Organizations everywhere recognize that changing application environments are creating new demands for the IT infrastructure that supports them. Application workloads are deployed across a mix of virtualized and nonvirtualized server and storage infrastructure, requiring a network infrastructure that provides consistent connectivity, security, and visibility across a range of bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud computing environments:
- Application instances are created dynamically. As a result, the provisioning, modification, and removal of application network connectivity needs to be dynamic as well.
- Business units demand accelerated application deployments. IT departments have to provide shared IT infrastructure to address time-to-market needs and to increase their return on investment (ROI).
- With organizations deploying a mix of custom, open source, and off-the-shelf commercial applications, IT departments must manage both security and quality of service (QoS) for environments that support multitenancy.
- Applications have been transitioning over time to a less monolithic, scale-out, multinode model. IT infrastructure that supports this model must scale with the speed of business and support both 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.
The Cisco Nexus® 9000 Series Switches include both modular and fixed-port switches that are designed to overcome these challenges with a flexible, agile, low-cost, application-centric infrastructure (ACI).
The Cisco Nexus 9300 platform consists of fixed-port switches designed for top-of-rack (ToR) and middle-of-row (MoR) deployment in data centers that support enterprise applications, service provider hosting, and cloud computing environments. The switches are Layer 2 and 3 nonblocking 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)-capable switches with up to 2.56 terabits per second (Tbps) of internal bandwidth.
- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Cisco Systems, Inc
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.cisco.com
- Brand Name
- Cisco
- Product Line
- Nexus
- Product Series
- 9300
- Product Type
- Layer 3 Switch
- Warranty
- Limited Warranty
- 1 Year
- Interfaces/Ports
- Total Number of Network Ports
- 96
- Uplink Port
- No
- Modular
- Yes
- Stack Port
- No
- Port/Expansion Slot Details
- 6 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Slot
- 96 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network
- Media & Performance
- Media Type Supported
- Optical Fiber
- Twisted Pair
- Ethernet Technology
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 40 Gigabit Ethernet
- Network Technology
- 10GBase-T
- 40GBase-X
- I/O Expansions
- Total Number of Expansion Slots
- 6.0
- Expansion Slot Type
- QSFP+
- Network & Communication
- Layer Supported
- 3
- Management & Protocols
- Manageable
- Yes
- Power Description
- Power Source
- Power Supply
- Physical Characteristics
- Compatible Rack Unit
- 2U
- Form Factor
- Rack-mountable
- Height
- 3.5"
- Width
- 22.5"
- Depth
- 17.5"
- Weight (Approximate)
- 26.01 lb
- Miscellaneous
- Environmentally Friendly
- Yes