Cisco Nexus 9516 Switch

Features and capabilities:

The Cisco Nexus 9516 Switch offers a comprehensive feature set, high resiliency,

and a broad range of 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet line cards. It can meet the most demanding requirements of enterprise, service provider, and cloud data centers.

Cisco ACI support

Designed to support the Cisco next-generation data center based on Cisco ACI

Programmability

Open API to manage the switch through remote-procedure calls (JavaScript Object Notation or XML) over HTTP or HTTPS

Automated configuration through Linux shell scripts

Support for customer applications through a Linux container environment

High availability

Software patching for continued operations

Redundant and hot-swappable supervisors, system controllers, power supplies, and fan trays

Mix of third-party and Cisco application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for improved reliability

Energy efficiency

Design without a midplane to optimize front-to-back airflow and reduce power consumption

Optimized design with fewer ASICs, resulting in lower energy use

Efficient power supplies that are rated at 80 Plus Platinum

Investment protection

40 Gb for reuse of existing 10 Gigabit Ethernet multimode cabling plant for 40 Gigabit Ethernet

Support for Cisco NX-OS and Cisco ACI modes of operation

Support for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

Form factor : 21 RU

Line card slots : 16

Supervisor slots : 2

Fabric module slots : 6

ACI support :Yes

Bandwidth per slot (Tbps) : 3.84

Bandwidth per system (Tbps) : 60

Maximum number of 1/10G BASE-T ports : 768

Maximum number of 10 GE ports : 2304

Maximum number of 40 GE ports : 576

Maximum number of 100GE ports : 576

Airflow : Front to back

Power supplies (3-kW AC/DC) : Up to 10

Fan trays : 3