Cisco MDS 16 & 32-Gbps FC SAN

Family Product Portfolio Overview

MDS 9100, MDS 9700, MDS 9200 SAN Switches
An Era of Massive Data Growth
Creating New Business Imperatives for IT
IDC April 2014: The Digital Universe of Opportunities:
Rich Data and Increasing Value of Internet of Things

10X Increase in Data Produced

(From 4.4T GB to 44T GB)

32B IoT Devices

(Will Be Connected to Internet)
By 2020
40% of Data Will Be “Touched” by Cloud

85% of Data for Which Enterprises

Will Have Liability and Responsibility
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Storage Connectivity Requires
Multi-Protocol Support
Mainframe Connectivity
High Performance
SAN Connectivity

Data Center 2

Long Distance Replication

Connectivity
Storage Converged
LAN/SAN Connectivity
Cisco®
Unified Fabric
SAN NAS
MAN/WAN

Data Center 1
Data Center 3
NAS Connectivity
over IP
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Cisco Multi-Protocol Architecture - SAN, LAN, and Compute
SAN LAN / SAN Compute

Cisco UCS Cisco UCS

Fabric 6248UP
Interconnects
Cisco MDS Cisco MDS Cisco MDS 9500 Cisco Nexus 7000 Cisco Nexus 9000
9148 9222i
Cisco UCS
6296UP

Cisco Nexus Cisco Nexus Cisco Nexus

Cisco MDS Cisco MDS 5500 5600 6000
9250i Cisco MDS 48x16G line-rate
9710 FC Module

Cisco Cisco
Nexus 2000 Nexus 3000 Cisco UCS B-Series Cisco UCS C-Series
Cisco Cisco Cisco MDS Blade Servers Rack Servers
MDS MDS 48x10G line-rate B-Series
Blade Servers
9148S 9706 FCoE Module

10+ Years of Proven NX-OS Operating System

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

CONSISTENT AND SIMPLIFIED

Features, Management, and Programmability
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Innovating SAN with
Performance, Reliability,
Flexilbility using Cisco MDS
9710 Multilayer Director Switch
Introducing MDS 9710
Next Generation Cisco MDS Director
 The 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
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 Introducing the MDS 9710 Director: Components
Fabric Fan Tray
Chassis Module
48 Port 16G Module

Supervisor Engine

Available N+1 Fabric

Protection

48 Port 10GbE FCoE Module

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 MDS 9710 Director Highlights
Standard Max
MDS 9710
Configuration Configuration
Line Cards 8
Supervisor Modules 2
14 RU
Fabric Modules 3 6
Power Supplies 6 8
Fan Trays 3
Chassis Height 24.35” (14 RU)
Chassis Width 17.3”

17.3” Chassis Depth 34"

Line-rate 16G
384
Ports/system
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MDS 9710 Fabric Module Detail
 Fabric Modules are located behind the Fan trays
 Fabric modules are number 1-6 from left to right
when facing rear of chassis. 1 2 3 4 5 6
 When system is running, only remove one Fan
try at a time to access the appropriate Fabric
Modules:
 Fan Tray 1 – Fabric Modules 1-2
 Fan Tray 2 – Fabric Modules 3-4
 Fan Tray 3 – Fabric Modules 5-6

 Fabric Modules may be installed in any slot, best

practice is one behind each Fan tray

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 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)
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 MDS 9710 48-Port FCoE Module
Seamlessly Bridge FC SANs to Converged Networks

 High-density (48-Port) Line Rate FCoE Module

 Supported on any MDS 9700 chassis

MDS 9700 Chassis

48-port 10-Gbps FCoE Line Card

Benefits Use-cases
 Preserves existing and continued investments in  Create FCoE ISLs between N7K/MDS
MDS 9700 FC
 Bridge Converged Networks to FC SANs
 Seamless interoperability between all
 Enabling services such as FCIP to Converged Networks
MDS 9700 and Nexus platforms

Preserve existing and continued investments in Fibre Channel

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MDS 9710 Deployment
Strategy

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 8G FC
8G/10G FC
MDS SAN Fabric 16G FC

 Typical Core-Edge
SAN Fabric
8G
 8G Host / Target
connectivity
SAN A SAN B
 8G or 10G ISLs
MDS 95xx MDS 95xx

8G or 10G

MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx

8G

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 8G FC
8G/10G FC
MDS 9710 SAN Refresh 16G FC

