CAB-9K10A-UK

Benefit

Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by using Cisco NX-OS and Cisco Prime DCNM for consistent provisioning, management, and diagnostic capabilities across the fabric.

Automate deployment and upgrade of software images.

Reduce consumption of hardware resources and administrative time needed to create and manage zones.

Enhance reliability, speed problem resolution, and reduce service costs by using Fibre Channel ping and traceroute to identify exact path and timing of flows, as well as Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN) and Cisco Fabric Analyzer to capture and analyze network traffic.

Help ensure line-rate performance on each port by eliminating head-of-line blocking.

Optimize bandwidth utilization by aggregating up to 16 physical ISLs into a single logical PortChannel bundle with multipath load balancing.

Reduce downtime for planned maintenance and software upgrades.

Includes advanced traffic-engineering and network security features such as IVR, QoS and zone-based QoS, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), port security, VSAN-based access control, and fabric binding for open systems. Licensed per switch for all the ports on the switch.

Includes advanced management capabilities such as vCenter integration, performance trending, advanced provisioning, backup, and dashboards. Licensed per switch for all the ports on the switch. License is hosted on a server.

Enables 12 additional Fibre Channel ports (up to 48 total ports on the switch).

FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994)
FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994/AM1-1996)
FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI INCITS 297-1997)
FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI INCITS 303-1998)
FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI INCITS 352-2002)
FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI INCITS 404-2006)
FC-PI-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 460-2011)
FC-PI-4, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 450-2008)
FC-PI-5, Revision 6 (ANSI INCITS 479-2011)
FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI INCITS 373-2003)
FC-FS-2, Revision 1.01 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007)
FC-FS-2, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007/AM1-2007)
FC-FS-3, Revision 1.11 (ANSI INCITS 470-2011)
FC-LS, Revision 1.62 (ANSI INCITS 433-2007)
FC-LS-2, Revision 2.21 (ANSI INCITS 477-2011)
FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI INCITS 355-2001)
FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI INCITS 384-2004)
FC-SW-4, Revision 7.5 (ANSI INCITS 418-2006)
FC-SW-5, Revision 8.5 (ANSI INCITS 461-2010)
FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI INCITS 348-2001)
FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI INCITS 387-2004)
FC-GS-5, Revision 8.51 (ANSI INCITS 427-2007)
FC-GS-6, Revision 9.4 (ANSI INCITS 463-2010)
FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI INCITS 269-1996)
FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 350-2003)
FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 416-2006)
FCP-4, Revision 2b (ANSI INCITS 481-2011)
FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI INCITS 349-2001)
FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003)
FC-SB-3, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003/AM1-2007)
FC-SB-4, Revision 3.0 (ANSI INCITS 466-2011)
FC-SB-5, Revision 2.00 (ANSI INCITS 485-2014)
FC-BB-6, Revision 2.00 (ANSI INCITS 509-2014)
FC-BB-2, Revision 6.0 (ANSI INCITS 372-2003)
FC-BB-3, Revision 6.8 (ANSI INCITS 414-2006)
FC-BB-4, Revision 2.7 (ANSI INCITS 419-2008)
FC-BB-5, Revision 2.0 (ANSI INCITS 462-2010)
FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI INCITS 357-2002)
FC-SP, Revision 1.8 (ANSI INCITS 426-2007)
FC-SP-2, Revision 2.71 (ANSI INCITS 496-2012)
FAIS, Revision 1.03 (ANSI INCITS 432-2007)
FAIS-2, Revision 2.23 (ANSI INCITS 449-2008)
FC-IFR, Revision 1.06 (ANSI INCITS 475-2011)
FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998)
FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998)
FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999)
FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002)
FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005)
FC-MI-3, Revision 1.03 (INCITS TR-48-2012)
FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004)
FC-DA-2, Revision 1.06 (INCITS TR-49-2012)
FC-MSQS, Revision 3.2 (INCITS TR-46-2011)
Fibre Channel classes of service: Class 2, Class 3, and Class F
Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F and FL
Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, and TE
FC-NVMe
In-band management using IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) over Fibre Channel (RFC 4338)
Extensive IETF-standards-based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and remote monitoring (RMON) MIBs

Fixed configuration with 48 ports of 16-Gbps Fibre Channel
Available in a 12-port configurable base or as a bundle with all 48 ports enabled
Enable incremental ports on the 12-port base model, with the 12-port On-Demand Activation license

VSAN fabric isolation
Hardware zoning by Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) switch-to-switch authentication
FC-SP host-to-switch authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) using RADIUS, TACACS+, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
Secure FTP (SFTP)
Secure Shell Protocol Version 2 (SSHv2)
Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Control-plane security

Port speed: 2/4/8/16-Gbps autosensing with 16 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per port
Buffer credits: Up to 256 for a group of 4 ports, with a default of 64 buffer credits per port and a maximum of 253 buffer credits for a single port in the group
PortChannel: Up to 16 physical links

ISSU
Hot-swappable, dual redundant power supplies
Hot-swappable fan tray with integrated temperature and power management
Hot-swappable SFP+ optics
Passive backplane
Stateful process restart
Any port configuration for PortChannels
Fabric-based multipathing
Per-VSAN fabric services
Port tracking
VRRP for management connections
Online diagnostics

Access methods
Out-of-band 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
RS-232 serial console port
USB
Access protocols
CLI using the console and Ethernet ports
SNMPv3 using the Ethernet port and in-band IP over Fibre Channel access
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
Distributed device alias service
Network security
Per-VSAN RBAC using RADIUS and TACACS+-based authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
SFTP
SSHv2 implementing AES
SNMPv3 implementing AES
Management applications
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
Cisco Prime DCNM

Scriptable CLI
Cisco Prime DCNM web services API

Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.72 x 17.16 x 16.34 in. (4.37 x 43.59 x 41.50 cm), 1RU
Rack-mountable in standard 19-inch Electronic Industries Alliance [EIA] rack
Weight of fully configured chassis: 19.84 lb (9 kg)

Power supply: 300W AC (2 per switch)
Power cord: Notched C15 socket connector connecting to C16 plug on power supply
AC input characteristics
100 to 240V AC (10% range)
50 to 60 Hz (nominal)
Airflow: back to front (toward ports)
200 linear feet per minute (LFM) through system fan assembly
Cisco recommends maintaining a minimum air space of 2.5 in. (6.4 cm) between walls and chassis air vents and a minimum horizontal separation of 6 in. (15.2 cm) between two chassis to prevent overheating

Temperature, ambient operating: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Temperature, ambient non-operating and storage: -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)
Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) operating: 10 to 90%
Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) non-operating and storage: 10 to 95%
Altitude, operating: -197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000m)

Safety compliance
CE Marking
UL 60950
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950
EN 60950
IEC 60950
TS 001
AS/NZS 3260
IEC60825
EN60825
21 CFR 1040
EMC compliance
FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
ICES-003 Class A
EN 55022 Class A
CISPR 22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
VCCI Class A
EN 55024
EN 50082-1
EN 61000-6-1
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3

Name server
Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
Login services
Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)
Public loop
Broadcast
In-order delivery

VSAN
IVR
PortChannel with multipath load balancing
Flow-based and zone-based QoS

For detailed information about all supported transceivers, seeCisco MDS 9000 Family pluggable transceivers.

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2(9) or later supporting Cisco MDS 9148S and Cisco Prime DCNM