MDS 9710 and 9250i Technical Overview

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Cisco Data Center Training for IBMChanging the Economics of the Data Center

Brent AndersonSystems Engineer – DataCenter

IBM - Global

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Business Challenges

BudgetConstraints

Security andCompliance24x7 BusinessBusiness

Agility

Business and Technology Impacting the Data Center

Technology Trends

Cloud Data DelugeProliferationof Devices Energy Efficiency


AT&T transfers about 30 Petabytes of data

through its network daily

150 Exabytes global size of “Big Data” in Healthcare,

growing between 1.2 and 2.4 EX / year

Facebook processes 500+ Terabytes of data daily

By 2016, annual Internet traffic will reach 1.3 Zettabytes

$155B Worldwide sensor market in 2011, forecasted to grow to

$240B in 2016

450B Business transactions / day over the Internet by 2020

118B E-mails sent daily from a total of 3.4B e-mail accounts;

volume growing to 168B in 2015

6.8B Mobile phones worldwide

Increasing Demands on IT…

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2010 2015

Percentage of Uncertain Data

You are here.

Sensors & Devices

VoIP

Enterprise Data

Social Media

1023

Data Growth: This is only the beginning!


Source: IDC, Storage Purchasing Trends Among US Firms, IDC QuickPoll Survey, July 2013, Doc # 243511© IDC, Visit us at IDC.com and follow us on Twitter: @IDC

2.6

23.8

26.4

28.0

28.3

30.9

42.0

.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0

Other

Complexity in managing too many storage product architectures

Quickly fulfilling storage provisioning requests

Time in planning/doing storage migrations/technology refreshes

Time and/or budget to implement advanced storage features

Successfully troubleshooting potentially storage-related problems

Meeting SLAs on performance, availability or recovery

Most Pressing Storage Challenges

% of respondents

Businesses Must AdaptExcluding data growth, Satisfying SLAs is their Top Imperative / Challenge


LAN/SANSAN

CiscoNexus 5000

CiscoNexus 6000

CiscoNexus 7000

Cisco Nexus 1000V

CiscoNexus 3000

Cisco MDS 9200 Series

Cisco® MDS 9500 Series


CiscoNexus 2000

Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice

Switch


10+ Years of Proven NX-OS Operating System From Hypervisor to Core

Cisco Multi-Protocol Architecture for LAN and SANIndustry’s Broadest Switching Portfolio

CONSISTENT and SIMPLIFIEDFeatures, Management and Programmability

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Single Point of Management

B22


Multi-Protocol Storage Networking

Supporting Multiple Protocols

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Data Centers RequireMulti-Protocol Connectivity

FCHigh

Performance Data Center Connectivity

FICONMainframe

Connectivity

FCIPLong Distance

Replication Connectivity

iSCSI-NAS

File and Block Over IP

TCP/IPLAN

Connectivity

FCoE

SAN Protocols

LAN Protocols


Multi-Protocol Storage Networking

Advancing Server Virtualization and Cloud

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IBM Virtualization extended and complimented by Cisco SAN

Mainframe: LPAR, z/VM, Z-Linux

IBM AIX: LPAR, VIO, P-Hypervisor, Converged

I/O

IBM X86: Hypervisor (ie Vmware,KVM, HyperV), Blade

Chassis I/O consolidation, Converged I/O

FCoE

FC/FICON

Cisco MDS with VSANs, IVR, NPiV, NPV

Enhanced Ethernet and FCoE FCiP FC

IBM SAN Volume Controller

Virtualized Disk of DASD systems

VDISK VDISK

SVC

Multi-Protocol Support

TEST VSANs

DEV VSAN

Prod. VSAN

WAN


Server Virtualization and CloudCisco Extends SAN Intelligence to Virtual Server Deployments

Fabric Scalability and PerformanceResilient, high performance fabric to support

large, dense VM environments

Performance Monitoring and TrendingVM-granular management and

troubleshootingQuality of Service (QoS)

