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Specification

Minimum software requirements

● Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.0(1) supporting Cisco MDS 9148 and Cisco Fabric Manager

● Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Release 5.2(1) supporting Cisco DCNM for SAN

● Zero-touch installation capability is scheduled for a future release of Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software

Performance and port configuration

● Port speed: 8-, 4-, 2-, and 1-Gbps autosensing with 8 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per port

● Buffer credits: Up to 128 for a group of 4 ports, with a default of 32 buffer credits per port and a maximum of 125 buffer credits for a single port in the group

● Ports per chassis: Up to 48 8-Gbps ports

◦ Base configuration with 16 ports; additional configurations for 32 and 48 ports available

◦ Upgrade ports in 8-port increments from any configuration with the port activation license

● PortChannel: Up to 16 ports in a PortChannel with automatic load balancing

Security

● VSAN fabric isolation

● Intelligent packet inspection @ port level

● Hardware zoning by access control lists (ACLs)

● Extended broadcast zoning

● FC-SP switch-to-switch authentication

● FC-SP host-to-switch authentication

● RBAC using RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions

● Management access

● Secure FTP (SFTP)

● Secure Shell Version 2 (SSHv2)

● Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

● Control-plane security

Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition

Cisco MDS 9148 is supported as a VCE coalition option for Vblock1®, Vblock2®, Vblock™ 300, and Vblock™ 700

Compatibility

Fibre Channel protocols

● FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994)

● FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1 1996)

● FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)

● FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997)

● FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998)

● FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002)

● FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI/INCITS 404-2006)

● FC-PI-3, Revision 2.1 (BSR INCITS 460-200x)

● FC-PI-4, Revision 8.0 (INCITS 450-2009)

● FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003)

● FC-FS-2, (BSR INCITS 424-200x)

● FC-FS-3, Revision 0.9 (BSR INCITS PN-1861-D-200x)

● FC-LS, Revision 1.62 (ANSI/INCITS 433-2007)

● FC-AL, Revision 4.5 (ANSI/INCITS 272-1996)

● FC-AL-2, Revision 7.0 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999)

● FC-AL-2, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999/AM1-2003)

● FC-AL-2, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 332-1999/AM2-2006)

● FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001)

● FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004)

● FC-SW-4, Revision 7.5 (ANSI/INCITS 418-2006)

● FC-SW-5, (BSR INCITS 461-200x)

● FC-GS, (ANSI INCITS 288-1999)

● FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001)

● FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI/INCITS 387-2004)

● FC-GS-5, (ANSI INCITS 427-2007)

● FC-GS-6, (BSR INCITS 463-200x)

● FC-BB, Revision 4.7 (ANSI/INCITS 342-2001)

● FC-BB-2, Revision 6.0 (ANSI/INCITS 372-2003)

● FC-BB-3, Revision 6.8 (ANSI/INCITS 414-2006)

● FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI/INCITS 269-1996)

● FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI/INCITS 350-2003)

● FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI/INCITS 416-2006)

● FCP-4, (BSR INCITS PN-1828-D-200x)

● FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI/INCITS 349-2001)

● FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI/INCITS 374-2003)

● FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI/INCITS 357-2002)

● FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998)

● FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998)

● FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999)

● FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002)

● FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005)

● FC-SP, Revision 1.6 (ANSI/INCITS 426-2007)

● FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004)

● SNPing (ANSI INCITS 443-2008)

● MIB-FA (INCITS/TR-32:2003 (R2008))

● FAIS Revision 1

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

● Class of service: Classes 2, 3, and F

● Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, and FL

● Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, and TE

Fabric services

● Name server

● Registered state change notification (RSCN)

● Login services

● Broadcast

● In-order delivery

● Name-server zoning

Advanced services

● NPIV

● VSANs

● PortChannels

● NPV mode

● FlexAttach

● F-port trunking and channeling

● IVR

Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools

● POST diagnostics

● Online diagnostics

● Internal loopbacks

● SPAN (remote SPAN not supported)

● Fibre Channel traceroute

● Fibre Channel ping

● Fibre Channel debug

● Cisco Fabric Analyzer

● Syslog

● Port-level statistics

Management

● Access methods

◦ Out-of-band 10/100/1000 Ethernet port

◦ EIA/TIA-232 serial console port

◦ In-band management using IP over Fibre Channel

● Access protocols

◦ CLI

◦ SNMP

◦ SMI-S

● Security

◦ RBAC using RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions

◦ VSAN-based roles

◦ SSHv2

◦ SNMPv3

Management applications

● Zero-Touch Installation deployment and provisioning with DHCP (scheduled for a future release of Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software)

● Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI

● Quick Configuration Wizard

● Cisco Device Manager

● Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition

● Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition (optional software package)

Availability

● Nondisruptive In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)

● Process monitoring and stateful process restart

● Per-VSAN fabric services

● Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and redundant, hot-swappable power supply and fan trays

● Hot-swappable SFP and SFP+ optics

● PortChannels aggregating up to 16 ports with redundant load balancing

● F-port channeling and trunking

● Online diagnostics

Serviceability

● Configuration file management

● Call Home

● Port beaconing

● SystemLEDs

● SNMP traps for alerts

Environmental

● Physical dimensions (H x W x D) of 1RU: 1.72 x 17.16 x 18.89 in. (4.47 x 43.59 x 47.98 cm)

● Weight of switch with dual power supplies: 22.2 lb (10 kg)

● Ambient operating temperature:32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

● Ambient nonoperating temperature: -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)

● Humidity (RH), ambient (noncondensing) operating: 10 to 90%

● Humidity (RH), ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 5 to 95%

● Operating altitude: -197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000m)

Power and cooling

● Power supplies (300W AC) (maximum of 2 per switch)

◦ AC Input: 100 to 240 VAC nominal (+/-10% for full range)

◦ Frequency: 50 to 60 Hz nominal (+/-3 Hz for full range)

◦ Maximum power consumption:

- With 4-Gbps optics (48 ports fully populated): 99W with 0.89A at 110 VAC and 0.45A at 220 VAC

- With 8-Gbps optics (48 ports fully populated): 101W with 0.90A at 110 VAC and 0.46A at 220 VAC

● Airflow: Rear to front (toward ports)

Safety

● UL 60950 -1

● CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 -1

● EN 60950 -1

● IEC 60950 -1

● AS/NZS 60950

● IEC 60825

● EN 60825

● 21 CFR 1040

EMC

● 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

● KN24

● 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 Class 1.1

● ETS 300 019 Transportation Class 2.3

● ETSI 300 019 Stationary Use Class 3.1