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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Port Index Availability
Using any combination of modules that include a Generation 1 module and a Supervisor-2 module limits
the port index availability to 252 on all Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors. But the Generation 1 modules
can use any contiguous block of port indexes in the range 0–252 (See
Table 1-9
).
Using any combination of only Generation 2 with a Supervisor-2 module allows a maximum of 528 (with
an architectural limit of 1020) port indexes on all Cisco MDS 9500 Series Directors. Generation 2
modules do not need contiguous port indexes. Generation 2 modules will use the available ports in the
slot that it is installed and then borrow available ports from the supervisors, and then restart at slot 1 of
the chassis until it has the number of port indexes necessary.
Table 1-12
shows a valid sample configuration for maximum capacity within the port index limits. The
table only lists Generation 2 modules in a Cisco MDS 9513 Director.
Table 1-11
Maximum Chassis Configuration on a Cisco MDS 9509 Director (Exceeded)
Slot No.
Modules in Cisco MDS 9509 Director
Generation
Physical
Ports
Port
Indexes
1
18-port Fibre Channel and 4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP
Multiservice module (MSM-18/4)
2
22
34
2
14-port Fibre Channel/2-port Gigabit Ethernet
Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module
1
16
22
3
8-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage Services module
1
8
32
4
4-port Gigabit Ethernet IP Storage Services module
1
4
16
5
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
6
Supervisor-1
1
7
Supervisor-1
1
8
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
9
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
10
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
Totals
240
296
Table 1-12
Maximum Chassis Configuration on a Cisco MDS 9513 Director (Valid)
Slot No.
Modules in Cisco MDS 9513 Director
Generation
Physical
Ports
Port
Indexes
1
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
2
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
3
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
4
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
5
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
6
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
7
Supervisor-2
2
8
Supervisor-2
2
9
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48
10
48-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
2
48
48