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The Cisco MDS 9700 fiber Channel Switching Module delivers predictable performance, scalability and innovative features to support private and virtualized data centers. With 768 line-rate 32-Gbps fiber Channel ports per director, the 32-Gbps 48-port fiber Channel switching module meets the high-performance needs for flash-memory and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) over fiber Channel workloads. It offers innovative services including virtual machine awareness, on-board fiber Channel analytics engine, E-port and F-port diagnostics, integrated VSANs, Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), and port channels.