High performance, exible, scalable midrange and enterprise multiservice switch designed to help you expand and adjust to changing business needs
Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage
Cisco MDS 9222i for medium-sized businesses and large enterprises The Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage is designed to address the needs of medium-sized
Multiservice design with four SAN extension over IP ports and up to 66 Fibre Channel ports in 3U rack height
businesses and large enterprises with a wide range of Storage Area Network (SAN) capabilities. It can be used as a

Highlights

Multiservice design for high performance business continu ity solutions with Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare, IBM OS/400 and IBM z/OS servers Cost-effective green switch design requires up to 27 percent less power per port Modular design provides scalability and conguration exibility Enterprise, Mainframe and Fabric Manager Server Packages provide added intelli gence and value Includes Virtual SAN (VSAN) capability for SAN consolidation into virtual SAN islands on a single physical fabric Excellent availability with redundant, hot swappable com ponents and non-disruptive rmware upgrades
cost-effective high performance SAN extension over IP router switch for midrange SMB customers in support of IT simplication and business continuity solutions. It can also be used for remote site device aggregation and SAN extension connectivity to large customer data center directors. A wide range of IBM System Storage mid-range and enterprise Storage Area Network (SAN) IT simplication and business continuity solutions can be
created with the Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage multiservice mod ular switch. IT simplication solutions for IBM System i, System p, System x and System z servers include storage consolidation and high-availability server clustering with IBM System Storage disk storage arrays. Business continuity capabilities can help businesses protect valuable data with IBM System Storage tape libraries and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager data protection software. Advanced connectivity capabilities can help business protect against major dis asters with IBM System Storage disk metro and global mirroring disaster recovery solutions. The Cisco MDS 9222i offers a costeffective initial building block for midsized business continuity solutions. Up to sixteen servers can initially be con nected to either a dual path disk stor age array or tape library. One to four of the IP ports can be used for SAN extension over IP to another Cisco MDS 9222i in a remote location. The modular design enables up to fortyeight additional servers to be attached without taking the switch offline.
Other Cisco MDS 9000 for System Storage switches may be added for additional scalability. While the Cisco MDS 9222i is the foundation of medium-sized business continuity solutions, it can also be con gured as a component of global busi ness continuity solution for remote site device aggregation for consolidated wide area network (WAN) connectivity to data center enterprise directors. Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS rmware provides enterprise-class capabilities such as virtual SANs (VSANs), Port Channels, Quality of Service (QoS) and security for deployment in this type of enterprise SAN solution. The Cisco MDS 9222i includes SAN Extension over IP and FCIP InterVSAN routing rmware which is designed to isolate remote site and WAN link events from local site operations. High performance and manageability for SANs The Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage provides 4, 2 and 1 Gbps Fibre Channel switch connectivity and intelli gent network services to help improve
the security, performance and manage ability required to consolidate geo graphically dispersed storage devices into a large enterprise SAN. Integrated SAN Extension over IP capability helps improve performance with FCIP Compression, Write Acceleration and Tape Acceleration and helps improve security with Inter-VSAN Routing for FCIP. Administrators can use the Cisco MDS 9222i to help address the needs for high performance and reliability in SAN environments ranging from midrange SMB SANs to very large, integrated global enterprise SANs. Connectivity, compatibility and traffic management The Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage includes eighteen 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, four GbE IP ports, SAN Extension over IP Package for inte grated IP ports and one modular expansion slot. The expansion slot accepts one optional 12-, 24- and 48-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switch ing module, allowing the 9222i to sup port up to 66 Fibre Channel ports. A 4-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel module is available for high performance InterSwitch Link (ISL) connections over

metro optical networks. The expansion slot also accepts one IP, Multiservice 18/4 or Storage Services Module. The optional modules are designed for hotswap capability. 12-, 24- and 48-port switching modules: Conguring the switch for the application environment The 12-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switching module is designed to deliver high performance for the most demanding storage networking applica tions. Autosensing 1, 2 and 4 Gbps ports deliver up 96 Gbps of continuous aggregate bandwidth, which provides up to 8 Gbps throughput per port. The 12-port switching module is well suited for attaching the highest performing 4 Gbps enabled servers and storage subsystems as well as connecting to other switches using 4 Gbps ISL connections. The 24-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switching module is designed for high performance storage networking appli cations. It provides a balance between performance and scalability. Twentyfour autosensing 1, 2 and 4 Gbps ports
are designed to deliver sustained band width required to meet the performance requirements of enterprise-class stor age and servers. Bandwidth is allocated across four 6-port groups to provide 24 Gbps of sustained link bandwidth per port group. Port bandwidth reserva tion enables 1, 2 or 4 Gbps switching bandwidth to be dedicated to a port including highest performance ISL ports. The 24-port switching module is well suited for attaching high perform ance servers and storage subsystems as well as to connect to other switches using ISL connections. The 48-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switching module is designed to deliver an optimal balance of perform ance and port density. Forty-eight autosensing 1, 2 and 4 Gbps ports are designed to deliver sustained band width required to meet a wide range of performance requirements for a mixture of SMB and enterprise-class storage and servers. Bandwidth is allocated across four 12-port groups to provide 24 Gbps of sustained link bandwidth
per port group. Port bandwidth reserva tion enables 1, 2 or 4 Gbps switching bandwidth to be exibly dedicated ports to meet a wide range of applica tion requirements. It is designed to pro vide a collapsed core/edge solution which helps improve scalability and reduce TCO. This module is designed to provide a low-cost means of attach ing lower performance servers and storage subsystems to the highperformance crossbar switch fabric without requiring ISL swappable fans, VSANs for fault isolation, and PortChannel for ISL resiliency. 4-port switching module: Conguring the switch for metro business continuity The 4-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switching module is designed to deliver high bandwidth links for metro business continuity solutions. The mod ule delivers up to 96 Gbps of continu ous aggregate bandwidth. The module uses hot-swappable X2 form-factor pluggable, SC type transceivers. Individual ports can be congured with shortwave X2 or longwave X2 optical transceivers for connectivity up to 10 kilometers. The module is well suited for ISL links between data centers across metro optical networks.

