The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of intelligent multilayer SAN switches continues to offer innovative cost-saving storage solutions and provide SAN connectivity using multiprotocol and multiservice intelligence. Cisco continues to deliver on its strategy of offering a comprehensive manageable, secure, scalable, and resilient SAN product line, with a consistent architecture and software feature set, embedded multiprotocol and multiservice intelligence, backed by an industry-leading support and services organization and a vast network of partners, each leaders in the storage industry.

From a SAN design standpoint, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches offers significant SAN design flexibility, lowering the overall cost and leading to higher returns on investment.