Cisco MDS 9718 Director Chassis
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The following figure shows the standard hardware features seen from the rear of the chassis.
Cisco MDS 9700 Series Switches Hardware Installation Guide
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Supervisor modules (one or two) in slots
numbered 9 and 10 from left to right.
Each slot is half the width of the chassis
and each slot can hold one supervisor
module.
Power supply unit bays numbered 1-16,
starting from the top left and increasing
left to right and top to bottom.
• There are four rows of power supply
bays at the bottom of the chassis.
Each bay can hold one power supply.
• The top row has bays 1-4, numbered
left to right.
• The second row has bays 5-8,
numbered left to the right.
• The third row has bays 9-12,
numbered left to the right.
• The fourth row has bays 13-16,
numbered left to the right.
Chassis mounting brackets
Chassis handles
Note Handles are to be used only for
positioning an empty chassis.
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Ground point
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Grid A PSU bays (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14)
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Grid B PSU bays (3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16)
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