Multiservice support and traffic management features The unique architecture of the Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage allows integration of new transport pro tocols for greater exibility. For example, the 9222i is designed to support Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP). IP and Multiservice 18/4 Module fea tures offer Gigabit Ethernet ports for iSCSI or FCIP connectivity, software congurable on a port-by-port basis. The IP Storage Services Module fea ture provides eight iSCSI ports. Multiservice 18/4 Module feature offers four Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI ports and eighteen 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports. Tri-Rate shortwave and longwave SPF Transceiver features are required for each port to be used. The SAN Extension over IP Package for IP Services and Multiservice 18/4 Module features add Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) support. SAN Extension over IP Package helps improve per formance with FCIP Compression, Write Acceleration and Tape Acceleration and helps improve security with Inter-VSAN Routing for FCIP. Users may now use iSCSI for cost-effective
connectivity to shared storage pools and FCIP for secure metro and global connectivity between data centers. Storage network applications The Storage Services Module, based upon the 32-port 2 Gbps Switching Module, is a highly specialized feature which provides intelligent storage serv ices in addition to 1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switching. All Fibre Channel ports must be populated with shortwave or longwave SFP transceiver features. When combined with the Enterprise Package feature, Fibre Channel Write Acceleration is designed to improve IBM System Storage DS4000 metro mirroring performance. When combined with the Storage Services Enabler Package, the mod ule is designed to enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to develop intelligent fabric applications. Networkaccelerated storage applications such as serverless backup, networkassisted appliance-based storage appli cations using Cisco MDS 9000 SANTap Service such as global data replication,
and network-hosted storage applica tions based upon proposed Fabric Application Interface Standard (FAIS) APIO may be offered by ISVs. IBM sup port for these ISV applications is limited to IBM System Storage Proven Networking Solutions. This feature helps expand the portfolio of IBM System Storage Proven business continuity solutions. For the most current IBM System Storage Proven application information, visit: ibm.com/storage/proven High availability design The Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage uses Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) multipath routing, using intelli gence to load balance across a maxi mum of 16 equal-cost paths and to dynamically reroute traffic if a switch fails. The basic 9222i conguration has redundant power supplies and cooling components. Hot-swappable components include an optional switching module, SFP optics, power supplies and a fan tray with inte grated temperature and power man agement. In-service software upgrade,

ISSU is design to support SAN-OS rmware upgrades while the Fibre Channel ports are carrying traffic. Simplied storage network management The 9222i provides three principal modes of management: the Cisco MDS 9000 for IBM System Storage family Command-Line Interface (CLI), Cisco Fabric Manager and integration with third-party storage management tools. The 9222i presents the user with a consistent, logical CLI. Adhering to the syntax of the widely known Cisco IOS, the Cisco MDS 9000 for IBM System Storage family CLI has broad functionality. Security for large enterprise SANs Because storage networks require security, the Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage employs a com prehensive security framework. It is designed to provide extensive security measures at possible points of attack to help prevent unauthorized manage ment access and snooping. These measures include Secure Shell (SSHv2),
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3), RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) authentication and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). In addition, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) is designed to provide switch-switch and host-switch Diffe-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (DH-CHAP) authentication to help limit device access to protected storage networks.
improve security with Inter-VSAN Routing for Fibre Channel, and enhanced network security capabilities including Switch-Switch and Host Authentication, LUN Zoning, Read-only zones and Port lockdown, VSANBased Access Control and IP Security (IPsec) for iSCSI and FCIP connectivity. This feature helps simplify SAN consoli dation for secure infrastructure simpli cation solutions. The Fabric Manager Server Package
Additionally, data plane traffic is secured through VSANs, which are designed to segregate traffic between multiple vir tual fabrics within the single physical fabric infrastructure, and through hard ware-enforced zoning, which further segregates traffic within each VSAN. Advanced security and management The Enterprise Package feature is designed to provide advanced security and management capabilities. The package helps improve management with Quality of Service (QoS) and helps
feature is designed to extend Cisco Fabric Manager by providing historical performance data collection, centralized management services and support for advanced application integration. This feature helps simplify management of large enterprise SAN infrastructures. The package provides Fibre Channel statistics monitoring, performance thresholds, reporting, graphing and per formance database capabilities which can help simplify management of large enterprise, metro and global SAN infra structures. This feature is ideally suited for customers utilizing a mixture of 12-, 24- and 48-port switch modules.

