IBM MDS 9509 User's Manual
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1. Capabilities to help reduce TCO VSAN capability enables more efficient SAN utilization by creating multiple iso lated environments within a single SAN fabric Each VSAN can be zoned as a typical SAN and maintains its own fab ric services for added scalability and resilience VSANs allow the cost of the SAN infrastructure to be shared among more users as well as help provide segregation and security of traffic and retain independent control of configura tions on a VSAN by VSAN basis The second generation 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Modules with 24 and 48 ports compared to the prior genera tion 2 Gbps 16 port and 32 port features offer up to 33 percent reduced power and cooling per port The second generation Multiservice 18 4 Module with 22 ports compared to the prior generation feature with 16 ports offers up to 27 percent reduced power and cooling per port Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage at a glance IBM product numbers Fibre optic cables 2054 EO07 Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage includes dual Supervisor 2 cards dual 3000W AC power supplies All models include Cisco SAN OS 3 2 firmware with Cisco Fabric Manager VSAN and PortChannel capabilities Features 8 port IP Services Module SAN Extension over IP for 8 port IP Services Module Storage Services Module 4 port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module no optics 12 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module no optics 24 port 4 Gbps Fi2. added scalability and resilience VSANs allow the cost of SAN infrastructure to be shared among more users while ensuring absolute segregation of traffic and retaining independent control of configuration on a VSAN by VSAN basis Through unique virtualization fea tures VSAN benefits can be extended to virtualized servers providing the foundation for an end to end virtualized data center VSANs also greatly reduce the probability that a misconfiguration or component failure in one FSAN will affect other VSANs VSAN based man agement access controls enhance security by simplifying partitioning of SAN management responsibilities between mainframe and open systems environments Each 8 Gbps switching module sup ports Inter VSAN Routing IVR on every Fibre Channel port IVR allows selective transfer of data traffic between specific initiators and targets of different VSANs while maintaining isolation of control traffic within each VSAN thereby main taining fabric stability and availability Simplified storage network management The Cisco MDS 9509 provides three principal modes of management the Cisco MDS 9000 family command line interface CLI Cisco Fabric Manager and integration with third party storage management tools The Cisco MDS 9509 presents the user with a consis tent logical CLI Adhering to the syntax of the widely known Cisco IOS CLI the Cisco MDS 9000 for IBM System Storage family CLI has broad functionali
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4. BM System Storage DS4000 Disk Systems IBM TotalStorage 3590 and 3592 Tape Drives IBM TotalStorage 3494 Virtual Tape Server IBM TotalStorage 3532 3583 and 3584 Tape Libraries and other selected storage systems Physical characteristics Dimensions 62 e e a 45 0 CM VN 4 oe cin 24o In ul 2 ole den Ml Rack height 14U Depth including cable guide Sones Cimon Weight fully configured chassis 78 kg 170 Ib Directors are rack mountable in a standard 19 inch EIA rack meeting Cisco requirements defined in the recommended installation procedures IBM TotalStorage SAN Cabinet Model C36 2109 C36 meets these requirements Operating environment Temperature O to 40 C 32 to 104 F Relative humidity 10 to 90 Input 100 to 240 V AC 50 60 Hz nominal Output 1300 W at 110 to 120 V AC For more information Contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner or visit ibm com systems storage san ctype oy ke Recyclable please recycle N wo This document could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries and the product information may be subject to change without notice Consult your local IBM business contact for information on the product or services available in your area Any statements regarding IBM s future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice
5. Intelligent storage networking for IBM System Storage IT simplification and business continuity solutions Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage offers 1 2 4 8 and 10 Gbps link speeds with up to 336 Fibre Channel ports in a 14U enclosure Highlights E Provides Fibre Channel throughput of up to 8 gigabits per second Gbps per port and up to 64 Gbps with each PortChannel Inter Switch Link connection Offers scalability from 12 to 336 1 2 4 and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports Offers 10 Gbps ISL ports for inter data center links over metro optical networks E Offers Gigabit Ethernet IP GbE ports for iSCSI or FCIP connec tivity over global networks E High availability design with support for non disruptive firmware upgrades E Includes Virtual SAN VSAN capability for SAN consolidation into virtual SAN islands on a single physical fabric E Enterprise SAN Extension over IP Mainframe and Storage Services Enabler and Fabric Manager Server packages pro vide added function and value High performance and manageability for SANs The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage provides 1 2 4 8 and 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch connectivity and intelligent network services to help improve the security performance and manageability required to consolidate geographically dispersed storage devices into a large enterprise SAN Improved internal bandwidth
