Cisco MDS 9500 Series Installation guide

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Product Overview
The Cisco MDS 9500 Multilayer Director elevates the standard for director-class switches. Providing
industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management, the Cisco MDS 9500 Series allows
deployment of high-performance SANs with lowest total cost of ownership. Layering a rich set of
intelligent features onto a high-performance, protocol-agnostic switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9500
Series of Multilayer Directors addresses the stringent requirements of large data-center storage
environments: uncompromisingly high availability, security, scalability, ease of management, and
transparent integration of new technologies.
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series includes the Cisco MDS 9513 Director, the Cisco MDS 9509 Director, and
the Cisco MDS 9506 Director, which all provide the following high availability features:
•Redundant Supervisor-2 modules with associated external crossbar modules for the Cisco MDS
9513 Director.
•Redundant Supervisor-2 modules with associated integrated crossbar modules for the Cisco MDS
9509 and 9506 Directors.
•Redundant Supervisor-1 modules with dual switching fabrics for the Cisco MDS 9509 and 9506
Directors.
•Optional hot-swappable switching or services modules.
•Switching module port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable, form-factor
pluggable X2 transceivers.
•Switching module port interfaces that support field-replaceable, hot-swappable, small form-factor
pluggable (SFP) and Enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceivers.
•Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies and fan modules.
•Power and cooling management and environmental monitoring.
•Nondisruptive code load and activation.
•Redundant and self-monitoring system clocks.
For more information about high availability features, redundant supervisor operation, and how to
configure the Cisco MDS 9500 Series, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS High Availability and
Redundancy Configuration Guide and the Cisco Fabric Manager High Availability and
Redundancy Configuration Guide.
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series supports the following hot-swappable, field-replaceable modules:
•Cisco MDS 16-port Storage Services module (DS-X9316-SSNK9)
•48-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9248-96K9)
•24-port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9224-96K9)

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•4/44-port 8-Gbps Host-Optimized Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9248-48K9)
•48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9148)
•24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9124)
•12-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9112)
•4-port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9704)
•32-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9032)
•16-port 2-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module (DS-X9016)
•18/4-port Multiservice (MSM-18/4) module (DS-X9304-18K9)
•14/2-port Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module (DS-X9302-14K9)
•8-port IP Storage Services (IPS-8) module (DS-X9308-SMIP)
•4-port IP Storage Services (IPS-4) module (DS-X9304-SMIP)
•Storage Services Module (SSM) (DS-X9032-SSM)
•Advanced Services Module (ASM) (DS-X9032-SMV)
•Caching Services Module (CSM) (DS-X9560-SMC)
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Chassis, page 1-2
•Backplane and Clock Modules, page 1-8
•Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Switch for IBM Blade Center, page 1-9
•Power Supplies, page 1-9
•Fan Modules, page 1-16
•Supervisor Modules, page 1-16
•Crossbar Modules, page 1-25
•Cisco MDS 9000 Series Module Compatibility, page 1-27
•Port Index Availability, page 1-28
•Switching Modules, page 1-32
•Services Modules, page 1-41
•Supported Transceivers, page 1-57
Chassis
This section describes the different chassis offerings in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series:
•Cisco MDS 9513 Director, page 1-3
•Cisco MDS 9509 Director, page 1-6
•Cisco MDS 9506 Director, page 1-7

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Cisco MDS 9513 Director
The Cisco MDS 9513 Director is a 13-slot Fibre Channel switch. The front panel consists of 13
horizontal slots, where slots 1 to 6 and slots 9 to 13 are reserved for switching and services modules only,
and slots 7 and 8 are for Supervisor-2 modules only. A variable speed fan tray, with 15 individual fans,
is located on the front left panel of the chassis.
The Cisco MDS 9513 Director uses a midplane. Modules exist on both sides of the plane. (See
Figure 1-1.) The Cisco MDS 9513 Director supports the following:
•Two Supervisor-2 modules that reside in slots 7 and 8.
•Switching and storage services modules. (See the “Port Index Availability” section on page 1-28 for
possible configurations.)
•One hot-swappable front panel fan tray with redundant individual fans.
•Two power supplies located at the rear of the chassis. The power supplies are redundant by default
and can be configured to be combined if desired.
•Two crossbar modules located at the rear of the chassis.
•One hot-swappable fan module for the crossbar modules located at the rear of the chassis.
•Two hot-swappable clock modules located at the rear of the chassis.
Note The Cisco MDS 9513 Director does not support the Advanced Services Module (ASM) or the Caching
Services Module (CSM).

