Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide (OL-16188-01, April 2008)

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Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Switching Modules
4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
The 4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module offers four dedicated bandwidth Fibre Channel
ports running at 10 Gbps with no oversubscription. This module can be used in any of the Cisco MDS
9500 Series chassis and in the Cisco MDS 9216i and 9216A Switches. The module delivers a sustained
data rate of up to 10 Gbps in each direction, on all ports simultaneously, and up to 80 Gbps of continuous,
aggregate bandwidth.
Figure 1-12 shows a 4-port 10-Gbps switching module. The front panel connectors are standard modular
X2 interfaces and the speed is fixed at 10 Gbps.
Figure 1-12 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
1 Status LED 3 Link LED
2 X2 port interfaces
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