Date: 26-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/storage/storage_networking/switches_directors/cisco_9216i/specs.xml

Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switch

Specifications

No Longer Orderable

Designed for greater flexibility, the Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switch gives you the benefits of a multiprotocol system without sacrificing Fibre Channel port density. Plus, the expansion slots lets you add additional Fibre Channel or IP ports, providing unparalleled storage services in a single rack unit.

Key Specifications

  • 3-rack unit system supports 14 2 Gb/sec Fibre Channel (FC) ports
  • Expansion slot enables additional Fibre Channel or IP ports
  • Two Gigabit Ethernet ports support FCIP and iSCSI
  • Integrates Fibre Channel and IP storage services in single system
  • High-performance inter-switch links support up to 16 FC links in single PortChannel

Details

Systems Architecture
Port speeds 1, 2 Gb/sec auto-sensing, optionally configurable
Buffer credits Up to 3500 per port
Ports per chassis 14 to 62 Fibre Channel ports, up to 10 1 Gb/sec Ethernet ports
Ports per rack Up to 896
PortChannel Up to 16 physical links
Cards, ports and slots
  • Base: 14 fixed autosensing 1, 2 Gb/sec Fibre Channel ports and 2 fixed 1 Gb/sec Ethernet ports
  • Expansion: 1 empty expansion slot
Fabric services
  • 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
FICON
  • FC-SB-3 compliant
  • Cascaded FICON fabrics
  • Intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel FCP traffic
  • CUP management interface
Advanced functionality
  • 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
Network security
  • 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
    • iSCSI name
    • IP address
  • 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
Management
Access methods
  • 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
Access protocols
  • 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
Device alias
  • Distributed Device Alias service
Network security
  • 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
Management applications
  • Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
  • Cisco Fabric Manager
  • Cisco Device Manager
  • CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME) and Device Fault Manager (DFM)
Programming interface
  • Scriptable CLI
  • Fabric manager GUI
  • Device manager GUI
Software
Software compatibility Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(1) or later
Compatibility
Fibre Channel protocols 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
IP standards
  • 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
Ethernet standards
  • IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
IPSec
  • 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
Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
  • RFC 2409 IKEv1
  • IKEv2, draft
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools
Tools
  • 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
RAS Features
Reliability and availability
  • 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
Serviceability
  • Configuration file management
  • Call Home
  • Power-management LEDs
  • Port beaconing
  • System LED
  • SNMP traps for alerts
  • Network boot
Environmental
Ambient operating temperature 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Ambient non-operating temperature 40 to 158°F (-40 to 75°C)
Relative humidity, ambient (non-condensing) operating 10 to 90%
Relative humidity, ambient (non-condensing) non-operating and storage 10 to 95%
Altitude, operating -197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000 m)
Physical dimensions 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)
Weight Fully configured chassis with optional switching module: 70 lb (32 kg)
Power and Cooling
Power supplies
  • 845W AC
  • Input: 100-240V AC (10% range)
  • 50-60 Hz (nominal)
Airflow
  • 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.
Regulations
Safety CE Marking
UL 60950
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950
EN 60950
IEC 60950
TS 001
AS/NZS 3260
IEC60825
EN60825
21 CFR 1040
EMC 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
Warranty
Duration 2 years
HW coverage hours 24 x 7
HW response times 4 hours*

*average response times, response times may vary by country
Delivery method On-site
HW phone coverage 24 x 7
 
 
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