N9K-C93180LC-EX up to 32p 40/50G QSFP+ or up to 18p 100G QSFP28

Cisco N9K-C93180LC-EX – Nexus 93180LC-EX 48x25G + 6x100G Fixed Switch (NX-OS)

The Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180LC-EX is a 1RU fixed switch delivering 32x 40/50G QSFP+ ports or up to 18x 100G QSFP28 supporting 72x 10G ports with breakouts. Designed for enterprise aggregation, cloud fabrics, and AI/ML workloads, it provides 3.6 Tbps bandwidth and 2.6 bpps forwarding, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable deployments with advanced telemetry and automation.

🔧 Key Specifications

• Ports: 32x 40/50G QSFP+ or 18x 100G QSFP28
• Switching Capacity: 3.6 Tbps
• Forwarding Rate: 2.6 bpps
• Buffer: 40 MB on-die packet buffer
• Memory: 24 GB DRAM, 64 GB SSD
• CPU: 4 core
• Encryption: IEEE 802.1ae MACsec capability on all ports ≥1G
• Reliability: Hot-swappable PSUs and fans, N+1 redundancy
• Form Factor: 1RU 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 with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• Service provider deployments needing compact 25G/100G leaf switches

⚙️ Licensing & Expansion

• Runs Cisco NX-OS with support for VXLAN EVPN, Segment Routing (SR/SRv6), and Cisco ACI integration
• Supports programmability via YANG, RESTCONF, NETCONF, and gNMI
• Telemetry and automation enabled through Cisco Nexus Dashboard (Insights, Fabric Controller, Orchestrator)
• Licensing tiers: DCN Essentials, Advantage, and Premier for advanced features