Cisco DS-X9248-256K9 48-Port Performance 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module - Switch - managed - 48 x 8Gb Fibre Channel SFP+ - plug-in module

Full duplex capability, hot swap module replacement, auto-sensing per device, Syslog support, Virtual Route Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) support, Quality of Service (QoS), Port Security

For the most demanding storage networking environments, the 8-Gbps advanced Fiber Channel switching module delivers uncompromising performance. The 8-Gbps advanced switching module delivers fullduplex aggregate performance of 512 Gbps, making this module well suited for attachment of high-performance 8-Gbps storage subsystems or either 8- or 10-Gbps Inter-Switch Links (ISLs).This 8-Gbps advanced module enables you to consolidate SAN deployments with fewer hardware components, consolidate workloads from hundreds of virtual machines with unparalleled performance, and scale with incremental updates as your SAN grows while protecting your existing investment. Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fiber Channel Switching Module also provides Cisco VMpath technology, which enables advanced virtual machine-aware SAN provisioning and monitoring for virtualized data centers. With Cisco VMpath, you can monitor, manage, and control SAN resource allocation and performance on a per-virtual machine basis and map out paths all the way from the server to storage, enabling tracking of mission-critical workloads end-to-end.Cisco MDS 9000 Family Advanced Fiber Channel Switching Module is hot-swappable and compatible with 10-Gbps interfaces, and it supports hot-swappable Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) transceivers. Each port supports 500 buffer credits for exceptional extensibility without requiring additional licensing.