VM-granular policy provisioning

VSANs Isolate Fault DomainsIncrease availability, simplify

troubleshooting, improve security

Long Distance vMotionSeamless migration of applications

between data centersTier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

SAN Fabric

V V V

NPIVV V V

V V V

V V V


MDS 9000 Architecture

The MDS architecture has been designed to meet the following principles:

• High Data Transfer Capability – Provide performance to meet customer requirements

• Predictable Performance – All traffic in chassis has equal and consistent performance no matter traffic ingresses or egresses

• Highly Available – Hardware components and Software features are design for maximum availability

• Data Protection – Protect SAN and End devices from corrupted frames


THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY DIRECTOR

NOW!

3X STORAGE DIRECTOR

INDUSTRY’S MOST

RELIABLE

WITH MULTI-PROTOCOL INNOVATIONS

UNMATCHED FLEXIBILITY

INVESTMENT PROTECTION for the Next Decade!

NEXT-GENERATION STORAGE DIRECTOR

MDS 9710 DIRECTOR


SCALEFOR ANY SAN

Up to 384 Line Rate ports with

48x16G FC or 48x10G FCoE

GROWWITHOUT FORKLIFT

1.5-Tbps/slot capacity

3X thePERFORMANCE of any

Director

MDS 9710 Director –Future-Proofing For Cloud and Massive Amounts of Data

With

Q1 CY14NOW

PRESERVEIT OPERATIONS and KNOWLEDGE

Ease of migrationWith NX-OS and DCNM

CONSISTENTOPERATIONS


Introducing MDS 9710Next Generation Cisco MDS DirectorThe MDS 9710 is the next generation Fibre Channel Director from Cisco, designed for:

• Highest Scalability in the Industry‒ 50% more Line-rate 16G FC Ports than competition

• Highest Availability in the Industry‒ N+1 Fabric Modules protection1 provides zero impact to

Application Bandwidth in the event of a fabric card or supervisor card failure

• Investment protection for the next decade‒ Three times backplane bandwidth2 than competition

1 With optional fourth fabric module installed2 With six fabric modules installed


Introducing the MDS 9710 Director

MDS 9710 Chassis

Supervisor Engine

Fabric Module

48 Port 16G Line Card

Fan Tray

48 Port 10GbE FCoE Module


48-Port 16G Fibre Channel Line Card

Cisco 16-Gbps Line Card

Performance 48 x 16 Gbps ports, 768 Gbps

Port Speeds 2, 4, 8, 10 and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel

Optics (sfp+) 2/4/8G FC, 4/8/16G FC, 10G FC, 10GE (FC with 10GE clock)

Port Types F, FL, E, TE, SD, ST

Port Groups Twelve 4-port port-groups

Intelligent Capabilities VSAN, IVR, FC Redirect

Buffer-to-buffer credits Up to 500 per port, 4095 with Enterprise License (510km @ 16G)


Optics Support on MDS 9710

MDS 9710 PIDs Distance

16G FC SFP+DS-SFP-FC16G-SW

• OM1 -15M, OM2 – 35M• OM3 – 100M, OM4 – 125M

DS-SFP-FC16G-LW • 10 km


• OM2 -100M, OM3 – 150M• OM4 – 190M

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW • 10 kmDS-SFP-FC8G-ER • 40 km


• OM1 – 33m, OM2 – 82 m, OM3 – 300 m

DS-SFP-FC10G-LW • 10 km

10GE SFP+SFP-10G-SR • 300 mSFP-10G-LR • 10 kmSFP-10G-ER • 40 km

8G CWDM* DS-CWDM8G-xxxx• 25 km with CWDM Mux and Demux• 40 km point to point

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MDS 9710 48-Port FCoE ModuleSeamless Bridge FC SANs to Converged Networks

