Based on Cisco Cloud Scale technology, the Cisco Nexus® 9300-EX and 9300-FX platforms are the next
generation of fixed Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. The new platforms support cost-effective cloud-scale
deployments, an increased number of endpoints, and cloud services with wire-rate security and telemetry. The
platforms are built on modern system architecture designed to provide high performance and meet the evolving
needs of highly scalable data centers and growing enterprises.
Cisco Nexus 9300-EX and 9300-FX platform switches offer a variety of interface options to transparently migrate
existing data centers from 100-Mbps, 1-Gbps, and 10-Gbps speeds to 25 Gbps at the server, and from 10- and 40Gbps speeds to 50 and 100 Gbps at the aggregation layer. The platforms provide investment protection for
customers, delivering large buffers, highly flexible Layer 2 and Layer 3 scalability, and performance to meet the
changing needs of virtualized data centers and automated cloud environments.
The platform hardware is capable of collecting comprehensive Cisco Tetration Analytics™ telemetry information at
line rate across all the ports without adding any latency to the packets or negatively affecting switch performance.
This telemetry information is exported every 100 milliseconds 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.
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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.
●
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 a deep application insights
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.
Cisco provides two modes of operation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. Organizations can use Cisco NX
OS Software to deploy the switches in standard Cisco Nexus switch environments (NX-OS mode). Organizations
also can use a hardware infrastructure that is ready to support the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco
ACI™) platform to take full advantage of an automated, policy-based, systems-management approach (ACI mode).
48 x 1/10/25-Gbps fiber ports and 6 x 40/100-Gbps Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable 28 (QSFP28) ports
Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX Switch
48 x 100M/1/10GBASE-T ports and 6 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX Switch
Up to 32 x 40/50-Gbps QSFP+ ports OR 18 x 100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
Switch models
Table 1 summarizes the Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switch models.
Table 1. Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches
The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX Switch (Figure 1) is a 1-Rack-Unit (1RU) switch with latency of less than 1
microsecond that supports 3.6 Terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth and over 2.6 billion packets per second
(bpps). The 48 downlink ports on the 93180YC-EX can be configured to work as 1-, 10-, or 25-Gbps ports, offering
deployment flexibility and investment protection. The uplink can support up to six 40- and 100-Gbps ports, or a
combination of 1-, 10-, 25-, 40-, 50-, 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.
Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX Switch
The Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX Switch (Figure 2) is a 1RU switch that supports 2.16 Tbps of bandwidth and over
1.5 bpps. The 48 10GBASE-T downlink ports on the 93108TC-EX can be configured to work as 100-Mbps, 1 Gbps,
or 10-Gbps ports. The uplink can support up to six 40- and 100-Gbps ports, or a combination of 1-, 10-, 25-, 40,
50-, and 100-Gbps connectivity, offering flexible migration options.
Figure 2. Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX Switch
The Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX Switch is the industry’s first 50-Gbps-capable 1RU switch that supports 3.6 Tbps of
bandwidth and over 2.6 bpps across up to 32 fixed 40- and 50-Gbps QSFP+ ports or up to 18 fixed 100-Gbps ports
(Figure 3). The switch can support up to 72 10-Gbps ports using breakout cables. A variety of flexible port
configurations are supported using templates.
48 x 1/10/25-Gbps fiber ports and 6 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX Switch
48 x 100M/1/10GBASE-T ports and 6 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP
48 x 100M/1G BASE-T ports, 4 x 10/25-Gbps SFP28 ports and 2 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
36 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2
48 x 1/10/25-Gbps fiber ports and 12 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28 ports
1
2
Table 2 summarizes the Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switch models.
Table 2. Cisco Nexus 9300-FX platform switches
The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switch (Figure 4) is a 1RU switch with latency of less than 1 microsecond that
supports 3.6 Tbps of bandwidth and 1.4 bpps. The 48 downlink ports on the 93180YC-FX can be configured to
work as 1-, 10-, or 25-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE ports or as 16-, 32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports1, creating a point of
convergence for primary storage, compute servers, and back-end storage resources at the top of rack.
