N9K-C9516 | |
| Product list | |
| Product code | N9K-C9516 |
| Power cable | No |
| Button | No |
| Product parameters | |
| Product Type | Chassis |
| Number of line card slots | 16 |
| Rack Units | 21 |
| Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Hours | 680,000 |
| Introduction | The Cisco Nexus® 9000 Series Switches operate in one of two modes – Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) or Cisco NX-OS. In Cisco ACI mode, these switches provide a turnkey, fully automated, policy-based architecture to design and manage data center fabrics. In Cisco NX-OS mode, these switches provide the capability to use foundational layer 2/3 technologies, as well as modern technologies such as VXLAN, with a Border Gateway Protocol‒Ethernet VPN (BGP-EVPN) control plane, Segment routing, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and automation via NX-APIs. |
| Physical specifications | |
| H x W x D | 36.70 x 17.50 x 31.76 in. |
| Weight | 192 lbs |






