Cisco Multilayer Fabric Switch DS-C9396S-96EK9

DS-C9396S-96EK9 Cisco MDS 9396S 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Switch – 48 Fiber Channel Ports – 1 x RJ-45 – Manageable – Rack-mountable – 2U – Redundant Power Supply

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The Cisco® MDS 9396S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch (Figure 1) is the next generation of the high performance, high density and highly reliable Cisco MDS Series Fabric switches. It combines high performance with exceptional flexibility and cost effectiveness. This powerful, compact, 2-rack-unit (2RU) switch scales from 48 to 96 line-rate 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports.

The Cisco MDS 9396S is excellent for:

• A standalone SAN in large departmental storage environments
• A middle-of-row or top-of-rack switch in medium-sized redundant fabrics
• An edge switch in enterprise data center core-edge topologies

The Cisco MDS 9396S is powered by Cisco NX-OS Software and Cisco Prime™ Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) software. It delivers advanced storage networking features and functions with ease of management and compatibility with the entire Cisco MDS 9000 Family portfolio for reliable end-to-end connectivity.

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Specifications for Cisco DS-C9396S-96EK9

Interfaces/Ports

Number of Fibre Channel Ports	48
Number of Network (RJ-45) Ports	1

Media & Performance

Data Transfer Rate	16 Gbit/s

I/O Expansions

Expansion Slot Type	SFP+

Management & Protocols

Manageable	Yes

Power Description

Redundant Power Supply	Yes

Physical Characteristics

Compatible Rack Unit	2U
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Height	86.4 mm
Width	442.5 mm
Depth	565.9 mm
Weight (Approximate)	17.80 kg