IBM MDS 9509 manual Highlights, Improved internal bandwidth for higher Scalability

Intelligent storage networking for IBM System Storage IT simplification and business continuity solutions

Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage

The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage offers 1, 2, 4, 8 and 10 Gbps link speeds with up to

336 Fibre Channel ports in a 14U enclosure

Highlights

High performance and manageability

for SANs

The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM® System Storage™ provides 1, 2, 4,

8 and 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch connectivity and intelligent network services to help improve the security, performance and manageability required to consolidate geographically dispersed storage devices into a large enterprise SAN.

Improved internal bandwidth for higher

scalability

The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage utilizes two Supervisor-2 modules to support high availability

■Provides Fibre Channel throughput of up to 8 gigabits per second (Gbps) per port and up to 64 Gbps with each PortChannel Inter-Switch Link connection

■Offers scalability from 12 to 336 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports

■Offers 10-Gbps ISL ports for inter-data center links over metro optical networks

■High-availability design with support for non-disruptive firmware upgrades

■Includes Virtual SAN (VSAN) capability for SAN consolidation into virtual SAN islands on a single physical fabric

■Enterprise, SAN Extension over IP, Mainframe and Storage Services Enabler and Fabric Manager Server packages pro- vide added function and value

and performance. The Supervisor-2 Module combines an intelligent control module and a high-performance cross- bar switch fabric in a single unit. It uses Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) multipath routing, which supports load balancing across a maximum of

16 equal-cost paths that dynamically reroute traffic if a switch fails.

■Offers Gigabit Ethernet IP (GbE) ports for iSCSI or FCIP connec- tivity over global networks