The Cisco Nexus 9800 Series is Cisco’s flagship modular data center platform, designed to deliver unprecedented scale, density, and performance for the most demanding cloud and enterprise data center environments, especially those preparing for massive 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400GE) and next-generation 800G fabrics driven by AI/ML workloads.
Key Features (Ultimate Scale & Resilience): The C9800 chassis (available in 8-slot and 4-slot options) scales up to 115.2 Tbps of non-blocking system bandwidth and is engineered for future speeds up to 800G. It provides industry-leading High Availability with dual redundant Supervisors, up to eight redundant Fabric Modules (N+1 redundancy), and redundant power supplies. The platform supports line cards with high-density 400GE ports featuring line-rate MACsec encryption and an advanced shared buffer architecture for handling extreme traffic bursts. The C9800 supports flexible operation in both automated Cisco ACI and traditional NX-OS modes.
As a certified Cisco Data Center Partner, Signellent Technologies provides expert architectural design and deployment services for the Nexus 9800 Series. Partner with us to build a secure, resilient, and massive-scale data center spine or core that is optimized for your most critical cloud and high-bandwidth applications.
