Description
The Cisco MDS 9132T is a high-performance 32-Gbps Fibre Channel switch designed to deliver reliable, low-latency SAN connectivity in a compact 1RU form factor. This spare unit ships with 8 active Fibre Channel ports and supports a flexible pay-as-you-grow architecture, allowing seamless expansion up to 32 ports through license activation and expansion modules.
Built for enterprise, data center, and mission-critical storage environments, the MDS 9132T provides non-blocking, line-rate performance across all ports while supporting modern workloads such as virtualization, flash storage, and NVMe over Fibre Channel. Redundant hot-swappable power and cooling components ensure high availability, while advanced diagnostics, telemetry, and SAN analytics enhance operational visibility and resiliency.
This port-side exhaust spare variant is ideal for cold-aisle/hot-aisle airflow designs and replacement scenarios where compatibility and uptime are critical.
| Category | Specification |
|---|---|
| Model | Cisco MDS 9132T |
| SKU | DS-C9132T-MEK9= |
| Switch Type | Fibre Channel SAN Switch (Spare) |
| Form Factor | 1RU Rack-Mount |
| Fibre Channel Speed | 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 Gbps (Auto-sensing) |
| Total Port Capacity | Up to 32 Fibre Channel ports |
| Active Ports (Base) | 8 ports enabled |
| Port Expansion | License and expansion module supported |
| Aggregate Bandwidth | Up to 1024 Gbps full duplex |
| Latency | Line-rate, non-blocking architecture |
| Airflow | Port-side exhaust |
| Power Supplies | Hot-swappable, redundant AC PSUs |
| Cooling | Hot-swappable fan modules |
| Management Interfaces | Ethernet management, serial console |
| SAN Features | VSANs, zoning, NPV, QoS, SAN analytics |
| Virtualization Support | VM-aware SAN visibility |
| Software | Cisco MDS NX-OS |
| Deployment Use Case | Enterprise SAN, data center, storage networks |
| Condition | Spare unit |
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