| High performance | The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switch delivers nonblocking performance
at a latency of 5 microseconds or less at 400-, 100-, 50-, 40-,
25-, 10-, and 1-Gigabit Ethernet speeds. This enables customers to
build robust and scalable high-speed fabrics that can support
several thousands of high-speed access ports. |
| Telemetry | The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches support extensive switch and
flow telemetry capabilities that provide extensive real-time
visibility into switch and fabric states. |
| High-density 1-, 10-, 25-, 40- and 50-Gigabit Ethernet access
configuration | Organizations can transition from low-speed (100-Megabit Ethernet
and 1-Gigabit Ethernet) server access designs to high-speed (1-,
10-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Gigabit Ethernet) server access designs with
the same port density. |
| High-density 10-, 40-, 100- and 400-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation
and spine configuration | The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches help organizations transition
from 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure to 10-, 40-, 100-,
and 400-Gigabit Ethernet infrastructures to support the increased
bandwidth demands of scale-out, multinode application environments.
The compatibility of 400-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP-DD modules,
100-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 modules, and 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+
modules enables the migration and coexistence of 40-, 100- and
400-Gigabit Ethernet ports in the fabric. |
| High availability, reliability, and scalability | The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches are designed with redundant
supervisors, system controllers, power supplies, and fan trays,
which eliminate any single point of failure in the chassis. These
switches also support up to 6 fabric modules, which provide
redundancy and graceful degradation of switching capacity in the
event of fabric module failures. All transceivers are pluggable to
support the highest possible Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) for
the switch. |
| Designed for the future | The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches are designed for future
expansion with the capability to support higher speed ports and
more bandwidth. |
| Power efficiency | The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches are the first switch chassis
designed without a midplane. The line cards and fabric modules
connect directly. This revolutionary design provides optimal
front-to-back airflow and helps the switch operate with less power.
In addition, all Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switch power supplies are
rated at or higher than 80PLUS Platinum for AC inputs and
equivalent efficiency for DC inputs. The typical power consumption per 10-Gigabit Ethernet port is less
than 3.5 watts (W). The typical power consumption per 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernet port
is less than 14W and 22W respectively. |