 Customer requests
SAN refresh
16G
 Existing Fabric
replaced with new
MDS 9710s SAN A SAN B

 New 16G Storage MDS 9710 MDS 9710

Introduced
 Existing 8G hosts and 16G
new 16G hosts

MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710

8G 16G

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 8G FC
8G/10G FC
MDS 9710 SAN Update 16G FC

 Customer wants 16G

storage connectivity
16G
 Existing Core
directors replaced
with new MDS 9710s SAN A SAN B

 New 16G Storage MDS 9710 MDS 9710

Introduced
 Existing 8G hosts 8G or 10G

MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx

8G

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 8G FC
8G/10G FC
MDS SAN Fabric with SAN Services 16G FC

 MDS SAN services

(IOA, SANTap / EMC
RecoverPoint, FCIP, 8G
etc) are typically done
in Core switches SAN A Services Services SAN B

MDS 95xx MDS 95xx

8G or 10G

MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx MDS 95xx

8G

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 8G FC
8G/10G FC
MDS 9710 with SAN Services 16G FC

 MDS 9710 introduced

at Core (also edges in
full refresh) 16G

 Existing MDS 95xx (or

new MDS 9250i) used SAN A Services SAN B
8G 16G
as a services platform MDS 9222i
MDS 95xx MDS 9710 MDS 9710

 Allows customer to
maintain investment in
existing MDS services 16G

MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710 MDS 9710

8G 16G

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Extending SAN Innovations
using Cisco MDS 9706
Multilayer Director Switch

Sept 2014
Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Director
Extending Cisco MDS 9710 Director Qualities to a Compact Form Factor

INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST- INDUSTRY’S MOST

PERFORMANCE COMPACT RELIABLE COMPACT
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR

9RU • Scale up to 192 line-rate • N+1 and N:N fabric

ports—16-Gbps FC redundancy
or 10-Gbps FCoE • N:N power grid redundancy
• Grow without major
• In-Service Software
equipment upgrade—
Upgrade and Downgrade
1.5 Tbps-per-slot
switching capacity • Reduced failure domains

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MDS 9706 Component Overview

48 Port 16-Gbps Line Card *

Fabric
MDS 9706 Chassis Module
Fan Tray

Supervisor Engine *

48 Port 10G FCoE Line Card *

Power Supply *

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Common Components and Licensing

 MDS 9706 shares components with MDS 9710

 Common Equipment : Supervisor, Power Supply
 Line cards : FC and FCoE
 Licensing: Enterprise, DCNM, FICON**

**Targeted for Q1CY15

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 MDS 9706 Chassis Highlights

MDS 9706 Std. Configuration Max Configuration

Cisco MDS 9706 Switch System LEDs
Line Cards - 4

Supervisor Modules 2 2
Slot 1 Fabric Modules 3 6
Slot 2
Slot 3,4 Power Supplies 4 4
Slot 5
Fan Trays 3
Slot 6

Chassis Height 15.60” (9 RU)

1 2 3 4 Chassis Width 17.3”

GRID A GRID B
Chassis Depth 32"

Airflow Front-to-Back
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MDS 9706 Fabric Module
 Fabric Modules are located behind the Fan 1 2 3 4 5 6
trays
 Fabric modules are number 1-6 from left to
right when facing rear of chassis.
 When system is running, only remove one Fan
try at a time to access the appropriate Fabric
Modules:
 Fan Tray 1 – Fabric Modules 1-2
 Fan Tray 2 – Fabric Modules 3-4
 Fan Tray 3 – Fabric Modules 5-6

 Fabric Modules may be installed in any slot,

best practice is one behind each Fan tray

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Deployment Scenarios /
Customer Use Cases

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Large-Scale Private Cloud SANs
16-Gbps Line Rate Performance in Compact Form-Factor and with Improved Scale
Storage

Cisco MDS 9706

Cisco MDS 9710

V Cisco MDS 9706

Servers with
V Application
Virtual Machines*
Servers

Cisco MDS 9700 Tested Configuration Limit

Cisco MDS 9700 Scale
Number of Domains 80
Fabric Logins per Fabric / Switch / Module 20,000 / 4,000 / 1,000
Zones / Zone Members 16,000 / 30,000
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Device Aliases 20,000
Storage Connectivity for Unified Computing

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Enterprise Core-Edge SAN
Scalability, Security,
Compliance and Regulations

