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Product compatibility
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family
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Software compatibility
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Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Release 3.2(1) or later (Note: SAN-OS 3.x releases are End-of-Life but still supported)
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1) or later
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 5.0(1) or later
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 5.2(1) or later for DCNM for SAN support
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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)
- FC-PI-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 460-2011)
- FC-PI-4, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 450-2008)
- FC-PI-5, Revision 6 (ANSI INCITS 479-2011)
- FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI INCITS 373-2003)
- FC-FS-2, Revision 1.01 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007)
- FC-FS-2, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007/AM1-2007)
- FC-FS-3, Revision 1.11 (ANSI INCITS 470-2011)
- FC-LS, Revision 1.62 (ANSI INCITS 433-2007)
- FC-LS-2, Revision 2.21 (ANSI INCITS 477-2011)
- 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-SW-5, Revision 8.5 (ANSI INCITS 461-2010)
- FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI INCITS 348-2001)
- FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI INCITS 387-2004)
- FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI INCITS 269-1996)
- FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 350-2003)
- FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 416-2006)
- FCP-4, Revision 2
- FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI INCITS 349-2001)
- FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003)
- FC-SB-3, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003/AM1-2007)
- FC-SB-4, Revision 3.0 (ANSI INCITS 466-2011)
- FC-BB-2, Revision 6.0 (ANSI INCITS 372-2003)
- FC-BB-3, Revision 6.8 (ANSI INCITS 414-2006)
- FC-BB-4, Revision 2.7 (ANSI INCITS 419-2008)
- FC-BB-5, Revision 2.0 (ANSI INCITS 462-2010)
- FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI INCITS 357-2002)
- FC-SP, Revision 1.8 (ANSI INCITS 426-2007)
- FAIS, Revision 1.03 (ANSI INCITS 432-2007)
- FAIS-2, Revision 2.23 (ANSI INCITS 449-2008)
- FC-IFR, Revision 1.06 (ANSI INCITS 475-2011)
- 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-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004) Class of service: Class 2, Class 3, and Class F
Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, and B
Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, and TE
IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
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Protocols (continued)
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IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) over Fibre Channel (RFC 4338)
Extensive IETF-standards based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and remote monitoring (RMON) MIBs
IP standards
- RFC 791 IPv4
- RFC 793 and 1323 TCP
- RFC 894 IP/Ethernet
- RFC 1041 IP/802
- RFC 792, 950, and 1256 ICMP
- RFC 1323 TCP performance enhancements
- RFC 2338 VRRP
- RFC 2460 and 4291 IPv6
- RFC 2463 and 4443 ICMPv6
- RFC 2461 and 2462 IPv6 neighbor discovery and stateless autoconfiguration
- RFC 2464 IPv6/Ethernet
- RFC 3270 and 3980 iSCSI
- RFC 3643 and 3821 FCIP
Ethernet standards
- IEEE Std 802.3-2005 Ethernet
- IEEE Std 802.1Q-2005 VLAN
- IPsec
- RFC 2401 and 4301 security architecture for IP
- RFC 2403 and 2404 HMAC
- RFC 2405, 2406, 2451, and 4303 IP ESP
- RFC 2407 and 2408 ISAKMP
- RFC 2412 OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
- RFC 3566, 3602, and 3686 AES
- Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
- RFC 2409 IKEv1
- RFC 4306 IKEv2
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Cards, ports, and slots
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Base (fixed slot): 18 fixed autosensing 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and 4 fixed 1-Gbps Ethernet ports
Expansion slot: 1 empty expansion slot with support for the following:
- Cisco 4/44-Port 8/4-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module
- Cisco MDS 9000 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
- Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port Storage Services Node (SSN)
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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)
Public loop
Broadcast
In-order delivery
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Advanced functions
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VSAN
IVR
PortChannel with multipath load balancing
Flow-based and zone-based QoS
FCIP tape read and write acceleration
FICON over FCIP tape read and write acceleration (pipelining)
FICON XRC (z/OS Global Mirror) acceleration
Cisco SME for tape, virtual tape, and disk
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Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools
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POST diagnostics
Online diagnostics
Internal port loopbacks
SPAN and Remote SPAN (RSPAN)
Fibre Channel traceroute
Fibre Channel ping
Fibre Channel debug
Cisco Fabric Analyzer
Syslog
Online system health
Port-level statistics
Real-Time Protocol (RTP) debug
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Network security
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VSANs
ACLs
Per-VSAN RBAC
Fibre Channel zoning
N-port worldwide name (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
iSCSI zoning
iSCSI name
IP address
FC-SP
DH-CHAP switch-to-switch authentication
DH-CHAP host-to-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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FICON
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FC-SB-3 compliant
Cascaded FICON fabrics
Intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel Protocol traffic
CUP management interface
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Serviceability
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Configuration file management
ISSU for Fibre Channel interfaces
Call home
Power-management LEDs
Port beaconing
System LED
SNMP traps for alerts
Network boot
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Performance
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Port speed: 1/2/4-Gbps autosensing, optionally configurable
Buffer credits: 16 per port (shared-mode ports), up to 250 per port (dedicated-mode ports), and up to 4095 on an individual port (dedicated-mode ports with optional Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package license activated)
Ports per chassis: 18 to 66 Fibre Channel ports and up to 20 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Ports per rack: Up to 980
PortChannel: Up to 16 physical links
FCIP tunnels: Up to 3 per port
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Reliability and availability
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ISSU
Hot-swappable, 1+1 redundant power supplies
Hot-swappable fan tray with integrated temperature and power management
Hot-swappable Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics
Hot-swappable switching module
Passive backplane
Stateful process restart
Any module and any port configuration for PortChannels
Fabric-based multipathing
Per-VSAN fabric services
Port tracking
VRRP for management and FCIP or iSCSI connections
Online diagnostics
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Network management
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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 the console and Ethernet ports
SNMPv3 using the Ethernet port and in-band IP over Fibre Channel access
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
FICON CUP
Distributed Device Alias service
Network security
Per-VSAN RBAC using RADIUS and TACACS+-based authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
SFTP
SSHv2 implementing AES
SNMPv3 implementing AES
Management applications
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition
Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition (optional software license)
Cisco Device Manager
CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME) and Device Fault Manager (DFM)
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Programming interfaces
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Scriptable CLI
Cisco DCNM web services API
Cisco Device Manager GUI
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Environmental
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Temperature, ambient operating: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Temperature, ambient nonoperating and storage: 40 to 158°F (-40 to 75°C)
Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) operating: 10 to 90%
Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 10 to 95%
Altitude, operating: -197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000m)
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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), 3RUs; all units rack mountable in standard 19-inch Electronic Industries Alliance [EIA] rack)
Weight of fully configured chassis with optional switching module: 62 lb (28.2 kg)
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Power and cooling
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Power supply: 845W AC
Power Cord: notched C15 female connector mating to C16 male socket on power supply
AC input characteristics
- 100 to 240V AC (10% range)
- 50 to 60 Hz (nominal)
Airflow (side to side)
- 200 linear feet per minute (LFM) through system fan assembly
Cisco recommends maintaining a minimum air space of 2.5 in. (6.4 cm) between walls and chassis air vents and a minimum horizontal separation of 6 in. (15.2 cm) between two chassis to prevent overheating
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Approvals and compliance
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Safety compliance
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 compliance
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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