Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

Build a next-generation automated data center

Prepare your data center for growing number of users and complicated applications. Our Nexus 9000 Series data center switches deliver proven high performance and density up to 400G, as well as low latency and exceptional power efficiency in a range of form factors. The switches are highly programmable and offer industry-leading software-defined networking for data center automation.

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Performance and scale

Get scale and investment protection with 1/10/25/50/100/400G multi-speed ports.

Deep visibility and security

Industry-leading security and visibility with streaming telemetry, advance analytics, and line-rate encryption (MACsec).

Lower TCO

Get unified ports supporting 10/25 GbE and 8/16/32 G fiber channel, RDMA over converged Ethernet (RoCE), and IP storage.

Application performance

50% faster application completion time with intelligent buffers and zero packet drop.

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What they're saying

"We’re a broadcast company, so we can’t have any disruption to our service...The Nexus 9000 has a high speed, high density interface that’s good for broadcasting. And it can scale horizontally, which is cost effective for us."

Raphael Ramos

Network Engineer, Globosat