Use-cases Create FCoE ISLs between N7K/MDS

Bridge Converged Networks to FC SANs

Enabling services such as FCIP to Converged Networks

High-density (48-Port) Line Rate FCoE Module Supported in any MDS 9700 chassis

BenefitsPreserves existing and continued investments in MDS 9700 FC

Seamless interoperability between all MDS 9700 and Nexus platforms

Preserve existing and continued investments in Fibre Channel

48-port 10-Gbps FCoE Line Card MDS 9700 Chassis

Q2’14


Now With FICON SupportMDS 9710

FICON | FCP | CASCADING | VSAN | CUP

Preparing FICON topologies for 16Gbps and 32Gbps channels


New Case Studies

MDS 9710:

Multi-hop FCoE:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/university_of_siegen_external_casestudy_fnl_01_30_13.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/boeing.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/NetApp_external_casestudy_fnl_04_15_13.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/

itochu_cs.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/mds-linkedin-cs-11_08_13.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/molina_cs_10_31_13_final.pdf





















• Each Fabric Module provides 220 Gbps of actual data bandwidth per slot, equivalent to 256 Gbps of Fibre Channel apparent bandwidth

• Three fabric modules provide 660 Gbps of actual data bandwidth per slot, equivalent to 768 Gbps of Fibre Channel apparent bandwidth

• With six fabric modules, the maximum per slot bandwidth is 1.32 Tbps of actual data bandwidth OR 1.536 Tbps Fibre Channel apparent bandwidth

MDS 9710 Fabric Module


Number of Fabric Cards

Front panel FC Bandwidth per Slot/ Total Bandwidth Full Line-Rate N+1 Fabric Card Protection

1 256 Gbps No No

2 512 Gbps No No

3 768 Gbps Yes No

4 768 Gbps/1024 Yes Yes

5 1280 YES YES

6 1512 YES YES

Host Port

Line-rate on 48-port 16G FC Module needs only 3 Fabric cards

48 Port 16G FC Module

Switching Bandwidth per fabric card

1

2

3

432Gbps

FC ready


Cisco MDS vs Brocade – 3x Performance

Number Of Fabric Cards

Front-Panel FC Bandwidth / Slot

1 256 Gbps

2 512 Gbps

3 768 Gbps

4 1024 Gbps

5 1280 Gbps

6 1536 Gbps

Number Of CR Modules

Front-Panel FC Bandwidth / Slot

1 256 Gbps

2 512 Gbps

Cisco MDS 9710

Brocade DCX 8510

Future Proof Growth

Future Proof with MDS 9710 for 32G FC and 40G FCoE


Increase Application Performance with IBM Flash and Cisco 9710

3X Less Latency – any port to any port


14 RU

MDS 9710 Standard Configuration Max Configuration

Line Cards 8

Supervisor Modules 2

Fabric Modules 3 6

Power Supplies 6 8

Fan Trays 3

Chassis Height 24.35” (14 RU)

Chassis Width 17.3”

Chassis Depth 34"

Line-rate 16G Ports/system 384

Airflow Front-to-Back

17.3”

MDS 9710 Director Highlights


MDS 9710 Details

Redundant Supervisor Engines

8 payload slots (1.5T/slot)

8 3000W AC/DC power supplies

14RU3 fan trays

6 fabric modules (behind fan trays)

RearFront

Front-to-back airflow

32”


