4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Key Features

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module offers the following features:

• Fibre channel standard 10-Gbps interfaces-Provide high Fibre Channel switching performance for ISLs and inter-data center connection over a metro optical infrastructure.

• High-performance ISLs-Support up to 16 links in a single PortChannel; links can span any speed-matched ports on any module within a chassis for added scalability and resilience. Up to 4095 buffer-to-buffer credits can be assigned to a single Fibre Channel port, providing industry leading extension of storage networks up to 800 kilometers at 10 Gbps while maintaining full link bandwidth.

• Intelligent network services-Provide integrated support for VSAN technology, access control lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, and advanced traffic-management features such as Fibre Channel Congestion Control (FCC) and fabric-wide quality of service (QoS) to enable migration from SAN islands to enterprise-wide storage networks.

• Integrated hardware-based VSANs and Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR)-Enables deployment of large-scale multisite and heterogeneous SAN topologies. Integration into port-level hardware allows any port within a system or fabric to be partitioned into any VSAN. Integrated hardware-base inter-VSAN routing provides line-rate routing between any ports within a system or fabric without the need for external routing appliances.

• Advanced FICON features-In cascaded FICON fabrics, the Cisco 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module supports 10-Gbps ISL connections on individual ports or up to 160-Gbps logical ISLs using the Cisco PortChannel feature. VSAN-enabled trunking allows reliable transmission of intermixed mainframe and open systems traffic across ISL links. Integrated CUP support enables in-band management of Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches from the mainframe management console.

• Comprehensive security framework-Supports RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre 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.

• Sophisticated diagnostics-Provide intelligent diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network analysis tools as well as integrated Call Home capability for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.

• 10-Gbps port density-Enables integration of up to 44 10-Gbps ports in a single switch and 132 ports per rack.