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Business Continuity in Metro-SAN
Business Continuity and Consolidation

Data Center A Data Center B

Platform FC ports FCoE ports

• 2/4/8G SW, LW, ER, CWDM*

• 4/8/16G SW, LW
MDS 9700 • 10GE SW, LR, ER
• 10G FC SW, LW
• 10GE SR, LR, ER
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FCoE over Physical Port vPC
Enabling Director-class resiliency at Converged Access
FC

FCoE

MDS 9706 IP MDS 9706

N7K N7K
Converged
FCoE
FC
LAN
IP

N7K N7K

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Nexus 7000 FCoE support for FEX Architecture
Enabling Director-class resiliency at Converged Access
FC

FCoE

MDS MDS

N7K N7K

Converged
FCoE
FC
LAN

N2K N2K

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Raising the Bar for Storage
Networks: Cisco MDS 9250i

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MDS 9250i Overview
• Next Generation Multiservice Intelligent Services-oriented Fabric Switch
• Provides FCIP, IOA and DMM
• Integrated 40x16G FC, 8x10GE FCoE, and 2x10GE FCIP/iSCSI ports

• Enclosure: 2 RU; Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays

Console

USB
Mgmt0

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MDS 9250i 16-Gb/s FC Multiservice Fabric Switch

 New 16G Switch-On-a-Chip ASIC (Based on MDS 9148 SoC ASIC)

 FC-to-FCoE Gateway ASIC (same as 9710 FC LC)
 FCoE ASIC (same as 9710 FCoE LC)
 Utilizes Cavium Octeon II Network Services Processor
 Uses NX-OS version 6.2(5) or later

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MDS 9250I:
Deployment Scenarios / Use
Case

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Deployment Use Cases

 SAN Extension
 Disk replication over FCIP
 Tape Backup over FCIP
 I/O Acceleration
 Disk replication over FC
 Tape backup for FC or FCIP
 Disk Migration
 FC target to FC target (FCS)
 FC target to FCoE target (future)
 FCoE target to FCoE target (future)
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MDS 9250i Services Requirements
FCIP
 No Fibre Channel Redirect (FCR) Requirement
 Deployable for FC or FCoE attached storage (direct or in-direct
attachment)
 FCIP/WA available for disk replication deployments
 Assumes only single path between DC per fabric (single FCIP interface or
single FCIP interface port channel)
 FCIP/TA available for tape backup
 Same limits as FCIP/TA on other platforms, single path between DC per
fabric, no port channels
 FICON and related FCIP support targeted for post FCS
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FCIP Deployment Options
 Storage attached to MDS 9250i:

FC or FCoE

10 GE
MDS or MDS or
MDS 9250i MDS 9250i
Nexus Nexus

FCIP FCIP

 Storage attached to core switch:

FC or FCoE
10 GE
MDS or MDS 9250i MDS 9250i MDS or
Nexus Nexus

FCIP FCIP
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FCIP Deployment Options
 Tape backup attached to MDS 9250i:

FC or FCoE

Backup
Server 10 GE
MDS 9250i MDS 9250i

FCIP FCIP

 Tape backup attached to core switch:

FC or FCoE
Backup
Server 10 GE
MDS or MDS 9250i MDS 9250i MDS or
Nexus Nexus

FCIP FCIP
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IO Acceleration

 IO Acceleration solutions are used to eliminate some of the

performance impact distance has on disk or tape SCSI sequences
 These are broken into 3 types of acceleration types:
 Disk write acceleration – used for disk replication solutions
 Tape write acceleration – used for tape backup solutions
 Tape read acceleration – used for tape data recovery

 The basics for Acceleration are the same for FCIP acceleration and
IOA acceleration

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MDS 9250i IOA Deployments

 Requires Fibre Channel Redirect (FCR)

 MDS 9250i supports FCR for FC ports at FCS
 Deployable for FC or FCIP ISL paths
 FCoE ISL path requires FCR for FCoE (future)
 Scale limits depend on where storage attached
 If storage on MDS 9250i, 200 IOA flows supported
 If storage on different switch, 1000 flows are supported per fabric
 IOA and FCIP require minimum of two switches per fabric per site
 Can be connected to same core switch or inline

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IOA Deployment Options

 IOA for FC ISLs (requires FCR capable FC switch)

