N9396Y12C-SE1 Nexus 9300 96p 25G SFP28, 12p 100G QSFP28

Cisco N9396Y12C-SE1 – Nexus 9300-SE1 96x25G + 12x100G Fixed Switch (NX-OS)

The Cisco Nexus N9396Y12C-SE1 is a 2RU fixed switch delivering 96x 25G SFP28 ports and 12x 100G QSFP28 uplinks. Purpose-built for cloud-scale fabrics, enterprise aggregation, and AI/ML workloads, it provides 9.6 Tbps bandwidth and 2.6 bpps forwarding, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable deployments.

🔧 Key Specifications

• Ports:
  • 48x 1/10/25G SFP28
  • 48x 1/10/25/50G SFP56
    
  • 12x 100G QSFP28
• Switching Capacity: 9.6 Tbps
• Forwarding Rate: 2.6 bpps
• Buffer: 40 MB on-die packet buffer
• Memory: 32 GB DRAM, 128 GB SSD
• CPU: 4 cores
• Encryption: IEEE 802.1ae MACsec on all ports
• Reliability: Hot-swappable PSUs and fans, N+1 redundancy
• Form Factor: 2RU rack-mountable

🧩 Ideal Use Cases

• Enterprise aggregation with dense 25G server connectivity
• Cloud fabrics requiring predictable scaling with 100G uplinks
• AI/ML clusters leveraging secure, lossless transport