The Mainframe Package feature is designed to enable mainframe storage network applications including IBM FICON protocol; FICON Control Unit Port (CUP); FICON and FCP inter mixing; FICON Switch Cascading and Fabric Binding. This feature helps pro vide secure mainframe and open sys tem SAN infrastructure consolidation and helps provide integrated IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server and IBM System Storage DS8000 series metro and global mirroring busi ness continuity solutions. Capabilities to help reduce TCO VSAN capability allows more efficient SAN utilization by creating multiple iso lated environments within a single SAN
fabric. Each VSAN can be zoned as a typical SAN and maintains its own fab ric services for added scalability and resilience. VSANs allow the cost of the SAN infrastructure to be shared among more users, while helping to segregate and secure traffic and retain independ ent control of congurations on a VSAN-by-VSAN basis. This second generation modular switch, with twenty-two ports compared to the prior generation modular switch with sixteen ports, offers up to 27 percent reduced power and cooling per port. The second generation Fibre Channel
Modules, with twenty-four and fortyeight ports, compared to the prior gen eration sixteen and thirty port features, offer up to 33 percent reduced power and cooling per port. Switch investment protection A Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage switch may be non-disruptively upgraded with next generation 12-, 24- and 48-port 4 Gbps and 4-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch ing modules. SAN OS-3.2 or higher is required for next generation features. Upgradeability with next generation fea tures helps provide switch investment protection.
Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage at a glance
Physical characteristics Height Width Depth Weight Operating environment Temperature 13.3 cm mm/5.25 in. (3RU) 440 mm/17.3 in. 576 mm/22.7 in. 28.2 kg/62.0 lb. (with optional switching module)
0 C to 40 C/32 F to 104 F
Electrical requirements Power supplies Input Product number Base fabric switch 845 W AC 100-240 VAC 50-60 Hz nominal 2054-E01 Cisco MDS 9222i for IBM System Storage includes eighteen 4 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, two 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs, four GbE IP ports (no optics), dual AC power supplies and SAN Extension over IP Package for integrated IP ports in the base switch. The Cisco MDS 9222i includes one slot for an optional Fibre Channel; IP, Multiservice 18/4 or Storage Services module and SAN-OS 3.2 rmware with Fabric Manager, VSAN and PortChannel capabilities E_Port, F_Port, FL_Port Optical Tri-rate GbE, 1 or 2 Gbps FC; Fibre Channel 4 Gbps SFP; Fibre Channel 10 Gbps X2 Copper GbE SFP and 10 Gbps X2 Replaceable redundant power supplies and cooling fans Power supplies, cooling fans, transceivers 19 inch, 1RU industry-standard rack Cisco CLI, Cisco Fabric Manager, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center supported IBM System x servers and selected IBM Netnity servers Other Intel processor-based servers IBM System p and selected RS/6000 servers IBM System i and IBM System z Selected Sun and HP servers Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) United Linux Novell NetWare IBM Storage System DS6000, DS8000 and Enterprise Storage Server IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Systems IBM System Storage DS4000 Disk Systems IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive IBM System Storage TS3100, TS3200, TS3310 and TS3500 Tape Libraries IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single mode and multi-mode formats 4 Gbps 4-, 12-, 24- and 48-port FC module Storage Services module 8-port IP and 18/4-port multiservice modules SAN Extension over IP for 8-port and 18/4-port modules MDS 9200 Enterprise Package MDS 9200 Mainframe Package MDS 9200 Fabric Manager Server Package MDS 9200 Storage Services Enabler Package Optical and copper SFP and X2 transceivers Fibre optical and copper cables Country specic power cords

