Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch

Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch ... benefits of intelligent SANs. With twenty 4-Gbps Fiber Channel ports, the Cisco MDS 9020 is well suited for SMBs that want to deploy cost-effective but scalable, high-performance SANs. The Cisco MDS 9020 is also ideal for branch offices and departments in large enterprises. It can be used as the foundation of small standalone SANs or as an edge switch in larger core-edge SAN infrastructures.

The Cisco MDS 9020 provides the ideal balance of cost, performance, and basic enterprise-class features in a compact 1-RU form factor. Layering a requisite set of intelligent features onto a cost-effective, small-profile switching platform, the Cisco MDS 9020 meets the cost, performance, ease of management, and connectivity requirements of small and medium-scale storage environments. The Cisco MDS 9020 is fully compatible with the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors and the Cisco MDS 9200 and MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches for transparent, end-to-end service delivery in large data-center core-edge deployments.