- Industry-leading scalability and availability
- 1/2/4/8-Gbps and 10-Gbps Fiber Channel switching
- Flexibility and investment protection
- TCO driven design
- Multiprotocol architecture
- Intelligent network services
- Integrated Cisco Storage Media Encryption (SME) as distributed fabric service
- Open platform for intelligent storage applications
- Integrated hardware-based VSANs and Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR)
- Advanced FICON services
- Comprehensive security framework
- Sophisticated diagnostics
- Unified SAN management
- Cisco Trusted Security (CTS) Fiber Channel Link Encryption
The flagship of the Cisco MDS 9500 series, the Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director elevates the standard for director-class switches. Providing industry-leading availability, scalability, security, and management, the Cisco MDS 9513 allows you to deploy high-performance storage area networks (SANs) with an extremely low total cost of ownership (TCO). Layering a rich set of intelligent features onto a high-performance, protocol-independent switch fabric, the Cisco MDS 9513 addresses the stringent requirements of large data center storage environments: uncompromising high availability, security, scalability, ease of management, and transparent integration of new technologies for extremely flexible data center SAN solutions. Compatible with first and second generation Cisco MDS 9000 Family switching modules, the Cisco MDS 9513 provides advanced functionality and unparalleled investment protection, allowing the use of any Cisco MDS 9000 Family switching module in this highly scalable system.