FC only IOA IOA

MDS 9250i MDS 9250i

MD or
Nexus
MDS MDS
Add additional 9250i as necessary to scale
MDS 9250i performance MDS 9250i

IOA IOA

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IOA Deployment Options

 IOA for FCIP ISLs (requires FCR capable FC switch)

FC only IOA IOA

MDS 9250i MDS 9250i

MD or
Nexus
MDS 10 GE MDS
MDS 9250i MDS 9250i

FCIP FCIP

FC only
IOA FCIP FCIP IOA
10 GE
MD or
MDS 9250i MDS 9250i MDS 9250i MDS 9250i
Nexus
MDS MDS

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Comparison of FCIP Acceleration and IOA

 FCIP Acceleration Methods (FCIP-WA, FCIP-TA) are part of the FCIP

process and are a one box solution
 IOA Acceleration is a SAN service that uses Fibre Channel Redirect
(FCR) to intercept data and accelerate the SCSI write and read
sequences in a services processor
 IOA is transport agnostic and can be used for FC and FCIP transports
 IOA for FCoE requires FCR support on F2 based line cards (N7000,
N7700, MDS 9700) and/or FCoE ports on MDS 9250i – future feature

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Customer Disk Migration

 Customer require the movement of data from an Existing Storage Pool

to a New Storage Pool via the SAN
 Why?
 To Upgrade, Consolidate or Replace existing storage
 How often?
 Typically every 3 years upon lease expiry for a single Storage Array
 Ongoing activity at the IT Department
 Different lease cycles create ongoing disk migration effort

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MDS 9250i DMM Deployments

 Requires Fibre Channel Redirect (FCR)

 MDS 9250i supports FCR for FC ports at FCS
 Deployable for FC to FC Storage migration at FCS
 FCoE storage requires FCR for FCoE in F2 (MDS, N7000, N7700) and/or
MDS 9250i (future)
 FC  FCoE
 FCoE  FCoE
 FCoE  FC
 Supports same DMM methods 1 (sync) and 2 (async) as current 9222i
based solutions
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Disk Migration Options

Servers Servers Servers

SAN Fabric SAN Fabric SAN Fabric

DMM

Existing New Existing New Existing New

Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage

Server/Software Based Storage Array Based SAN Fabric Based - DMM

Pros
Pros Pros
• SAN moves the data
• No additional h/w • Online data migration
• No server software required
• No re-wiring • No host software or agents
• No Virtualization layer in the SAN
Cons Cons
• Scalable
• Throughput limited by host bandwidth • Vendor lock-in
Cons
• Large CPU cycles consumed • License
• Impact Storage Vendor revenue opportunity
• Longer Migration time
• Clustered environments not supported

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DMM Deployment Options

 DMM for FC to FC Disk Migration (requires FCR capable FC switch at

core)

FC only
DMM
MD or
Nexus MDS 9250i
MDS

Switch or Switch or
Switch mode
NPV mode NPV mode End Host
mode
N5000 UCS FI
MDS
MDS
FC or
FC FCoE
FCoE

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Cisco MDS 9148S
Multilayer Fabric Switch

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Cisco MDS 9148S Fabric Switch

Front Back
1 RU

48 x 16G FC Line Rate Performance Dual Power Supplies and Fans

Expand from 12- to 48-ports in 12-port increments for Enterprise-Class Availability

VERSATILE EASY TO USE ENTERPRISE-CLASS

• Line-rate 16/8/4/2G FC Ports • Automated Provisioning • Non-disruptive software upgrades
• Industry-leading port range • Quick Configuration Wizard • Hardware-assisted slow-drain detection
• Same OS and Management across and recovery
Start with 12-port base
Industry’s broadest SAN Portfolio • Redundant hardware components
Scale up with 12-port license
Or, full 48-port option available

High-Performance, Easy to Deploy, Enterprise-class Fabric Switch

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 USB Console Port Group
LEDs

Mgmt Ethernet Interface LEDs

FC Ports

• 48 x16G SFP+ Line-rate (2/4/8/16G) FC ports

• 4 x 2/4/8/16 Gbps FC ports per port group
• 256 BB credits per port group: Default 64 BB credits per port
• Switch-On-Chip (SoC) architecture with redundant internal crossbars
• USB port for configuration backups and logs
• RS-232 port for Console connection
• 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port for network management
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Technical Comparison: MDS 9148 and MDS 9148S
Feature MDS 9148 MDS 9148S

