Cisco DS-X97-SF1-K9 (DS-9700-SUP1-K9) Full English Product Description
1. Short Official Part & License Label
DS-X97-SF1-K9 (Market Alias DS-9700-SUP1-K9): Cisco MDS 9700 Series Supervisor-1 Hot-Swappable Control Processor Module, Primary Management & Fabric Control Unit for MDS 9706 / MDS 9710 Multilayer SAN Directors, Runs Cisco NX-OS, Supports Fabric-1 Crossbar Modules, Stateful Active/Standby Failover, Nondisruptive Software Upgrade, Multiprotocol SAN Switching, End-of-Sale Legacy Supervisor for Datacenter Storage Area Networks
2. Full Product Overview
The Cisco MDS 9700 Supervisor-1 Module (DS-X97-SF1-K9) is the core control-plane supervisor hardware for the Cisco MDS 9706 (6-slot) and MDS 9710 (10-slot) multilayer SAN director chassis. It acts as the centralized brain for storage networking operations, responsible for chassis management, control-plane processing, fabric coordination, protocol operations, and system administration. Itdoes not support the MDS 9718 18-slot chassis; MDS 9718 requires Supervisor-1E (DS-X97-SF1E-K9).
For production high availability, two Supervisor-1 modules are installed in redundant active/standby configuration. It supports stateful failover: all runtime state, VSAN database, zoning, FSPF routing tables, and session information are continuously synchronized between peers, minimizing traffic interruption during switchover. The module runs Cisco NX-OS optimized for Fibre Channel storage networks, supporting native Fibre Channel, FCoE, FCIP, and IVR inter-VSAN routing.
Combined with Fabric-1 crossbar switching modules, Supervisor-1 enables up to12 Tbps non-blocking system bandwidth on MDS 9706 and 24 Tbps on MDS 9710. It supports line cards with 2/4/8/10/16/32G Fibre Channel and 10G/40G FCoE interfaces.
Lifecycle Status: DS-X97-SF1-K9 reached End-of-Sale (EoS). Its successor is Supervisor-4 module. Supported NX-OS releases up to newer 9.x code trains. Licensing is chassis-based, independent of supervisor hardware.
Key Differentiator vs Supervisor-1E: Supervisor-1E targets MDS 9718 large 18-slot director; Supervisor-1 only works on MDS 9706 / MDS 9710. Compared to Supervisor-4: Lower CPU and memory capacity, no secure boot, older generation architecture.
3. Complete Hardware Physical & Interface Specifications
Form Factor & Mechanical
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Form Factor: Hot-swappable plug-in module for MDS 9700 director supervisor slots
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Dimensions: 5.18 cm (H) × 19.05 cm (W) × 55.37 cm (D) / 2.04 × 7.5 × 21.8 in
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Unit Weight: 3.2 kg (7 lbs)
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Hot Swap: Fully hot-swappable without powering down the chassis
Front Panel Interface Layout
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1× RJ45 10/100/1000BASE-T Out-of-Band Management Port
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1× RJ45 RS‑232 Serial Console Port for local CLI access
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2× USB Type‑A ports for configuration backup, image uploads and diagnostics
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Status LED array: Power, Active/Standby, System Health, Fault, Module Status
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Reset button for manual supervisor restart
Power & Environmental Parameters
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Typical Power Consumption: 110W
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Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
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Storage Temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
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Operating Humidity: 10%–90% non-condensing RH
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Regulatory Certifications: UL 60950‑1, CE, FCC Class A
Base Hardware Resources
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Multi-core control processor
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System Memory: 8 GB DDR3 RAM
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Internal SSD storage for NX-OS boot images, logs and crash diagnostics
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Inter-module communication interface to crossbar fabric and line cards
Supported Chassis & Scalability Limits
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Supported Chassis: MDS 9706 (DS-C9706), MDS 9710 (DS-C9710)
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Unsupported Chassis: MDS 9718 (requires Supervisor-1E)
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MDS 9706 Max Ports: 192 × 32G FC or 96 × 40G FCoE
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MDS 9710 Max Ports: 384 × 32G FC or 192 × 40G FCoE
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Supported Fabric Module: DS-X9706-FAB1 (9706), DS-X9710-FAB1 (9710)
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Supported Line Cards: All MDS 9700 FC / FCoE switching modules compatible with Fabric-1
4. Core NX-OS Storage Networking Feature Suite
1. Chassis & Fabric Management
Monitor all line cards, fabric modules, fans, power supplies; crossbar arbitration, fabric error detection and isolation, chassis event logging.
2. Fibre Channel Control Plane
FSPF dynamic routing, name server, RSCN, login services, fabric configuration server, broadcast management, in-order delivery support.
3. VSAN Virtualization & Segmentation
Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs), inter-VSAN routing (IVR), hard zoning, soft zoning, device alias, zone merge control.
4. Multiprotocol Support
Native Fibre Channel, FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet), FCIP for SAN extension over IP, N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV).
5. High Availability Capabilities
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Active/Standby dual supervisor deployment
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Stateful process restart and stateful failover
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Nondisruptive In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
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Graceful restart for control-plane protocols
6. SAN Security Framework
FC-SP Fibre Channel authentication, port security, VSAN ACLs, RBAC, TACACS+/RADIUS, SSH, SFTP, syslog auditing.
7. Traffic Management & Diagnostics
Flow-based QoS, slow-drain detection, Fibre Channel SPAN, FC traceroute, FC ping, online diagnostics, real-time port statistics, RMON monitoring.
8. Management & Automation
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Local CLI over console / SSH
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Embedded HTML5 GUI
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Centralized management via Cisco DCNM (Data Center Network Manager)
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SNMPv3, XML APIs for integration with orchestration and monitoring platforms
5. Typical Deployment Scenarios
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Redundant control-plane supervisor pair inside MDS 9706 / MDS 9710 enterprise SAN director
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Large datacenter consolidated Fibre Channel SAN for virtualized servers, database and backup storage
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Multi-site SAN architectures with FCIP extension and IVR routing
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Legacy MDS SAN environment maintenance and hardware refresh before migration to newer Supervisor-4 hardware
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Enterprise private cloud storage network consolidation
6. Short Sales Listing Tagline
Cisco DS-X97-SF1-K9 (DS-9700-SUP1-K9) Hot-Swappable MDS 9700 Supervisor-1 Control Module, For MDS 9706 / MDS 9710 Multilayer SAN Directors, Runs Cisco NX-OS, Supports Fabric-1 Crossbar Modules, Stateful Active/Standby Failover, ISSU Nondisruptive Upgrades, VSAN Zoning, FCoE & FCIP Multiprotocol SAN Services, Managed via CLI and DCNM, End-of-Sale Legacy Supervisor for Datacenter Fibre Channel Storage Networks
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