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Cisco cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9364D-GX2A2U fixed switch51.2 Tbps

The Cisco Nexus 9364D-GX2A is a high-density 2U 400GbE spine switch engineered for hyperscale enterprise datacenters and multi-tenant AI supercomputing clouds. Featuring 64 ports of 400G QSFP-DD and a massive switching throughput of 51.2 Tbps, the 9364D-GX2A delivers extreme radix connectivity, sub-microsecond forwarding latency, and hardware MACsec-256 encryption across every port.

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Specifications

Brandcisco
FamilyNexus 9000
Form factor2U fixed switch
ReleasedJun 2022
Port density64x 400GbE QSFP-DD ports
Switching capacity51.2 Tbps system bandwidth
Forwarding rateUp to 11.4 Bpps
Form factor2U rack mount
Power suppliesUp to four hot-swappable 3200W titanium power supplies
EncryptionWire-speed MACsec-256 on all 64 ports
ModesNX-OS standalone or Cisco ACI fabric

Generations

Works together

How the cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9364D-GX2A connects to servers, storage and the network: 4 ways, with the parts and products on each path.

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

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

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

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

Optics

Hyperconverged cluster: how it fits together

GPU cluster fabric

InfiniBand adapters and switches must match the generation: HDR is 200Gb, NDR is 400Gb. VPI adapters such as ConnectX-6 and ConnectX-7 can run either InfiniBand or Ethernet.

Servers

GPUs

Adapters for the server

GPU cluster fabric: 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 9000 Nexus 9364D-GX2A.

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FAQ

What scale of datacenter does the 9364D-GX2A target?

It targets large-scale enterprise private clouds, telco 5G cores, and massive AI training clusters needing 51.2 Tbps switching capacity in 2U.

Does the 9364D-GX2A support SRv6?

Yes, it provides native hardware support for Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) and EVPN-VXLAN overlays.

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