Cisco Nexus 9516 Switch

Get 100G high performance and energy efficiency

Improve performance and efficiency with the Cisco Nexus 9516 Switch. It provides high density 1/10/40/100 GE in a compact 21-rack-unit modular chassis. This versatile modular switch is designed for high-density, end-of-row, and high-performance aggregation-layer deployments in both traditional and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) – enabled data centers.

Features and capabilities

The Cisco Nexus 9516 Switch offers a comprehensive feature set, high resiliency, and a broad range of 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet line cards. It can meet the most demanding requirements of enterprise, service provider, and cloud data centers.

Cisco ACI support

• Designed to support the Cisco next-generation data center based on Cisco ACI

Programmability

• Open API to manage the switch through remote-procedure calls (JavaScript Object Notation or XML) over HTTP or HTTPS
• Automated configuration through Linux shell scripts
• Support for customer applications through a Linux container environment

High availability

• Software patching for continued operations
• Redundant and hot-swappable supervisors, system controllers, power supplies, and fan trays
• Mix of third-party and Cisco application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for improved reliability

Energy efficiency

• Design without a midplane to optimize front-to-back airflow and reduce power consumption
• Optimized design with fewer ASICs, resulting in lower energy use
• Efficient power supplies that are rated at 80 Plus Platinum

Investment protection

• 40 Gb  for reuse of existing 10 Gigabit Ethernet multimode cabling plant for 40 Gigabit Ethernet
• Support for Cisco NX-OS and Cisco ACI modes of operation
• Support for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

Additional resources

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