Cisco Nexus One

Every fabric. Every workload. One architecture.

Standardise your entire fabric—from AI clusters to enterprise cloud—with the flexibility to choose your silicon, systems, software, and scale without fragmenting operations

Comprehensive networking solution for AI-ready data centres

Redefine your data centre architecture with Cisco Nexus One. Unlock the operational freedom to scale AI and enterprise workloads with full flexibility and unmatched performance.

Open choice, no compromises

From silicon to software, Nexus One delivers the scale, security, and operational simplicity needed to deploy AI faster and run every workload with confidence.

Integrated networking architecture

Cisco delivers an end-to-end solution: programmable Silicon One, proven platforms, optics, software—unified with Nexus One.

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Security fused into the network

Security fused into every layer—from quantum resilience to real-time protection—ensuring trusted AI operations without performance compromise.

Simplified operations with AgenticOps

Streamline the full lifecycle of configuration, monitoring, diagnosis, and resolution across data centres in the AI era through Network as Code and AgenticOps.


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Cisco Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™: Data Centre Network Solutions, Q3 2026

Forrester evaluated 11 vendors. Cisco is recognised for a cohesive approach that unifies networking, security, and observability under centralised policy and control.

One architecture. Every environment. Unified by Cisco Nexus One.

Cisco Nexus Dashboard

Configure, operate, and analyse, all from one place. Private cloud managed across your data centre networks.

Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric

New plug-and-play, cloud-managed operations and validation of the full lifecycle of data centre networks.

Cisco NX-OS

Make your network agile, easily scalable, and secure with simplified network operations and integrated automation.

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure

Simplify data centre network management and boost security with app-centric automation and policy-based control to drive agile IT. 

SONiC NOS

Adopt an open, modular network OS on future-ready hardware, with containerised services, flexible management tools, and rich API integration.

Cisco Optics

Enable reliable networking powered by silicon photonics, delivering validated, field-programmable performance at scale.

Cisco N9000 Series Switches

High-performance data centre switches built for cloud, AI, and enterprise scale.

Cisco N9100 Series Switches

Scale your neocloud or sovereign cloud with NCP-compliant architecture, Cisco NX-OS or SONiC flexibility, and unified operations through Nexus One.

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches

Power your storage area with industry-leading network performance. Deliver reliable, scalable Fibre Channel connectivity for mission-critical environments.

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches

Purpose-built, low-latency switches to support business-critical applications and performance.

Cisco Silicon One

Power AI at scale with a unified and programmable network, delivering exceptional performance, customisable AI deployment, and capacity up to 102.4 Tbps.

Cisco Cloud scale

Scale effortlessly with ultra-high density and multi-speed flexibility up to 400Gbps, leveraging real-time telemetry to power your AI, cloud, and enterprise workloads.

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Nexus One: Powering the next evolution of data centres

The next-generation SDN architecture that is built with open networking principles and choices at each layer of the architecture stack. 


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