Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide (OL-16188-01, April 2008)

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Cisco MDS 9200 Series Hardware Installation Guide

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Chapter 1 Product Overview

Services Modules

The MPS-14/2 modules support FCIP compression to maximize the effective WAN bandwidth of SAN

extension solutions. It achieves up to a 30-to-1 compression ratio, with typical ratios of 2-to-1 over a

wide variety of data sources. With the addition of hardware-based compression, the MPS-14/2 module

is able to provide optimal levels of compressed throughput for implementations across low to

high-bandwidth links.

The Gigabit Ethernet ports on the MPS-14/2 module support iSCSI protocol, FCIP protocol, or both

protocols simultaneously. For information about configuring the ports, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family

CLI Configuration Guide or the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.

The Fibre Channel port interfaces support hot-swappable Fibre Channel SFP transceivers, which can be

short wavelength (SWL) for connectivity up to 1640 feet (500 meters), or long wavelength (LWL) for

connectivity up to 6.2 miles (10 km). All interfaces are autosensing 1-Gbps or 2-Gbps compatible. The

port interfaces also support coarse wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM) SFP transceivers, which

can be used for extended long wavelength (ELWL) transmission or for CWDM. See the “Supported

Transceivers” section on page 1-35.

Note Cisco MDS 9200 Series switches running Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(1b) or later support the

MPS-14/2 module.

Figure 1-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family MPS-14/2 module.

Figure 1-16 Cisco MDS 9000 Family MPS-14/2 Module

1 Status LED 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports

2 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel

ports

5 Link LEDs

3 Link LEDs (under ports, on left)

and Speed LEDs (under ports, on

right)

6 Asset tag

—SPEED LINK—

LINK-

—SPEEDLINK—

STATUS

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LINK— —SPEED

10 11 12 13 142 3 4

LINK-

GIGABIT E THERNET

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