Cisco MDS 9700 Series User Manual

• Supports up to 768 2/4/8/10/16/32/64-Gbps Fiber Channel ports, or 1/10-Gbps FCoE ports in a single
Cisco MDS 9718 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 384 2/4/8/10/16/32/64-Gbps Fiber Channel ports, or 1/10-Gbps FCoE ports in a single
Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 192 2/4/8/10/16/32/64-Gbps Fiber Channel ports, or 1/10-Gbps FCoE ports in a single
Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 384 40-Gbps FCoE ports in a single Cisco MDS 9718 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 192 40-Gbps FCoE ports in a single Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 96 40-Gbps FCoE ports in a single Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 48-Tbps in a single Cisco MDS 9718 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 24-Tbps in a single Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports up to 12-Tbps in a single Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Director chassis
• Supports DS-X9718-FAB3, DS-X9710-FAB3 and DS-X9706-FAB3 crossbar fabric switching modules
on the Cisco MDS 9718, Cisco MDS 9710 and Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Directors respectively
• Multipathing based on Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
• Nondisruptive software upgrades
• Provides high availability. The Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor-4 Module can automatically restart
failed processes, making it exceptionally robust. In the rare event that a supervisor module is reset,
complete synchronization between the Active and Standby supervisor modules helps ensure a Stateful
Failover with no disruption of traffic.
• Supports Secure Boot capabilities
• Supports two USB 3.0 ports
• Network management through the command-line interface (CLI) and through Cisco Data Center Network
Manager (DCNM)
• Extensive security features including RADIUS and TACACS+, Fiber Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP),
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, and Simple Network Management
Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), VSANs,
hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN role-based access control
• Integrated hardware-based virtual SAN (VSAN) technology and inter-VSAN routing (IVR)
• Network services such as access control lists (ACLs) and quality of service (QoS)
• Smart zoning
• Power-on self-test (POST) and diagnostics
• Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote Switched Port Analyzer (RSPAN)
The following figure shows the Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor-4 Module.
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Product Overview
Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor-4 Module

Cisco MDS 9700 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	MDS 9700 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English