Fibre Channel interfaces Optical transceivers
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Hardware-based virtual fabric isolation with virtual SANs (VSANs) and Fibre Channel routing with Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR): VSANs and IVR enable deployment of large-scale multisite and heterogeneous SAN topologies. Integration into port-level hardware allows any port in a system or in a fabric to be partitioned into any VSAN. Included in the optional Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise advanced software package, IVR provides line-rate routing between any of the ports in a system or in a fabric without the need for external routing appliances.
Remote SAN extension with high-performance FCIP: Simplifies data protection and business continuance strategies by enabling backup, remote replication, and other disaster-recovery services over WAN distances using open-standards FCIP tunneling. Optimizes utilization of WAN resources for backup and replication by enabling hardware-based compression, hardware-based encryption, FCIP write acceleration, and FCIP tape read and write acceleration; up to 16 virtual Inter-Switch Link (ISL) connections are provided on the 4 Gigabit Ethernet port through tunneling. Preserves Cisco MDS 9000 Family enhanced capabilities, including VSANs, IVR, advanced traffic management, and network security across remote connections.
Cost-effective iSCSI connectivity to Ethernet-attached servers: Extends the benefits of Fibre Channel SAN-based storage to Ethernet-attached servers at a lower cost than is possible using Fibre Channel interconnect alone. Increases storage utilization and availability through consolidation of IP and Fibre Channel block storage. Through transparent operation, preserves the capability of existing storage management applications.
Advanced FICON services: The Cisco MDS 9222i supports FICON environments, including cascaded FICON fabrics, VSAN-enabled intermix of mainframe and open systems environments, and N-port ID virtualization (NPIV) for mainframe Linux partitions. IBM Control Unit Port (CUP) support enables in-band management of Cisco MDS 9200 Series switches from the mainframe management console. FICON tape acceleration reduces latency effects for FICON channel extension over FCIP for FICON tape read and write operations to mainframe physical or virtual tape. This feature is sometimes referred to as tape pipelining. The Cisco MDS 9000 XRC Acceleration feature enables acceleration of dynamic updates for IBM z/OS Global Mirror, formerly known as XRC. Cisco Storage Media Encryption (SME) as distributed fabric service: Cisco SME encrypts data at rest on heterogeneous tape drives, virtual tape libraries (VTLs), and disk storage arrays in a SAN environment using secure IEEE standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit algorithms. Cisco MDS 9222i helps ensure ease of deployment, scalability, and high availability by using innovative technology to transparently offer Cisco SME capabilities to any device connected to the fabric without the need for reconfiguration or rewiring. Cisco SME provisioning and key management are both integrated into the Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for SAN Essentials Edition (formerly Cisco Fabric Manager); no additional software is required.

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Cisco Data Mobility Manager (DMM) as a distributed fabric service: Cisco DMM is a fabric-based data migration solution that transfers block data nondisruptively across heterogeneous storage volumes and across distances, whether the host is online or offline.
Platform for intelligent fabric applications: The Cisco MDS 9222i provides an open platform that delivers the intelligence and advanced features required to make multilayer intelligent SANs a reality, including hardwareenabled innovations to host or accelerate applications for data migration, storage backup, data replication, and storage media encryption. Hosting or accelerating these applications in the network can dramatically improve scalability, availability, security, and manageability of the storage environment, resulting in increased utility and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) for Fibre Channel interfaces: Cisco MDS 9222i promotes high serviceability by allowing Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software to be upgraded while the Fibre Channel ports are carrying traffic.
Intelligent network services: Cisco MDS 9222i uses VSAN technology for hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric, access control lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, and advanced traffic management features such as fabric-wide quality of service (QoS) to facilitate migration from SAN islands to enterprise-wide storage networks.
High-performance ISLs: Cisco MDS 9222i supports up to 16 Fibre Channel inter-switch links (ISLs) in a single PortChannel. Links can span any port on any module in a chassis for added scalability and resilience. Up to 4095 buffer-to-buffer credits can be assigned to a single Fibre Channel port to extend storage networks over very long distances.
Comprehensive network security framework: The Cisco MDS 9222i 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 AES, VSANs, hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN role-based access control (RBAC). Additionally, the Gigabit Ethernet ports offer IP Security (IPsec) authentication, data integrity, and hardware-assisted data encryption for FCIP and iSCSI.

Cisco SME Cisco SME services offer solutions that enable companies to address Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) 2.0 compliance and other legislative regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that require companies to store and protect data at rest for a specified number of years while publicly disclosing security breaches.

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Cisco has services such as IP Security (IPsec) and the Cisco TrustSec solution to address data security while data is in motion. Cisco SME addresses data security for data at rest. Cisco SME is a fabric-based service that is scalable, nonintrusive and addresses heterogeneous environments.
Cisco SME enables data on tapes and in VTLs to be compressed, encrypted, and authenticated for centralized security management and data management and recovery.
Cisco SME enables encryption of data for disk storage arrays. Cisco SME (tape or disk) is supported in the fixed slot of the Cisco MDS 9222i, and its performance can be scaled by adding a Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port MSM in the expansion slot.
For ultra-high throughput, the Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN is recommended because it has four encryption engines.
Cisco SME services employ clustering technology to create a highly available solution. The cryptographic cluster formed enhances reliability and availability, provides automated load balancing and failover capabilities, and simplifies provisioning as a single SAN fabric service rather than as individual switches or modules.
The Cisco Key Management Center (KMC) provides comprehensive key management for Cisco SME, with support for single- and multiple-site deployments. Cisco KMC provides essential features such as key archival, secure export and import and translation for distribution, and key shredding. It can also work in conjunction with the RSA RKM Appliance. For increased operational security, Smart Card readers and media are optionally available to protect master keys, facilitate master key storage, and help prevent unauthorized cryptographic cluster formation and key recovery.

