Description
The Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-FX switch is a high-density data center and enterprise aggregation platform engineered for environments that require ultra-fast fiber connectivity, lower latency, and exceptional switching scalability. It features 48 x 1/10/25 Gigabit SFP28 ports along with 6 x 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 uplink ports, delivering the bandwidth needed to connect servers, storage systems, and high-performance switching infrastructure across demanding virtualized, cloud, and enterprise core deployments. Cisco rates the 93180YC-FX at 3.6 Tbps of switching capacity in a compact 1RU fixed-form design, with sub-microsecond latency for wire-rate Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding.
With the Cisco Nexus LAN Enterprise license, this model enables advanced Layer 3 routing, VXLAN/EVPN fabric services, expanded automation, enhanced telemetry, and additional security features such as MACsec-ready architecture for more intelligent traffic control. The FX generation is also widely viewed by enterprise engineers as a stronger long-term platform than the earlier EX series because it adds Fibre Channel support, improved Cloud Scale ASIC capabilities, and better future migration flexibility for 25G/100G environments—making it an excellent solution for organizations building resilient, high-bandwidth switching infrastructure designed to scale over time.
