Cisco 9124E User Manual
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-ClassCisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
QuickSpecs
BladeSystem
BladeSystem
BladeSystemBladeSystem
Overview
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem delivers a high performance 4 Gbps embedded Fibre Channel
switch option for HP BladeSystem c-Class customers deploying storage area networks in their enterprise. The integrated design frees
up rack space, enables a reduction of components such as cables and SFPs, and utilizes shared power and cooling within the
BladeSystem enclosure. This results in space and cost savings as well as higher levels of availability through fewer points of failure. A
hot-pluggable design, as well as support for non-disruptive software upgrades and the unique ability to automatically and statefully
restart failed processes, further enhances the availability features of the overall solution. The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch
supports VSAN, an industry standard for fabric virtualization enabling more efficient network use by creating hardware-based isolated
environments within a single physical SAN fabric or switch. In addition, advanced traffic management features such as PortChannels,
virtual output queuing, Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) simplify deployment while optimizing the fabric. Management is simplified
with a broad range of integrated tools that range from a consistent Cisco MDS 9000 family Command Line Interface (CLI) to Cisco
Fabric Manager and an industry-standard API that includes support for SNMP and SMI-s for integration with third-party and userdeveloped tools. In addition, switch management is integrated with HP BladeSystem management tools including HP Onboard
Administrator for BladeSystem, HP Systems Insight Manager, and HP Storage Essentials create a unique and tightly integrated
experience for server and storage administrators.
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch combines value and performance in an embedded SAN switch, enabling increased productivity
and substantial cost savings benefiting organizations with limited dedicated IT staff.
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
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Key Features and Benefits
Key Features and Benefits
Key Features and BenefitsKey Features and Benefits
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystemThe Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
Integrated design
Integrated design
Integrated designIntegrated design
4 Gbps SAN connectivity
4 Gbps SAN connectivity
4 Gbps SAN connectivity4 Gbps SAN connectivity
High availability
High availability
High availabilityHigh availability
Flexible licensing
Flexible licensing
Flexible licensingFlexible licensing
Traffic management
Traffic management
Traffic managementTraffic management
VSAN support
VSAN support
VSAN supportVSAN support
Long distance support
Long distance support
Long distance supportLong distance support
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch hot-plugs into the back of the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure,
freeing up rack space. Interconnect for servers and switches internal to the BladeSystem reduces cabling,
SFPs and associated costs. Shared power and cooling resources further reduces cost and additional
points of failure.
Employs high speed technology for storage networking. Up to eight external facing ports auto-sense
lower bandwidth components for greater flexibility and investment protection (4, 2, or 1 Gbps).
Designed for environments where downtime is not an option. Up to six FC switches are supported in the
BladeSystem enclosure. Hot-pluggable design supports non-disruptive upgrades, VSANs for fault
isolation, and PortChannels for ISL resiliency.
Dynamic and growing businesses require the flexibility to manage their investment wisely. Designed to
scale as business needs dictate with the option of a 12-port model and a 12-port upgrade license.
Simplifies deployment while optimizing core edge fabrics with support for virtual output queuing, flexible
buffer credit allocation, PortChannels, Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF), and more.
Support for up to 16 VSANs per switch that can be zoned as its own fabric enables efficiency, lower cost
through shared usage, the flexibility of independent configuration control, and increased security through
isolation of devices on the same physical SAN.
Individual ports can be configured with short-range, medium range, or long-rangelength SFP optics for
connectivity of up to 500 meters, 4 kilometers and 10 kilometers, respectively.
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Overview
Broad range of
Broad range of
Broad range ofBroad range of
management options
management options
management optionsmanagement options
Comprehensive security
Comprehensive security
Comprehensive securityComprehensive security
Models
Models
ModelsModels
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric
Cisco MDS 9124e FabricCisco MDS 9124e Fabric
Switch for HP c-Class
Switch for HP c-Class
Switch for HP c-ClassSwitch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
BladeSystem
BladeSystemBladeSystem
Simple and consistent with support by the Cisco MDS 9000 family management tools including a CLI,
Cisco Fabric Manager and a standards-based API supporting SNMP and SMI-s. Also supported by HP
unified server and storage management tools including HP Onboard Administrator, HP SIM, and HP
Storage Essentials.
Offers an extensive security framework to protect highly sensitive data crossing today's enterprise
networks.
Cisco MDS 9124e 12-port Fabric Switch
Cisco MDS 9124e 24-port Fabric Switch
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
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BladeSystem
BladeSystem
BladeSystemBladeSystem
AG641A
AG642A
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Product Highlights
Configuration support
Configuration support
Configuration supportConfiguration support
Cost Effective Intelligent
Cost Effective Intelligent
Cost Effective IntelligentCost Effective Intelligent
Storage networking
Storage networking
Storage networkingStorage networking
Highly available platform
Highly available platform
Highly available platformHighly available platform
for mission-critical
for mission-critical
for mission-criticalfor mission-critical
deployments
deployments
deploymentsdeployments
Flexibility
Flexibility
FlexibilityFlexibility
Please see the following Web site for configuration support at:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html
Powered by Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software, offers intelligent storage networking capabilities such
as Virtual SANs (VSANs), PortChannels, quality of service (QoS), and security for cost-effective design,
deployment, and management of enterprise SANs.
