Cisco Nexus 9508 Switch

Features and Capabilities

The Cisco Nexus 9508 Switch offers a comprehensive feature set, high resiliency, and a broad range of 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet line cards to meet the most

demanding requirements of enterprise, service provider, and cloud data centers.

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

Full Cisco In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) and patching support

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

Specifications at a Glance

30 Tbps of nonblocking performance

Up to 1152 10 Gigabit Ethernet nonblocking ports

Up to 288 40 Gigabit Ethernet nonblocking ports

Up to 384 1/10GBASE-T nonblocking ports

13-rack-unit chassis

8 line card slots

Front-to-back airflow