N9K-C93600CD-GX Overview N9K-C93600CD-GX is the Cisco Nexus 9316D Spine and Leaf switch with 28p 100/40G QSFP28 and 8p 400/100G QSFP-DD. Based on Cisco Cloud Scale technology, the Cisco Nexus 9300-GX switches are the next generation of fixed Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. The platform introduces a fully backward-compatible 400G optical interface Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) to transparently migrate existing data center fabrics from 40-Gbps and 100-Gbps speeds to 400 Gbps. The platform provides investment protection for customers, delivering highly flexible layer 2 and layer 3 scalability, and performance to meet the changing needs of virtualized data centers and automated cloud environments. Cisco provides two modes of operation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. Organizations can deploy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) or Cisco Nexus switch environments (Cisco NX-OS mode). The Cisco ACI solution is a holistic, intent-driven architecture with centralized automation and policy-based application profiles. It provides a robust, transport network for dynamic workloads and is built on a network fabric that combines time-tested protocols with new innovations to create a highly flexible, scalable, and resilient architecture of low-latency, high-bandwidth links. This fabric delivers a network that can support the most demanding and flexible data center environments. Table 1 shows the quick spec. SKU N9K-C93600CD-GX Ports 28 x 100/40-Gbps QSFP28 ports and 8 x 400/100-Gbps QSFP-DD ports System memory 16 GB NX-OS, 24 GB ACI Solid-State Disk (SSD) 128 GB USB 1 port RS-232 serial console ports 1 Management ports 2 (1 x 10/100/1000BASE-T and 1 x 1-Gbps SFP+) Broadwell-DE CPU 4 cores Dimensions (H x W x D) 1.72 x 17.37 x 25.5 in. (4.37 x 44.13 x 64.8 cm)