The 6 uplinks ports can be configured as 40 and 100-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE ports, offering flexible migration
options. All ports support wire-rate MACsec encryption2. The switch has FC-FEC and RS-FEC enabled for 25Gbps
support.
Figure 4. Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switch
The Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX Switch (Figure 5) is a 1RU switch that supports 2.16 Tbps of bandwidth and over
850 mpps. The 48 10GBASE-T downlink ports on the 93108TC-FX can be configured to work as 100-Mbps, 1Gbps, or 10-Gbps ports. The 6 uplinks ports can be configured as 40- and 100-Gbps ports, offering flexible
migration options.
Figure 5. Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX Switch
The Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Switch (Figure 6) is a 1RU switch that supports 696 Gbps of bandwidth and over
250 mpps. The 48 1GBASE-T downlink ports on the 9348GC-FXP can be configured to work as 100-Mbps, 1-Gbps
ports. The 4 ports of SFP28 can be configured as 1/10/25-Gbps and the 2 ports of QSFP28 can be configured as
40- and 100-Gbps ports. The Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP is ideal for big data customers that require a Gigabit
Ethernet ToR switch with local switching.
Capabilities to enable FC is on the software roadmap
Capabilities to enable MACsec is on the software roadmap
The Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Switch (Figure 7) is a 1RU switch that supports 7.2 Tbps of bandwidth and over
2.8 bpps. The switch can be configured to work as 1/10/25/40/100-Gbps offering flexible options in a compact
form factor. All ports support wire-rate MACsec encryption3. Breakout is supported on all ports. Please see feature
table below for more information.
Figure 7. Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 Switch (Figure 8) supports 4.8 Tbps of bandwidth and over 1.8 bpps. The 48 ports
of downlinks support 1/10/25-Gbps. The 12 uplinks ports can be configured as 40- and 100-Gbps ports, offering
flexible migration options. Breakout is not supported at FCS, but is on the roadmap. The switch is ideal for a nonoversubscribed solution in a compact form factor. The switch has FC-FEC and RS-FEC enabled for 25Gbps
support.
Figure 8. Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 Switch
Features and benefits
The Cisco Nexus 9300-EX and 9300-FX platforms provide the following features and benefits:
●
High performance, scalability, flexibility, and security
◦ The platform provides wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all ports.
◦ Robust hardware system specifications feature 4-core and 6-core CPUs, a minimum of 24 GB of system
memory (64 GB on 93180YC-FX model), and respectively 64-GB and 128-GB Solid-State Disk (SSD)
drives on EX and FX models.
◦ The 40-MB buffer supports highly scalable data centers and big data applications.
◦ Flexible forwarding tables support up to 1 million shared entries on EX models and up to 2 million shared
entries on FX models.
Capabilities to enable MACsec is on the software roadmap
◦ Flexible use of TCAM space allows for custom definition of Access Control List (ACL) templates.
◦ IEEE 802.1ae MAC Security (MACsec) support on all ports of 9300-FX models with speed greater than
or equal to 10-Gbps, allows traffic encryption at the physical layer and provides secure server, border
leaf, and leaf-to-spine connectivity.
●
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
◦Virtual Port-Channel (vPC) technology provides Layer 2 multipathing through the elimination of Spanning
Tree Protocol. It also enables fully utilized bisectional bandwidth and simplified Layer 2 logical topologies
without the need to change the existing management and deployment models.
◦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.
◦ Advanced reboot capabilities include hot and cold patching.
◦ The switches use hot-swappable Power-Supply Units (PSUs) and fans with N+1 redundancy.
●
Purpose-built Cisco NX-OS Software 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 Auto Provisioning (POAP) enables touchless bootup and configuration of the switch,
drastically reducing provisioning time.
◦Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Python scripting enable automation and remote operations
in the data center.
◦Advanced buffer monitoring reports real-time buffer use per port and per queue, which allows
organizations to monitor traffic bursts and application traffic patterns.
