RFB – CISCO DS-C9148-16P-K9 – MDS 9148 MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCH – 16 X 8GB

CISCO DS-C9148-16P-K9 MDS 9148 MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCH – SWITCH – 16 X 8GB FIBRE CHANNEL – DESKTOPCISCO MDS 9148 48-PORT MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCH WITH 16 8-GBPS ACTIVE PORTS, SINGLE POWER SUPPLY, RAILS, POWER CORDS AND FANS, VSANS, PORTCHANNELS, AND CISCO DCNM FOR SAN ESSENTIALS EDITION. INCLUDES ACCESSORY KIT.PRODUCT OVERVIEWTHE CISCO® MDS 9148 MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCH (FIGURE 1) IS A HIGH-PERFORMANCE, FLEXIBLE, COST-EFFECTIVE PLATFORM WITH THE INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST PORT DENSITY AND LOWEST POWER CONSUMPTION AVAILABLE IN A COMPACT ONE RACK-UNIT (1RU) CHASSIS FORM FACTOR. IT PROVIDES 48 LINE-RATE 8-GBPS PORTS FOR STORAGE NETWORKING DEPLOYMENTS IN SMALL, MEDIUM-SIZED, AND LARGE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS. THE CISCO MDS 9148, BASED ON A PURPOSE-BUILT “SWITCH-ON-A-CHIP” APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ASIC), OFFERS OUTSTANDING VALUE BY PROVIDING HIGH-AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, AND EASE OF USE AT A COST-EFFECTIVE PRICE. WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO EXPAND FROM 16 TO 48 PORTS IN 8-PORT INCREMENTS, THE CISCO MDS 9148 OFFERS THE DENSITIES REQUIRED TO SCALE FROM AN ENTRY-LEVEL DEPARTMENTAL SWITCH TO TOP-OF-THE-RACK SWITCH TO EDGE SWITCH CONNECTIVITY INTO ENTERPRISE CORE SANS. THE CISCO MDS 9148 DELIVERS A NONBLOCKING ARCHITECTURE, WITH ALL 48 1/2/4/8-GBPS PORTS OPERATING AT LINE RATE CONCURRENTLY.THE CISCO MDS 9148 SUPPORTS ZERO-TOUCH INSTALLATION AS WELL AS THE CISCO DEVICE MANAGER QUICK CONFIGURATION WIZARD, WHICH ALLOW IT TO BE DEPLOYED QUICKLY AND EASILY IN NETWORKS OF ANY SIZE. POWERED BY CISCO MDS 9000 NX-OS SOFTWARE, IT INCLUDES ADVANCED STORAGE NETWORKING FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH CISCO MDS 9500 SERIES MULTILAYER DIRECTORS AND CISCO MDS 9200 AND OTHER 9100 SERIES MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCHES, PROVIDING TRANSPARENT, END-TO-END SERVICE DELIVERY IN CORE-EDGE DEPLOYMENTS.FIGURE 1. CISCO MDS 9148 MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCH