Brocade G-Series G720 vs Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148T
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 9148T is a high-performance 48-port 32-Gbps Fibre Channel switch offering enterprise SAN reliability, telemetry, and NVMe-FC capability in a compact 1U form factor.
| Brocade G-Series G720 | Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148T | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | 1U rackmount |
| Ports | 56x 64Gb FC SFP+ + 8x 2x64Gb FC SFP-DD (64 total ports) | 48x 32Gb FC SFP28 (24, 32, 40, or 48 ports active) |
| Switching capacity | 4.096 Tb/s full duplex | 1.536 Tb/s full duplex |
| Latency | < 460 ns cut-through | Cut-through switching architecture |
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