Cisco MDS 9700 Series User Manual

The FC switching module has 12, 4-port, port groups. Each port group is capable of a speed of 64-Gbps in
each direction simultaneously. The ports of this switching module support expansion port (E port), fabric port
(F port), fabric loop port (FL port), SPAN destination port (SD port), and (TE port) port mode.
Individual ports can be configured with Cisco 16-Gbps, 8-Gbps, or 10-Gbps shortwave or longwave SFP+
transceivers. Each port that is configured as mode E supports 500 buffer credits with no additional licensing
required. With the Cisco Enterprise Package, up to 4095 buffer credits can be allocated to an individual port.
The FC switching module also provides Cisco VMpath technology that enables advanced virtual machine-aware
SAN provisioning and monitoring for virtualized data centers. With Cisco VMpath, you can monitor, manage,
and control SAN resource allocation and performance on a per-virtual machine basis and map out paths from
the server to storage.
The FC switching module is hot-swappable and has hot-swappable SFP+ transceivers. It includes online
diagnostics, stateful process restart, and nondisruptive supervisor failover. In addition, the FC switching
module has any module, any port configuration for port channels, fabric-based multipathing, per-VSAN fabric
services, and port tracking. The module also supports Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for
management.
The Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 16-Gbps Fiber Channel Switching Module provides the following features:
• Configuration file management
• Nondisruptive software upgrades for FC interfaces
• Call Home
• Power-management LEDs
• Port beaconing
• System LED
• SNMP traps for alerts
• Network boot
The following figure shows a 48-Port 16-Gbps Fiber Channel Switching Module. The front panel connectors
support standard modular SFP+ transceivers and the speed detection is autosensing.
Figure 15: 48-Port 16-Gbps Fiber Channel Switching Module
Locator LED5Detention screw1
Fiber Channel ports6Unlocking button2
Link LEDs7Ejector Lever3
Fiber Channel port group. A port group
consists of 4 ports.
8Status LED4
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Product Overview
Cisco MDS 48-Port 16-Gbps Fiber Channel Switching Module

Cisco MDS 9700 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	MDS 9700 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English