Product Overview
The Cisco MDS 9396V 64 Gbps 96 Port two rack unit (2 RU) Fibre Channel switch provides high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity in the SAN. The switch is built around the Cisco 64 Gbps FC ASIC with integrated analytics and telemetry capabilities. This Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)-ready switch allows seamless transition to Fibre Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express (FC-NVMe) workloads whenever available without any hardware upgrade in the SAN. This high-density, highly reliable, scalable, enterprise-class semi-modular switch is ideal for medium to large departmental SANs.
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The Cisco MDS 9396V switch has the following major features:
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96 x 64/32/16/8 Gbps line rate Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) ports provide an aggregate bandwidth of 6 Tbps per switch for highly scalable designs in hyperscale environments that drive several thousands of virtual machine instances within a rack. This switch provides four ports which can be configured with up to 16000 Buffer-To-Buffer (B2B) credits that can be connected to remote data centers as far as 512 km (318 miles) using native Fibre Channel connectivity at 64 Gbps speeds. These distances become even greater at lower speeds.
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Provides consistent 64 Gbps performance for every Fibre Channel port on the switch.
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Provides higher availability and reliability than the previous generations of Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches. Additionally, port channel link members can be used across the four 24-port port groups providing additional high availability.
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Provides minimum configuration option of 48 x 64/32/16/8 enabled Fibre Channel ports in the base variant, which can be enabled in increments of 16 ports to up to complete 96 port capacity. This allows four possible configurations of 48, 64, 80, and 96 ports.
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Supports enterprise-class features such as Dynamic Ingress Rate Limiting (DIRL), Virtual SAN (VSAN) domains for traffic segregation, Access Control Lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, Smart Zoning, fabric-wide Quality of Service (QoS), IVR, and 1 Tbps multi-member port-channels. Traffic encryption is optionally available to meet stringent security requirements.
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Provides intelligent diagnostics tools such as Inter-Switch Link (ISL) diagnostics, HBA diagnostics compatible with leading HBA vendors, Read Diagnostic Parameters, protocol decoding, network analysis tools, integrated Cisco Call Home, and Online Health Monitoring System (OHMS).
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Supports the Virtual Machine Identifier (VMID) feature that provides visibility into virtual machines that are accessing the storage devices in the fabric.
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Supports Cisco NX-API capabilities.
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Supports Python 3 interpreter. This allows the creation of user-customizable scripts.
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Provides hardware protection from malicious physical attacks by securing access to critical components such as the bootloader, system image loader, and Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) interface.