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Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors

Scale, performance, and integrated analytics

MDS 9700 supports line rate 16G/32G/64G fibre channel. The industry's highest port density SAN director addresses storage requirements for large virtualized data centers. You gain excellent availability, security, and scalability; simplified management; and the ability to flexibly integrate new technologies.
Overview

Why choose Cisco MDS 9700 for your data center?

Investment protection

Cisco MDS 9700 support full line-rate 64G fibre channel today, and no forklift upgrades for existing MDS 9700 customers running 16G or 32G.

Visibility

Reduce troubleshooting cycles with practical operational telemetry. 

Automation

Cisco MDS 9700 provides Ansible support for automated SAN provisioning and management.

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Features and capabilities

Scale and performance

Supports up to 64G with high scale and performance with no major upgrade for NMVe/FC and all-flash storage arrays.

Integrated analytics

Real-time analytics for Fibre Channel (FC) and NVMe/FC for fast troubleshooting and problem resolution.

Automation

Support for DevOps tools, such as Ansible, for end-to-end provisioning and IT automation.

Reliability

Industry-leading reliability with fully redundant software and hardware modules.

End-to-end visibility across SAN fabrics

Gain comprehensive visibility one very flow at line rate, without performance degradation.

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