Cisco Systems MDS 9500 Series manual Cisco MDS 9000 Family 32-Port 2-Gbps Switching Module

Chapter 1 Product Overview

Switching Modules

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Tip For a full 2-Gbps bandwidth between two hosts, connect one host to the first port group and the second host to the second port group.

Figure 1-25 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 32-Port 2-Gbps Switching Module

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16-Port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module

The 16-port 2-Gbps switching module supports a sustained data rate of up to 2-Gbps in each direction, on all ports simultaneously. The autosensing 2-Gbps ports of the 16-port Fibre Channel switching module deliver up to 64-Gbps of continuous, aggregate bandwidth when attached to high-performance servers and storage subsystems. Figure 1-26shows a 16-port 2-Gbps switching module.

Figure 1-26 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 16-Port 2-Gbps Switching Module

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