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The Cisco Nexus 7009 is a 9-slot enterprise modular datacenter chassis switch engineered to deliver high port density in a compact 14U frame with side-to-side airflow. Offering dual redundant supervisor slots and seven payload line card slots supporting up to 550 Gbps per slot, the 7009 served as a primary datacenter core and aggregation switch across Fortune 500 datacenters.

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Specifications

Brandcisco
FamilyNexus 7000
Form factormodular chassis
ReleasedApr 2011
End of saleOct 2018
End of supportOct 2023
Chassis slots9
Supervisor slotsSlots 1 and 2 (redundant supervisor engines)
Line card slots7 payload slots (Slots 3 through 9)
Chassis height14U rack mount
Switching capacityUp to 8.8 Tbps with Fabric-2 modules
AirflowSide-to-side airflow compliant with standard datacenter hot/cold aisles

Generations

Works together

How the cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7009 connects to servers, storage and the network: 3 ways, with the parts and products on each path.

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over EthernetFile storage (NFS and SMB)Hyperconverged cluster

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet

Keep the speed the same at all three points: a 25GbE server, a 25GbE switch port and a 25GbE array port. Mixed speeds work but the slowest link sets the pace.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet: how it fits together

File storage (NFS and SMB)

Front-end ports face the clients; back-end ports (on scale-out systems) connect the nodes to each other and need their own switch pair.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

File storage (NFS and SMB): how it fits together

Hyperconverged cluster

Plan at least two 25GbE ports per node to two switches; all-NVMe clusters often move to 100GbE.

HCI nodes

Adapters for the server

Optics

Hyperconverged cluster: how it fits together

Plan and size it

Check compatibility with Cisco

Before you buy, confirm the exact configuration against the vendor's own lists: firmware levels, operating systems, adapters and optics that Cisco has tested with the cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7009.

Equivalent models from other brands

FAQ

Why was the Nexus 7009 created alongside the 7010?

The 7009 provided side-to-side airflow in a standard 14U rack depth, fitting into standard datacenter server cabinets where the front-to-back 7010 was too deep.

Does the 7009 support Cisco FabricPath?

Yes, FabricPath is supported across all F-series line cards, providing multi-path Layer 2 networking without Spanning Tree bottlenecks.

Buying or selling Nexus 7009?

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