Port Groups And Port Rate Modes - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Port Groups and Port Rate Modes

S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Table 3-1
Table 3-1
Part Number
Generation 3 Modules
DS-X9248-96K9
DS-X9224-96K9
DS-X9248-48K9
DS-13SLT-FAB2
Generation 2 Modules
DS-X9148
DS-X9124
DS-X9304-18K9
DS-X9112
DS-X9704
DS-X9530-SF2-K9
Generation 2 Fabric Switches
DS-C9134-K9
DS-C9124
DS-C9222i-K9
Generation 2 Fibre Channel switching modules are not supported on the Cisco MDS 9216 switch;
Note
however, they are supported by both the Supervisor-1 module and the Supervisor-2 module.
For detailed information about the installation and specifications for these modules and switches, refer
to the hardware installation guide for your switch.
Port Groups and Port Rate Modes
This section includes the following topics:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
3-2
identifies the Generation 2 and Generation 3 modules, as well as the Fabric switches.
Fibre Channel Modules and Fabric Switches
Product Name/Description
48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
4/44-port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel switching module
Fabric 2 module that enables the 24-port and the 48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel
switching module to use the full 96-Gbps backplane bandwidth with
any-to-any connectivity.
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
18-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module with 4-Gigabit Ethernet ports
12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
Supervisor-2 module for Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches.
Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric switch
32-port 4-Gbps Fabric switch with 2 additional 10-Gbps ports
Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric switch
24-port 4-Gbps Fabric switch
Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular switch
18-port 4-Gbps switch with 4-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, and a
modular expansion slot to host Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switching and
Services Modules
Port Groups, page 3-3
Port Rate Modes, page 3-4
Dedicated Rate Mode Configurations for the 8-Gbps Modules, page 3-7
Chapter 3 Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
OL-19445-02, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.2(x)