Dell MDS-9132T, MDS-9148T, MDS-9396T User Manual

Specification Sheet

Connectrix MDS-9132T, MDS-9148T & MDS-9396T 32Gb/s Switches

The Dell EMC Connectrix next generation MDS 9000T Switch series support up to 32Gigabit per second (Gb/s) Fibre Channel performance which accommodates mission-critical applications and today’s all flash storage systems. All MDS-9000T switch models allow seamless transition to Fibre Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express (FC-NVMe) workloads without any hardware upgrade in the SAN. All Connectrix MDS 9000T switches offer state-of-the-art analytics and telemetry capability built into its next-generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) platform.

Connectrix MDS 32Gb/s Fibre Channel Switch Models

MDS-9132T This 32-port switch provides high speed Fibre Channel connectivity from the server rack to the SAN core. Small-scale SAN architectures can be built from the foundation using this low-cost, low-power, non-blocking, line-rate, and low-latency, bi-directional airflow capable, fixed standalone SAN switch connecting both storage and host

ports. Medium-size to large-scale SAN architectures built with SAN core directors can expand 32-Gbps connectivity to the server rack using these switches either in switch mode or Network Port Virtualization (NPV) mode. For ultimate flexibility, the MDS-9132T scales from 8- to 32ports.

MDS-9148T This 48-port switch provides high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity for All-Flash arrays. It empowers small, midsize, and large enterprises that are rapidly deploying cloud-scale applications using extremely dense virtualized servers, providing the benefits of greater bandwidth, scale, and consolidation. Medium and large scale SAN architectures built with SAN core directors can expand 32Gb/s connectivity to the server rack using these switches in either switch mode or NPV mode. The MDS-9148T provides growth in small increments with four possible configurations of 24, 32, 40 and 48-ports.

MDS-9396T This powerful 96-port switch provides high-speed connectivity in the SAN with high performance, density and scale. For standalone SANs, this switch can serve dense hyperscale server environments that spawn thousands of virtual Host Bus Adapters (vHBAs) serving several virtual machine instances, providing each of them with predictable throughput, consistent latency and highly available paths by distributing the physical SAN connectivity across six different port groups of 16 ports each. Autozone allows these standalone deployments to benefit from automatic zoning of host and storage ports without requiring any manual zoning configuration thus, enabling a design with smaller failure domains rather than one large failure domain consisting of all switch ports. The MDS-9396T model allows for four possible configurations of 48, 64, 80 and 96-ports.

Connectrix MDS Optional Features and Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Enterprise License – includes advanced traffic engineering and network security features such as IVR, QoS, zoned based QoS, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), port security, VSAN-based access control and fabric binding.

Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Server-based SAN License – includes advanced management capabilities such as vCenter integration, performance trending, advanced provisioning, backup and dashboards. License is hosted on a server. DCNM Switch-based SAN License – includes advanced management capabilities such as vCenter integration, performance trending, advanced provisioning, backup and dashboards. License is hosted on the switch.

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Specifications

System Architecture

Features

Fibre Channel

Ports

Virtual SANs

Performance

Switch Core

Classes of

Service

Fabric Services

Fibre Channel port types

Media Types

Advanced

Functions

Hot swappable components

NX-OS minimum revision

MDS-9132T

There are two models for the 32port MDS-9132T. There is an 8-port base model with one power supply and one fan kit and a 24-port bundled model with two power supplies and two fan kits.

Up to 80 VSANs per fabric

4/8/16/32-Gb/s autosensing with 32Gb/s of dedicated bandwidth per port

Non-blocking

Class 2, 3 and F

Name Server, Registered State

Change Notification (RSCN), Login Services, Fabric Configuration Server (FCS), Public Loop, Broadcast, Inorder delivery

Standard: E, F and B

Enhanced: SD, ST and TE

Hot swappable enhanced Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers

32Gb/s

Shortwave SFP+ up to 623 feet/190 meters

Long wave SFP+ up to 6.2 miles/10km

16Gb/s – same as MDS-9148S and MDS-9396S

VSAN, IVR, Port Channel with multipath load balancing, flow-based and zone-based QoS

SFPs, power supplies and fans

NX-OS 8.2.1

MDS-9148T

Up to 48 ports. There are three base models for the MDS-9148T. There’s one model that is fully populated with 32Gb/s SFPs, another with a 24-port base, populated with 24 SFPs to which you can add an additional 24-ports and finally, there’s a 48-port model with no SFPs. All three models have options for airflow.

Up to 80 VSANs per fabric

4/8/16/32-Gb/s autosensing with 32Gb/s of dedicated bandwidth per port

Non-blocking

Class 2, 3 and F

Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Login Services, Fabric Configuration Server (FCS), Broadcast, In-order delivery

Standard: E, F and B

Enhanced: SD, ST and TE

Hot swappable enhanced Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers

32Gb/s

Shortwave SFP+ up to 623 feet/190 meters

Long wave SFP+ up to 6.2 miles/10km

16Gb/s – same as MDS-9148S and MDS9396S

VSAN, IVR, Port Channel with multipath load balancing, flow-based and zonebased QoS

SFPs, power supplies and fans

NX-OS 8.3.(1)

MDS-9396T

Up to 96 ports. There are three base models for the MDS-9396T. There’s one model that is fully populated with 32Gb/s SFPs, another with a 48-port base, populated with 48 SFPs to which you can add an additional 48-ports and finally, there’s a 96-port model with no SFPs. All three models have options for airflow.

Up to 80 VSANs per fabric

4/8/16/32-Gb/s autosensing with 32Gb/s of dedicated bandwidth per port

Non-blocking

Class 2, 3 and F

Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Login Services, Fabric Configuration Server (FCS), Public Loop, Broadcast, In-order delivery

Standard: E, F and B

Enhanced: SD, ST and TE

Hot swappable enhanced Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers

32Gb/s

Shortwave SFP+ up to 623 feet/190 meters Long wave SFP+ up to 6.2 miles/10km

16Gb/s – same as MDS-9148S and MDS9396S

VSAN, IVR, Port Channel with multipath load balancing, flow-based and zone-based QoS

SFPs, power supplies and fans

NX-OS 8.3.(1)

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