Cisco MDS 9148S

Christine Rhinehart

Senior Product Manager, Cisco

16G Multilayer Fabric Switch

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Applications proliferation driving an era of explosive growth

High Performance

Versatility

Resiliency

Ease of Management

Key Requirements Shaping SMB, Departmental, and Branch SANs

Scalable Infrastructure

Low-cost Operations

Self-ServiceConsumption Model

Whichrequires

Drivingthe need

for

10 times the number of servers (virtual and physical) worldwide

16 times the amount of information created

Only 1.5 times the number of IT professionals in the world

Over the next decade we’ll see:

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Continued extension of broad switching portfolio

LAN/SANSAN

CiscoNexus 5000

CiscoNexus 6000

Cisco Nexus 7000

Cisco Nexus 1000V

CiscoNexus 3000

Cisco MDS 9200 Series

Cisco® MDS 9500 Series

Cisco MDS 9100 Series

CiscoNexus 2000

Cisco MDS 9710

10+ Years of Proven NX-OS Operating System

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Cisco MDS 9250i

Cisco MDS 9148S

Consistent and simplified features, management, and programmability

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Cisco MDS 9148S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch

The power of 16G Fibre Channel at a new level of value

HIGH PERFORMANCE

AND VERSATILITY

SIMPLIFIED OPERATIONS

Pay-as-You-Grow 16G 1RU Switch

Easy to Use

ENTERPRISE-CLASS TECHNOLOGY

Deploy for Virtualized Environments

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Cisco MDS 9148S

Industry’s most versatile 16G fabric switch

Front View

48 x 16G FC ports with line-rate performance

Back View

Dual power supplies and fan trays

1RU form factor

Back-to-front air flow

USB, RS-232 console port, and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port for management access

12, 24, or 48-port configuration

On-demand 12-port license for growth

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Performance and versatility for growth and virtualization

Comprehensive Enterprise-class capabilities

Pay-as-you-grow scalability

Leverage up to 32 VSANs

Deploy in N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode to reduce number of managed switches

Deploy Quality of Service (QoS) per port, virtual machine, or VSAN

Port Channel Linksfor high resiliency

Trunk Links for flexible VSAN connectivity

ENTRY-LEVEL SAN

MID-SCALE SAN

VirtualizedServers

MDS 9148S

MDS 9148S

MDS 9710

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Consistent configuration on switch power-up

Rapid error-free deployments

Automates switch setup

Eliminates need for serial cable

Ensures configuration consistency

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Integrated management and simplified analytics

Reduce operational cost via ease of management

Health IndexEnd-to-End Visibility Host Path Redundancy

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Summary

High performance, resiliency, and flexibility in a compact, easy to deploy and manage 1RU

switch

Cisco MDS 9148S

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