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Figure 1-1 Cisco MDS 9513 Chassis Front Panel View
The rear of the chassis supports two vertical, redundant power supplies, two clock modules, two vertical,
redundant, external crossbar modules, and a variable speed fan tray with two individual fans located
above the crossbar modules. (See Figure 1-2.)
1Switching or services modules in slots 1–6 3Switching or services modules in slots 9–13
2Supervisor-2 modules in slots 7 and 8 4Fan tray
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Figure 1-2 Rear Panel 9513 Chassis
1Power supplies 4Air vent panels
2crossbar module fans 5Clock module1
1. Clock modules are located inside the air vent panel. You must remove the air vent panel to access the clock modules.
3crossbar modules
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Cisco MDS 9509 Director
The Cisco MDS 9509 Director has a 9-slot chassis as shown in Figure 1-3, and it supports the following:
•Redundant Supervisor-2 modules with associated internal crossbar modules.
•Up to two Supervisor-1 modules that provide a switching fabric, plus a console port, COM1 port,
and a MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port on each module. Slots 5 and 6 are reserved for the supervisor
modules.
•Seven slots for optional modules that can include up to seven switching modules or six IPS modules.
•Two power supplies located in the front of the chassis. The power supplies are redundant by default
and can be configured to be combined if desired.
•One hot-swappable fan module with redundant fans.
Figure 1-3 Cisco MDS 9509 Chassis
1Switching or services modules in
slots 1–4
5Fan module
2Supervisor module in slot 5 6Power supply 1
3Redundant supervisor module in
slot 6
7ESD socket
4Switching or services modules in
slots 7–9
8Power supply 2 (redundant)
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Cisco MDS 9506 Director
The Cisco MDS 9506 Director has a 6-slot chassis as shown in Figure 1-4, and it supports the following:
•Up to two Supervisor-1 modules that provide a switching fabric, with a console port, COM1 port,
and a MGMT 10/100 Ethernet port on each module. Slots 5 and 6 are reserved for the supervisor
modules.
•Four slots for optional modules that can include up to four switching modules or three IPS modules.
•Two power supplies located in the back of the chassis. The power supplies are redundant by default
and can be configured to be combined if desired.
•Two power entry modules (PEMs) in the front of the chassis for easy access to power supply
connectors and switches.
•One hot-swappable fan module with redundant fans.
Figure 1-4 Cisco MDS 9506 Chassis
1Switching or services modules in slots 1–4 4ESD Socket
2Supervisor modules in slots 5 and 6 5Power supplies (in back)
3Fan module 6Location of power entry modules (PEMs) --
one PEM shown and one filler panel shown.
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Backplane and Clock Modules
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series includes one or more clock modules that are accessible from the back of
the chassis. The Cisco MDS 9513 and 9509 Directors have two field-replaceable clock modules for
redundancy and failover. The Cisco MDS 9506 Director has one field-replaceable clock module. In the
unlikely event of a clock module failure, the Cisco MDS 9500 Series generates an error message and a
switchover from one clock module to the other, causing the system to reset automatically. Cisco
recommends that the failed clock module be replaced during a maintenance window. See the “Removing
and Installing Clock Modules” section on page 2-76 for information on replacing clock modules.
There are two LEDs per clock module. Figure 1-5 shows the upper and lower LEDs.
Figure 1-5 Clock Module LEDs
1Lower LEDs 2Upper LEDs
Table 1-1 Clock LEDs for the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors
LED Status Description
Upper LED Green Clock module is active and in use.
Off Clock module is in standby mode.
Lower LED Green Power supply is on and working properly.
Red Power supply is not in a stable state. If this
indication continues after initial power on, check
that all connections are secure.
Off Normal operation or power supply is turned off.
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Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Switch for IBM Blade Center
Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Switch for IBM Blade Center
The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter is designed for IBM BladeCenter
environments. The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch is based on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN
switching technology, which integrates the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches and directors into a
blade-switch architecture. The advanced architecture of the Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for
IBM BladeCenter, along with 4-Gb technology, provides outstanding performance between
Bladeswitches and the rest of the Fibre Channel infrastructure.
The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter provides 4-Gb Fibre Channel
performance to blade-server switching. It also provides network intelligence features such as virtual
SANs (VSANs), quality of service (QoS), and N-port interface virtualization (NPIV). It also offers
nondisruptive software upgrades and on-demand port activation and is the most complete embedded
Fibre Channel switching available for the IBM BladeCenter, BladeCenter-T, and BladeCenter-H
platforms.
The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter provides up to 20 nonblocking 1-, 2-,
and 4-Gb Fibre Channel ports that are available in two configurations: 7 internal ports and 3 external
ports, or 14 internal ports and 6 external ports. Each port provides line-rate performance up to 4-Gb
without any performance loss for integrated features such as VSANs, QoS, or Network Address
Translation (NAT). The Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter supports up to 16
VSANs per blade switch.
Each external port on the Cisco MDS FC Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter also provides line-rate
performance up to 4-Gb for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) or additional device connectivity such as storage
or host bus adapters (HBAs).
The Cisco NX-OS software provides role-based access control (RBAC) for management access of the
Cisco Fibre Channel Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter command-line interface (CLI) and Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP). For more information, see the Cisco 9000 Family Command
Reference.
Power Supplies
The Cisco MDS 9500 Series supports dual hot-swappable power supplies, each of which is capable of
supplying sufficient power to the entire chassis should one power supply fail. The power supplies
monitor their output voltage and provide status to the supervisor modules. To prevent the unexpected
shutdown of an optional module, the power management software only allows a module to power up if
adequate power is available.
The power supplies can be configured to be redundant or combined. By default, they are configured as
redundant, so that if one fails, the remaining power supply can still power the entire system. For
information about how to configure the power supplies, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS
Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

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Cisco MDS 9513 Power Supplies
The Cisco MDS 9513 Director supports the 6000-W AC power supply (AC input). (See Figure 1-6.)
Figure 1-6 Cisco MDS 9513 Power Supply
1Power supply switch 3Power Supply LEDs
2AC power connection
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