Cisco MDS 9124
Fabric Switch

The Cisco MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch is designed for building mission-critical enterprise storage area networks (SANs) where scalability, multilayer capability, resiliency, robust security, and ease-of-management are imperative. The Cisco MDS 9216 offers the following key features: Compelling Economics-A modular design provides a 3 rack unit (RU) base system consisting of sixteen 2-Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) ports and can be expanded with a variety of optional switching modules to up to 48 total Fibre Channel ports.

Cost-Effective Design-The Cisco MDS 9216 offers advanced management tools for overall lower total cost of ownership (TCO). It introduces virtual SAN (VSAN) technology for hardware-enforced isolated environments within a single physical fabric for secure sharing of physical infrastructure, further decreasing TCO. The Cisco MDS 9124 24-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch features 24 ports that are capable of speeds of 4, 2, and 1 Gbps. It also offers outstanding value by providing a flexible, highly available, and secure solution that is both affordable and easy to use, all in a compact one rack-unit (1-RU) form factor.

Cisco MDS 9216
Fabric Switch

Industry's Highest-Performance Inter-Switch Links (ISLs)-Supports up to sixteen 2-Gbps Fibre Channel links in a single PortChannel. Links may span any port on any module within a chassis for added scalability and resilience.

Intelligent Network Services-Uses VSAN technology for hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric; access control lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing; and 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. Comprehensive Network Security Framework-Supports RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH), and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN role-based access control.

Cisco MDS 9506
Fabric Switch

The Cisco® MDS 9509 Multilayer Director, supporting up to 192 Fibre Channel ports in a single chassis, up to 1152 Fibre Channel ports in a single rack, the Cisco MDS 9506 is designed to meet the requirements of large data center storage environments. Compact design: The Cisco MDS 9506 provides high port density in a small footprint, saving valuable data center floor space. The seven-rack-unit chassis allows up to six Cisco MDS 9506 multilayer directors in a standard rack, maximizing the number of available Fibre Channel ports.

1/2/4-Gbps and 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching with full bandwidth redundancy: Delivers highest available Fibre Channel performance with fully redundant bandwidth. Each crossbar integrated in the supervisor module offers full system bandwidth such that the loss or removal of a single supervisor module does not affect system performance. Ensures 100 percent system throughput even in the event of a crossbar failure. TCO driven design: The Cisco MDS 9506 offers advanced management tools for overall lowest TCO. It includes VSAN technology for hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric for secure sharing of physical infrastructure, further decreasing TCO.

Cisco MDS 9509
Fabric Switch

The Cisco MDS 9509 offers the following benefits:
Scalability and Availability:The Cisco MDS 9509 combines nondisruptive software upgrades, stateful process restart/failover, and full redundancy of all major components for best-in-class availability. Supporting up to 336 Fibre Channel ports in a single chassis, up to 1008 Fibre Channel ports in a single rack, and 1.4 Tbps of internal system bandwidth, the Cisco MDS 9509 is designed to meet the requirements of large data center storage environments.

1/2/4-Gbps and 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching with full bandwidth redundancy: Delivers highest available Fibre Channel performance with fully redundant bandwidth. Each crossbar integrated in the supervisor module offers full system bandwidth such that the loss or removal of a single supervisor module does not affect system performance. Ensures 100 percent system throughput even in the event of a crossbar failure.