Cisco Systems MDS 9200 Series manual Integrated Supervisor Modules

Chapter 1 Product Overview

Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM Blade Center

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The Cisco MDS 9200 Series supports the following additional modules:

•The nonremovable interface module (located above the integrated supervisor module), provides the console port (COM1 port) and the MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port for the integrated supervisor module. See the “Interface Modules” section on page 1-10.

•An optional module in the open slot (slot 2).

•Two power supplies that are redundant by default and can be configured to be combined if desired.

•A hot-swappable fan module with four fans provides redundancy. See the “Fan Module” section on page 1-36.

Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM Blade Center

The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter is designed for IBM BladeCenter environments. The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch is based on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN switching technology, which integrates the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches and directors into a blade-switch architecture. The advanced architecture of the Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter, along with 4-GB technology, provides outstanding performance between Bladeswitches and the rest of the Fibre Channel infrastructure.

The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter provides 4-GB Fibre Channel performance to blade-server switching. It also provides network intelligence features such as virtual SANs (VSANs), quality of service (QoS), and N-port interface virtualization (NPIV). It also offers nondisruptive software upgrades and on-demand port activation and is the most complete embedded Fibre Channel switching available for the IBM BladeCenter, BladeCenter-T, and BladeCenter-H platforms.

The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter provides up to 20 nonblocking 1-, 2-, and 4-GB Fibre Channel ports that are available in two configurations: 7 internal ports and 3 external ports, or 14 internal ports and 6 external ports. Each port provides line-rate performance up to 4-GB without any performance loss for integrated features such as VSANs, QoS, or Network Address Translation (NAT). The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter supports up to 16 VSANs per blade switch.

Each external port on the Cisco MDS FC Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter also provides line-rate performance up to 4-GB for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) or additional device connectivity such as storage or host bus adapters (HBAs).

The Cisco NX-OS software provides role-based access control (RBAC) for management access of the Cisco Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter command-line interface (CLI) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). For more information, see the Cisco 9000 Family Command Reference.

Integrated Supervisor Modules

The Cisco MDS 9200 Series switches have nonremovable integrated supervisor modules in each chassis. These modules include the following:

•Cisco MDS 9222i Integrated Supervisor Module, page 1-6

•Cisco MDS 9216i Integrated Supervisor Module, page 1-6

•Cisco MDS 9216A Integrated Supervisor Module, page 1-7

Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide

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