Datasheet

Data Sheet
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Specifications
Minimum Software Requirements
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Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software Release 3.2(1)
Performance and Port Configurations
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Port speed: 4-, 2-, and 1-Gbps autosensing with 4 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per port and 10 Gbps of
dedicated bandwidth for 10-Gbps ports
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Buffer credits: Up to 64 for a group of 4 ports, with a default of 16 buffer credits per port for the 4-Gbps ports
and 64 buffer credits per 10-Gbps port
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Ports per chassis: Up to 32 4-Gbps ports and 2 10-Gbps ports
Base configuration with 24 ports
Additional ports in 8-port increment with the port activation license for 4-Gbps ports
Two 10-Gbps ports with the 10-Gbps port license
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PortChannel: Up to 16 ports in a PortChannel
Security
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VSANs
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Zoning
Hardware-enforced zoning
Logical-unit-number (LUN) zoning and read-only zones
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FC-SP for host-to-switch and switch-to-switch authentication
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Port security
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Management access
SSHv2
SNMPv3
IP ACLs
Compatibility
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Fibre Channel protocols
FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994)
FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1 1996)
FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997)
FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998)
FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002)
FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI/INCITS 404-2006)
FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003)
FC-FS-2, Revision 0.91
FC-LS, Revision 1.2
FC-AL, Revision 4.5 (ANSI/INCITS 272-1996)
FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999)