IBM System Storage Advanced Ficon Services

For Cisco MDS 9706 multilayer director and 9250i multiservice fabric switch

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on May 18, 2015 at 3:06 pm

IBM System Storage advanced FICON services for Cisco MDS 9706 multilayer director and 9250i multiservice fabric switch.

Cisco MDS 9200 and 9710 mainframe packages provide a collection of features to enable MDS 9000 operation in mainframe storage network applications.

Key prerequisites
The Cisco MDS 9250i multiservice fabric switch and MDS 9706 multilayer director support FC connectivity for servers and storage. The 9710-E01 and 9710-E06 models support all features and functions listed, and require Cisco MDS NX-OS 6.2.11c, or later.

Planned availability date: June 19, 2015