Brocade G-Series G720 vs Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9396T
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 9396T delivers 96 auto-sensing 32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports in a 2U chassis, providing high-density SAN switching for large enterprise storage deployments.
| Brocade G-Series G720 | Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9396T | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U | 2U |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | 2U rackmount |
| Ports | 56x 64Gb FC SFP+ + 8x 2x64Gb FC SFP-DD (64 total ports) | 96x 32Gb FC SFP28 (48, 64, 80, or 96 ports active) |
| Switching capacity | 4.096 Tb/s full duplex | 3.072 Tb/s full duplex |
| Latency | < 460 ns cut-through | Cut-through switching architecture |
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