The Cisco MDS 9500 Director Switches deliver industry-leading scalability, up to 528-ports, and performance, with up to 2.4 Terabits per second internal system bandwidth. The MDS 9513 boasts a very high port density in the 13 slot, 14U chassis with high availability features to lower TCO and enable SAN infrastructure consolidation. HP delivers the Cisco MDS 9500 Directors with dual supervisor 2 modules, dual fabric 2 modules, redundant fans, clocks, power supplies and non-disruptive upgrades to ensure smooth, continuous operation. The dual fabric 2 modules are a new innovation which double the bandwidth per slot on the MDS 9513 is both redundant and hot-swappable, thereby taking fabric availability to a different level. The open expansion slots on the MDS 9500 Directors can be filled with optional MDS 9000 family port modules, including earlier generation Fibre Channel modules along with the newest generation 24 and 48 port performance and host optimized 8Gb Fibre Channel modules.
Features
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Adaptable: Users can easily expand and deploy new technology on their MDS 9500 Directors as needs dictate
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Manageable: Provides embedded Fabric Manager, Optional Cisco Fabric Manager Server and integration with HP StorageWorks Management Essentials and CiscoWorks RME
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Serviceable and Upgradeable: Delivers embedded diagnostics (Fibre Channel ping, traceroute and protocol analyzer) and “Call Home” capabilities. Offers investment protection with multiple module options, all interchangeable across MDS 9000 line.
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High availability: Provides non-disruptive software upgrades, stateful process failover and hot swappable components
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Data Protection: Storage Media Encryption provides heterogeneous support for data stored to tape.
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Secure: Supports VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, role-based access control, Data encryption using IPsec for IP network links and access control lists
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Multi-protocol: Integrates Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCIP in one system, no separate boxes to manage.
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Flexible: Introduces Virtual SANs (VSANs) and Inter-VSAN routing for consolidation of isolated SAN islands on a single physical fabric.
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Scalable: Offers 12 to 528 Fibre Channel ports; supports throughput up to 160 Gb in a single Port Channel ISL
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High performance: Supplies 2.4 Terabits of total internal bandwidth for integrated 4, 8 and 10 Gb Fibre Channel switching.
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