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Cisco MDS 9100 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches
The Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch and the Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch also
provide the following features:
• On-Demand Port activation licensing that provides 8-, 16-, and 24-port configurations in the
Cisco MDS 9124 Switch to optimize price and scalability. By default, the first 8 ports on the
Cisco MDS 9124 Switch are licensed.
• On-Demand Port activation licensing provides 24 licensed ports by default in the Cisco MDS 9134
Switch. Port capacity can be increased on-site to 32 ports with an additional license. The 10 Gbps
ports are also available through an additional license.
• Stacking of the Cisco MDS 9134 Switches by using copper X2 CX4 transceivers to expand up to 64
ports.
• Quick configuration wizard that provides an easy-to-use interface allowing you to quickly enable
server access to storage devices.
For a list of features supported on the Cisco MDS 9134 Switch and the Cisco MDS 9124 Switch and for
information on how to configure the Cisco MDS 9100 Series, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric
Manager Configuration Guide and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide.
This chapter describes hardware information about the Cisco MDS 9100 Series and its components, and
it includes the following sections:
• Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches, page 1-2
• Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter, page 1-5
• Power Supplies, page 1-6
• Fan Modules, page 1-6
• Cisco MDS 9100 Series Ports, page 1-7
• Switch LEDs, page 1-10
• Supported SFP Transceivers, page 1-13
Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches
This section describes the four Cisco MDS 9100 Series configurations:
• Cisco MDS 9134 Switch, page 1-3
• Cisco MDS 9124 Switch, page 1-4
• Cisco MDS 9140 Switch, page 1-4
• Cisco MDS 9120 Switch, page 1-5