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Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gbps 32-Port Fibre Channel Switch Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gbps 32-Port Fibre Channel Switch Data Sheet
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Figure 1.
Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gbps 32-Port fibre channel switch
Figure 2.
Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gbps 16-Port fibre channel port expansion module
● High performance: MDS 9132T architecture, with chip-integrated nonblocking arbitration, provides
consistent 32-Gbps low-latency performance across all traffic conditions for every Fibre Channel port on
the switch.
● Capital Expenditure (CapEx) savings: The 32-Gbps ports allow users to deploy them on existing 16- or
8-Gbps transceivers, reducing initial CapEx with an option to upgrade to 32-Gbps transceivers and
adapters in the future.
● High availability: MDS 9132T switches continue to provide the same outstanding availability and reliability
as the previous-generation Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches by providing optional redundancy on all
major components such as the power supply and fan. Dual power supplies also facilitate redundant
power grids.
● Pay-as-you-grow: The MDS 9132T Fibre Channel switch provides an option to deploy as few as eight
32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports in the entry-level variant, which can grow by 8 ports to 16 ports, and
thereafter with a port expansion module with sixteen 32-Gbps ports, to up to 32 ports. This approach
results in lower initial investment and power consumption for entry-level configurations of up to 16 ports
compared to a fully loaded switch. Upgrading through an expansion module also reduces the overhead
of managing multiple instances of port activation licenses on the switch. This unique combination of port
upgrade options allow four possible configurations of 8 ports, 16 ports, 24 ports and 32 ports.
● Next-generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC): The MDS 9132T Fibre Channel switch is
powered by the same high-performance 32-Gbps Cisco ASIC with an integrated network processor that
powers the Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 32-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module. Among all the
advanced features that this ASIC enables, one of the most notable is inspection of Fibre Channel and
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) headers at wire speed on every flow in the smallest form-factor
Fibre Channel switch without the need for any external taps or appliances. The recorded flows can be
analyzed on the switch and also exported using a dedicated 10/100/1000BASE-T port for telemetry and
analytics purposes.
● Intelligent network services: Slow-drain detection and isolation, VSAN technology, Access Control Lists
(ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, smartzoning and fabricwide Quality of Service
(QoS) enable migration from SAN islands to enterprisewide storage networks. Traffic encryption is
optionally available to meet stringent security requirements.
● Sophisticated diagnostics: The MDS 9132T provides intelligent diagnostics tools such as Inter-Switch
Link (ISL) diagnostics, read diagnostic parameters, protocol decoding, network analysis tools, and
integrated Cisco Call Home capability for greater reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced
service costs.
● Server port consolidation: The demand for 32-Gbps fabric switches will increase as hyperscale
virtualization doubles the virtual machine density per rack, increasing the need for higher-bandwidth
HBA ports per rack of blade or standalone servers. Soon 32-Gbps HBA ports will consolidate the current
16-Gbps HBA installed base, with the need to increase the server capacity in the same rack. Hence, the
MDS 9132T, with its lower port density, provides an excellent solution, and the flexibility to increase the
port density in the future is an added advantage (Figure 3).
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For detailed information about all supported transceivers, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family pluggable transceivers documentation.
● Simplification: Through consolidation, the SAN administrator can reduce complexity and simplify
management.
● Multiprotocol convergence: 32-Gbps links benefit from lower latency than lower-bandwidth links,
bringing better-performing storage workloads to your storage array. Greater bandwidth also helps
ensure less ISL congestion for the newer storage protocols that are expected to be available on
externally attached storage arrays: for instance, Fibre Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express NVMe can
co-exist on the same link as existing SCSI workloads.
● Scale and performance: This Small Form-Factor (SFF) switch supports the performance and scale
required to deploy a dedicated and standalone Fibre Channel SAN connecting both initiators and targets
without requiring any other switching infrastructure.
Product specifications
Table 1 lists the specifications for the MDS 9132T 32-Gbps 32-Port Fibre Channel Switch.
● IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) over Fibre Channel (RFC 4338)
● Extensive IETF-standards-based TCP/IP, SNMPv3, and Remote Monitoring (RMON)
MIBs
Fibre Channel ports ● Fixed switch form factor with 16 SFP+ ports base and one 16 SFP+ port expansion slot
● Entry-level 8-port preactivated base model with flexibility to turn on any 8 ports
● Incremental ports
◦ On the 8-port base model, with the 8-Port On- Demand Activation license to activate
up to 16 ports on the base switch
◦ On the 8-port base model, with the 16-port expansion module to activate up to 24
ports
◦ On the 16-port configuration, with the 16-port expansion module to activate up to 32
ports
◦ On the 24-port configuration, with the 8-Port On- Demand Activation license to
activate up to 32 ports
Performance ● Port speed: 4/8/16/32-Gbps autosensing with 32 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth per
port
● Aggregate bandwidth of 1024 Gbps end-to-end full duplex
● Buffer credits: Up to 8300 for a group of 16 ports, with a default of 500 buffer credits
per port and a maximum of 8270 buffer credits for a single port in the group
● Port channel: Up to 16 load-balanced physical links grouped in one port channel
Physical dimensions (HxWxD) and ● 1RU (1.72 inches x 17.3 inches x 20.11 inches) excluding Power Supply Unit (PSU) and
weight fan tray handles
● 9.1 kg with 16 activated ports
● 9.82 kg with all 32 activated ports
● EMC compliance
● FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
● ICES-003 Class A
● EN 55022 Class A
● CISPR 22 Class A
● AS/NZS 3548 Class A
● VCCI Class A
● EN 55024
● EN 50082-1
● EN 61000-6-1
● EN 61000-3-2
● EN 61000-3-3
Supported Cisco optics, media, and ● For detailed information about all supported transceivers, see Cisco MDS 9000 Family
transmission distances pluggable transceivers documentation
Cisco MDS 9100 SAN Three-year switch-based license for on-board Analytics, Streaming L-D-M91S-AXK9=
Insights Package Telemetry and SAN Insights on Data center network manager and
other telemetry receivers.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Includes advanced traffic-engineering and network security features M9100-ENT1K9=,
Enterprise Package such as IVR, QoS and zone-based QoS, Fibre Channel Security
Protocol (FC-SP), port security, traffic encryption, VSAN-based L-M9100ENT1K9=
access control, and fabric binding for open systems. Licensed per
switch for all the ports on the switch.
Cisco DCNM for SAN Includes advanced management capabilities such as VMware vCenter DCNM-SAN-M91-K9=,
Advanced Edition for integration, performance trending, advanced provisioning, backup,
Cisco MDS 9100 Series reports and dashboards. Licensed per switch for all the ports on the L-DCNM-S-M91-K9=,
switch. Host the licenses on either switch or server. The switch- DCNM-S-M91XK9=,
based licenses are denoted with an ‘X’ in the SKU.
L-DCNM-S-M91XK9=
Cisco MDS 9132T 8- Enables 8 additional Fibre Channel ports up to 16 total ports on the M9132T-PL8,
Port On-Demand base switch (and up to 32 total ports on the base switch with 16-port
Activation Fibre Channel port expansion module). M9132T-PL8=
Power Cord, 250VAC 10A SABS 164/1 Plug, South Africa CAB-9K10A-SA
Power Cord, 125VAC 13A NEMA 5-15 Plug, North America CAB-9K12A-NA
Table 7. Transceivers
Item Requirement
Cisco NX-OS Software for switch Cisco MDS NX-OS 8.2(1) or later
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