Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch

Features and Capabilities

The Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch offers a comprehensive feature set, high resiliency, and a broad range of high performance Gigabit Ethernet line cards. It can meet the most demanding requirements of enterprise, service provider, and cloud data centers.

Deployment Flexibility

Support for the next-generation data center based on Cisco ACI

Nexus Fabric Manager support to automate fabric configuration and management

Traditional data centers in standalone NX-OS mode

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

Programmable APIs for integration with DevOps automation tools

High Availability

In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) and patching without operation interruption 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

Designed 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

Nonblocking performance 15 Tbps

10 Gigabit Ethernet nonblocking ports Up to 512

25 Gigabit Ethernet Ports Up to 512

50 Gigabit Ethernet Ports Up to 256

40/100 Gigabit Ethernet nonblocking ports Up to 144

1/10GBASE-T nonblocking ports Up to 192

Form factor 7-rack-unit chassis

Line card slots 4

Airflow Front to back