Designed for environments where downtime is not an option. It offers nondisruptive software upgrades,
VSANs for fault isolation, and PortChannels for Inter-Switch Link (ISL) resiliency.
Offers up to 24 4/2/1-Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports with 4Gbps of dedicated bandwidth to
each port, and an aggregate platform bandwidth of 192 Gbps. Starts with a base configuration of 12
ports (8 internal and 4 external ports) with flexibility to upgrade in the field to 24 ports using 12-port
upgrade activation license.
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-ClassCisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
BladeSystem
BladeSystemBladeSystem
Simplified storage
Simplified storage
Simplified storageSimplified storage
management
management
managementmanagement
Comprehensive security
Comprehensive security
Comprehensive securityComprehensive security
framework
framework
frameworkframework
Sophisticated diagnostics
Sophisticated diagnostics
Sophisticated diagnosticsSophisticated diagnostics
Interoperability
Interoperability
InteroperabilityInteroperability
New N-Port Virtualizer feature (SAN-OS v3.2(1a) and later) employs industry-standard N-Port
Virtualization technology to eliminate domain count concerns and enable fabric interoperability.
There can be a total of 16 internal ports for connectivity to 16 server blades and 8 front panel ports for
connectivity to the SAN, server, or storage devices.
Includes built-in storage network management, with all features available through a command-line
interface (CLI) or integrated with HP Storage Essentials or Cisco Fabric Manager
Supports RADIUS and TACACS+, port security, fabric binding, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
host-to-switch and switch-to-switch authentication, Secure FTP (SFTP), Secure Shell Version 2 (SSHv2)
and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES), VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, broadcast zones, and per-VSAN role-based access
control (RBAC).
Industry-leading intelligent diagnostics such as Fibre Channel Ping, Fibre Channel Traceroute, Switched
Port Analyzer (SPAN), Cisco Fabric Analyzer, and integrated call-home capability enhance reliability,
facilitate faster problem resolution, and reduce service costs.
Common platform architecture and the use of Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software intelligent storagenetworking services across all Cisco MDS 9000 family switches reduces ongoing operating expenses by
providing a consistent set of provisioning, management, and diagnostic capabilities. Offers compatibility
with a broad range of HP servers and operating systems, as well as storage devices; see current
compatibility matrix.
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Product Highlights
Software Components, Included
Software Components, Included
Software Components, IncludedSoftware Components, Included
SAN-OS
SAN-OS
SAN-OSSAN-OS
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Fabric ManagerCisco Fabric Manager
Software Components, Optional
Software Components, Optional
Software Components, OptionalSoftware Components, Optional
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Fabric ManagerCisco Fabric Manager
Server Package
Server Package
Server PackageServer Package
Cisco Enterprise Package
Cisco Enterprise Package
Cisco Enterprise PackageCisco Enterprise Package
Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS delivers numerous advanced storage networking capabilities for the Cisco
MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Intelligent Directors and Fabric Switches.
Provides integrated, comprehensive management of larger SAN environments allowing administrators to
perform vital tasks such as topology, discovery, fabric configuration and verification, provisioning,
monitoring, and fault resolution.
The Cisco Fabric Manager Server (FMS) package extends Cisco Fabric Manager by providing historical
performance monitoring for network traffic hot-spot analysis, centralized management services, and
advanced application integration. All standard Cisco Fabric Manager features and functions are fully
integrated with the Cisco FMS capabilities.
The Cisco MDS switch also has a set of additional advanced traffic engineering and advanced security
features recommended for all Enterprise SANs. The additional features listed below are bundled together
in the Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package.
Quality of Service (QoS) levels
Switch-Switch and Host-Switch Authentication
Host to LUN Zoning
Read-Only Zoning
Individual Port Security
VSAN Based Access Control
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-ClassCisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
BladeSystem
BladeSystemBladeSystem
BladeSystem compatibility
BladeSystem compatibility
BladeSystem compatibilityBladeSystem compatibility
NOTE:
NOTE:
The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem must be deployed with the BladeSystem c-Class
NOTE:NOTE:
infrastructure and will only work with the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures.
ProLiant Servers
ProLiant Servers
ProLiant ServersProLiant Servers
Integrity Servers
Integrity Servers
Integrity ServersIntegrity Servers
ProLiant BL c-Class
ProLiant BL c-Class
ProLiant BL c-ClassProLiant BL c-Class
Server Blade Enclosures
Server Blade Enclosures
Server Blade EnclosuresServer Blade Enclosures
ProLiant BLc server blades
Integrity BLc server blades
HP BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 Enclosures
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