High availability director: The Cisco MDS 9500 Series combines non-disruptive software upgrades, stateful process estart/failover, and full redundancy of all major components for a new standard in director-class availability; supports up to 224 2 / 1-Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports in a single chassis and up to 768 Fibre Channel ports in a single rack?1.44 Tbps of internal system bandwidth ensures smooth integration of future 10-Gbps modules.
Industry’s most flexible fabric switch: The Cisco MDS 9216 supports up to 48 2 / 1-Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports in a fabric switch configuration?modular design provides a 3U base system consisting of 16 2 / 1-Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports and can be expanded with a variety of optional Cisco MDS 9000 Family switching modules up to 48 total Fibre Channel ports.
Cost-effective intelligent fabrics: The MDS 9100 Series provides the ideal balance of cost performance and enterprise class features in a compact 1 RU form factor. Available in 20-port and 40-port configurations, the Cisco MDS 9100 Series addresses the cost-performance, ease of management and connectivity requirements of small and medium scale storage environments while providing full feature compatibility with Cisco MDS 9500 Series directors for seamless end-to-end service delivery in large data center core-edge deployments.