Description
High Availability and Reliability Features
The N9K-C9236C Cisco Nexus 36 Ports Manageable Switch is designed to provide high availability and reliability in enterprise and data center networks. Some of the key features that enable these capabilities include:
- Redundant Power Supplies: The switch comes with two hot-swappable power supplies that provide redundancy in case one of them fails. This ensures that the switch stays operational even if there is a power supply failure.
- Redundant Fans: The switch is equipped with four hot-swappable fans that provide redundancy in case one or more of them fail. This helps maintain optimal airflow and temperature inside the switch, ensuring uninterrupted operation.
- Virtual PortChannel (vPC) Technology: This technology enables the creation of a single logical interface that spans multiple physical links, providing redundancy and load balancing for connected devices. It also helps avoid any single point of failure in the network.
- FabricPath Technology: This feature allows the switch to create a scalable, flexible, and resilient Layer 2 network that can support thousands of virtual machines and diverse workloads. FabricPath provides redundancy and load balancing across multiple paths, improving network availability and performance.
- Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR): This feature allows hot-swappable components, such as line cards, to be inserted or removed without disrupting the network. This minimizes downtime and ensures that the network stays up and running during upgrades or maintenance activities.
Network Management Capabilities
The N9K-C9236C Cisco Nexus 36 Ports Manageable Switch provides advanced network management capabilities that allow for efficient and effective monitoring and control of network resources. The switch is equipped with various features and tools that enable network administrators to manage and optimize the performance of their networks.
One of the key network management capabilities of the N9K-C9236C switch is its ability to support a range of protocols and technologies, including Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), among others. These protocols and technologies help to ensure that the switch can operate efficiently in a variety of network environments and configurations.
The switch also provides advanced Quality of Service (QoS) features that allow for the prioritization of traffic and the allocation of network resources based on predefined policies. This helps to ensure that critical network traffic receives the necessary resources and bandwidth to operate effectively, while non-critical traffic is relegated to lower priority queues.
In addition, the N9K-C9236C switch provides advanced security features, including access control, encryption, and authentication mechanisms, which help to protect the network from unauthorized access and attacks.
Configuration and Management Options
The N9K-C9236C Cisco Nexus 36 Ports Manageable Switch offers various configuration and management options to meet the diverse needs of enterprise-level networks. The switch provides comprehensive software and hardware features that enable network administrators to optimize and secure their infrastructure.
One of the key features of the N9K-C9236C switch is the Cisco NX-OS operating system, which delivers enhanced scalability, flexibility, and availability. With this operating system, network administrators can configure and manage the switch using a range of tools and protocols, such as the Command-Line Interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF).
The switch also supports a range of management protocols such as SSH, Telnet, and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), which enable network administrators to remotely manage and monitor the switch from anywhere in the world. Additionally, the switch features a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that simplifies switch configuration and management for less experienced network administrators.
Other notable configuration and management options of the N9K-C9236C switch include VLAN support, Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities, Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) support, and support for Multicast routing protocols. Furthermore, the switch provides enhanced security features, such as Access Control Lists (ACLs), Secure Shell (SSH), and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which help to protect the network against unauthorized access and data breaches.
General Information:
- Manufacturer Cisco Systems, Inc
- Manufacturer Part Number N9K-C9236C
- Brand Name Cisco
- Product Line Nexus
- Product Series 9200
- Product Model 9236C
- Product Name Nexus 9236C Switch
- Product Type Layer 3 Switch
Interfaces/Ports
- Uplink Port No
- Modular Yes
- Stack Port No
- Port/Expansion Slot Details 36 x 100 Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Slot
Media & Performance
- Media Type Supported Optical Fiber
- Ethernet Technology 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- Network Technology 100GBase-X
I/O Expansions
- Number of Total Expansion Slots 36
- Expansion Slot Type QSFP+
- Network & Communication
- Layer Supported 3
- Management & Protocols
- Manageable Yes
Power Description
- Power Source Power Supply
- Redundant Power Supply Supported Yes
Miscellaneous
- Environmentally Friendly Yes
- Environmental Certification RoHS-6
