Highlights

• Extraordinary price/performance with 8 Gbps line rate ports in a compact 1RU platform.
• Scales from 16 ports to 48 ports in eight-port increments.
• Redundant power supplies and fans and other availability features help minimize downtime and improve business resiliency.
• Built-in management, operational and configuration tools and plug-and-play features support quick deployment and easy end-to-end SAN management.
• All-in-one licensing with no hidden charges.

Cisco MDS 9148 for small, midrange and large enterprise customers

The Cisco MDS 9148 for IBM System Storage® Multilayer Fabric Switch (2417-C48) is designed to provide an affordable, highly capable and scalable storage networking solution for small, midrange and large enterprise customers. The switch provides line rate 8-Gbps ports with high-performance, high-density, and enterprise-class availability. The switch is designed to offer outstanding value by providing flexibility, high availability, security, and ease of use at an affordable price in a compact one-rack-unit (1RU) form factor. With the ability to expand from 16 to 48 ports in eight-port increments, the Cisco MDS 9148 can be used as the foundation for small, stand-alone SANs, as a top-of-rack switch, or as an edge switch in larger core-edge SAN infrastructures.

The Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch is designed to support quick configuration with zero-touch plug-and-play features and task wizards that 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 9000 Series Multilayer Directors and Switches, providing transparent, end-to-end service delivery in core-edge deployments.

Fabric connectivity capabilities can be the basis for infrastructure simplification solutions for IBM System i®, System p® and System x® servers and storage consolidation and high-availability server clustering with IBM System Storage disk storage arrays. Business continuity capabilities can help businesses protect valuable data with IBM System Storage tape subsystems and IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager data protection software.