Cisco Systems QuickSpecs, Cisco MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric Switch, Technical Specifications

QuickSpecs

Cisco MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric Switch

Technical Specifications

Buffer credits:

Up to 255 per port

Ports per chassis:

	16 to 64, 10/4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, up to eight 1-Gbps Ethernet ports
	Ports per rack:
	Up to 896
	PortChannel:
	Up to sixteen ports
Cards, ports, slots	Base:	16 fixed auto-sensing 2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel ports
	Expansion:	1 empty expansion slot
Network Management	Access methods
	Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet port
	RS-232 serial console port
	In-band IP-over-Fibre Channel
	DB-9 COM port
	Access protocols
	CLI-via console and Ethernet ports
	SNMPv3-via Ethernet port and in-band IP-over-Fibre Channel access
	Distributed Device Alias service
	Network security
	Per-VSAN role-based access control using RADIUS and TACACS+ based authentication,
	authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
	SFTP
	SSH v2 implementing AES
	SNMPv3 implementing AES
	Management applications
	Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
	Cisco Fabric Manager
	Cisco Device Manager
	CiscoWorks 2000 Resource Manager Essentials
Reliability and Availability	Hot-swappable, 1+1 redundant power supplies
	Hot-swappable fan tray with integrated temperature and power management
	Hot-swappable SFP optics
	Hot-swappable switching module
	Stateful process restart
	Any module, any port configuration for PortChannels
	Fabric-based multipathing
	Per-VSAN fabric services
	Passive backplane
	Online diagnostics
Programming Interfaces	Scriptable CLI
	Fabric Manager GUI
	Device Manager GUI
Approvals and	Safety compliance
Compliance	CE Marking
	UL 60950
	CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950
	EN 60950
	IEC 60950
	TS 001
	AS/NZS 3260

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