The Cisco SME license can be used to enable encryption of either tapes or storage disk arrays. You should use a separate engine and license for each.
Cisco DMM Cisco DMM is an advanced software package comprising a fabric-based data migration solution that transfers block data nondisruptively across heterogeneous storage volumes and across distances, whether the host is online or offline. This data center-class solution helps mitigate the challenges experienced in migrating data, such as downtime, the need to add data migration software to servers, and the potential for data loss and corruption. By simply enabling the Cisco DMM feature on a Cisco MDS 9222i located anywhere in the SAN, data migration can be configured without host agents, without re-wiring, without effecting performance, and without downtime. Mainframe Support The Cisco MDS 9222i is mainframe-ready, with full support for IBM zSeries FICON and Linux environments provided with the Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe advanced software package. Qualified by IBM for attachment to all FICONenabled devices in an IBM zSeries operating environment, Cisco MDS 9222i switches support transport of the FICON protocol in both cascaded and non-cascaded fabrics, as well as an intermix of FICON and open systems Fibre Channel Protocol traffic on the same switch. VSANs simplify intermixing of SAN resources among IBM z/OS, mainframe Linux, and open systems environments, enabling increased SAN utilization and simplified SAN management. VSAN-based intermix mode eliminates the uncertainty and instability often associated with zoningbased intermix techniques. VSANs also eliminate the possibility that a misconfiguration or component failure in one VSAN will affect operation in other VSANs. VSAN-based management access controls simplify partitioning of SAN management responsibilities between mainframe and open systems environments, enhancing security. FICON VSANs can be managed using the standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition, the Cisco command-line interface (CLI), or IBM CUP-enabled management tools, including SA/390, Resource Measurement Facility (RMF), and Dynamic Channel Path Management (DCM).

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The Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe package is required for all Cisco MDS 9222i integrated FICON channel extension features. In combination with SAN extension capabilities, it enables FICON tape read and write acceleration. In combination with SAN extension and the Cisco MDS 9000 XRC Acceleration package, it enables acceleration of IBM z/OS Global Mirror (XRC) dynamic updates. Advanced Traffic Management The following advanced traffic-management capabilities are integrated as standard on the Cisco MDS 9222i:
Virtual output queuing: Helps ensure line-rate performance on each port, independent of traffic pattern, by eliminating head-of-line blocking.
PortChannels: Allow users to aggregate up to 16 physical ISLs into a single logical bundle, providing optimized bandwidth utilization across all links; the bundle can consist of any speed-matched ports from any module in the chassis, helping ensure that the bundle can remain active even in the event of a module failure.

VSAN-based access control allows customers to define roles in which the scope of the roles is limited to certain VSANs.

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FC-SP provides switch-switch and host-switch Diffie-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (DH-CHAP) authentication supporting RADIUS and TACACS+ to help ensure that only authorized devices access protected storage networks.
Comprehensive IPsec protocol suite delivers secure authentication, data integrity, and hardware-based encryption for both FCIP and iSCSI deployments.
Digital certificates are issued by a trusted third party and are used as electronic passports to prove the identity of certificate owners.
Fabric binding for open systems helps ensure that the ISLs are enabled only between switches that have been authorized in the fabric binding configuration.
Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel link encryption helps ensure data integrity and privacy.
Advanced Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools Management of large-scale storage networks requires proactive diagnostics, tools to verify connectivity and route latency, and mechanisms for capturing and analyzing traffic. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family integrates the industrys most advanced analysis and diagnostic tools, which are included as standard on the Cisco MDS 9222i. Power-on self-test (POST) and online diagnostics provide proactive health monitoring. The Cisco MDS 9222i implements diagnostic capabilities such as Fibre Channel traceroute to detail the exact path and timing of flows, and Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) to intelligently capture network traffic. After traffic has been captured, it can be analyzed with Cisco Fabric Analyzer, an embedded Fibre Channel analyzer. Comprehensive port-based and flow-based statistics facilitate sophisticated performance analysis and service-level agreement (SLA) accounting. With the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, Cisco delivers a comprehensive toolset for troubleshooting and analysis of storage networks. Ease of Management To meet the needs of all users, the Cisco MDS 9222i provides three principal modes of management: the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI, Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials and Advanced Editions, and integration with third-party storage management tools.