MDS 9710 Power Supply

• New form factor 3000W power supply module

• Autosensing voltage detection

• Both AC and DC power supplies available

• Can mix AC and DC power supplies in same chassis

MDS

MDS


MDS 9710 Power Planning

• Maximum MDS 9710 configuration requires 3 power supplies to operate

• Six power supplies provide grid redundancy, three per power grid

Grid A Grid B

Power Distribution Unit-

B

Power Distribution Unit-

A


MDS 9710 Supervisor Module• New half-width form factor

• 10/100/1000 Management port, RJ45 Console port, 2 x USB 2.0 ports

SUP2A MDS 9500

SUPMDS 9710

Memory 2G 8G

# of Cores 1 4

Clock Speed 1.4 GHz 2.1 GHz

Instruction 32-bit 64-bit


Family Comparison – MDS 9500 & MDS 9513MDS 9710 MDS 9513

Maximum Ports Per Chassis 384 x 2/4/8/10/16-Gbps FC384 x 10-Gbps FCoE1

528 x 1/2/4/8/10-Gbps FC88 x 10-Gbps FCoE176 x 1-Gbps Ethernet

Line Card Slots 8 11

Supervisor Slots 2 2

Switching Fabric Slots 62 2

Switching Fabric 256 Gbps FC per fabric 128 Gbps FC per fabric

FC Switching Bandwidth 24-Tbps 8.4-Tbps

Physical Dimensions(H x W x D) 24.5 x 17.37 x 34.0 in. 24.5 x 17.37 x 28.0 in.

Physical Dimensions (RU) 14 14

Weight

Chassis - 185 lbsPower supply - 6 lbsFabric module - 11 lbsSupervisor-1 - 7 lbs

Chassis - 100 lbsPower supply - 32.5 lbsFabric module - 5.75 lbsSupervisor-2/2A - 7.2 lbs

Airflow Front to back Side to side

Fan Tray Three fan trays at back Front and back fan tray


MDS 9000 Portfolio

Gen-1 (2Gb)

Supervisor-1

MDS 9506 & 9509

IPS-8

FC-32

FC-16

SSM

MPS -14/2

MDS 9216 & 9216i

Gen-2 (4Gb)

12/24/48-port 4Gb FC

MSM-18/4

Supervisor-2/2A 4-port 10Gb FC

MDS 9222i

MDS 9513

MDS 9124 & 9134

Gen-3 (8Gb)

24/48-port 8Gb FC

4/44-port 8Gb FC

SSN-16

Fabric-2

MDS 9148

EOLGen-4

8Gb FLR

4/44-port 8Gb FC

SSN-16

Fabric-3

MDS 9148

32-port 8Gb FLR FC

48-port 8Gb FC

Fabric-3

EOS

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SAN Service and MDS 9250iFCiP | FC | FICON | iSCSI | FCoE


Ethernet1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric SwitchNext-Gen Storage Services Platform for Unified FabricFCiP | FC | FICON | iSCSI | FCoE

Features

Line Rate Performance for

• 16G FC, 10GE FCoE, 10GE FCIP, FICON, iSCSI

Rich set of Storage Services for FC and FCoE SANs

• FCIP, IO Accelerator (IOA), Data Mobility Migration (DMM),

Integrated Management via Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

BenefitsSingle Platform for deploying Storage Services across FC

and FCoE Storage Area Networks (SANs)

• High-Bandwidth SAN Extension across MAN/WAN

• Migrate Data between FC and FCoE arrays

MDS 9250i

40 Ports 16G FC 8 Ports 10GE FCoE

2 Ports 10GE FCIP/iSCSI 1+1 Redundant Fans

2+1 Redundant Power Supplies


DATA MIGRATION

Migrate Data between Heterogenous Arrays

BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY

Production DC

MDS 9250i – Swiss Army Knife of Storage Networking

16G FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH FC TO FCOE GATEWAY

MDS 9250i

Disaster Recovery DC

IP WAN

MDS 9250i

NexusMDS9710

10G FCIP

FC

MDS 9250i

DWDM/SONETOptical

MAN

FC

FCoE

MDS 9250i

FCoE

FC FCoE

Nexus

Nexus


SAN Extension

• SAN Extension is an integral component of SAN Business Solutions:‒ Disaster Recovery – Protecting Data Through Offsite Data Replication and Backup

‒ Business Continuance – Restoration of Business After a Failure

‒ Business Resilience – Continued Operation of Business During a Failure

‒ Cloud Storage – Leveraging the Cloud for Data Storage

• Solution dependent on available DCI network and the customer business requirements (RPO, RTO)


Types of SAN Extension Solutions

• SAN Extension solutions typically divided into the following categories:

Solution Solution FC FCoE FCIP

Dark Fiber Replication - Synchronous 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 16G 10GE 1, 10GE

