The Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch offers advanced storage networking capabilities at new price points, allowing organizations of all sizes to enjoy the 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.