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High-availability design with
support for non-disruptive
firmware upgrades
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Includes Virtual SAN (VSAN)
capability for SAN consolidation
into virtual SAN islands on a
single physical fabric
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Enterprise, SAN Extension over
IP
, Mainframe and Storage
Services Enabler and Fabric
Manager Server Packages pro-
vide added intelligence and
value
High performance and manageability
for SANs
The Cisco MDS 9506 for
IBM System Storage™ supports
1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switch
connectivity and intelligent network
services to help improve the security,
performance and manageability
required to consolidate geographically
dispersed storage devices into a large
enterprise SAN.
Improved internal bandwidth for higher
scalability
The Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System
Storage utilizes two Supervisor-2
Modules designed for high availability
and performance. The Supervisor-2
Module combines an intelligent control
module and a high-performance cross-
bar switch fabric in a single unit. It uses
Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) multi-
path routing, which provides intelligence
to load balance across a maximum of
16 equal-cost paths and to dynamically
reroute traffic if a switch fails.