Minimum NX-OS requirement NX-OS 5.0(1) NX-OS 6.2(9)

SDRAM 1GB 4GB

Supported FC Port Speeds 1,2,4,8 Gbps 2,4,8,16 Gbps

Minimum Port Configuration 16 ports 12 ports

Port License Upgrade 8 port 12 port

Maximum number of Port Channels per Chassis 16 Unlimited

Buffer Credit Pool per 4-port Port Group 128 256

Maximum B2B credit per individual port 125 253

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Deployment Scenarios /
Customer Use Cases

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Scalable Standalone SAN
Pay-as-You-Grow Flexibility

Start with 12 port base license with Add 12 port license to Add another 24 port license to allow
single VSAN for E-Mail Servers accommodate Database servers Backup servers

E-mail E-mail Database E-mail Database Backup

Cisco MDS 9148S Cisco MDS 9148S

12 ports 12 ports 10 ports 12 ports 10 ports 20 ports

Consolidation of SAN Islands Minimizes number of SAN switches Centralized Management

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Storage Connectivity for Unified Computing

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Enterprise Core-Edge SAN
Scalability, Security,
Compliance and Regulations

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Large-Scale Private Cloud SANs
16-Gbps Line Rate Performance in Compact Form-Factor and with Improved Scale
Storage

Cisco MDS 9706

Cisco MDS 9710

V
Servers with
V Application
Virtual Machines*
Servers
Cisco MDS 9148S

Cisco MDS 9700 Tested Configuration Limit

Cisco MDS 9700 Scale
Number of Domains 60
Fabric Logins per Fabric / Switch / Module 20,000 / 4,000 / 1,000
Zones / Zone Members 16,000 / 30,000
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Device Aliases 20,000
Business Continuity in Metro-SAN
Business Continuity and Consolidation

Data Center A Data Center B

Supported Optics:
2/4/8G SW, LW, ER, CWDM and 4/8/16G SW, LW
More details on Optics: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/storage-networking/mds-9000-series-multilayer-switches/product_data_sheet09186a00801bc698.html

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Quick Configuration Wizard

 Easy configuration using Web based GUI

 Uses in-built Cisco Device Manager
 Intuitive (no need to use WWNs)
 Point-and-Click Provisioning for:
 Port Enabling ; VSAN membership; Switch Port Zoning, etc.

 Can be used locally or remotely

 Ideal for Single Switch Fabrics

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Generic OnLine Diagnostics

 What is GOLD?
 GOLD defines a common framework for diagnostics operations across
Cisco platforms running Cisco IOS/NX-OS Software (All Nexus and
new MDS products)
 To check the health of hardware components
 To verify proper operation of the system data plane
 To verify proper operation of the control plane
 GOLD replaces OHMS as diagnostics framework
 OHMS continues as diagnostics framework for legacy MDS products
 Does not require additional license
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Embedded Event Manager

• Embedded Event Manager (EEM) monitors events that occur on the device and takes action to
recover from or troubleshoot these events, based on the system configuration.
• EEM consists of three major components:
Event statements - Events to monitor from another Cisco NX-OS component that may require some action,
workaround, or notification.
Action statements - An action that EEM can take, such as sending an e-mail, or disabling an interface, to
recover from an event.
Policies - An event paired with one or more actions to troubleshoot or recover from the event.

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GOLD: Action Plan on Diagnostics

 Embedded Event Manager (EEM) monitors events that occur on the

device and takes action to recover or troubleshoot these events, based
on the configuration.
 Default actions taken via EEM policies for each test
 Send syslog
 Send report to Callhome servers