6. and represent goals and objectives only The information contained in this document is current as of the initial date of publication only and is subject to change without notice All performance information was determined in a controlled environment Actual results may vary Performance information is provided AS IS and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied by IBM Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of their products their published announcements or other publicly available sources Questions on the capabilities of the non IBM products should be addressed with the suppliers IBM does not warrant that the information offered herein will meet your requirements or those of your distributors or customers IBM provides this information AS IS without warranty IBM disclaims all warranties express or implied including the implied warranties of noninfringement merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or noninfringement IBM products are warranted according to the terms and conditions of the agreements under which they are provided For complete and current Cisco specifications please visit www cisco com go ibm storage Because this switch is designed with side to side airflow Cisco recommends a minimum air space of 16 cm 6 in between walls and the chassis air vents and a minimum separation of 30 cm 12 in between two chassis to prevent overheating For the
7. bre Channel Switching Module no optics 24 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module no optics 48 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module no optics 48 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module no optics 4 44 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module no optics Multiservice 18 4 Module includes two 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs Fibre Channel 10 Gbps longwave X2 transceivers Tri rate Shortwave SFP transceivers 1 and 2 Gbps FC and Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel 2 Gbps SFP transceivers Ethernet Copper GbE SFP Transceiver Fibre Channel 4 Gbps SFP transceivers 4 pack Fibre Channel 8 Gbps SFP transceivers single and 4 pack Flash Memory Card MDS 9500 Enterprise Package MDS 9500 Fabric Manager Server Package MDS 9500 Mainframe Package MDS 9500 Storage Services Enabler Package Multimode 50u fibre optical cables with SC and or LC connectors are available Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage at a glance Base warranty One year 24x7 same day on site IBM warranty Supported systems IBM Power Systems servers IBM System p and selected IBM RS 6000 servers IBM System x and selected IBM Netfinity servers other Intel processor based servers running the Linux Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems selected Sun and HP servers IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server ESS IBM System Storage DS8000 Disk Systems IBM System Storage DS6000 Disk Systems I
8. e combines support for non disruptive software upgrades stateful process restart failover and redundancy of active hardware components to sup port director class availability The Supervisor Module 2 has the ability to automatically restart failed processes and complete synchronization between the active and standby Supervisor Modules to helo support stateful failover without disruption to traffic A switch for virtual servers and applications Server virtualization means that a SAN must concurrently support thousands of diverse tiered applications each with unique performance requirements These applications and the virtual machines VMs they run on are not bounded by physical servers and net work ports The Cisco MDS 9000 family provides deterministic hardware per formance and a rich feature set that allows VMs to have the same SAN attributes as a physical server On a per VM basis the MDS 9000 family NX OS firmware offers Virtual SAN VSAN isolation quality of service QOS poli cies access control performance mon itoring and data protection to enable scalability and mobility of VMs A switch for virtual SANs Ideal for efficient secure SAN consoli dation ANSI T11 compliant VSANs allow more efficient storage network uti lization by creating hardware based iso lated environments within a single physical SAN fabric or switch Each VSAN can be zoned as a typical SAN maintaining its own fabric services for
9. for higher scalability The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage utilizes two Supervisor 2 modules to support high availability and performance The Supervisor 2 Module combines an intelligent control module and a high performance cross bar switch fabric in a single unit It uses Fabric Shortest Path First FSPF multipath routing which supports load balancing across a maximum of 16 equal cost paths that dynamically reroute traffic if a switch fails Each Supervisor 2 Module provides the necessary crossbar bandwidth to deliver full system performance in the Cisco MDS 9509 director with up to seven Fibre Channel switching mod ules Loss or removal of a single cross bar module has no impact on system performance Connectivity compatibility and traffic management The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage requires a minimum of one switching module and allows a maxi mum of seven These modules are available in configurations of 4 Gbps 12 24 and 48 port and 8 Gbps 24 and 48 port enabling the Cisco MDS 9509 to support 12 to 336 Fibre Channel ports per chassis Optionally a 4 port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel module is available for high performance Inter Switch Link ISL connections over metro optical networks Switching modules are hot swappable with small form factor pluggable SFP optic transceivers and LC interface support The PortChannel capability enables users to aggregate up to 16 physical Inter Switch Links
10. ge of perform ance requirements for a mixture of SMB and enterprise class storage and servers Port bandwidth reservation enables 1 2 or 4 Gbps switching band width to be flexibly dedicated to ports to meet a wide range of application requirements This module provides a low cost means of attaching lower performance servers and storage subsystems to the high performance crossbar switch fabric without requiring ISLs 24 48 and 4 44 port 8 Gbps switching modules Configuring the switch for fast link speeds The 24 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module provides uncom promising performance of up to 96 Gbps of continuous aggregate bandwidth providing up to 16 Gbps throughput per port full duplex This module is best suited for connection to 4 and 8 Gbps high performance stor age devices and for ISL connectivity The 48 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module delivers an ideal balance of performance and scalability Its 48 autosensing 1 2 4 and 8 Gbps ports deliver up to 96 Gbps of full duplex bandwidth to meet the perform ance demands of enterprise class or highly virtualized servers Through easy to use traffic engineering capabilities the 48 port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module offers the flexibility to provide predictable high performance storage and inter switch connectivity fully utilizing the available bandwidth The 4 44 port 8 Gbps Host Optimized Fibre Channel Switching Module is optimized fo
