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  MDS 9718 MDS 9710 MDS 9706
Maximum ports per chassis 768 x 2/4/8/10/16/32/64-Gbps FC 384 x 2/4/8/10/16/32/64-Gbps FC 192 x 2/4/8/10/16/32/64-Gbps FC
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.

  Supervisor-4 Module
CPU Intel Broadwell-DE 8-core Processor
Clock Speed 2.0 GHz
Kernel 64 bit
Memory 16 GB DDR4
External Slots 2 External USB 3.0 slots
Power
(Typical/Max)
110W Typical / 120W Max

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  48-Ports 32-Gbps FC Module 48-Ports 64-Gbps FC module 48-Ports 24/10 FCIP module
Ports 48 x 4-, 8-, 16-, 32-Gbps FC 48 x 8-, 16-, 32-, 64-Gbps FC 24 x 16-Gbps FC, 8 x 1/10GbE, 2 x 40GbE
Maximumports per chassis 768 x 4-, 8-, 16-, 32-Gbps FC 768 x 8-, 16-, 32-, 64-Gbps FC -
Oversubscription Line rate Line Rate Line Rate
SAN analytics Yes Yes N/A
FCswitching bandwidth 1536 Gbps 3072 Gbps 384 Gbps
FCoEswitching bandwidth - - -
MultihopFCoE - - -
FICONsupport Yes Yes Yes
Intelligentfabric services VSAN, IVR, up to 16 port channels VSAN, IVR, up to 16 port channels VSAN, IVR, up to 16 port channels

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