Description
Management and Monitoring Options
The DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9 Cisco Fibre Channel switch is a high-performance storage area network (SAN) switch that provides a variety of management and monitoring options to help administrators keep track of and manage the switch and the network it supports.
- Management Interface: The switch has a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) and a command-line interface (CLI) that allows administrators to configure, manage and monitor the switch remotely.
- SNMP support: The switch supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) which allows for the monitoring and management of the switch using network management software.
- Syslog support: The switch can send system logs to a syslog server for centralized logging and analysis.
- Performance monitoring: The switch provides detailed performance monitoring and statistics, including port statistics, error statistics, and Fibre Channel protocol (FCP) statistics, which can help administrators troubleshoot and optimize the performance of the network.
- Fibre Channel (FC) Management: The switch supports advanced Fibre Channel features, such as FC zoning, FC routing, and FC fabric services, which allow administrators to create and manage logical SANs and improve security and scalability of the SAN.
- Firmware Upgrade: The switch supports firmware upgrade which allows the administrator to easily upgrade the switch with the latest firmware versions, which can provide new features and bug fixes.
Network Scalability and Flexibility
The DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9 Cisco Fibre Channel switch is designed with network scalability and flexibility in mind. Some of the key features that contribute to this include:
- High port density: The switch has 16 ports which provides a high port density allowing for a large number of devices to be connected to the network.
- Fibre Channel Routing: The switch supports Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) which allows it to create multiple virtual SANs within a single physical network, improving scalability and security.
- Fibre Channel Zoning: The switch supports Fibre Channel Zoning which allows for the creation of logical SANs, isolating different devices and applications and improving security and performance.
- Fibre Channel Fabric services: The switch supports advanced Fibre Channel Fabric services like Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) and Fabric Login Authentication (FLA) which allows for the creation of a highly available and scalable SAN environment.
- Flexible interface options: The switch supports 8Gbps and 16Gbps Fibre Channel interfaces which increases the scalability and flexibility of the network.
- Scalable SAN: The switch supports SAN extension feature over WAN link which allows to extend the SAN over long distance and also allows to join multiple SANs together to create a single large SAN.
All these features provide the network administrator with a high degree of flexibility and scalability when it comes to configuring and managing the Fibre Channel network, allowing the network to grow and evolve as needed.
Remote Management and Access
The DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9 Cisco Fibre Channel switch provides a number of remote management and access options to help administrators manage and access the switch and the network it supports.
- Web-based GUI: The switch has a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that allows administrators to access and manage the switch remotely.
- CLI (Command Line Interface): The switch also supports a command-line interface (CLI) that allows administrators to configure and manage the switch using text-based commands.
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) support: The switch supports SNMP which allows for the monitoring and management of the switch using network management software.
- Telnet and SSH: The switch supports Telnet and SSH for remote access and management of the switch using a terminal emulator.
- Remote monitoring: The switch provides detailed performance monitoring and statistics, including port statistics, error statistics, and Fibre Channel protocol (FCP) statistics, which can help administrators troubleshoot and optimize the performance of the network.
- Remote Firmware Upgrade: The switch supports remote firmware upgrade which allows the administrator to easily upgrade the switch with the latest firmware versions, which can provide new features and bug fixes.
- Remote Syslog support: The switch can send system logs to a remote syslog server for centralized logging and analysis.
All these features provide the network administrator with a high degree of flexibility and scalability when it comes to configuring and managing the Fibre Channel network, allowing the network to grow and evolve as needed.
General Information about this Cisco DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9
- Manufacturer: Cisco Systems, Inc
- Manufacturer Part Number: DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9
- Brand Name: Cisco
- Product Series: MDS 9100
- Product Model: MDS 9148
- Product Name: MDS 9148 Multilayer Fibre Channel Switch
- Product Type: Fibre Channel Switch
Interfaces/Ports
- Number of Fibre Channel Ports: 16
- Fiber Channel Port Type: F_Port
- FL_Port
- E_Port
Media & Performance
- Data Transfer Rate: 8 Gbps
Management & Protocols
- Manageable: Yes
- Management:
- Access methods
- Out-of-band 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
- EIA/TIA-232 serial console port
- In-band Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
- Access protocols
- CLI
- SNMP
- SMI-S
- Security
- RBAC using RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) functions
- VSAN-based roles
- SSHv2
- SNMPv3
Power Description
- Redundant Power Supply: Yes
