N9K-C9336C-FX2 Nexus 9K 36p 100G QSFP28

Cisco N9K-C9336C-FX2 – Nexus 9336C-FX2 36x100G Fixed Switch (NX-OS)

The Cisco Nexus N9K-C9336C-FX2 is a 1RU fixed switch delivering 36x 40/100G QSFP28 ports with breakout flexibility for 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G, and 100G. Designed for cloud-scale fabrics, enterprise aggregation, and AI/ML workloads, it provides 7.2 Tbps bandwidth and 2.4 bpps forwarding, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable deployments.

🔧 Key Specifications

• Ports: 36x 40/100G QSFP28 support for breakouts to 1/10/25/40/100G speeds
• Switching Capacity: 7.2 Tbps
• Forwarding Rate: 2.4 bpps
• Buffer: 40 MB on-die packet buffer
• Memory: 24 GB DRAM, 128 GB SSD
• CPU: 4 cores
• 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

• Cloud fabrics requiring predictable scaling with 100G connectivity
• AI/ML clusters leveraging secure, lossless transport with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• Enterprise aggregation with breakout flexibility for mixed-speed deployments
• Service provider backbones needing compact 100G spine 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