The Cisco MDS9222i presents a consistent, logical CLI. Adhering to the syntax of the widely known Cisco IOS Software CLI, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI is easy to learn and delivers broad management capabilities. It is an extremely efficient and direct interface designed to provide optimal functions for administrators in enterprise environments.
Cisco DCNM can be licensed for managing a combination of SAN and LAN environments. Cisco DCNM streamlines the provisioning of the unified fabric and proactively monitors the LAN and SAN components. Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition (formerly Cisco Fabric Manager), standard with the Cisco MDS 9222i, is an easy-to-use application that simplifies management across multiple switches and converged SAN fabrics. Focused on supporting efficient operations and management of virtual machine - aware fabrics, Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials provides a robust framework and rich feature set that fulfils the routing, switching, and storage administration needs of present and future virtualized data centers. The optional Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition (formerly Cisco Fabric Manager Server) extends the standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials software by providing server federation, historical performance monitoring for network traffic hotspot analysis, centralized management services, and advanced application integration. All standard Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials features and functions are fully integrated with the Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced capabilities.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager for SAN Essentials and Advanced Editions can be used independently or in conjunction with third-party management applications. Cisco provides an extensive API for integration with third-party and user-developed management tools.

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Advanced Software Packages The Cisco MDS 9222i can be further enhanced through additional optional licensed software packages that offer advanced intelligence and functions (summarized in Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4). Currently available software packages include the following:
Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package: This package includes a set of traffic engineering and advanced security features, such as extended-distance buffer-to-buffer (B2B) credits, IVR, QoS, switch-to-switch and host-to-switch authentication, LUN zoning, and read-only zones, that are recommended for enterprise SANs.
Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition package: This package extends Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition by providing server federation, historical performance monitoring for network traffic hot-spot analysis, centralized management services, and advanced application integration.

Table 1.

Advanced Software Packages Not Requiring Application Services Engine
Included or Optional Included Optional Optional Optional Optional
Advanced Software Packages Not Requiring Application Services Engine Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise Cisco MDS 9000 Mainframe Cisco MDS 9000 XRC Acceleration

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Table 2.
Advanced Software Packages Requiring Application Services Engine
Standard Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Engine in Fixed Slot Included2 Optional Optional Optional Optional
Advanced Software Packages Requiring Application Services Engine Cisco MDS 9000 SAN Extension over IP Cisco MDS 9000 IOA Services Cisco DMM Cisco SME Cisco Storage Services Enabler (SSE)
Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port MSM Engine in Expansion Slot Engine in Expansion Slot Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional

Optional Optional

Possible future support Optional Possible future support

Notes:

1. XRC requires a Mainframe license and at least one SAN Extension over IP software license; a single XRC Acceleration license will enable XRC on any number of SAN Extension over IP licenses. 2. The single SAN Extension over IP software license included as standard cannot be used on modules in expansion slot (another copy of the license is required). 3. A single Cisco MDS 9000 IOA application can accelerate multiple SAN Extension over IP applications running concurrently on the same or different Cisco MDS 9222i switches and Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors with installed Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port MSMs or 16-Port SSNs. 4. SSE, which provides SANTap support, is available from and supported by only by certain original storage manufacturers (OSMs). Table 3. Combinations of Advanced Software Packages Currently Supported on Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN
Combination 1 Cisco MDS 9000 IOA SAN Extension over IP SAN Extension over IP SAN Extension over IP Combination 2 Cisco SME Cisco SME Cisco SME Cisco SME
Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN Engine 1 Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN Engine 2 Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN Engine 3 Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port SSN Engine 4

Table 4.

PID Type
Ordering Summary for Application Services Package Product Ids (PIDs)
Configure-To-Order PIDs Fixed Slot One 18/4-base Included M9222IIOA M9222IDMMK9 M9200SME1FK9 M9222ISSE1K9 Expansion Slot One 18/4-MSM M9200EXT1AK9 M92IOA184 M92DMM184K9 M9200SME1MK9 M9200SSE184K9 Four SSN-16 (1 per engine) M92EXTSSNK9 M92IOASSN M92SMESSNK9 -

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Feature Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools
Description POST diagnostics Online diagnostics Internal port loopbacks SPAN and Remote SPAN (RSPAN) Fibre Channel traceroute Fibre Channel ping Fibre Channel debug Cisco Fabric Analyzer Syslog Online system health Port-level statistics Real-Time Protocol (RTP) debug

Network security

VSANs ACLs Per-VSAN RBAC Fibre Channel zoning N-port worldwide name (WWN) N-port FC-ID Fx-port WWN Fx-port WWN and interface index Fx-port domain ID and interface index Fx-port domain ID and port number iSCSI zoning iSCSI name IP address FC-SP DH-CHAP switch-to-switch authentication DH-CHAP host-to-switch authentication Port security and fabric binding IPsec for FCIP and iSCSI IKEv1 and IKEv2 Management access SSHv2 implementing AES SNMPv3 implementing AES SFTP
FC-SB-3 compliant Cascaded FICON fabrics Intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel Protocol traffic CUP management interface

Serviceability

Configuration file management ISSU for Fibre Channel interfaces Call home Power-management LEDs Port beaconing System LED SNMP traps for alerts Network boot