CWDM Replication - Synchronous 1, 2, 4, 8 10GE 1, 10GE

DWDM Replication - Synchronous 1, 2, 4, 8, 10G 10GE 1, 10GE

SONET/SDH

Replication – Synchronous / Asynchronous,Backup

1, 2, 4, 8, 10G NA 1, 10GE

FCIPReplication –Asynchronous,Backup

NA NA 1, 10GE


Distance Extension – How far can I go?• SAN Extension distance is limited by two separate factors

‒ Physical Layer – How far can the optics transmit or how far does the interconnect go (dependencies on cable type and speed)?

‒ SW optics – < 1 km,

‒ MR optics – up to 4 km

‒ LW optics – up to 10 km

‒ ER optics – up to 40 km

‒ CWDM/DWDM optics – up to 40 km point-to-point

‒ Flow control – How many frames can I have in flight?

‒ FC – Determined by BB credits

‒ FCoE – Determined by interface buffers

‒ FCIP – Determined by the TCP window size

• It is the combination of these two factors that determines how far a FC solution can be deployed

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• Device level configuration via Cisco CLI or Device Manager application

• Initial product configuration• VSAN configuration• Port configuration

• Manager SNMP security access• Manage alarms, events and notifications

• View chassis, module, port status

• Fabric wide configuration via DCNM SAN (Java)

• Fabric wide configuration of port channels, FCIP, VSANs, etc• Topology view

• Event monitoring• Fabric trouble shooting tools

• Wizard-based fabric provisioning: verify changes before execution and reduce chances for human error

• Real-time event forwarding for proactive storage network management and reduced response time

MDS Management

IBM System Networking


The Summary Dashboard is configurable to display choices include: Health, Inventory, Traffic Flows, Connectivity, Used/Remaining Capacity

Cisco Data Center Network Manager AdvancedKey Feature: Dynamic Dashboards



• VMpath VM connectivity to network and storage

• Standard & Custom Reports• Provisioning NX-OS features

• Dynamic Topology Views• Image Management

• Configuration Backup/Restore• Rule-based event filtering and

forwarding• Threshold Alerting

• Change Tracking and RBAC

Cisco Data Center Network Manager AdvancedFeature Support and User Interface



VMpath: End to End Performance Management

• Troubleshoot Performance across virtualized compute and network domains

• Understand the Impact of the path outage along with event description

• Understand behavior of your applications over a period of time

VM SERVER NEXUSSWITCH TRUNK / ISL STORAGE

PORTMDS

SWITCH



One Command Multi-Switch CLI Access

Click here for CLI Access

Select switches to open and common credential

SAN Host Path Redundancy Check

Reduces risk when upgrading switch and storage arrays

Prevents outages due to missing redundancy

Reduces time to migrate and deploy infrastructure


SAN Host Path Redundancy Analysis

What it looks for

• Identifies non-redundant hosts

• Exceptions policy for single path hosts

• Optional storage array LUN check

• Fix recommendation

• Description of violation

• Supports FC and FCoE

• Runs every 24 hours or on demand

MDSN77

N5K

STORAGE

SERVER

VMWARE

N5K MDS

STORAGE

MDS

MDS

MDS

Missing Zone

Time

Port Down on redundant fabricVSAN mismatch

VSAN segmentation

LUN visible through a single fabric only

MDS

MDS

VSAN 100VSAN 200


• The snooze feature will prevent forwarding of configured alerts during specified time range.

