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Systems Architecture
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Port speeds
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1, 2 Gb/sec auto-sensing, optionally configurable
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Buffer credits
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Up to 3500 per port
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Ports per chassis
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14 to 62 Fibre Channel ports, up to 10 1 Gb/sec Ethernet ports
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Ports per rack
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Up to 896
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PortChannel
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Up to 16 physical links
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Cards, ports and slots
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- Base: 14 fixed autosensing 1, 2 Gb/sec Fibre Channel ports and 2 fixed 1 Gb/sec Ethernet ports
- Expansion: 1 empty expansion slot
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Fabric services
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- Name server
- Internet Storage Name Server (iSNS)
- Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
- Login services
- Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)
- Private loop
- Public loop
- Broadcast
- In-order delivery
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FICON
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- FC-SB-3 compliant
- Cascaded FICON fabrics
- Intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel FCP traffic
- CUP management interface
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Advanced functionality
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- VSAN
- IVR
- PortChannel with multipath load balancing
- QoS-flow-based, zone-based
- Fibre Channel congestion control
- Extended Buffer-To-Buffer Credits
- FCIP Write Acceleration
- FCIP Tape Acceleration
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Network security
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- VSANs
- ACLs
- Per-VSAN role-based access control
- Fibre Channel zoning
- N_Port WWN
- N_Port FC-ID
- Fx_Port WWN
- Fx_Port WWN and interface index
- Fx_Port domain ID and interface index
- Fx_Port domain ID and port number
- LUN
- Read-only
- Broadcast
- iSCSI zoning
- FC-SP
- DH-CHAP switch-switch authentication
- DH-CHAP host-switch authentication
- Port security and fabric binding
- IPSec for FCIP and iSCSI
- IKEv1 and IKEv2
- Management access
- SSHv2 implementing AES
- SNMPv3 implementing AES
- SFTP
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Management
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Access methods
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- Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet port
- RS-232 serial console port
- In-band IP over Fibre Channel
- DB-9 COM port
- In-band FICON CUP over Fibre Channel
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Access protocols
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- CLI-using console and Ethernet ports
- SNMPv3 via Ethernet port and in-band IP over Fibre Channel access
- Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
- FICON CUP
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Device alias
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- Distributed Device Alias service
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Network security
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- Per-VSAN role-based access control using RADIUS-based and TACACS+-based authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
SFTP
- SFTP
- SSHv2 implementing AES
- SNMPv3 implementing AES
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Management applications
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- Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
- Cisco Fabric Manager
- Cisco Device Manager
- CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME) and Device Fault Manager (DFM)
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Programming interface
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- Scriptable CLI
- Fabric manager GUI
- Device manager GUI
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Software
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Software compatibility
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Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(1) or later
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Compatibility
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Fibre Channel protocols
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Fibre Channel standards
- FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994)
- FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1 1996)
- FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
- FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997)
- FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998)
- FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002)
- FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI/INCITS 404-2006)
- 10GFC, Revision 4.0 (ANSI/INCITS 364:2003)
- FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003)
- FC-FS-2, Revision 0.92
- FC-LS, Revision 1.2
- FC-AL, Revision 4.5 (ANSI/INCITS 272-1996)
- FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999)
- FC-AL-2, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999/AM1-2003)
- FC-AL-2, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999/AM2-2006)
- FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001)
- FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004)
- FC-SW-4, Revision 7.5 (ANSI/INCITS 418-2006)
- FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001)
- FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI/INCITS 387-2004)
- FC-GS-5, Revision 8.2
- FC-BB, Revision 4.7 (ANSI/INCITS 342-2001)
- FC-BB-2, Revision 6.0 (ANSI/INCITS 372-2003)
- FC-BB-3, Revision 6.8 (ANSI/INCITS 414-2006)
- FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI/INCITS 269-1996)
- FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI/INCITS 350-2003)
- FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI/INCITS 416-2006)
- FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI/INCITS 349-2001)
- FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI/INCITS 374-2003)
- FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI/INCITS 357-2002)
- FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998)
- FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998)
- FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999)
- FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002)
- FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005)
- FC-SP, Revision 1.74
- FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004)
- FAIS, Revision 0.7
IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
IPv6, IPv4 and ARP over FC (RFC 4338)
Extensive IETF-standards based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and remote monitoring (RMON) MIBs
Class of Service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F
Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, B
Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, TE
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IP standards
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- RFC 791 IPv4
- RFC 793, 1323 TCP
- RFC 894 IP/Ethernet
- RFC 1041 IP/802
- RFC 792, 950, 1256 ICMP
- RFC 1323 TCP performance enhancements
- RFC 2338 VRRP
- RFC 2460, 4291 IPv6
- RFC 2463 ICMPv6
- RFC 2461, 2462 IPv6 neighbor discovery and stateless auto-configuration
- RFC 2464 IPv6/Ethernet
- RFC 3270 iSCSI
- RFC 3643, 3821 FCIP
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Ethernet standards
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- IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
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IPSec
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- RFC 2401 security architecture for IP
- RFC 2403, 2404 HMAC
- RFC 2405, 2406, 2451 IP ESP
- RFC 2407, 2408 ISAKMP
- RFC 2412 OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
- RFC 3566, 3602, 3686 AES
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Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
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- RFC 2409 IKEv1
- IKEv2, draft
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Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools
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Tools
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- POST diagnostics
- Online diagnostics
- Internal port loopbacks
- SPAN and Remote SPAN
- Fibre Channel Traceroute
- Fibre Channel Ping
- Fibre Channel Debug
- Cisco Fabric Analyzer
- Syslog
- Online system health
- Port-level statistics
- Real-Time Protocol Debug
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RAS Features
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Reliability and availability
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- Hot-swappable, 1+1 redundant power supplies
- Hot-swappable fan tray with integrated temperature and power management
- Hot-swappable SFP optics
- Hot-swappable switching module
- Passive backplane
- Stateful process restart
- Any module, any port configuration for PortChannels
- Fabric-based multipathing
- Per-VSAN fabric services
- Port tracking
- Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for management and FCIP or iSCSI connections
- Online diagnostics
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Serviceability
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- Configuration file management
- Call Home
- Power-management LEDs
- Port beaconing
- System LED
- SNMP traps for alerts
- Network boot
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Environmental
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Ambient operating temperature
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32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
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Ambient non-operating temperature
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40 to 158°F (-40 to 75°C)
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Relative humidity, ambient (non-condensing) operating
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10 to 90%
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Relative humidity, ambient (non-condensing) non-operating and storage
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10 to 95%
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Altitude, operating
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-197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000 m)
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Physical dimensions
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Dimensions (H x W x D):
5.25 x 17.32 x 22.66 in. (13.34 x 43.99 x 57.56 cm), 3 rack units (RUs)
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Weight
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Fully configured chassis with optional switching module: 70 lb (32 kg)
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Power and Cooling
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Power supplies
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- 845W AC
- Input: 100-240V AC (10% range)
- 50-60 Hz (nominal)
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Airflow
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- 200 linear feet per minute (lfm) through system fan assembly
It is recommended that you maintain a minimum air space of 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) between walls and chassis air vents and a minimum horizontal separation of 6 inches (15.2 cm) between two chassis to prevent overheating.
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Regulations
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Safety
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CE Marking
UL 60950
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950
EN 60950
IEC 60950
TS 001
AS/NZS 3260
IEC60825
EN60825
21 CFR 1040
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EMC
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FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
ICES-003 Class A
EN 55022 Class A
CISPR 22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
VCCI Class A
EN 55024
EN 50082-1
EN 61000-6-1
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3
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Warranty
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Duration
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2 years
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HW coverage hours
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24 x 7
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HW response times
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4 hours*
*average response times, response times may vary by country
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Delivery method
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On-site
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HW phone coverage
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24 x 7
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