Brocade G-Series G620 vs Dell Connectrix MDS-9132T
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Brocade G620 is a high-density 64-port Gen 6 Fibre Channel SAN switch providing 48 32Gb FC SFP28 ports and 4 128Gb QSFP28 Q-Flex ports in an ultra-dense 1U footprint. The Dell Connectrix MDS-9132T is a compact 1U 32Gb Fibre Channel switch based on the Cisco MDS 9132T platform.
| Brocade G-Series G620 | Dell Connectrix MDS-9132T | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2016 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U switch |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 48x 32Gb FC SFP28 + 4x 128Gb FC QSFP28 | — |
| Switching capacity | 2 Tb/s full duplex | — |
| Latency | < 700 ns locally switched | — |
| Port count | — | Up to 32 Fibre Channel ports (base 8 or 16 ports expandable to 32 ports via 8-port POD and 16-port expansion module) |
| Port speeds | — | Auto-sensing 4, 8, 16, and 32Gb/s Fibre Channel speeds |
| Switching bandwidth | — | 1.024 Tbps aggregate bandwidth with line-rate non-blocking switching |
| Operating system | — | Cisco NX-OS Software for MDS 9000 Series |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug power supplies with hot-swappable fan modules |
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