◦Complete Layer 3 unicast and multicast routing protocol suites are supported, including BGP, Open
Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Routing Information
Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2), Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), Source-Specific
Multicast (SSM), and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP).
◦Segment routing allows the network to forward Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets and
engineer traffic without Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Traffic Engineering (TE). It provides a
control-plane alternative for increased network scalability and virtualization.
◦Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE
network administrator to control domain IDs and points of management on a Fibre Channel network as it
scales. This feature enables LAN and SAN converged networks on a lossless, reliable Ethernet network.
**
) N-Port Virtualization (NPV) support enables the
◦Network traffic monitoring with Cisco Nexus Data Broker builds simple, scalable, and cost-effective
network Test Access Points (TAPs) and Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) aggregation for network
traffic monitoring and analysis.
Up to 32 x 40/50-Gbps QSFP+
ports OR 18 x 100-Gbps
QSFP28 ports
Downlink supported speeds
1/10/25-Gbps speeds
100-Mbps and 1/10-Gbps speeds
40/50-Gbps speeds
CPU
4 cores
4 cores
4 cores
System memory
24 GB
24 GB
24 GB
SSD drive
64 GB
64 GB
64 GB
System buffer
40 MB
40 MB
40 MB
Management ports
2 ports: 1 RJ-45 and 1 SFP
2 ports: 1 RJ-45 and 1 SFP
2 ports: 1 RJ-45 and 1 SFP
USB ports
1 1 1
RS-232 serial ports
1 1 1
Power supplies (up to 2)
650W AC, 930W DC, or 1200W
HVAC/HVDC
650W AC, 930W DC, or 1200W
HVAC/HVDC
500W AC, 930W DC, or 1200W
HVAC/HVDC
Typical power* (AC/DC)
210W
290W
220W
Maximum power* (AC/DC)
470W
499W
500W
Input voltage (AC)
100 to 240V
100 to 240V
100 to 240V
Input voltage
(high-voltage AC [HVAC])
200 to 277V
200 to 277V
200 to 277V
Input voltage (DC)
–48 to –60V
–48 to –60V
–48 to –60V
Input voltage
(high-voltage DC [HVDC])
–240 to –380V
–240 to –380V
–240 to –380V
Frequency (AC)
50 to 60 Hz
50 to 60 Hz
50 to 60 Hz
Fans 4 4
4
Airflow
Port-side intake and exhaust
Port-side intake and exhaust
Port-side intake and exhaust
Physical dimensions
(H x W x D)
1.72 x 17.3 x 22.5 in.
(4.4 x 43.9 x 57.1 cm)
1.72 x 17.3 x 22.5 in.
(4.4 x 43.9 x 57.1 cm)
1.72 x 17.3 x 22.5 in.
(4.4 x 43.9 x 57.1 cm)
Acoustics
48.5 dBA at 40% fan speed, 64.9
dBA at 70% fan speed, and 77.8
dBA at 100% fan speed
48.6 dBA at 40% fan speed, 65.2
dBA at 70% fan speed, and 76.5
dBA at 100% fan speed
49.9 dBA at 50% fan speed, 66
dBA at 70% fan speed, and
73.9 dBA at 100% fan speed
RoHS compliance
Yes
Yes
Yes
MTBF
390,330 hours
366,130 hours
323,440 hours
◦Automate the time-consuming tasks of creating, installing, and maintaining appropriate fabricwide switch
configurations with the new Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager.
*
Software support for Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP is on the roadmap
**
Software support is on the roadmap. Please visit the latest release notes for additional information
The Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX platforms offer industry-leading density and performance with flexible port
configurations that can support existing copper and fiber cabling (Tables 3, 4 and 5).
