Cisco MDS 9148V vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DB730S
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 ThinkSystem DB730S is Lenovo's highest-port-density Gen 7 Fibre Channel enterprise SAN switch, built on OEM Brocade G730 hardware.
| Cisco MDS 9148V | Lenovo ThinkSystem DB730S | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2022 | Aug 2021 |
| Form factor | 1RU | 2U 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 | Up to 128 ports: 96x 64Gb/s SFP+ ports plus 16x 2x64Gb/s SFP-DD (double density) ports |
| Switching capacity | 3 Tb/s end-to-end full duplex | 8.192 Tb/s aggregate full duplex throughput |
| Power supply | Two hot-swap redundant 80 PLUS Platinum PSUs: 500 W AC, or 1200 W AC / HVAC / HVDC | Dual redundant 1100W AC hot-swap power supplies |
| 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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