Event Snooze


Scaling Improvements

• Scaling work being done in 6.2(7) and beyond allows for greater flexibility in large scale SANs, especially for NPV environments

Feature 6.1(1) - 6.2(5) 6.2(7)Phase-1

Gibraltar (7.x)Phase-2

Flogi per line card 500 1000 1000

Flogi per NPIV core switch 2500 4000 4000

Zone members 16000 30000 30000

Zones 8000 16000 16000

Logins per fabric 10000 20000 20000

FCNS entries per fabric 10000 20000 20000

No of Domains 60 60 80

NPV switches/ NPIV Core Switch 105 105 105

Device Alias 8000 8000 20000

No. of VSANs per fabric 80 80 80


Fault Tolerance in SANsAddressing Misbehaving Devices

• Port Guard – Shutdown the link after multiple errors

Configurable thresholds (number of errors and duration)

• Slow Drain Devices – Detect, Notify, Recover

Detect - Monitor buffer credits and ASIC queues

Notify - SNMP traps and System Logs

Recover – Configurable multi-step recovery options

Disable the port right away

Attempt to recover through timeouts and frame-drops first

Misbehaving HBA

Affected Host


Port-Guard The Link failure can happen for any of the following reasons.

- Cable cut (NOS/LOS)- In case of F ports, the connected device has rebooted - In case of ISL, the connected line card has rebooted- Too many bit errors due to bad SFP/Cable etc.- B2B buffer overflow condition- Hardware Recoverable errors

Once the condition is hit the link will be down with the ‘Error disabled - port down due to link failure’ as the reason. This reason will also be displayed in the ‘show interface’ command.

User will need to perform the following to bring the link up again.

- ‘shut’ command followed by ‘no shut’ command

- Note: By default, irrespective of if this feature is enabled or not, we shut down the port if the switch receives too many invalid flogi’s from a host.


Port-Guard config using Device Manager


Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for IBM

• Extends FEX connectivity into blade chassis

• Cisco Nexus 5500/6000 Switch is a single management point for all the blade chassis I/O modules

• End-to-end FCoE support

• 50% decrease in blade chassis I/O modules

• 66% decrease in blade management points

• Blade & rack networking consistency

• Increased network resiliency

FEATURES

BENEFITS:

Cisco Nexus B22 IBM


Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender

+

Cisco Nexus Parent Switch

Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender

Virtual Modular System

=

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Nexus 5500 SeriesFEX parent switch upgrade

Enhances POD with Layer 3 Intelligence

Enables Cisco Fabric Path

50% Reduction in Latency

40G Ready (future)

Scales to 1,000 hosts and 4K VLANs

Nexus 5500 + Nexus 2000


Key Feature Cutlass

Number of Ports 14 Internal server ports8 External FET or SFP+ ports

Speed 1/10Gb internally; 10 Gb externally

Chassis management through I2C only; switch management through upstream Top of Rack Switch

No CLINo ConfigurationNo Ethernet NICMinimal CMM interactionNo apparent FSM interactionNo SNMP or MIB support (though Director and FSM can interrogate CMM and upstream switch through standard Nexus supported interfaces)

Max Computed Power 65.05w

FEX details


Part Number information

The part number for the B22 Fabric Extender includes the following items:

• One Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender

• Sixteen Cisco Fabric Extender Transceivers (Cisco part number FET-10G included only in 94Y5355)

• Important Notices Flyer

• Technical Update Flyer

• Warranty Flyer

• CRU/FRU Flyer

• Documentation CD-ROM

Note: Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender, part number 94Y5350, comes without SFP or SFP+ (small form-

factor pluggable plus) transceivers or cables. They must be ordered separately.

Sold Exclusively by IBM and its Partners


Fabric Extender Connectivity Options

Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET)

• Cost-effective N5K->N2K interconnect

• SFP+ form-factor

• Reach of 100M (OM3 fiber)

• Incompatible with SR optics

• Used for N2K interconnect only

• Low power & latency

Single Reach (SR) Long Reach (LR)

Direct Attached Copper (Twinax) Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET)


Supported Adapters

* The Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter is included in models of the x240 with model numbers of the form x2x.


Connecting to Cisco network - Customer already owns Nexus ToR

LOM or CN4054 (pNIC, vNIC mode)

V7000

B22 Cisco FEX

Key value:• Integrated Virtual Fabric and FCoE on compute node

• Cisco FEX in chassis - unmanaged • Connects to existing or new Cisco network.

