Description

Main Features

• Switch
• managed
• 48 x 8Gb Fibre Channel
• Plug-in module
• with 48 x Cisco MDS 9000 Family 2/4/8-Gbps Fibre Channel-Shortwave
• SFP+
• LC (DS-SFP-FC8G-SW)

Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fiber Channel switching modules deliver the intelligence and the high performance required to support the most demanding storage applications, providing the foundation for large scale Storage Area Network (SAN) consolidation. The 48-port 8-Gbps Fiber Channel switching module provides optimized performance and port density for connection of high-performance and virtualized servers.

For high-performance storage networking environments, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 48-port 8-Gbps Fiber Channel switching module delivers an ideal balance of performance and scalability. Its 48 autosensing 1/2/4/8-Gbps ports deliver a total of 192 Gbps of full-duplex bandwidth to meet the performance demands of enterprise-class or highly virtualized servers. Through easy-to-use traffic engineering capabilities, the 48-port 8-Gbps Fiber Channel switching module offers the flexibility to provide predictable high-performance storage and inter-switch connectivity, fully utilizing the available bandwidth.