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MDS Comparison

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SW capabilities – MDS 9500 v/s MDS 9700
Functionality MDS 9500 MDS 9700
Speeds & Feeds • Up to 8G FC • 16G FC today
• 32G FC & 40G FCoE in future
Scale • 10K device logins • 20K device logins
• 8K zones • 16K zones
• 16K zone members • 32K zone members
Congestion / • Software based • Hardware assisted
Slow Drain Control • 100ms granularity for detection and recovery • 1ms granularity for detection and recovery
• Vulnerable to missing sub-100ms transient • More accurate
conditions
Forward Error Correction • Not supported • Yes, supported on 16G links.
(FEC) on ISLs • FEC attempts correction of errors before dropping
frames, adding another layer of resiliency
Online Diagnostics • Online Health Mgmt System (OHMS) framework • Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) framework
• Bootup, health monitoring and on-demand • Bootup, health monitoring and on-demand
diagnostics diagnostics
• Automated corrective actions based on error • Automated corrective actions available in future
thresholds such as supervisor switchover, (starting NXOS 6.2.11)
module restart or port shutdown • Integrated with EEM policy framework to provide
• Not integrated with Embedded Event Manager greater programmability and customization of
(EEM) policy framework corrective actions
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 Comparison : SAN Directors Chassis
MDS 9710 MDS 9706 MDS 9513 MDS 9506
528 x 1/2/4/8/10-Gbps FC 192 x 1/2/4/8-Gbps FC
384 x 2/4/8/10/16-Gbps FC 192 x 2/4/8/10/16-Gbps FC
Maximum ports per chassis 88 x 10-Gbps FCoE 32 x 10-Gbps FCoE
384 x 10-Gbps FCoE 192 x 10-Gbps FCoE
176 x 1-Gbps Ethernet 64 x 1-Gbps Ethernet
Line card slots 8 4 11 4
Supervisor slots 2 2 2 2
Power supply bays 8 4 2 2
Switching fabric slots 61 61 2 02
Switching fabric 256 Gbps FC per fabric 256 Gbps FC per fabric 128 Gbps FC per fabric Gbps per Supervisor
FC switching bandwidth 24 Tbps 12 Tbps 8.4 Tbps 1.5 Tbps

Physical dimensions (HxWxD) 24.5 x 17.37 x 34.0 in. 15.6 x 17.3 x 32.0 in. 24.5 x 17.37 x 28.0 in. 12.25 x 17.37 x 21.75 in

Physical Dimensions (RU) 14 9 14 7

Chassis: 185 lb Chassis: 145 lb Chassis: 100 lb Chassis: 46 lb
Power supply: 6 lb Power supply: 6 lb Power supply: 32.5 lb Power supply: 1 lb
Weight
Fabric module: 11 lb Fabric module: 5.6 lb Fabric module: 5.75 lb Fabric module: N/A
Supervisor-1: 7 lb Supervisor-1: 7 lb Supervisor-2/2A: 7.2 lb Supervisor-2/2A: 7.2 lb
Airflow Front to back Front to back Side to side Side to side
Fan tray Three fan trays at back Three fan trays at back Front and back fan tray Side fan tray
1Minimum three fabrics needed to support fully populated chassis; four fabrics needed to provide N+1 protection.
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Comparison : SAN Directors Supervisor Modules
9700 Series Supervisor-1 9500 Series Supervisor-2A
Chassis MDS 9710 MDS 9506, 9509, 9513
Supervisors Per Chassis Must be installed in pairs Must be installed in pairs
Max Fibre Channel (FC) Ports Up to 384 FC ports per chassis Up to 528 FC ports per chassis
Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth 2/4/8/10/16-Gbps 1/2/4/8/10 Gbps
FICON Support Yes 1/2/4/8/10 Gbps
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Yes Yes
iSCSI - Yes
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) - Yes
Memory 8G 2G
Number of Cores 4 1
Clock Speed 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
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Comparison : SAN Directors Interfaces and Modules

48-Port 16 G FC Module 48-Port 10-Gbps FCoE Module

Ports 48 x 2/4/8/10/16-Gbps FC 48 x 10-Gbps FCoE

Maximum ports per chassis 384 x 16-Gbps FC 384 x 10-Gbps FCoE

Oversubscription Line rate Line rate
FC switching bandwidth 768 Gbps -

FCoE switching bandwidth - 480 Gbps

Multihop FCoE - Yes
FICON support Yes -

Intelligent fabric services VSAN, IVR, up to 16 port channels Up to 16 port channels

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Slow Drain

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Reasons for Slow Drain

 Edge devices - An edge device can be slow to respond for a variety of

reasons:
 Server performance problems
 Host bus adapter (HBA) problems
 Speed mismatches
 Non-graceful virtual machine exit

 Inter Switch Links (ISL)

 Lack of B2B credits
 The existence of slow drain edge devices
 Edge devices with faster speeds than ISLs
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Slow Port and Stuck Port

 In slow port, there is congestion, but traffic is flowing

 In stuck port, there is no traffic flow for an extended period as it is
continuously out of credit for given time interval
 Recovery mechanism*
 Slow port – Upon detection, do a force timeout drop after the configurable
timeout to clear the congestion in the ISLs
 Stuck Port – Upon detection, do a force timeout drop followed by a link reset
to recover stuck credits

