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Simplified Management
The Cisco MDS 9124 provides three principal modes of management: the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI, the Cisco
DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition, and integration with third-party storage management tools.
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Consistent, logical CLI: Adhering to the syntax of the widely known Cisco IOS
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Software CLI, the Cisco
MDS 9000 Family CLI is easy to learn and delivers broad management capabilities. The Cisco MDS 9000
Family CLI is an extremely efficient and direct interface designed to provide optimal capabilities to
administrators in enterprise environments.
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Quick Configuration Wizard: The Quick Configuration Wizard helps eliminate management complexity and
creates a readily available SAN environment for small- and mid-sized business applications. The wizard
allows server access to storage to be set up quickly and easily in a single step, using an intuitive GUI.
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Cisco DCNM: Cisco DCNM can be licensed for management of a combination of SAN and LAN
environments. Cisco DCNM streamlines the provisioning of the unified fabric and proactively monitors the
LAN and SAN components. Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition (formerly Cisco Fabric Manager), which
comes standard with the Cisco MDS 9124, is an easy-to-use application that simplifies management across
multiple switches and converged SAN fabrics. Focused on supporting efficient operations and management
of virtual machine-aware fabrics, Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition provides a robust framework and
comprehensive feature set that meets the routing, switching, and storage administration needs of present and
future virtualized data centers. The optional Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition (formerly Cisco Fabric
Manager Server) extends the standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition software by providing server
federation, historical performance monitoring for network traffic hotspot analysis, centralized management
services, and advanced application integration. All standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition features
and functions are fully integrated with the optional Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition capabilities.
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APIs: The Cisco MDS 9124 provides an extensive set of APIs for integration with third-party and user-
developed management tools. The APIs are based on industry-standard protocols, including SNMP and the
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S).
Product Specifications
Minimum Software Requirements
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Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 3.1(1) supporting Cisco MDS 9124 and Cisco Fabric Manager
(Note: SAN-OS 3.x releases are still supported but are End-of-Life)
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Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 4.1(1) supporting Cisco MDS 9124 and Cisco Fabric Manager
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Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 5.0(1) supporting Cisco MDS 9124 and Cisco Fabric Manager
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Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Maintenance Release 5.2(x) supporting Cisco MDS 9124 and DCNM for SAN
Performance and Port Configurations
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Port speed: 4-, 2-, and 1-Gbps autosensing with 4 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per port
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Buffer credits: Up to 64 for a group of 4 ports, with a default of 16 buffer credits per port
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Ports per chassis: Up to 24 ports (base configuration with 8 ports; additional ports in 8-port increments with
the port activation license)
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PortChannels: Up to 16 ports in a PortChannel