Description

Cisco MDS9706 Multi-Layer Director Dubai

Features and Capabilities

Lower TCO with SAN consolidation
Scalable expansion with outstanding investment protection
Enterprise-class availability
Multiprotocol architecture with multihop 10/40-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
Business transformation with enterprise cloud deployment
Deep visibility with integrated analytics

Get High Performance and Scalability

The Cisco MDS9706 Dubai switch is designed to meet the performance and scalability needs of the most demanding SANs today and well into the future, while also lowering TCO. It offers:

Up to 12-Tbps front-panel Fibre Channel switching capacity
1.5-Tbps front-panel Fibre Channel performance per slot
Industry-leading port densities of up to 192 32/16/10/8/4/2-Gbps autosensing line-rate Fibre Channel, or 384 10-Gbps FcoE, or 192 40-Gbps FcoE ports per chassis
Up to 32 10-Gbps FCIP ports and 8 40-Gbps FCIP ports on MDS 9706
Integrated analytics on 32G module

Reduce Total Cost of Ownership and Protect Investments

The Cisco MDS9706 Dubai is optimized for the data center and delivers a lower TCO. It features:

Compact 9-rack-unit form factor to make optimal use of valuable data center floor space
Reduced system power consumption
True front-to-back air flow for hot-cold aisle deployments

The Cisco MDS 9706 supports the same Fibre Channel and FCoE switching modules as supported by the Cisco MDS 9710 and allows for a high degree of system commonality. Designed to grow with your storage environment, the Cisco MDS 9706 provides smooth migration, common sparing, and outstanding investment protection.

Gain Enterprise-Class Availability

The Cisco MDS9706 Dubai offers enterprise-grade availability. It provides:

Industry’s first redundancy on all major hardware components
Non-disruptive software upgrades, automatic process restarts, and stateful supervisor failover

Specifications at a Glance

Minimum Software Requirements

Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 6.2(9) or later

Port Types

48-port Fibre Channel module supporting 4/8/16/32-Gbps autosensing (optionally configurable) Fibre Channel ports
48-port Fibre Channel module supporting 2/4/8/16-Gbps autosensing (optionally configurable) and 10-Gbps fixed-rate Fibre Channel ports
48-port FCoE module with 10-Gbps FCoE ports
24-port FCoE module with 40-Gbps FCoE ports
24/10 SAN extension module with 24 ports at 2/4/8/10/16 Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel, 8 ports at 1/10 GE, and 2 ports at 40 GE for FCIP
NVMe over Fibre Channel support on all Ports

Advanced Functionality