The Cisco N9K-C93180YC-FX switch is a 1-RU, fixed-port switch designed for Top-of-Rack (TOR), Middle-of-Rack (MoR), and End-of-Rack (EoR) deployment in data centers. This switch has 48 10/25-Gigabit SFP+ downlink ports that support 1-Gigabit, 10-Gigabit, and 25-Gigabit Ethernet connections and 8-, 16-, and 32-Gigabit Fibre Channel connections, and it has six fixed 40/100-Gigabit QSFP28 uplink ports that support combinations of 10-, 25-, 40-, 50-, and 100-Gigabit connectivity. You can set the downlink port speeds on a port-by-port basis. The chassis for this switch includes the following user-replaceable components:

• Fan modules (four) with the following airflow choices:

  • Port-side intake airflow with burgundy coloring (NXA-FAN-30CFM-B)

  • Port-side exhaust airflow with blue coloring (NXA-FAN-30CFM-F)

    Note	The port-side intake airflow fan module with burgundy coloring can go from 0 to 55 degrees Celsius.

    Note	Table 1. Fan Speeds for This Switch Port-Side Intake Fan Speed % Port-Side Exhaust Fan Speed % Typical/Minimum 50% 70% Maximum 100% 100%

    Note

    The switch has four fan modules. Each fan module has two rotors (a total of eight rotors in the switch). The switch can function normally if only one rotor inside any one fan module fails. In the case of more than one rotor failure, the switch will continue to operate if the failures are contained within a single fan module. To maintain safe operation, the switch requires at least three operational fan modules. If fewer than three fan modules are operational, the switch will issue a warning and power down in two minutes.

• Power supply modules (two—one for operations and one for redundancy [1+1]) with the following choices:

  • 500-W AC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow (blue coloring) (NXA-PAC-500W-PE)

  • 500-W AC power supply with port-side intake airflow (burgundy coloring) (NXA-PAC-500W-PI)

  • 1200-W HVAC/HVDC power supply with dual-direction airflow (white coloring) (N9K-PUV-1200W)

  • 930-W DC power supply with port-side exhaust airflow (blue coloring) (NXA-PDC-930W-PE)

  • 930-W DC power supply with port-side intake airflow (burgundy coloring) (NXA-PDC-930W-PI)

  Note	Both power supplies must be the same type of power source. Do not mix AC and DC power sources.

  Note	All fan modules and power supplies must use the same airflow direction during operations. If you are using the 1200-W HVAC/HVDC power supply, the power supply automatically uses the same airflow direction as used by the other modules in the switch.

Deployment Scheme for SFP-10G-T-X and SFP-10G-OLT20-X Transceivers

The following figure shows the maximum configuration density of SFP-10G-T-X and SFP-10G-OLT20-X SFP transceivers.

	Active port deploying the SFP 10GBASE-T or 10G-OLT20 transceivers, with maximum power consumption up to 2.5W. Once configured with media-type 10g-tx command in NX-OS, “Link Level Policy -> Physical Media Type -> SFP 10G TX” in ACI, these ports can deploy SFP-10G-T-X. Without such configuration, they behave like normal ports. Use the media-type high-power command in NX-OS to deploy SFP-10G-OLT20 on these ports. Without such configuration, they behave like normal ports.
	Ports must either be empty or active with passive copper cables only (Maximum power consumption up to 0.1W). When media-type 10g-tx or media-type high-power is configured on yellow ports, ports to the left, right, top, and bottom of the yellow port are referenced as blue ports. These adjacent ports will then support only low power Passive Copper DAC cable, or these can be left empty to conserve power. If the media-type 10g-tx or media-type high-power configuration is removed from the adjacent yellow ports, the blue ports will revert to behaving like normal ports.
	Active port deploying any Cisco 1/10/25G optics (SFP, SFP+, SFP28) EXCLUDING SFP 10GBASE-T and 10G-OLT, with maximum power consumption up to 1.5W. These ports are not part of any scheme and can deploy all regular Cisco optics and behave like normal ports. Active ports 17 to 36, deploying any Cisco 1/10/25G optics (SFP, SFP+, SFP28) EXCLUDING SFP 10GBASE-T and 10G-OLT, with maximum power consumption up to 1.5W and active ports 49 to 54, deploying any Cisco QSFP, QSFP+, QSFP28, with maximum power consumption up to 3.5W. These ports are not part of any scheme and can deploy all regular Cisco optics and behave like normal ports.

The following figure shows the hardware features seen from the port side of the chassis.

To determine which transceivers, adapters, and cables this switch supports, see the Cisco Transceiver Modules Compatibility Information document.

The following figure shows the hardware features seen from the power supply side of the chassis.

Note	There is a limit to USB 2.0 devices that use less than 2.5 W (less than 0.5 A inclusive of surge current). There is no support for devices, such as external hard drives, that instantaneously draw more than 0.5 A.

Depending on whether you plan to position the ports in a hot or cold aisle, you can order the fan and power supply modules with port-side intake or port-side exhaust airflow. To determine the airflow direction of the modules installed in your switch, see the following table.

The fan and power supply modules are field replaceable and you can replace one fan module or one power supply module during operations so long as the other modules are operating. If you have only one power supply that is installed, you can install the replacement power supply in the open slot before removing the original power supply.

Note	Fans and power supply modules must have the same direction of airflow. Otherwise, the switch can overheat and shut down. If you are installing a dual-direction power supply, that module will automatically use the same airflow direction as the other modules in the switch.

