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The Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-O and Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-Q switches support 64 OSFP ports and QSFP-DD ports, respectively, and use Cisco Silicon One™ ASIC. Based on Silicon One ASIC in a 2-RU form factor, these new platforms empower customers with advanced network solutions specifically tailored for AI and ML applications.
This document summarizes the current capabilities of the Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-O and 9364E-SG2-Q, including the current software features and hardware products.
The next generation Nexus 9300 switches are designed to deliver high-density 64-port 800G (51.2T) aggregation. Leveraging Cisco's cutting-edge technology, users can seamlessly build both front-end and back-end networks to support a variety of AI use cases such as training and inference. This demonstrates our commitment to advancing Ethernet-based AI/ML infrastructures and addressing the evolving needs of enterprises in this domain. The switches are Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) ready.
Beginning with the NX-OS Release 10.5(3)F, the Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-O and Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-Q switches support these software features:
| Feature Type |
Description |
| Network Interfaces and Speeds |
· 800G, 400G, 200G, 100G · Breakouts: 8 x 100G, 2 x 400G, 4 x 100G |
| Network Protocols and Serviceability |
· L2 support · Port Channaels (PC) · SVI support · L3 subinterface support · HSRP, VRRP, EIGRP, and ISIS supported · Static routes supported |
| Layer3 Unicast and Routing (IPv4 and IPv6) |
· BGP, OSPF, BFD, VRF |
| VXLAN |
· Spine/Leaf/Borderleaf roles · Multisite anycast BGW with L3 stretch · VXLAN with IR underlay support · ARP Suppression · Flowlet load balancing (FLLB) on VXLAN fabric |
| Load Balancing |
· ECMP, DLB(Flowlet Load balancing (FLLB) and Packet Spraying) · 512 ECMP groups, 128-way ECMP · RDMA- Opcode, q-pair, PSN · Configurable flow-let aging timer · DSCP-based FLLB · WCMP + FLLB · Policy-based FLLB multiple profile support |
| Network Security |
· AAA, RADIUS, TACACS+ · ACL · Ingress and egress RACL (IPV4/V6) · SSH Protocol Version 2 · SNMPv3 · PBR |
| Quality of Service |
· RoCEv2 (PFC +WRED ECN) · Classification and Marking · Queuing and Scheduling · CoPP, Custom CoPP |
| Telemetry and Monitoring |
· SNMPv2 · Software Telemetry · DME data collection · NX-API data sources · Google protocol buffer (GPB) encoding over Google · JSON encoding over HTTP · sFlow · gNMI support · SPAN, SPAN on Drop, ERSPAN |
| Programmability |
· Open NX-OS automation · Open and Native YANG Models · NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI · Tcl |
| Licensing |
· Premier, Advantage and Essentials License for appropriate features |
Nexus Dashboard (ND) can provide management and automation for Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-Q in external fabrics in ND 3.2(2).
Table 1. Software Releases
| NX-OS Release |
Description |
| 10.5(3)F |
Release 10.5(3) was the first release to enable 800G support on Silicon One ASIC in Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2 switches.
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The Nexus 9300 Series includes many switch chassis. For a complete list of 9300 series switches, see Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Install and Upgrade Guides.
The site lists the currently available Nexus 93xxx Series switches, line cards, and accessories. For expanded details about these hardware products, see:
· Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2 Data Sheet
· Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Install and Upgrade Guides
· Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Configuration Guides
· Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Verified Scalability Guides
· Cisco DataCenter Networking Blueprint
· Cisco Addressing AI/ML Network Challenges-Whitepaper
· Cisco Validated Design for Data Center Networking
· Cisco Optics-to-Device Compatibility Matrix
· https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/building-data-center-infrastructure-for-the-ai-revolution
· https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/nexus-improves-load-balancing-and-brings-uec-closer-to-adoption
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