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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 22 Configuring Generation 2 and Generation 3 Switching Modules
About Generations of Modules and Switches
Table 22-1 identifies the modules supported by the Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches and Cisco MDS
9216A and Cisco MDS 9216i switches, as well as the Fabric switches.
Note Generation 2 Fibre Channel switching modules are not supported on the Cisco MDS 9216 switch;
however, they are supported by both the Supervisor-1 module and the Supervisor-2 module.
For detailed information about the installation and specifications for these modules and switches, refer
to the hardware installation guide for your switch.
Table 22-1 Fibre Channel Modules and Fabric Switches
Part Number Product Name/Description
Generation 3 Modules
DS-X9248-96K9 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9224-96K9 24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9248-48K9 4/44-port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel switching module
DS-13SLT-FAB2 Fabric 2 module that enables the 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching
module to use the full 96-Gbps backplane bandwidth with any-to-any
connectivity without reducing bandwidth utilization when one fabric card goes
down on the MDS 9513 Director.
Generation 2 Modules
DS-X9148 48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9124 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9304-18K9 18-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module with 4-Gigabit Ethernet ports
DS-X9112 12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9704 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
DS-X9530-SF2-K9 Supervisor-2 module for Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches.
Generation 2 Fabric Switches
DS-C9134-K9 Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric switch
32-port 4-Gbps Fabric switch with 2 additional 10-Gbps ports
DS-C9124 Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric switch
24-port 4-Gbps Fabric switch
DS-C9222i-K9 Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular switch
18-port 4-Gbps switch with 4-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, and a
modular expansion slot to host Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switching and
Services Modules