Cisco MDS
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Cisco MDS is a family of Fibre Channel storage networking switches from Cisco designed for high-performance, scalable, and secure SAN environments in data centers.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cisco MDS storage networking | 2 |
| Cisco MDS 9000 Series | 1 |
| Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches | 1 |
| Cisco MDS storage networking switches | 1 |
| Fibre Channel switches | 1 |
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fibre Channel switch family
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storage networking product line ⓘ |
| category |
SAN switch
ⓘ
data center networking equipment ⓘ storage networking hardware ⓘ |
| designedFor |
SAN environments
ⓘ
data center environments ⓘ storage area networks ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
CLI management
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F-port trunking ⓘ FICON support on selected models ⓘ Fibre Channel over IP support ⓘ IP-based SAN extension ⓘ IVR ⓘ N-Port ID Virtualization ⓘ NPIV support ⓘ QoS ⓘ RADIUS authentication support ⓘ RBAC NERFINISHED ⓘ SAN analytics NERFINISHED ⓘ SNMP management ⓘ SPAN and RSPAN ⓘ TACACS+ authentication support ⓘ VSANs ⓘ advanced security features ⓘ call-home capability ⓘ fabric binding ⓘ fabric services ⓘ fabric-wide consistency checks ⓘ fabric-wide policy enforcement ⓘ hardware-based encryption ⓘ high availability ⓘ high performance switching ⓘ high scalability ⓘ intelligent fabric services ⓘ inter-VSAN routing ⓘ line-rate encryption on selected models ⓘ mainframe connectivity on selected models ⓘ non-disruptive software upgrades ⓘ port security features ⓘ port-channeling ⓘ quality of service ⓘ redundant components ⓘ role-based access control ⓘ role-based management ⓘ sFlow support ⓘ slow drain detection ⓘ storage virtualization services on selected models ⓘ telemetry ⓘ traffic engineering ⓘ virtual SANs ⓘ web-based management on selected models ⓘ zoning ⓘ |
| includesSeries |
Cisco MDS 9100 Series
NERFINISHED
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Cisco MDS 9200 Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Cisco MDS 9300 Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Cisco MDS 9500 Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Cisco MDS 9700 Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Cisco Data Center architecture
NERFINISHED
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Cisco Nexus switches NERFINISHED ⓘ Cisco UCS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Cisco Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market |
cloud infrastructure providers
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enterprise data centers ⓘ service provider data centers ⓘ |
| runsOn | Cisco NX-OS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| softwarePlatform | Cisco NX-OS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
FCIP
NERFINISHED
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FCoE NERFINISHED ⓘ Fibre Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ Fibre Channel over Ethernet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsSpeed |
16 Gbps Fibre Channel on selected models
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2 Gbps Fibre Channel on older models ⓘ 32 Gbps Fibre Channel on newer models ⓘ 4 Gbps Fibre Channel on older models ⓘ 64 Gbps Fibre Channel on latest models ⓘ 8 Gbps Fibre Channel on selected models ⓘ |
| useCase |
disaster recovery SANs
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enterprise SAN fabrics ⓘ large-scale data center storage networks ⓘ mission-critical storage workloads ⓘ multisite SAN extension ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cisco MDS 9000 Series
this entity surface form:
Cisco MDS storage networking
this entity surface form:
Fibre Channel switches
subject surface form:
Cisco NX-OS
this entity surface form:
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches
this entity surface form:
Cisco MDS storage networking switches
this entity surface form:
Cisco MDS storage networking