Cisco Nexus 9408 Switch Chassis

The Cisco Nexus 9400 Series centralized modular switches expand the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series portfolio with a new chassis that supports very high port density 400 Gigabit expansion modules. As datacenters continue to evolve to support next-generation applications such as machine learning that drive massive growth intra-datacenter traffic bandwidth, datacenter operators require compact, high capacity, and highly efficient switches to upgrade datacenter fabrics. They need security, automation, visibility, analytics, and assurance. Equipped to support this next-generation cloud architecture, the Cisco Nexus 9400 series switches are based on Cisco Cloud Scale technology. The Cisco Nexus 9400 series centralized modular architecture can scale up to 25.6 Tbps with a combination of field replaceable switch card, expansion modules, power supplies, and fans. The Cisco Nexus 9400 series switch has a new design with height of 4 RU and depth of 24 inches including eight expansion slots to support 64 ports of 400G or 128 ports of 200 G. Furthermore, the chassis architecture supports a supervisor, and up to 8 expansion modules, fan tray redundancy with 5 fan trays, and power supply redundancy. Cisco provides two modes of operation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. Organizations can deploy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) or Cisco NX-OS mode.