Converge, Scale, and Provide Intelligence
The Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director delivers industry-leading scalability, availability, security, and ease of management. Compatible with all generations of Cisco MDS 9000 switching modules, the Cisco MDS 9509 continues to provide outstanding investment protection.
Features and Capabilities
- Scalable expansion with outstanding investment protection
- Multiprotocol architecture and convergence with multihop FCoE
- Business transformation with Enterprise Cloud Deployment
- Platform for intelligent storage applications
- Enterprise-class availability
Use this director to:
- Deploy high-performance SANs for virtualized environments
- Transparently integrate intelligent fabric features for storage management
- Transparently integrate Fibre Channel SANs with converged networks, using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Specifications at a Glance
| Software compatibility |
Cisco MDS SAN-OS Software Release 3.0(1) or later |
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| Performance and scalability |
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| Advanced functionality |
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| Reliability and availability |
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Featured Content
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Additional Resources
Data Sheets and Literature
At-a-Glance
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors At-a-Glance)
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors Brochures)
Data Sheets
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors Data Sheets)
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors White Papers)
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors At-a-Glance)
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Modules
(PDF - 440 KB)
Cisco MDS 9500 and 9700 Series Multilayer Directors (PDF - 380 KB)
Brochures (PDF - 440 KB)Cisco MDS 9500 and 9700 Series Multilayer Directors
(PDF - 380 KB)(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors Brochures)
Data Sheets
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors Data Sheets)
Cisco MDS 9000 10-Gbps 8-Port FCoE Module
Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port Storage Services Node
Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Modules
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Data Sheet
White PapersCisco MDS 9000 16-Port Storage Services Node
Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Modules
Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director Data Sheet
Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Data Sheet
(All Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors White Papers)
Advanced SAN Design Using Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors
Cisco MDS 9000 10-Gbps 8-Port FCoE Module (PDF - 280 KB)
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Investment Protection
High-Availability Storage Networks with Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors
Intelligent Traffic Services with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Modules
Large SAN Design Best Practices
Miercom Report on Performance Tests for Cisco MDS 9509 and 9513 (PDF - 370 KB)
Cisco MDS 9000 10-Gbps 8-Port FCoE Module
(PDF - 280 KB)Cisco MDS 9000 Family Investment Protection
High-Availability Storage Networks with Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors
Intelligent Traffic Services with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Modules
Large SAN Design Best Practices
Miercom Report on Performance Tests for Cisco MDS 9509 and 9513
(PDF - 370 KB)