93180YC-EX, 1 RU, 48 fixed 1/10/25-Gbps SFP+, 6 fixed 40/100-Gbps QSFP+
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX. Switch type: , Switch layer: /. Switching optical modules type: 100 . USB 2.0 ports quantity: 1, Console port: RS-232. MAC address table: 256000 entries, Switching capacity: 1800 Gbit/s. Rack mounting, Form factor:
The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX Switch has 48 1/10/25G-Gbps Small Form Pluggable Plus (SFP+) ports and 6 40/100-Gbps Quad SFP+ (QSFP+) uplink ports. All ports are line rate, delivering 3.6 Tbps of throughput in a 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor.
Architectural Flexibility
– Includes top-of-rack, fabric extender aggregation, or middle-of-row fiber-based server access connectivity for traditional and leaf-spine architectures
– Includes leaf node support for Cisco ACI architecture
– Increase scale and simplify management through Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender support
Feature-Rich
– Enhanced Cisco NX-OS Software is designed for performance, resiliency, scalability, manageability, and programmability
– ACI-ready infrastructure helps users take advantage of automated policy-based systems management
– Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) routing provides network services
– Rich traffic flow telemetry with line-rate data collection
– Real-time buffer utilization per port and per queue, for monitoring traffic micro-bursts and application traffic patterns
Real-Time Visibility and Telemetry
– Cisco Tetration Analytics Platform support with built-in hardware sensors for rich traffic flow telemetry and line-rate data collection
– Cisco Nexus Data Broker support for network traffic monitoring and analysis
– Real-time buffer utilization per port and per queue, for monitor traffic micro-bursts and application traffic patterns
Highly Available and Efficient Design
– High-performance, non-blocking architecture
– Easily deployed into either a hot-aisle and cold-aisle configuration
– Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays
Simplified Operations
– Preboot execution environment (PXE) and Power-On Auto Provisioning (POAP) support allows for simplified software upgrades and configuration file installation
– Automate and configure switches with DevOps tools like Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
– An intelligent API offers switch management through remote procedure calls (RPCs, JSON, or XML) over a HTTP/HTTPS infrastructure
– Python scripting gives programmatic access to the switch command-line interface (CLI)
– Includes hot and cold patching, and online diagnostics
Full specifications for this model are listed below.
| Weight | 14.34 kg |
|---|---|
| Form factor | 1U |
| Product Condition | New Retail |
| Weight | 7.8 kg |
| Power consumption (typical) | 210 W |
| Operating altitude | 0 – 4000 m |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 – 40 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 5 – 95% |
| Product colour | Grey |
| Switching capacity | 1800 Gbit/s |
| Access Control List (ACL) | Yes |
| Multicast support | Yes |
| Switch layer | L2/L3 |
| Switch type | Managed |
| 10G support | Yes |
| Fiber ports quantity | 54 |
| USB 2.0 ports quantity | 1 |
| Console port | RS-232 |
| VLAN support | Yes |
| AC input frequency | 50 – 60 Hz |
| AC input voltage | 100 – 240 V |
| Depth | 571 mm |
| Height | 44 mm |
| Width | 439 mm |
| Power consumption (max) | 470 W |
| SFP+ module slots quantity | 48 |
| QSFP+ module slots quantity | 6 |
| Switching optical modules type | 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
| DC voltage range | -48 – -60 V |
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