Cisco MDS 9396T 32G 96-Port FC Switch Support | Enterprise Maintenance — CON-SSSNC-DSC9396T

Keep your storage fabric covered with service support for the Cisco MDS 9396T 32G 96-port Fibre Channel switch. Built for environments where SAN availability matters, this support offering helps reduce risk around maintenance events, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management. It gives infrastructure teams a clear path for keeping a high-density Fibre Channel switch under vendor-backed coverage, which is especially important when the switch sits in the data path for mission-critical workloads. For enterprise storage teams, the value is not just access to support — it is preserving operational confidence around a platform that anchors connectivity between servers, storage arrays, and virtualized workloads. This type of coverage is typically chosen when downtime is expensive, change windows are tight, and the cost of unplanned intervention is higher than the cost of planned support. It helps procurement and operations teams align service coverage with the hardware that matters most. Use this support option to maintain continuity across your SAN environment, simplify service planning, and keep the MDS 9396T within a supported lifecycle. For organizations standardizing on Cisco storage networking, it provides the assurance needed to keep critical fabric components covered without adding complexity to day-to-day operations. Ideal For Maintain support coverage for a production Fibre Channel SAN core Extend lifecycle planning for enterprise storage networking hardware Keep mission-critical virtualized workloads connected to shared storage Standardize vendor support across Cisco-based data center fabrics Why This Product 1 Vendor-backed coverage for a core SAN switch 2 Better fit for production storage fabrics than break-fix only support 3 Helps preserve uptime planning around critical infrastructure 4 Designed for enterprise lifecycle management