Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch C-Series Switch

Now organizations of all sizes can enjoy the benefits of SANs. The Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch offers advanced storage networking capabilities at new price points with its "pay as you grow" port activation feature starting at 8 ports. With twenty-four, 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, the Cisco MDS 9124 is well suited for Small to Medium Businesses that want to deploy cost-effective but scalable, high-performance SANs. Ideal for branch offices and departments in large enterprises, it can be used as the foundation of SAN standalone SANs or as an edge switch in larger core-edge SAN infrastructures.

The Cisco MDS 9124 brings built-in, enterprise-class features to entry-level SANs in a compact 1-RU form factor at no added cost. There are no hidden license and software support charges for ISL trunking, extended distance support, security, real-time performance and event monitoring and virtual SANs. Designed for environments where downtime is not an option, the hot-pluggable design supports non-disruptive upgrades, VSANs for fault isolation, redundant power supply option and PortChannels for ISL resiliency.

This switch meets the low cost, high performance, ease of management and security requirements of small to medium-scale storage environments. Plus the Cisco MDS 9124 is fully compatible with the HP C-series, Cisco MDS 9500 Directors, MDS 9200 semi-modular Fabric Switches and other MDS 9100 Fabric Switches for transparent, end-to-end service delivery in very large data-center core-edge deployments providing investment protection and a solution you will not outgrow.

• Value/Affordability
  
  • Lowers TCO with all-in-one licensing and support for bundled software features.

    A. Low entry-level 8-port version with "pay as you grow" upgrade plan for 16 and 24 port expansion

    B. Simple to use Quick Configuration Wizard lowers cost by simplifying administration for those unfamiliar with Fibre Channel SANs

    C. Optional second, hot-swappable power supply provides higher availability and fewer points of failure

    D. Hot-pluggable components and non-disruptive software upgrades increases availability and reliability

• Flexibility

  • Built-in Director-class product features in an entry level fabric switch.

    A. Exceptional performance and scalability for the most demanding environments with up to 24 auto-sensing external ports capable of speeds of 4, 2, and 1 Gbps

    B. PortChannels/trunking capability for ISLs, real-time performance and event monitoring, extended fabric support and security to ease SAN administration and provisioning, SAN extension over distances and boost overall SAN reliability

    C. 8, 16 and 24 port models with 8-port activation upgrade option to scale as needs dictate

    D. Advanced traffic management features optimize core to edge fabrics

    E. Most efficient storage network utilization with VSANs

    F. Ports can be configured with short, mid, long and very long range SFP optics for long distance network applications

    G. Full integration with MDS 9200 and 9500 series switches insures users will not be locked into a SAN they will soon outgrow

• Ease-Of-Use

  • Easy to configure and manage

    A. Broad range of integrated management options

    B. Extensive security framework protects sensitive data in the network

    C. Integrates the industry's most advanced analysis and debugging tools

• Security
  • Supports RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Additionally Gigabit Ethernet ports support IPsec authentication, data integrity, and hardware-assisted data encryption.

Configuration support

• Embedded diagnostics
• Network analysis tools

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Description with Parts Shipped

Recommended Software

Recommended Cables

• Power-on self-test (POST) diagnostics
  
• Online diagnostics
  
• Internal loopbacks
  
• SPAN
  
• Fibre Channel Traceroute capability
  
• Fibre Channel Ping
  
• Fibre Channel Debug
  
• Cisco Fabric Analyzer
  
• Syslog
  
• Port-level statistics
  

• VSANs
  
• Zoning
  
• Hardware-enforced zoning
  
• Logical-unit-number (LUN) zoning and read-only zones
  
• FC-SP for host-to-switch and switch-to-switch authentication
  
• Port security
  
• Management access
  
• SSHv2
  
• SNMPv3
  
• IP ACLs

• Name server
  
• Registered state change notification (RSCN)
  
• Login services
  
• Public loop
  
• Broadcast
  
• In-order delivery
  
• Name-server zoning

• Access methods
  
  • Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet port
    
  • EIA/TIA-232 serial console port
    
  • In-band IP over Fibre Channel
    
• Access protocols
  
  • CLI
    
  • SNMP
    
  • SMI-S
    
• Security
  
  • RBACL using RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
    
  • ' VSAN-based roles
    
  • SSHv2
    
  • SNMPv3
    
• Management applications
  
  • Cisco MDS 9000 family CLI
    
  • Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager
    
  • Cisco Fabric Manager Server (optional; requires Cisco Fabric Manager Server license)

• FC-PH, Revision 4.3
  
• FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4
  
• FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4
  
• FC-GS-2, Revision 5.3
  
• FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01
  
• FC-FLA, Revision 2.7
  
• FC-FG, Revision 3.5
  
• FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3
  
• FC-AL, Revision 4.5
  
• FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0
  
• FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1
  
• FC-VI, Revision 1.61
  
• FCP, Revision 12
  
• FCP-2, Revision 7
  
• FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1
  
• FC-BB, Revision 4.7
  
• FC-FS, Revision 1.9
  
• FC-PI, Revision 13
  
• FC-MI, Revision 1.99
  
• FC-Tape, Revision 1.17
  
• IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
  
• Class of service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F

• Extensive IETF-standards-based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIBs

• Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, FL, B
  
• Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, TE

• 24 FC ports
  
• 1, 10/100 Mb Ethernet port
  
• 1, EIA/TIA-232 serial console port
  
• 1, DB-9 COM port

• 1/2/4 Gb FC ports
  
• 10/100 Mb Ethernet port (management)
  
• RS-232 RJ-45 console port
  
• DB-9 COM port

Shipping

Weight

• RJ-45 Interface Cable Connector
  
• LC-type-fiber optic SFP
  

• RJ-45 to RJ-45 rollover cable
  
• RJ-45 to DB-25 female DTE adapter (labeled "Terminal ")
  
• RJ-45 to DB-9 female DTE adapter (labeled "Terminal ")
  
• RJ-45 to DB-25 male DCE adapter (labeled "Modem")
  
• LC-type cable

• Small Form Factor Pluggable, Short Wave
  
• Small Form Factor Pluggable, Long Wave

• UL 60950 -1
  
• CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 -1
  
• EN 60950 -1
  
• EC 60950 -1
  
• AS/NZS 60950
  
• IEC 60825
  
• EN 60825
  
• 21 CFR 1040
  
• FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

• ICES-003 Class A
  
• EN55022 Class A
  
• CISPR22 Class A
  
• AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A
  
• VCCI Class A
  
• EN55024
  
• ETS300 386
  
• EN50082-1
  
• EN61000-3-2
  
• EN61000-3-3
  
• EN61000-6-1
  
• CISPR24
  
• NEBS
  
  • GR-63-Core NEBS Level 3
    
  • GR-1089-Core NEBS Level 3
    
• ETSI
  
  • ETS 300 019 Storage

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