Black line is FCOERed line is Fibre Channel

Yellow line is Ethernet

Cisco SAN

Nexus 55XX

Nexus 55XX

Adapter Integrated Switch FCoE Top Of Rack Switch SAN Switch Storage Target OS levels

LOM & CN4054 4-port adapter (BE3) pNIC and vNIC modes

B22 Cisco FEX Nexus 5548 / 5596 Cisco SAN FC: V7000, SVC, DSXXX Win2008 R2SP1, ESX 5.0 U1, RHEL 6.3

Nexus7K


FEX Parent - Cisco Nexus 5548UP & 5596UP

Mgmt 0, Console, USB

Redundant Fan Modules

Redundant 750W AC Power Supplies

• Fixed Unified Ports• Line Rate

• 1/10GE & FCoE• 8/4/2/1 Native FC

Expansion Module • 16p Unified Ports

Back of the Switch

Front to Back AirflowFront of the

Switch


FEX Parent - Nexus 6004 Chassis

12 QSFP ports Expansion Module48 Fixed QSFP Interfaces

4RU

30”


FEX cable support plan – IBM cables


FEX cable support plan – Cisco cables


IBM and Cisco: How to design a state-of-the art data center and networking infrastructure combining Cisco and IBM solutions

IBM and Cisco Building Blocks for the Data Center

Physical Access Layer Evolution

Cisco Virtual Networking Solutions

Convergence of LAN and SAN

DCN Management and Automation

SDN and Cisco ONE

Reference Designs for Small, Medium and Large DCs

Link to Redbook:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248105.html?Open

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MDS 9148S1RU 48-Port Line-Rate 16G FC Switch

• Hardware‒ 48-port 16G FC fixed fabric switch

‒ 1RU with field replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, with B2F air flow

‒ 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB, and serial console for management access

‒ Base configuration of 12, 24, or 48 active ports

• Software‒ NX-OS SAN 7.x release

• Licenses‒ 12-port port upgrade license

Q3CY14


Storage Networking Roadmap (27 Jan’14)

6.2(1)Scope: MDS-9710

6.2(9)Scope: 16G

1RU, FC Scale, 9710 CTS

6.2(5) Scope: MDS

9250i, Pathtrace

6.2(3)Scope: bug fix release, plus

FCR, CLI

* Not engineering committed

Helsinki*Scope: 9706, OnePK, TBD

6.2(7)Scope: FCoE on 9710, FC Scale,

16G FEC

6.2(2) FCoE: F2-NG (N7710/N7718)

6.2(6)FCoE with Ethernet

vPC

Gibraltar 7.0(2)FCoE over FEX on F2,

FCoE on F2E (N7706) , FCoE Scale, FCoE over FabricPath Spine

Nexus 7000Helsinki*FCoE on F3 (10G/40G)

5.2(8c)Scope: Bug fixes

5.2(8a)Scope: Bug fixes

5.2(8b)Scope: Bug fixesMDS

Q3 CY13 Q4 CY13 Q1 CY14 Q2 CY14 Q4CY14Q3 CY14

6.0(2)N1(1)N6004 w/ 12p 10/40GE LEM, FCoE 10G Base-T (N5596T), N2248PQ

Illuka (Maint.) 7.0(1)N1(1)20P 8G/10GE UP LEM (N6004), Nexus 56128, Nexus 5672UP, FCoE

over FabricPath

6.0(2)N1(2) N6001P, iSCSI

TLV (N5x)

Illuka (Plus)* 7.1.x16G FC GEM (N6K)

FCoE over DFA (Leaf/Spine), 4-port VFC, IVR, Smart Zoning, FCoE with

Switch-to-Switch vPC, FCoE Slow Drain (N6K)

Illuka 7.0(0)N1(1)FC Slow Drain and Port Monitor

(N55xx), FCoE Slow Drain (N55xx, N55xx w/ FEX), VFC

Scale, iSCSI TLV (N6K)

Nexus Fixed

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