Gain superior performance, scalability, multiprotocol convergence, and enterprise-grade availability in your data center SAN. Our newest director offers the industry’s highest port density with 768 line-rate 32Gbps Fibre Channel ports and NVMe over Fibre Channel support. The MDS 9718 meets the stringent requirements of large virtualized storage environments.
High Performance and Scalability
The MDS 9718 is designed to meet the performance and scalability needs of the most demanding SANs while also lowering the TCO. It offers:
Up to 48-Tbps front-panel Fibre Channel (FC) switching capacity
1.5-Tbps front-panel FC performance per slot
Up to 768 32-Gbps autosensing line-rate FC ports; 10-Gbps FCoE ports per chassis; or 24 ports of 40-Gbps FCoE
Up to 128 10-Gbps FCIP ports
Integrated analytics on 32G module
Lower TCO and Outstanding Investment Protection
The MDS 9718 is optimized for the data center and delivers a lower TCO. It features:
Very high-density 32-Gbps FC and 10/40-Gbps FCoE connectivity
Investment protection for more than a decade
True front-to-back air flow for hot-cold aisle deployments