HP Cisco MDS 9124 Cisco MDS 9100 Series Hardware Installation Guide (OL-17951- - Page 15
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Send documentation comments to [email protected] 1 C H A P T E R Product Overview The Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches provide an intelligent, cost-effective, and small-profile switching platform for small- and medium-sized storage environments. The Cisco MDS 9100 Series also provides full-feature capability with the Cisco MDS 9500 Series multilayer directors for a transparent, end-to-end service delivery in large data-center core-edge deployments. The Cisco MDS 9100 Series includes four fixed configuration fabric switches: • The Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a 32-port 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps autosensing Fibre Channel and 2-port 10-Gbps switch. • The Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a 24-port, 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps autosensing Fibre Channel port switch. • The Cisco MDS 9140 is a 40-port Fibre Channel switch. • The Cisco MDS 9120 is a 20-port Fibre Channel switch. Note The Cisco MDS 9120 and the Cisco MDS 9140 Fibre Channel switches are not supported on NX-OS Release 4.1(1b). The Cisco MDS 9100 Series is packaged in compact 1-RU enclosures with redundant hot-swappable power supplies. The Cisco MDS 9140 Switch and the Cisco MDS 9120 Switch also include two hot-swappable fan modules. Management access is provided through 10/100 Ethernet and serial console interfaces. The Cisco MDS 9100 Series provides the following features: • High port density at 40, 32, 24, or 20 ports per 1 RU. • Port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers. • Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies for high availability. • Hot-swappable fan modules in the Cisco MDS 9140 Switch, Cisco MDS 9134 Switch, and the Cisco MDS 9120 Switch. • Front to back airflow. • Cisco MDS SAN-OS multilayer intelligent software. • Full compatibility with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. OL-17951-02 Cisco MDS 9100 Series Hardware Installation Guide 1-1