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Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM Blade Center
The Cisco MDS 9200 Series supports the following additional modules:
• The nonremovable interface module (located above the integrated supervisor module), provides the
console port (COM1 port) and the MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port for the integrated supervisor
module. See the “Interface Modules” section on page 1-10.
• An optional module in the open slot (slot 2).
• Two power supplies that are redundant by default and can be configured to be combined if desired.
• A hot-swappable fan module with four fans provides redundancy. See the “Fan Module” section on
page 1-36.
Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM Blade Center
The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter is designed for IBM BladeCenter
environments. The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch is based on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN
switching technology, which integrates the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches and directors into a
blade-switch architecture. The advanced architecture of the Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for
IBM BladeCenter, along with 4-GB technology, provides outstanding performance between
Bladeswitches and the rest of the Fibre Channel infrastructure.
The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter provides 4-GB Fibre Channel
performance to blade-server switching. It also provides network intelligence features such as virtual
SANs (VSANs), quality of service (QoS), and N-port interface virtualization (NPIV). It also offers
nondisruptive software upgrades and on-demand port activation and is the most complete embedded
Fibre Channel switching available for the IBM BladeCenter, BladeCenter-T, and BladeCenter-H
platforms.
The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter provides up to 20 nonblocking 1-, 2-,
and 4-GB Fibre Channel ports that are available in two configurations: 7 internal ports and 3 external
ports, or 14 internal ports and 6 external ports. Each port provides line-rate performance up to 4-GB
without any performance loss for integrated features such as VSANs, QoS, or Network Address
Translation (NAT). The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter supports up to 16
VSANs per blade switch.
Each external port on the Cisco MDS FC Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter also provides line-rate
performance up to 4-GB for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) or additional device connectivity such as storage
or host bus adapters (HBAs).
The Cisco NX-OS software provides role-based access control (RBAC) for management access of the
Cisco Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter command-line interface (CLI) and Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP). For more information, see the Cisco 9000 Family Command
Reference.
Integrated Supervisor Modules
The Cisco MDS 9200 Series switches have nonremovable integrated supervisor modules in each chassis.
These modules include the following:
• Cisco MDS 9222i Integrated Supervisor Module, page 1-6
• Cisco MDS 9216i Integrated Supervisor Module, page 1-6
• Cisco MDS 9216A Integrated Supervisor Module, page 1-7