76.2 dBA at 50% fan speed, 85.3 dBA at 70%
fan speed, and 92.3 dBA at 100% fan speed
RoHS compliance
Yes
Yes
MTBF
352,590 hours
365,610 hours
Cisco NX-OS Software overview
NX-OS is a purpose-built data center operating system designed for performance, resiliency, scalability,
manageability, and programmability at its foundation. It provides a robust and comprehensive feature set that
meets the demanding requirements of virtualization and automation in present and future data centers. The Cisco
Nexus 9000 Series uses an enhanced version of NX-OS with a single binary image that supports every switch in
the series, simplifying image management. The operating system is modular, with a dedicated process for each
routing protocol: a design that isolates faults while increasing availability. In the event of a process failure, the
process can be restarted without loss of state. The operating system supports hot and cold patching and online
diagnostics.
The software packaging for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series offers flexibility and a comprehensive feature set while
being consistent with Cisco Nexus access switches. The default system software has a comprehensive Layer 2
security and management feature set. To enable additional functions, including Layer 3 IP unicast and IP multicast
routing and Cisco Nexus Data Broker, you must install additional licenses. The licensing guide illustrates the
software packaging and licensing available to enable advanced features. For a complete list of supported features,
refer to Cisco Feature Navigator.
Software requirements
The Cisco Nexus 9300-EX and 9300-FX platforms support the NX-OS operating system. NX-OS interoperates with
any networking operating system, including Cisco IOS® Software, that conforms to the networking standards
described in this data sheet.
For the latest software release information and recommendations, refer to the product bulletin at
Number of Virtual Routing and Forwarding
(VRF) instances
Shipping: 1,000
Maximum: 16,000
Shipping: 1,000
Maximum: 16,000
Shipping: 1,000
Maximum: 16,000
Maximum number of ECMP paths
64
64
64
Maximum number of port channels
512
512
512
Maximum number of links in a port channel
32
32
32
Number of active SPAN sessions
4 4 4
Maximum number of VLAN’s in Rapid perVLAN Spanning Tree (RPVST) instances
3,967
3,967
3,967
Maximum number of Hot-Standby Router
Protocol (HSRP) groups
490
490
490
Number of Network Address Translation (NAT)
entries
1,023
1,023
1,023
Maximum number of Multiple Spanning Tree
(MST) instances
64
64
64
Flow-table size used for Cisco Tetration
Analytics platform
***
64,000
32,000
64,000
Specifications
Table 6 lists the performance and scalability specifications for the Cisco Nexus 9300-EX and 9300-FX platform
switches. (Check the software release notes for feature support information.)
Table 6. Hardware performance and scalability specifications*
*
More templates and greater scalability are on the roadmap. Refer to the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Verified Scalability Guide
documentation for the latest exact scalability values validated for specific software
HVAC power cable for C14, 2 meters (no more than 240 V)
CAB-HVAC-RT-0.6M
HVAC Power cable with right angle connector for RF-LS-25
Accessories
N3K-C3064-ACC-KIT
Nexus 3K/9K Fixed Accessory Kit
Warranty
The Cisco Nexus 9300-EX and 9300-FX platforms have a 1-year limited hardware warranty. The warranty includes
hardware replacement with a 10-day turnaround from receipt of a Return Materials Authorization (RMA).
Cisco offers a range of professional, solution, and product support services for each stage of your Cisco Nexus
9300-EX or 9300-FX platform deployment:
●
Cisco Data Center Quick Start Service for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches: This offering provides
consulting services that include technical advice and assistance to help deploy Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
Switches.
●
Cisco Data Center Accelerated Deployment Service for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches: This service
delivers planning, design, and implementation expertise to bring your project into production. The service
also provides recommended next steps, an architectural high-level design, and operation-readiness
guidelines to scale the implementation to your environment.
●
Cisco Migration Service for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches: This service helps you migrate from Cisco
Catalyst® 6000 Series Switches to Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches.
●
Cisco Product Support: Support service is available globally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for Cisco
software and hardware products and technologies associated with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches.
Enhanced support options delivered by Cisco also include solution support for Cisco ACI, Cisco
SMARTnet™ Service, and Cisco Smart Net Total Care™* service.
For more information, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/services.
*
For Cisco products only
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