Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148V vs HPE StoreFabric SN6700B
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. 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. The HPE StoreFabric SN6700B Fibre Channel Switch is an ultra-dense 1U Gen 7 SAN switch built on OEM Brocade G720 hardware running Fabric OS 9.x.
| Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148V | HPE StoreFabric SN6700B | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2022 | Mar 2021 |
| Form factor | 1RU | 1U rack |
| Form factor | 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 | 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 | 56x 64Gb/s SFP+ Fibre Channel ports (24, 32, 40, 48, or 56 ports active via PoD licenses) |
| Switching capacity | 3 Tb/s end-to-end full duplex | 3.584 Tbps aggregate full duplex throughput |
| Power supply | Two hot-swap redundant 80 PLUS Platinum PSUs: 500 W AC, or 1200 W AC / HVAC / HVDC | Dual hot-plug redundant power supplies with integrated cooling fans |
| 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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