Cisco Nexus 9200 User Manual

Data Sheet

Cisco Nexus 9200 Platform Switches

Product Overview

Built on the latest Cisco® Cloud Scale technology, the Cisco Nexus® 9200 platform consists of industry-leading ultra-high-density fixed-configuration data center switches with line-rate Layer 2 and 3 features that support enterprise and commercial applications, service provider hosting, and cloud computing environments. These switches support a wide range of port speeds with flexible combinations of 1/10/25/40/50/100-Gbps connectivity in compact form factors. Using the widely deployed industry-leading Cisco NX-OS Software operating system, the Cisco Nexus 9200 platform is designed for programmable fabric, which offers flexibility, mobility, and scale for service providers and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and cloud providers. It is also designed for the programmable network, which automates configuration and management for customers who want to take advantage of the DevOps operation model and tool sets.

Models

Table 1 summarizes the Cisco Nexus 9200 platform switch models.

Table 1.	Cisco Nexus 9200 Platform Switches

Model		Description

Cisco Nexus 92160YC-X Switch		48 x 1/10/25-Gbps SFP+ ports and 6 x QSFP28 ports (4 of the 6 QSFP+ ports are 100Gbps capable ports)*

Cisco Nexus 92300YC Switch		48 x 1/10/25-Gbps SFP+ ports and 18 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports

Cisco Nexus 9272Q Switch		72 x 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports

Cisco Nexus 92304QC Switch		56 x 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports and 8 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports

Cisco Nexus 9236C Switch		36 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports

* Check support and port configuration details in Table 2.

The Cisco Nexus 92160YC-X Switch (Figure 1) is a 1-Rack-Unit (1RU) switch that supports 3.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth and over 2.5 billion packets per second (bpps). The 48-port downlink ports on the 92160YC-X can be configured to work as either 1/10/25-Gbps ports, offering deployment flexibility and investment protection. The uplink can support up to four 100-Gbps OR up to six 40-Gbps ports, or a combination of 10-, 25-, 40-, and 100-Gbps connectivity, offering flexible migration options. The switch has FC-FEC enabled for 25Gbps, and supports upto 3m in DAC connectivity. Please check Cisco Optics Matrix for the most updated support.

The Cisco Nexus 92160YC-X can collect comprehensive Cisco Tetration Analytics™ telemetry information at line rate across all ports without adding any latency to the packets or negatively affecting switch performance. This telemetry information is exported every 100 milliseconds (ms) by default directly from the switch’s ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). This information consists of three types of data:

●Flow information: This information contains information about endpoints, protocols, ports, when the flow started, how long the flow was active, etc.

●Interpacket variation: This information captures any interpacket variations within the flow. Examples include variation in Time To Live (TTL), IP and TCP flags, payload length, etc.

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●Context details: Context information is derived outside the packet header, including variation in buffer utilization, packet drops within a flow, association with tunnel endpoints, etc.

The Cisco Tetration Analytics platform consumes this telemetry data, and by using unsupervised machine learning and behavior analysis it can provide outstanding pervasive visibility across everything in your data center in real time. By using algorithmic approaches, the Cisco Tetration Analytics platform provides deep insights into applications and interactions, enabling dramatically simplified operations, a zero-trust model, and migration of applications to any programmable infrastructure. To learn more, go to https://www.cisco.com/go/tetration.

Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 92160YC-X Switch

The Cisco Nexus 9272Q Switch (Figure 2) is an ultra-high-density 2RU switch that supports 5.76 Tbps of bandwidth and over 4.5 bpps across 72 fixed 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports. Up to 35 ports on the 9272Q can be converted into a total of 140 x 10-Gbps ports.

Figure 2. Cisco Nexus 9272Q Switch

The Cisco Nexus 92304QC Switch (Figure 3) is an ultra-high-density 2RU switch that supports 6.1 Tbps of bandwidth and over 4.8 bpps across 56 x 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports and 8 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports. Up to 16 ports on the 92304QC can be converted into a total of 64 x 10-Gbps ports.

Figure 3. Cisco Nexus 92304QC Switch

The Cisco Nexus 9236C Switch (Figure 4) is a 1RU switch that supports 7.2 Tbps of bandwidth and over 5.3 bpps across 36 100-Gbps QSFP28 ports. Each of the ports on the 9236C can be individually configured into 1x100Gbps, 1 x 40 Gbps, 4 x 10/25 Gbps, 2 x 50 Gbps or 1 x 1/10 Gbps using QSA adapter. It provides industry’s best density and flexibility needed for data center spine or aggregation connectivity, in a compact form factor.

Figure 4. Cisco Nexus 9236C Switch

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The Cisco Nexus 92300YC Switch (Figure 5) is a top-of-rack switch that supports 6.0 Tbps of bandwidth and over 4.75 bpps across 48 x 1/10/25-Gbps SFP28 and 18 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports. It is ideal for 25G sever access and 1:1 subscription networks, in a compact form factor. Customers can protect their investments by having highdensity 25-Gbps and 100-Gbps speeds with flexible topology design. The switch has FC-FEC enabled for 25Gbps, and supports upto 3m in DAC connectivity. Please check Cisco Optics Matrix for the most updated support.

Figure 5. Cisco Nexus 92300YC Switch

Features and Benefits

The Cisco Nexus 9200 platform provides the following features and benefits:

●High performance and scalability

◦The platform provides wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all ports with up to 7.2 Tbps and over 5.35 bpps of bandwidth.

◦With up to 30 MB of shared buffer, the platform is an excellent choice for scalable data centers and big data applications. The ability to fine tune buffer allocation for non-drop queues makes the Nexus 9200 an ideal platform for IP storage designs.

●Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)

◦The platform offers native line-rate VXLAN routing.

◦The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) control plane provides scalable multitenancy and host mobility (refer to VXLAN Network with MP-BGP EVPN Control Plane for more information).

●Hardware and software high availability

◦The 64-way Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) routing enables the use of Layer 3 fat-tree designs. This feature helps organizations prevent network bottlenecks, increase resiliency, and add capacity with little network disruption.

◦Patching ensures undisruptive upgrade in most cases.

◦The switches use hot-swappable Power-Supply Units (PSUs) and fans with N+1 redundancy.

●Purpose-built NX-OS operating system with comprehensive, proven innovations

◦Open programmability supports built-in DevOps automation tools such as Puppet, Chef, and Ansible.

◦Cisco NX-API supports a common programmatic approach across Cisco Nexus switches.

◦Power-on autoprovisioning (POAP) enables touchless bootup and configuration of the switch, drastically reducing provisioning time.

◦The onboard Python scripting engine enables automation and remote operations in the data center.

◦Advanced buffer monitoring reports real-time buffer utilization per port and per queue, which allows organizations to monitor traffic bursts and application traffic patterns.

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