Performance

Port speed: 1/2/4-Gbps autosensing, optionally configurable Buffer credits: 16 per port (shared-mode ports), up to 250 per port (dedicated-mode ports), and up to 4095 on an individual port (dedicated-mode ports with optional Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package license activated) Ports per chassis: 18 to 66 Fibre Channel ports and up to 20 Gigabit Ethernet ports Ports per rack: Up to 980 PortChannel: Up to 16 physical links FCIP tunnels: Up to 3 per port

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Description Speed Media 50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 50/125-micron multimode 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 50/125-micron multimode 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 50/125-micron multimode 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 9/125-micron single mode 50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 50/125-micron multimode (OM2) 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 50/125-micron multimode (OM2) 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 50/125-micron multimode (OM2) 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 9/125-micron single mode Distance 860m 500m 300m 10 km 500m 300m 150m 10 km 380m 150m 70m 4 km 10 km 500m 300m 150m 10km 380m 150m 70m 10km 150m 50m 21m 10km Up to 25 km (40 km in point-topoint application)

Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (4-Gbps optics modules)
1-Gbps SW, LC SFP 1-Gbps SW, LC SFP 1-Gbps SW, LC SFP 1-Gbps LW, LC SFP 2-Gbps SW, LC SFP 2-Gbps SW, LC SFP 2-Gbps SW, LC SFP 2-Gbps LW, LC SFP 4-Gbps SW, LC SFP 4-Gbps SW, LC SFP 4-Gbps SW, LC SFP 4-Gbps MR, LC SFP 4-Gbps LW, LC SFP
Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (8-Gbps optics modules, supported on 4/44-Port Host Optimized 8G Fibre Channel Module only)
2-Gbps SW, LC SFP 2-Gbps SW, LC SFP 2-Gbps SW, LC SFP 2-Gbps LW, LC SFP 4-Gbps SW, LC SFP 4-Gbps SW, LC SFP 4-Gbps SW, LC SFP 4-Gbps LW, LC SFP 8-Gbps SW, LC SFP 8-Gbps SW, LC SFP 8-Gbps SW, LC SFP 8-Gbps LW, LC SFP
Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (4-Gbps coarse wavelengthdivision multiplexing [CWDM] optics modules) Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (Ethernet transceivers for Gigabit Ethernet ports) Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (2-Gbps CWDM optics modules) Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (2-Gbps dense wavelengthdivision multiplexing [DWDM] optics modules) Supported Cisco optics, media, and transmission distances (10-Gbps optics modules supported for Cisco MDS 9000 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module only)

4-Gbps CWDM, LC SFP

1-Gbps SX, LC SFP 1-Gbps SX, LC SFP 1-Gbps LX/LH, LC SFP
50/125-micron multimode 62.5/125 micron multimode 9/125 or 10/125 micron single mode 9/125-micron single mode 9/125-micron single mode

550m 275m 10km

1-Gbps CWDM, LC SFP 2-Gbps CWDM, LC SFP
Up to 100 km Up to 100 km
1-Gbps DWDM, LC SFP 2-Gbps DWDM, LC SFP
9/125-micron single mode 9/125-micron single mode
Up to 200 km Up to 200 km
10-Gbps SR, SC X2 10-Gbps SR, SC X2 10-Gbps LR, SC X2 10-Gbps ER, SC X2
50/125-micron multimode (OM3) 62.5/125-micron multimode 9/125-micron single mode 9/125-micron single mode

300m 33m 10 km 40 km

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Feature Reliability and availability
Description ISSU Hot-swappable, 1+1 redundant power supplies Hot-swappable fan tray with integrated temperature and power management Hot-swappable Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics Hot-swappable switching module Passive backplane Stateful process restart Any module and any port configuration for PortChannels Fabric-based multipathing Per-VSAN fabric services Port tracking VRRP for management and FCIP or iSCSI connections Online diagnostics

Network management

Access methods Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet port RS-232 serial console port In-band IP over Fibre Channel DB-9 COM port In-band FICON CUP over Fibre Channel Access protocols CLI using the console and Ethernet ports SNMPv3 using the Ethernet port and in-band IP over Fibre Channel access Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) FICON CUP Distributed Device Alias service Network security Per-VSAN RBAC using RADIUS and TACACS+-based authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions SFTP SSHv2 implementing AES SNMPv3 implementing AES Management applications Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Cisco DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition (optional software license) Cisco Device Manager CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials (RME) and Device Fault Manager (DFM)

Programming interfaces

Scriptable CLI Cisco DCNM web services API Cisco Device Manager GUI

Environmental

Temperature, ambient operating: 32 to 104 (0 to F C) Temperature, ambient nonoperating and storage: 40 to 158 (-40 to 75 F C) Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) operating: 10 to 90% Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 10 to 95% Altitude, operating: -197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000m)

