Cisco MDS

The Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer SAN Switches are cost-effective, highly scalable, easy-to-install, and highly configurable Fibre Channel switches that are ideal for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and departmental and remote branch offices needing intelligent storage area networks (SANs).

With deployment options ranging from stand-alone, top-of-the rack, and blade switches for IBM BladeCenter and HP c-Class BladeSystem, the Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches provide customers with exceptional flexibility, while maintaining consistent feature sets and management capabilities.

In addition, the Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch offers customers a modular yet highly compact form factor solution that provides an optimized platform for deploying high-performance SAN extension solutions, distributed intelligent fabric services, and cost-effective multiprotocol connectivity for both open and mainframe environments. With the Cisco MDS 9222i expansion slot, enterprise customers with Cisco MDS 9000 family director-class solutions can maximize existing investments and extend the capabilities of their core infrastructure into the fabric space.

Products Family Highlights

The Cisco MDS 9000 family fabric switches consist of the following:

• Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch: 24-port Fibre Channel 4-Gbps full-fabric switch; supports VSANs and PortChannels
• Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch: 32-port Fibre Channel 4-Gbps full-fabric switch with 2 ports of standard 10-Gbps Fibre Channel for uplinks or stacking; supports VSANs, PortChannels, and IBM Fibre Connector (FICON)
• Cisco MDS 9124 blade switches

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Switch Platform Features