Overview Tech Specs Support No Longer Orderable This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch. The Cisco MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric Switch brings new capabilities to the fabric switch market, combining multilayer intelligence and a modular chassis with a compact form factor and low price point. The Cisco MDS 9216A comes with 16 2 Gb/sec Fibre Channel ports and expands up to 64 ports, making it ideal for enterprise SANs. At a Glance Up to 64 2 Gb/sec Fibre Channel ports Advanced management tools lower TCO Integrates FICON, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel in one system Backward-compatible for investment protection Key Applications Large datacenter storage environments SAN consolidation High-performance datacenter SANs

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