cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7710 vs cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9508
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 7710 is a 10-slot enterprise modular datacenter core switch delivering high port density and up to 42 Tbps of switching bandwidth in a 14U frame. The Cisco Nexus 9508 is an 8-slot modular datacenter chassis switch delivering massive port density and switching capacity for enterprise cloud cores and hyperscale ACI spine fabrics.
| cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7710 | cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9508 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jun 2013 | Nov 2013 |
| Form factor | modular chassis | modular chassis |
| Chassis slots | 10 | 8 |
| Supervisor slots | Slots 1 and 2 (redundant supervisors) | — |
| Line card slots | 8 payload slots (Slots 3 through 10) | — |
| Chassis height | 14U rack mount | 13U rack mount |
| Switching throughput | Up to 42 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | — |
| Fabric modules | Up to 6 rear fabric modules | — |
| Airflow | True front-to-back airflow compliant with modern hot/cold aisle datacenters | — |
| Supervisor engine slots | — | 2 redundant supervisor engine slots |
| Line card payload slots | — | 8 payload line card slots |
| Fabric slots | — | Up to 6 orthogonal fabric modules |
| System throughput | — | Up to 115.2 Tbps with GX2 line cards |
| Port densities | — | Up to 512 100G ports or 128 400G ports in a single chassis |
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