Brocade G-Series G720 vs Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9396V
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 9396V is a 2RU Fibre Channel switch with up to 96 ports at 64 Gb/s, the 64G step up from the MDS 9396T.
| Brocade G-Series G720 | Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9396V | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2020 | Aug 2023 |
| Form factor | 1U | 2RU |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | 2RU fixed, 3.4 x 17.4 x 23.9 in (8.64 x 44.23 x 60.73 cm), 44 lb (20 kg) |
| Ports | 56x 64Gb FC SFP+ + 8x 2x64Gb FC SFP-DD (64 total ports) | Up to 96x SFP+ Fibre Channel ports at 8, 16, 32 or 64 Gb/s autosensing (48 in the base model; 16-port upgrade licenses up to 96) |
| Switching capacity | 4.096 Tb/s full duplex | 6 Tb/s end-to-end full duplex |
| Latency | < 460 ns cut-through | — |
| Power supply | — | Two hot-swap redundant 80 PLUS Platinum PSUs: 1400 W AC, or 2000 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 9.4(1) or later; SAN Analytics needs 9.4(2) or later |
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