Cisco MDS 9700 Series User Manual

The Cisco MDS 9700 10-Gbps 48-Port FCoE module provides the following features:
• High performance—Cisco MDS 9700 Series architecture, based on central arbitration and crossbar fabric
switching module provides 10-Gbps line-rate, nonblocking, predictable performance across all traffic
conditions for every FCoE port in the chassis.
• Efficient encoding—FCoE takes advantage of the more efficient encoding mechanisms of 10-Gbps
Ethernet to provide 50-percent more bandwidth than 8-Gbps Fiber Channel (the actual throughput of
8-Gbps Fiber Channel is 6.8 Gbps). Therefore, you need fewer 10-Gigabit Ethernet links to achieve the
same bandwidth as with multiple 8-Gbps links.
• High availability—The Cisco MDS 9700 Series provides outstanding availability and reliability. The
Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director is the industry's first director-class switch that enables redundancy
on all major components, including the fabric card. It provides grid redundancy on the power supply and
1+1 redundant supervisors. Users can add fabric cards to enable N+1 fabric redundancy.
• Scalability—The Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 10-Gbps FCoE Module provides the scalability of 384
10-Gbps full line-rate autosensing ports in a single chassis, or up to 1152 ports in a single rack.
• Intelligent network services—VSAN technology, access control lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent
frame processing, and fabric-wide quality of service (QoS) enable migration from SAN islands to
enterprise-wide storage networks.
• Sophisticated diagnostics—The Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 10-Gbps FCoE Module provides intelligent
diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network analysis tools as well as integrated Cisco Call Home capability
for greater reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.
The Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gbps Ethernet Module also provide the following advanced FCoE features:
• Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR)
• Nondisruptive software upgrade
• Port channels (up to 16 links)
• SAN trunking
• SNMP traps for alerts
• Virtual SANs (VSANs)
The following figure shows a Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gigabit Fiber Channel over Ethernet module. The front
panel connectors support standard modular SFP+ transceivers.
Figure 18: Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gbps Fiber Channel over Ethernet Module
Locator LED5Detention screw1
FCoE ports6Unlocking button2
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Product Overview
Cisco MDS 48-Port 10-Gbps Fiber Channel over Ethernet Module

Cisco MDS 9700 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	MDS 9700 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English