Physical dimensions

Dimensions (H x W x D): 5.25 x 17.32 x 22.66 in. (13.34 x 43.99 x 57.56 cm), 3RUs; all units rack mountable in standard 19-inch Electronic Industries Alliance [EIA] rack) Weight of fully configured chassis with optional switching module: 62 lb (28.2 kg) Power supply: 845W AC Power Cord: notched C15 female connector mating to C16 male socket on power supply AC input characteristics 100 to 240V AC (10% range) 50 to 60 Hz (nominal) Airflow (side to side) 200 linear feet per minute (LFM) through system fan assembly Cisco recommends maintaining a minimum air space of 2.5 in. (6.4 cm) between walls and chassis air vents and a minimum horizontal separation of 6 in. (15.2 cm) between two chassis to prevent overheating

Power and cooling

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Feature Approvals and compliance
Description Safety compliance CE Marking UL 60950 CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 EN 60950 IEC 60950 TS 001 AS/NZS 3260 IEC60825 ENCFR 1040 EMC compliance FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A ICES-003 Class A EN 55022 Class A CISPR 22 Class A AS/NZS 3548 Class A VCCI Class A EN 55024 EN 50082-1 EN 61000-6-1 EN 61000-3-2 EN 61000-3-3

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Part Number DS-SFP-FC4G-SW= DS-SFP-FC4G-LW= DS-SFP-FC8G-SW= DS-SFP-FC8G-LW= DS-X2-FC10G-SR= DS-X2-FC10G-LR= DS-X2-FC10G-ER= DS-X2-E10G-SR= DS-CWDM-XXXX= DS-CWDM4GXXXX= DWDM-SFP-XXXX=
Description Cisco MDS 9000 Family 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP, LC, spare (Supported only with 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports) Cisco MDS 9000 Family 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP, LC (10-km reach), spare (Supported only with 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports) Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave, SFP+, LC, Spare (Supported on 4/44-Port Host Optimized 8G Fibre Channel Module only) Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Longwave, SFP+, LC (10-km reach), Spare (Supported on 4/44Port Host Optimized 8G Fibre Channel Module only) 10-Gbps Fibre Channel-SR X2, spare (Supported only with 10-Gbps FC ports) 10-Gbps Fibre Channel-LR X2, spare (Supported only with 10-Gbps FC ports) 10-Gbps Fibre Channel-ER X2, spare (Supported only with 10-Gbps FC ports) 10-Gbps Ethernet-SR X2, spare (Supported only with 10-Gbps FC ports) Cisco XXXX NM CWDM Gigabit Ethernet and 1/2-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP, spare (where XXXX=1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590, 1610) Cisco XXXX NM CWDM 4-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP, spare (where XXXX=1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590, 1610) Cisco XXXX NM DWDM 1/2-Gbps Fibre Channel SFP, spare (where XXXX=6061, 5979, 5898, 5817, 5655, 5575, 5494, 5413, 5252, 5172, 5092, 5012, 4851, 4772, 4692, 4612, 4453, 4373, 4294, 4214, 4056, 3977, 3898, 3819, 3661, 3582, 3504, 3425, 3268, 3190, 3112, 3033) Cisco MDS 9000 Family Smart Card Reader, spare Cisco MDS 9000 Family Smart Cards, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 10A IRAM 2073 Plug, Argentina, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 10A 3112 Plug, Australia, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 10A GB1002 Plug, China, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 10A CEE 7/7 Plug, EU, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 10A SI16S3 Plug, Israel Power Cord, 250VAC 10A CEI 23-16/VII Plug, Italy, spare Power Cord, 125VAC 13A KSC8305 Plug, Korea, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 10A SABS 164/1 Plug, South Africa, spare AC Power Cord, 250VAC 10A, Straight C15, MP232 Plug, SWITZ, spare Power Cord, 125VAC 15A CNS10917-2, Taiwan, spare Power Cord, 250VAC 13A BS1363 Plug (13 A fuse), UK, spare Power Cord, 125VAC 15A NEMA 5-15 Plug, North America, spare Cabinet Jumper Power Cord, 250 VAC 16A, C14-C15 Connectors, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for Cisco, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for Demo, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for EMC, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for HDS, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for HP, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for IBM, spare MDS 9200 Accessory Kit for SUN, spare Cisco MDS 9200 Series Enterprise Package, spare Cisco MDS 9200 Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for SAN Advanced Edition, spare Cisco DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition Configurable Pack for MDS 9000 Series, spare (See Note 6) Cisco E-delivery Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for SAN Advanced Edition, spare Cisco E-Delivery DCNM for SAN Advanced Edition Configurable Pack for MDS 9000 Series, spare (See Note 6) Cisco MDS 9200 Series Mainframe Package, spare Cisco MDS 9200 XRC Acceleration Package for IBM series z, spare Cisco MDS 9200 SAN Extension over IP Package for 18/4-Port Multiservice Module in expansion slot, spare

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