Brocade G-Series G720 vs Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148V
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 9148V is a 1RU, 48-port Fibre Channel switch with 64 Gb/s ports, the 64G step up from the MDS 9148T.
| Brocade G-Series G720 | Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148V | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Jun 2022 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1RU |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | 1RU fixed, 1.72 x 17.299 x 18 in (4.37 x 43.94 x 45.72 cm), 21.8 lb (9.9 kg) |
| Ports | 56x 64Gb FC SFP+ + 8x 2x64Gb FC SFP-DD (64 total ports) | 48x SFP+ Fibre Channel ports at 8, 16, 32 or 64 Gb/s autosensing (24 active in base models; 8-port upgrade license up to 48); 1 Gb SFP+ port for telemetry |
| Switching capacity | 4.096 Tb/s full duplex | 3 Tb/s end-to-end full duplex |
| Latency | < 460 ns cut-through | — |
| Power supply | — | Two hot-swap redundant 80 PLUS Platinum PSUs: 500 W AC, or 1200 W AC / HVAC / HVDC |
| Buffer credits | — | Default 1,000 per port, up to 16,000 on one port and 24,000 per 24-port group |
| Software | — | Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS 9.3(1) or later; SAN Analytics needs 9.4(1) or later |
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