Caution

If the switch has port-side intake airflow (burgundy coloring for fan modules), you must locate the ports in the cold aisle. If the switch has port-side exhaust airflow (blue coloring for fan modules), you must locate the ports in the hot aisle. If you locate the air intake in a hot aisle, the switch can overheat and shut down.

The Cisco N9K-C93180YC-FX3S switch is a 1-rack unit (RU), fixed-port switch designed for deployment in data centers. This switch has these ports:

• 48 100M/1/10/25-Gigabit Ethernet SFP28 ports (ports 1-48).

• Auto-negotiation is not supported with 10G speed on Ports 1 through 48 and Ports 49 through 52 with QSA

• 6 10/25/40/50/100-Gigabit l28 ports (ports 49-54)

• One management port (one 10/100/1000BASE-T port)

• One console port (RS-232)

• 1 USB port

This switch includes these user-replaceable components:

• Fan modules (four) with these airflow choices:

  • Port-side exhaust fan module with blue coloring (NXA-FAN-35CFM-PE)

  • Port-side intake fan module with burgundy coloring (NXA-FAN-35CFM-PI)

    Note	Table 2. Fan Speeds for This Switch Port-Side Intake Fan Speed % Port-Side Exhaust Fan Speed % Typical/Minimum 50% 70% Maximum 100% 100%

  Note

  This switch runs with +1 redundancy mode, so that if one fan fails, the switch can sustain operation. But if a second fan fails, this switch is not designed to sustain operation. Before waiting to reach major threshold temperature, the switch will power down due to Powered-down due to fan policy trigger.

  Note	Each fan module has two rotors. The switch can function normally if one rotor inside any one fan module fails. In case of more than one rotor failure, the switch issues a warning and powers down in 2 minutes.

• Power supply modules (two—One for operations and one for redundancy [1+1]) with these choices:

  • 650-W port-side exhaust AC power supply with blue coloring (NXA-PAC-650W-PE)

  • 650-W port-side intake AC power supply with burgundy coloring (NXA-PAC-650W-PI)

  • 1200-W HVAC/HVDC power supply with dual-direction airflow white coloring (N9K-PUV-1200W)

  • 930-W port-side exhaust DC power supply with blue coloring (NXA-PDC-930W-PE)

  • 930-W port-side intake DC power supply with burgundy coloring (NXA-PDC-930W-PI)

  Note	All fan modules and power supplies must use the same airflow direction.

  Note	This switch may present access issues if installed between switches with greater chassis depth. Please consider this before installation.

Deployment Scheme for SFP-10G-T-X and SFP-10G-OLT20-X Transceivers

The figure shows the maximum configuration density of SFP-10G-T-X and SFP-10G-OLT20-X SFP transceivers.

	Active port deploying the SFP 10GBASE-T or 10G-OLT20 transceivers, with maximum power consumption up to 2.5W. Once configured with media-type 10g-tx command in NX-OS, these ports can deploy SFP-10G-T-X. Without such configuration, they behave like normal ports. Use the media-type high-power command in NX-OS to deploy SFP-10G-OLT20 on these ports. Without such configuration, they behave like normal ports.
	Ports must either be empty or brought up with passive copper cables only (Maximum power consumption up to 0.1W). When media-type 10g-tx or media-type high-power is configured on yellow ports, ports to the left, right, top, and bottom of the yellow port are referenced as blue ports. These adjacent ports will then support only low power Passive Copper DAC cable, or these can be left empty to conserve power. If the media-type 10g-tx or media-type high-power configuration is removed from the adjacent yellow ports, the blue ports will revert to behaving like normal ports.
	Active port deploying any Cisco 1/10/25G optics (SFP, SFP+, SFP28) EXCLUDING SFP 10GBASE-T and 10G-OLT, with maximum power consumption up to 1.5W. These ports are not part of any scheme and can deploy all regular Cisco optics and behave like normal ports. Active ports 17 to 36, deploying any Cisco 1/10/25G optics (SFP, SFP+, SFP28) EXCLUDING SFP 10GBASE-T and 10G-OLT, with maximum power consumption up to 1.5W and active ports 49 to 54, deploying any Cisco QSFP, QSFP+, QSFP28, with maximum power consumption up to 3.5W. These ports are not part of any scheme and can deploy all regular Cisco optics and behave like normal ports.

The figure shows the switch features on the front side of the chassis.

Note	Time of Day is not supported. Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.3(2)F, PTP GM functionality is supported on the Cisco N9K-C93180YC-FX3 platform switches.

To determine which transceivers, adapters, and cables support this switch, see the Cisco Transceiver Modules Compatibility Information document.

The figure shows the switch features on the power supply side of the chassis, the back view.

The figure shows the side of the chassis.

Depending on whether you plan to position the ports in a hot or cold aisle, order the fan and power supply modules with port-side intake or port-side exhaust airflow. For port-side intake airflow, the fan and power supplies have burgundy coloring. For port-side exhaust airflow, the fan and power supplies have blue coloring.

The fan and power supply modules are field replaceable. Replace one fan module or one power supply module during operations as long as the other modules are installed and operating. If you have only one power supply installed, install the replacement power supply in the open slot before removing the original power supply.

Note	All fan and power supply modules must have the same direction of airflow. Otherwise, the switch can overheat and shut down.

Caution

If the switch has port-side intake airflow (burgundy coloring for fan modules), locate the ports in the cold aisle. If the switch has port-side exhaust airflow (blue coloring for fan modules), locate the ports in the hot aisle. If you locate the air intake in a hot aisle, the switch can overheat and shut down.