11. into a single logical bundle providing opti mized bandwidth utilization across all links 12 24 and 48 port 4 Gbps switching modules Configuring the switch for the application environment The 12 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module delivers high performance for the most demanding storage networking applications Autosensing 1 2 and 4 Gbps ports deliver up to 96 Gbps of continuous aggregate bandwidth which provides up to 8 Gbps throughput per port full duplex The 12 port switching module is well suited for attaching highest performance 4 Gbps enabled servers and storage subsystems as well as to connect to other switches using 4 Gbps ISL connections The 24 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module handles high performance storage networking applications Twenty four autosensing 1 2 and 4 Gbps ports deliver sustained bandwidth to meet the performance requirements of enterprise class storage and servers Port bandwidth reservation enables 1 2 or 4 Gbps switching bandwidth to be dedicated to a port including highest performance ISL ports The 24 port switching module is well suited for attaching high performance servers and storage subsystems as well as to connect to other switches using ISL connections The 48 port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module offers an optimal balance of performance and port den sity Forty eight autosensing 1 2 and 4 Gbps ports deliver sustained band width to meet a wide ran
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13. nel and enhanced network secu rity capabilities including switch switch and host authentication The Fabric Manager Server Package extends Cisco Fabric Manager by pro viding historical performance data col lection centralized management services and support for advanced application integration The package orovides Fibre Channel statistics monitoring performance thresholds reporting graphing and performance database capabilities that can help sim olify management of large enterprise metro and global SAN infrastructures The Mainframe Package feature enables mainframe storage network applications including FICON proto col FICON Control Unit Port CUP FICON and FCP intermixing FICON Switch Cascading and Fabric Binding This feature helps provide secure mainframe and open system SAN infrastructure Consolidation Storage network applications The Storage Services Module based on the 32 port 2 Gbps Switching Module is a highly special ized feature that provides intelligent storage services in addition to 1 and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel switching When combined with the Storage Services Enabler Package the module enables independent software vendors ISVs to develop intelligent fabric applications IBM support for these ISV applications is limited to IBM TotalStorage Proven Solutions For the most current IBM TotalStorage Proven application information visit ibm com systems storage solutions proven
14. r host connec tivity The module enables storage net work consolidation with high density cost effective connectivity Four 8 Gbps ports and 44 4 Gbps ports deliver 96 Gbps of full duplex bandwidth sufficient for the majority of today s standard servers 4 port 10 Gbps switching module Configuring the switch for metro business continuity The 4 port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module is built to deliver high bandwidth links for metro business continuity solutions The module uses hot swappable X2 form factor plug gable SC type transceivers The mod ule is well suited for ISL links between data centers across metro optical networks Port Bandwidth Reservation available on all switching modules enables switching bandwidth to be dedicated to specific ports This unique feature of the Cisco MDS 9000 family enables great flexibility in bandwidth allocation to support a mix of applications within a single module including high performance ISLs By combining vari ous switching modules in a single modular chassis it is possible to design storage networks optimized for cost and performance in a wide range of application environments This appli cation oriented approach to port deployment can reduce the number of switches and ISLs required in a storage network in many cases eliminating the need for core edge network topologies A switch built for high availability The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storag
15. ty Multiservice support and traffic management features IP and Multiservice 18 4 Module fea tures offer Gigabit Ethernet ports for iSCSI or FCIP connectivity software configurable on a port by port basis e The IP Storage Service Module fea ture provides eight iSCSI ports e The Multiservice 18 4 Module offers four Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI ports and 18 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports e The SAN Extension over IP Package for IP Services and Multiservice 18 4 Module features add FCIP support SAN Extension over P Package helps improve performance with FCIP Compression Write Acceleration and Tape Acceleration and helps improve security with Inter VSAN Routing for FCIP Security for large enterprise SANs Because storage networks require security the Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage provides extensive security measures at possible points of attack to help prevent unauthorized access and snooping Additionally data plane traffic is secured through VSANs which segre gate traffic between multiple virtual fab rics within the single physical fabric infrastructure and through hardware enforced zoning which further segre gates traffic within each VSAN Advanced security and management The Enterprise Package feature pro vides advanced security and manage ment capabilities The package helps improve management with quality of service QOS and helps improve secu rity with Inter VSAN Routing for Fibre Chan
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