Description

Product Brief

Product Overview

• Form Factor: 2 Rack Units (RU)
• Ports: 72 fixed 40-Gbps QSFP+ ports.
• Bandwidth: 5.76 Tbps with line-rate Layer 2 and 3 features.

Application Scenarios

• Enterprise Data Centers: Suitable for high-performance environments requiring robust security and high port density.
• Cloud Computing: Ideal for scalable and programmable network fabrics, supporting cloud service providers.
• Service Provider Hosting: Provides the flexibility and performance needed for hosting services with support for various port configurations and speeds.

Features and Benefits

Features 

• High Performance and Scalability:
  • Wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all ports.
  • Up to 7.2 Tbps and 5.35 bpps of bandwidth.
  • 40 MB of shared buffer, ideal for scalable data centers and big data applications.
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN):
  • Native line-rate VXLAN routing (except for Nexus 92348GC-X).
  • BGP EVPN control plane for scalable multitenancy and host mobility.
• High Availability:
  • 64-way ECMP routing for Layer 3 fat-tree designs.
  • Hot-swappable PSUs and fans with N+1 redundancy.
  • Patching for undisruptive upgrades.
• NX-OS Operating System:
  • Supports DevOps automation tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
  • Cisco NX-API for a common programmatic approach.
  • Power-on autoprovisioning (POAP) for touchless bootup and configuration.
  • Onboard Python scripting engine for automation.
  • Advanced buffer monitoring for real-time traffic analysis.
• Comprehensive Layer 3 Routing:
  • Supports complete Layer 3 unicast and multicast routing protocol suites, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2, PIM-SM, SSM, and MSDP.
• Segment Routing:
  • Allows the network to forward MPLS packets and perform traffic engineering without RSVP TE.

Benefits

• Scalability and Performance:
  • Excellent for scalable data centers and big data applications.
  • Fine-tuned buffer allocation for non-drop queues, ideal for IP storage designs.
• Flexibility and Efficiency:
  • Supports scalable multitenancy and host mobility.
  • Prevents network bottlenecks and increases resiliency with ECMP routing.
• Ease of Use and Automation:
  • Reduces provisioning time with POAP.
  • Enables automation and remote operations with Python scripting.
  • Provides real-time traffic monitoring with advanced buffer reports.
• Advanced Routing Capabilities:
  • Supports a wide range of unicast and multicast routing protocols for comprehensive network management.
  • Facilitates efficient traffic engineering with segment routing

Product Specifications

Table  1  N9K-C9272Q Specifications 

Table 2  Performance and scalability specifications 

Table 3  Ordering  information 

Hardware information 

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