Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch0 pages

IBM Systems and Technology
Data Sheet

Cisco MDS 9250i
Multiservice Fabric
Switch for IBM
An optimized solution for departmental and
branch-office SANs as well as large-scale SANs

Highlights
Provide 16-Gbps connectivity in a highdensity Fibre Channel switch

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Enable storage area network (SAN) consolidation with integrated multiprotocol
support

Deliver high-performance Fibre Channel
over IP (FCIP) and fast disaster recovery

Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch for IBM® System
Storage® is an optimized platform for deploying high-performance
SAN extension solutions, distributed intelligent fabric services and costeffective multiprotocol connectivity for open systems. With a compact
form factor and advanced capabilities normally available only on directorclass switches, MDS 9250i is an ideal solution for departmental and
remote branch-office SANs as well as large-scale SANs in conjunction
with the Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director.

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Support hardware-based virtual fabric
isolation with virtual SANs (VSANs) and
Fibre Channel routing with Inter-VSAN
routing (IVR)

MDS 9250i offers up to 40 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, two
1/10-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports and eight 10-Gigabit
Ethernet Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports in a fixed, two-rackunit (2RU) form factor. MDS 9250i connects to existing native Fibre
Channel networks, protecting current investments in storage networks.

Enable cost-effective, high-performing
Fibre Channel and FCIP connectivity for
open-systems

Main features and benefits

Cisco Data Mobility Manager (DMM) as a
distributed fabric service

MDS 9250i provides unique multiservice and multiprotocol functions in
a compact 2RU form factor. Some of its features and benefits are:1

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SAN consolidation with integrated multiprotocol support: MDS 9250i
is available in a base configuration of 20 ports of 16-Gbps Fibre
Channel for high-performance SAN connectivity, two ports of
10-Gigabit Ethernet for FCIP and Internet Small Computer System
Interface (iSCSI) over IP storage services and eight ports of 10-Gigabit
Ethernet for FCoE connectivity.