Cisco Systems MDS 9216A manual Key Features and Benefits, QuickSpecs, Overview

QuickSpecs

Cisco MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric Switch

Overview

Key Features and Benefits

Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for SAN Infrastructure

Enables storage consolidation, simplified management of SAN environment

Integrates Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCIP in one system

High Port Density

16 to 64 Fibre Channel ports (auto-sensing 4/2/1 Gb) in single chassis

Up to 8 1 Gb Ethernet ports in a single switch (configurable for iSCSI or FCIP)

Up to 4, 10Gb Fibre Channel ports for ISL connections between switches

Scalable

Supports throughput up to 16 ports in a single PortChannel ISL

1 extension slot for MDS 9000 Storage Networking Modules

Highly Available

Redundant power supplies and fans for high availability - Hot-swappable SFP optical interface modules, fan modules, and power modules

Hardware Assisted Encryption Security:

On-board crypto processing engine supports secure IEEE standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit algorithms to encrypt data transported over IP networks or to be stored on tape.

IPsec for Encrypted Data in Transit over IP networks

Storage Media Encryption of Data at Rest on tape - FIPS 140-2, level 2 certifications. Intelligent network services:

Uses virtual SAN (VSAN) technology for hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric.

Access control lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing.

Advanced traffic-management features such as Fibre Channel Congestion Control (FCC) and fabric-wide quality of service (QoS) to facilitate migration from SAN islands to enterprise-wide storage networks.

Sophisticated diagnostics:

Provides intelligent diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network-analysis tools as well as integrated Call Home capability for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.

Interoperable

Broad range of HP servers and operating systems

Disk and tape storage devices

Open platform for hosting 3rd party storage applications, such as virtualization Integrated Management

Embedded Fabric Manager

Optional Fabric Manager Server

Integration with CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME)

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