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  MDS 9718 MDS 9710 MDS 9706
Maximum ports per chassis 768 x 2/4/8/10/16/32-Gbps FC 384 x 2/4/8/10/16/32-Gbps FC 192 x 2/4/8/10/16/32-Gbps FC
768 x 10-Gbps FCoE / 384 x 40-Gbps FCoE 384 x 10-Gbps FCoE / 192 x 40-Gbps FCoE 192 x 10-Gbps FCoE / 96 x 40-Gbps FCoE
Line card slots 16 8 4
Supervisor slots 2 2 2
Power supply bays 16 8 4
Fabric module slots 6 6 6
Fabric module performance 512 Gbps per slot 512 Gbps per slot 512 Gbps per slot
Chassis switching capacity (Full-duplex) 48 Tbps 24 Tbps 12 Tbps
Physical dimensions 45.25 x 17.3 x 35 in. 24.5 x 17.37 x 34.0 in. 15.6 x 17.3 x 32.0 in.
(H x W x D)
Physical dimensions (RU) 26 14 9
Weight Chassis: 300 lb Chassis: 185 lb Chassis: 145 lb
Power supply: 6 lb Power supply: 6 lb Power supply: 6 lb
Fabric module: 20 lb Fabric module: 11 lb Fabric module: 5.6 lb
Supervisor-1E: 8.5lb Supervisor-1: 7 lb Supervisor-1: 7 lb
Airflow Front to back Front to back Front to back
Fan tray Three fan trays at back Three fan trays at back Three fan trays at back

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1Minimum three fabrics needed to support fully populated chassis; four fabrics needed to provide N+1 protection.

2SUP2A provides switching functionality.

  9700 Series Supervisor-1 9700 Series Supervisor-1E
Chassis MDS 9710, MDS 9706 MDS 9718
Supervisors per chassis Must be installed in pairs Must be installed in pairs
Max Fibre Channel (FC) ports Up to 384 FC ports per chassis Up to 768 FC ports per chassis
Fibre Channel port bandwidth 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 and 32 Gbps 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 and 32 Gbps
FICON support Yes Future release
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Yes Yes
iSCSI - -
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) Yes Yes
Memory 8 Gigabits 32 Gigabits
Number of cores 4 8
Clock speed 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz

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  48-Ports 32-Gbps FC Module 48-Port16-Gbps FC Module 48-Port10-Gbps FCoE Module 24-Port40-Gbps FCoE Module
Ports 48 x 4-, 8-, 16-, 32-Gbps FC 48 x 2-, 4-, 8-, 10-, 16-Gbps FC 48 x 10-Gbps FCoE 24 x 40-Gbps FCoE
Maximumports per chassis 768 x 4-, 8-, 16-, 32-Gbps FC 768 x 2-, 4-, 8-, 10-, 16--Gbps FC 768 x 2-, 4-, 8-, 10-, 16-Gbps FC 768 x 10-Gbps FCoE; 384 x40-Gbps FCoE
Oversubscription Line rate Line rate Line rate Line rate
SAN analytics Yes NA NA NA
FCswitching bandwidth 1536 Gbps 768 Gbps - -
FCoEswitching bandwidth - - 480 Gbps 960 Gbps
MultihopFCoE - - Yes Yes
FICONsupport Yes Yes - -
Intelligentfabric services VSAN, IVR, up to 16 port channels VSAN, IVR, up to 16 port channels Up to 16 port channels Up to 16 port channels

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