- High-performance with exceptional flexibility
- Intelligent storage networking services at a cost-effective price
- Simplified scalable deployment of virtual machine-aware SANs
- High-availability platform for mission-critical deployments
- Comprehensive security framework
- Simplified storage management
- Sophisticated diagnostics
- Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO)
The Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a high-performance, flexible, cost-effective platform providing high-density, line-rate 8-Gbps ports for storage networking deployments in small, medium-sized, and large enterprise environments. The Cisco MDS 9148, based on a purpose-built "switch-on-a-chip" application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), offers outstanding value by providing high-availability, security, and ease of use at a cost-effective price in a compact one-rack-unit (1RU) form factor. The Cisco MDS 9148 offers the densities required to scale from an entry-level departmental switch to top-of-the-rack switch to edge connectivity in enterprise SANs.