* Note: This is only a detection/mitigation mechanism. Eventually one has to address the problematic Edge device causing the problem.
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Hardware based Slow Drain Detection and Mitigation (New)

 Software based Slow Drain detection

 Slow port detection and mitigation at 100ms frequency
 Needs additional resources like CPU and memory for this process
 Hardware based Slow Drain detection (NX-OS 6.2(9) and above)
 Available on MDS 9700 FC line card, MDS 9250i and MDS 9148S only
 Hardware based detection and mitigation at 1ms frequency
 Improved detection and mitigation capabilities over software based Slow
Drain

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Cisco Prime
Data Center Network Manager
Simplify Management of MDS and Nexus
Andrew Levin
Product Management
For Partners
09/10/14
Nexus and MDS Fabric Management Solution

CONFIGURE

VISUALIZE

TROUBLESHOOT

OPTIMIZE

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Key Takeaway

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Summary: SAN Architectures for Small to Cloud-Scale
Storage Networks

Cisco MDS continues to End to End Seamless

Raise the Bar for Fibre Automate, Provision and
Ethernet Fabrics with
Channel Storage Monitor, Physical and
Nexus and MDS to evolve
Networks With Virtual Datacenters using
SAN architectures for
Superior Affordability, built-in Cisco, and third
large-scale SAN, Scale-
Performance, Reliability, party management
out NAS, and Big-Data
and Architectural platforms
Environments
Flexibility
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Summary

Enterprise-class storage Increase service velocity

Broad deployment
networking for entry-Level through integration with
options to scale
and enterprise SAN with industry-leading cloud
storage in DC and
expandability for growth platform
cloud

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Resources
 Cisco MDS 9700 Series:
 Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors
 Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director data sheet
 Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor-1 Module data sheet
 Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module data sheet
 Compare models: Compare MDS 9513 and MDS 9710 features and specifications
 Data sheets and product literature
 At-a-Glance documents
 Data sheets
 Presentations
 White papers

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Resources

 Cisco MDS 9500 Series:

 Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director
 Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director data sheet
 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Modules
 Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules

 Cisco MDS 9200 Series:

 Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch Data Sheet
 Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multiservice Switches

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Resources

 Cisco MDS 9148S Series:

 Cisco MDS 9148S Multilayer Fabric Switch Data Sheet
 Cisco MDS 9148 Series:
 Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch Data Sheet
 Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fabric Switches Data Sheet
 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers Data Sheet

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Resources

 Cisco MDS Hardware Installation Guides:

 Cisco MDS 9710 Director Hardware Installation Guide
 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide
 Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide
 Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch Quick Start Guide
 Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A Module Tech Note
 Interoperability Matrix for Cisco Nexus and MDS 9000 Products
 Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2
 Cisco MDS 9000 Family investment protection
 Hardware and Software compatibility guide with other vendors
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Additional Resources
 SAN Whitepapers:
 http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/mds-9700-series-
multilayer-directors/white-paper-listing.html
 Interoperability and Compatibility Guides:
 Interoperability Matrix for Cisco Nexus and MDS 9000 Products
 Hardware and Software compatibility guide with other vendors
 Configuration Guides:
 http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/storage-networking/mds-9000-nx-os-
san-os-software/tsd-products-support-configure.html
 PDI Helpdesk:
 http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/tools/pdihd.html
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Resources
http://cisco.com/go/dcnm
 Videos
 Release Notes
 Datasheets
 Configuration Guides
 Installation and Licensing Guides
 Programmable Guides
 Download Images
http://cisco.com/go/license
• Evaluation and Permanent Licensing

• License transfer to another DCNM server

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Weekly DCNM Demonstration for Customers and Partners

 Offered every Wednesday at 9:00-10:00 AM PT [ starting from 1/15/2014]

 Meeting Number: 201 236 619
 Meeting Password: dcnm
 Go to https://cisco.webex.com/cisco/j.php?J=201236619&PW=NN2Q2ZGNjMDIx
 Enter the meeting password: dcnm
 One hour, weekly demonstration introduces DCNM, provides an overview of how to
implement the product, and provides demonstration of where the product most positively
impacts Nexus and MDS operations, maintenance, troubleshooting and provisioning.
 For questions or requests, contact: [email protected]

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 Thank you.

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