The Cisco MDS 9500 Series Supervisor-2A module is a new supervisor module for the Cisco MDS 9500 Series. The Supervisor-2A module is functionally equivalent to the Supervisor-2 module, but has these distinguishing features:

•The Supervisor-2A module supports the deployment of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) in the MDS 9500 Multilayer Director Chassis

•The Supervisor-2A module has 2 GB of memory, twice that of the Supervisor-2 module

Similar to the existing Supervisor-2 module, the Supervisor-2A module provides the control and management functions for the Cisco MDS 9500 Series.

The Cisco MDS 9500 Series supports redundant, hot-swappable, Supervisor-2A modules. Supervisor-2A modules can be used in the Cisco MDS 9509 and 9506 Directors in slots 5 and 6. In the Cisco MDS 9513 Director, the Supervisor-2A modules must be used in slots 7 and 8.