Brocade G-Series G720 vs Cisco MDS 9124V
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Brocade G720 is a 64-port Gen 7 Fibre Channel switch engineered for high-throughput autonomous SAN fabrics, delivering 64Gb/s FC connectivity across 56 SFP+ and 8 SFP-DD ports. The Cisco MDS 9124V is a 1U 24-port 64Gbps Gen 7 Fibre Channel switch designed for high-performance SAN connectivity in department clusters and edge storage environments.
| Brocade G-Series G720 | Cisco MDS 9124V | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Mar 2022 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U rack |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 56x 64Gb FC SFP+ + 8x 2x64Gb FC SFP-DD (64 total ports) | — |
| Switching capacity | 4.096 Tb/s full duplex | — |
| Latency | < 460 ns cut-through | — |
| Port count | — | 24x SFP+ Fibre Channel ports (active in 8-port increments via On-Demand Port Activation) |
| Port speeds | — | 64Gbps, 32Gbps, 16Gbps, and 8Gbps Fibre Channel |
| Performance | — | Up to 1.536Tbps aggregate line-rate switching throughput |
| Protocols | — | Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe, FCP, FICON support) |
| Analytics | — | Built-in telemetry ASIC for deep packet inspection and I/O analytics |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-swap power supplies and cooling fans |
| Management | — | Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) / Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) |
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