Brocade G-Series G620 vs Dell Connectrix MDS-9718
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-9718 is a massive 26U 18-slot director based on the Cisco MDS 9718 platform, designed as the ultimate SAN backbone for hyperscale enterprise datacenters and service providers.
| Brocade G-Series G620 | Dell Connectrix MDS-9718 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 |
| Form factor | 1U | 26U director chassis |
| 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 | — |
| Slot count | — | 18 slots (16 switching module slots + 2 Supervisor module slots) in a 26U chassis |
| Port count | — | Up to 768 Fibre Channel ports (supporting 16Gb, 32Gb, and 64Gb switching modules) |
| Switching bandwidth | — | Up to 49.152 Tbps aggregate front-panel bandwidth |
| Operating system | — | Cisco NX-OS Software for MDS 9000 Director Series |
| Power supply | — | Up to 16 redundant hot-plug power supplies with multiple high-volume fan trays |
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