SANs. The Cisco MDS 9200 Series shares a consistent architecture with the Cisco MDS 9500 Series of multilayer directors, making it an intelligent and flexible fabric switch series. The Cisco MDS 9200 Series includes the Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch, the Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switch, and the Cisco MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric Switch.

The Cisco MDS 9200 Series provides the following features:

•An interface module providing local and remote management interfaces for the supervisor module.

•A spare slot for an optional hot-swappable switching or services module.

•Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies and fan modules.

•Power and cooling management and environmental monitoring.

•Switch module port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable X2 transceivers.

•Switch module port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable small form-factor pluggable (SFP) and Enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers.

•Nondisruptive code load and activation.

•Redundant and self-monitoring system clocks.

The Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch provides an 18-port Fibre Channel switching and 4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP services module, and a modular expansion slot to host Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switching and Services modules.

The Cisco 9216i Switch includes a nonremovable supervisor module with an integrated 14-port Fibre Channel and 2-port Gigabit Ethernet switching module. The integrated supervisor module supports IP services on the 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports. It also provides switching and local and remote management.

The Cisco 9216A Switch includes a nonremovable supervisor module with an integrated 16-port Fibre Channel switching module. The integrated supervisor module provides switching and local and remote management.

The Cisco MDS 9200 Series enhances the Cisco MDS 9216 Switch with a flexible backplane that is designed to meet the requirements of future modules in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, while maintaining backward compatibility with all existing modules. The Cisco MDS 9200 Series is also compatible with all existing Cisco MDS 9216 power supplies and fan trays, and provides a COM1 port interface that is compatible with a standard RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter.

For information on how to configure the Cisco MDS 9200 Series, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.

Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide

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