Description
Cisco MDS 9148S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch – 16 Gbit/s – 12 Fiber Channel Ports – Manageable – Rack-mountable – 1U – Refurbished W/ 12ACTIVE PORTS+16G SW SFPS REMAN
The Cisco® MDS 9148S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch (Figure 1) is the next generation of the highly reliable
flexible
and low-cost Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches. It combines high performance with exceptional flexibility and cost effectiveness. This powerful
compact one rack-unit (1RU) switch scales from 12 to 48 line-rate 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports.
The Cisco MDS 9148S is excellent for:
● A standalone SAN in small departmental storage environments
● A top-of-the-rack switch in medium-sized redundant fabrics
● An edge switch in enterprise data center core-edge topologies
The Cisco MDS 9148S is powered by Cisco NX-OS and Cisco Prime™ Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) software. It delivers advanced storage networking features and functions with ease of management and compatibility with the entire Cisco MDS 9000 Family portfolio for reliable end-to-end connectivity.
High Performance and Flexibility at Low Cost
Up to 48 autosensing Fibre Channel ports are capable of speeds of 2
4
8
and 16 Gbps
with 16 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth for each port. The base switch model comes with 12 ports enabled
and can be upgraded as needed with the 12-port Cisco MDS 9148S On-Demand Port Activation license to support configurations of 24
36
or 48 enabled ports. Only the Cisco MDS 9148S scales from 12 to 48 high-performance Fibre Channel ports in a single 1RU form factor.
High-Availability Platform for Mission-Critical Deployments
In environments in which downtime is intolerable
the Cisco MDS 9148S offers In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU). This means that Cisco NX-OS Software can be upgraded while the Fibre Channel ports carry traffic. The Cisco MDS 9148S includes dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays
PortChannels for Inter-Switch Link (ISL) resiliency
and F-port channeling for resiliency on uplinks from a Cisco MDS 9148S operating in NPV mode. New hardware based slow port detection and recovery provide enhanced performance and monitoring capability.
Simplified Storage Management with Sophisticated Diagnostics
The Cisco MDS 9148S offers built-in storage network management and SAN plug-and-play capabilities. All features are available through a command-line interface (CLI) or Cisco Prime DCNM for SAN Essentials Edition
a centralized management tool. Cisco DCNM task-based wizards simplify management of single or multiple switches and fabrics. For virtual infrastructure
it manages the entire path: from the virtual machine and switch to the physical storage. The Cisco MDS 9148S also supports PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) to automate software image upgrades and configuration file installation on newly deployed switches. Additionally
it provides intelligent diagnostics
protocol decoding
network analysis tools
and Cisco Call Home for added reliability
faster problem resolution
and reduced service costs.
Intelligent Network Services and Advanced Traffic Management
The Cisco MDS 9148S uses virtual SAN (VSAN) technology for hardware-enforced
isolated environments within a physical fabric. It offers access control lists (ACLs) for hardware-based
intelligent frame processing. Advanced traffic management features
such as fabricwide quality of service (QoS) and Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR)
are included in the optional Cisco MDS 9000 Family Enterprise Package. QoS prioritizes application data traffic for better and more predictable network service. Zone-based QoS simplifies configuration and administration by using the familiar zoning concept. IVR facilitates resource sharing across VSANs without compromising scalability
reliability
availability
and network security.
