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Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX Nexus 9300-GX Switch Dubai | 64-Port 400G Data Center UAE
The Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX Dubai represents the absolute pinnacle of data center switching technology, delivering unprecedented 400 Gigabit Ethernet density and performance capabilities specifically engineered for the most demanding hyperscale data center environments in Dubai’s rapidly expanding digital infrastructure landscape. This revolutionary switch features 64 x 400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP-DD ports in a compact 2RU form factor, providing organizations with exceptional bandwidth density and performance capabilities that can support the most sophisticated cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and hyperscale applications that are becoming increasingly critical for businesses operating in Dubai’s position as a global technology and innovation hub.
In Dubai’s role as a major data center hub for the Middle East and Africa region, where organizations are building massive-scale data center infrastructures to support cloud services, content delivery networks, artificial intelligence platforms, and emerging technologies, the N9K-C9364D-GX provides the foundation for building next-generation data center networks that can meet current hyperscale performance requirements while providing ample capacity for future growth and technology evolution. The switch’s 64 x 400 Gigabit Ethernet ports represent the highest density of 400G connectivity available in the industry, enabling organizations to build spine networks that can support thousands of leaf switches and millions of endpoints.
The Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX Dubai incorporates Cisco’s most advanced data center networking technologies, including next-generation Cloud Scale ASIC technology, comprehensive AI/ML optimization features, advanced security capabilities, and full integration with Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) platform. These capabilities enable organizations to implement cutting-edge hyperscale data center strategies that can dramatically improve application performance, enhance security, reduce operational complexity, and provide the foundation for digital transformation initiatives that are essential for maintaining competitive advantage in Dubai’s rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Revolutionary 400G Ultra-High Density Architecture
The Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX’s ultra-high density architecture represents a fundamental breakthrough in data center switching technology, providing 64 x 400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP-DD ports that deliver a total switching capacity of 25.6 Tbps in a compact 2RU form factor. This exceptional port density and performance capability enables organizations to build hyperscale data center fabrics that can support massive traffic volumes and ultra-high performance computing workloads while minimizing rack space requirements and infrastructure complexity.
The switch’s non-blocking architecture ensures that all 64 ports can operate simultaneously at full 400 Gigabit speeds without any performance compromises or resource contention issues, providing consistent, predictable performance across all connections regardless of traffic patterns or utilization levels. This non-blocking design is essential for hyperscale environments where consistent performance is required across thousands of connections and millions of endpoints that may be generating diverse traffic patterns simultaneously.
Advanced packet processing capabilities built into the Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX Dubai ensure consistent, line-rate performance across all ports regardless of packet size, traffic patterns, or application characteristics. The switch’s next-generation Cloud Scale ASIC technology provides hardware-based forwarding that can handle the most complex packet processing tasks without impacting switching performance, which is essential for supporting advanced data center applications such as network virtualization, micro-segmentation, and real-time analytics that require sophisticated packet processing capabilities.
The N9K-C9364D-GX’s intelligent buffer management system provides dynamic buffer allocation that can adapt to changing traffic patterns and application requirements while maintaining optimal performance for both latency-sensitive applications and throughput-intensive workloads. This intelligent buffering capability is particularly important for hyperscale environments that must support diverse application portfolios with varying performance characteristics and requirements across massive user populations.
AI/ML and Hyperscale Computing Optimization in Abu Dhabi
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning workloads represent some of the most demanding applications in modern hyperscale data centers, and the Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX Dubai is specifically optimized to support these advanced computing paradigms that are becoming increasingly important for organizations in Abu Dhabi’s technology-focused economy. The switch incorporates specialized features and capabilities designed to optimize network performance for AI/ML training and inference workloads at hyperscale, including advanced congestion management algorithms, intelligent buffer allocation, and comprehensive telemetry capabilities that can ensure optimal performance for these demanding applications across massive computing clusters.
The N9K-C9364D-GX’s support for advanced flow control mechanisms, including Priority Flow Control (PFC) and Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), enables organizations to implement lossless networking architectures that are essential for hyperscale AI/ML and high-performance computing workloads. These capabilities prevent packet loss during traffic bursts and congestion conditions, ensuring that compute-intensive applications can maintain optimal performance without experiencing the performance degradation that could result from packet retransmissions or application-level error recovery mechanisms across large computing clusters.
Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) support built into the N9K-C9364D-GX enables ultra-low latency, high-throughput communication between distributed computing nodes at hyperscale, which is essential for AI/ML workloads that require rapid access to large datasets and frequent communication between thousands of processing elements. RoCE capabilities can significantly reduce CPU overhead and improve application performance for memory-intensive workloads that are characteristic of modern AI/ML and hyperscale computing environments.
The switch’s comprehensive telemetry and analytics capabilities provide detailed visibility into network performance characteristics that are particularly important for hyperscale AI/ML workloads, including latency distributions, congestion patterns, traffic flow characteristics, and buffer utilization patterns across the entire fabric. This detailed performance visibility enables organizations to optimize their hyperscale AI/ML infrastructure and identify potential bottlenecks or performance issues before they impact application performance, training efficiency, or inference accuracy across massive computing deployments.
Advanced Security Architecture for Hyperscale Environments
Security represents a fundamental requirement for hyperscale data center infrastructure, and the Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX addresses this challenge through the most comprehensive security architecture available in data center switching platforms. The switch incorporates multiple layers of security protection specifically designed for hyperscale environments where traditional perimeter-based security approaches are insufficient for protecting against sophisticated threats and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements that are increasingly important for organizations operating in Abu Dhabi’s regulated business environment.
The N9K-C9364D-GX’s security features include hardware-based encryption capabilities that can provide line-rate encryption for all network traffic without impacting switching performance, even at hyperscale traffic volumes. The switch’s support for MACsec encryption ensures that data remains protected during transmission across the hyperscale data center fabric, while advanced key management capabilities ensure that encryption keys are properly managed and rotated according to security best practices and regulatory requirements across thousands of network connections.
Micro-segmentation capabilities built into the N9K-C9364D-GX enable organizations to implement zero-trust security architectures that can contain potential security breaches and limit the lateral movement of threats within hyperscale data center infrastructure. The switch’s integration with Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) platform provides comprehensive policy-based security that can automatically enforce security policies based on application requirements, user identity, and data classification across massive, distributed data center environments.
Advanced threat detection and response capabilities built into the N9K-C9364D-GX enable organizations to identify and respond to security threats in real-time across hyperscale environments. The switch’s integration with Cisco’s security analytics platforms provides comprehensive visibility into network traffic patterns and application behavior across the entire data center fabric, enabling security teams to detect anomalous activities that may indicate security breaches, policy violations, or operational issues that could impact hyperscale data center performance or availability.
Hyperscale Fabric Architecture and Scalability
The Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX is specifically designed to serve as the foundation for hyperscale data center fabrics that can support thousands of leaf switches and millions of endpoints while maintaining consistent performance and operational simplicity. The switch’s 64 x 400 Gigabit Ethernet ports enable organizations to build spine networks that can provide massive aggregation capacity while maintaining the non-blocking performance characteristics required for hyperscale applications and workloads.
The N9K-C9364D-GX’s support for various hyperscale fabric topologies enables organizations to implement highly scalable data center architectures that can grow from large deployments to massive hyperscale fabrics without requiring fundamental architectural changes or performance compromises. The switch’s advanced routing and forwarding capabilities can support the large routing tables and complex traffic patterns that are characteristic of hyperscale data center deployments with millions of endpoints and diverse application portfolios.
Software modularity built into the N9K-C9364D-GX ensures that organizations can implement new features and capabilities as they become available, providing investment protection and ensuring that the platform can continue to meet evolving hyperscale requirements throughout its operational lifetime. This software modularity is particularly important for hyperscale organizations that must maintain current technology capabilities while managing infrastructure costs and minimizing disruption to business operations during technology upgrades and enhancements.
The switch’s integration with Cisco’s hyperscale data center ecosystem ensures compatibility with current and future Cisco technologies, providing organizations with clear technology roadmaps and upgrade paths that can support long-term strategic planning and infrastructure development for hyperscale deployments. This ecosystem integration is particularly valuable for organizations that must maintain consistent technology platforms while adapting to changing hyperscale requirements and technology innovations.
Comprehensive Automation and Operational Efficiency
The Cisco N9K-C9364D-GX incorporates the most advanced automation and programmability capabilities available in hyperscale data center switching platforms, enabling organizations to implement efficient, scalable data center operations while reducing the specialized expertise required for managing massive network infrastructures. The switch’s support for various automation tools and frameworks, including REST APIs, NETCONF, YANG data models, and integration with popular DevOps platforms, enables organizations to integrate network management tasks into their existing operational workflows and development processes at hyperscale.
Model-driven telemetry capabilities built into the N9K-C9364D-GX provide real-time visibility into network performance, application behavior, and infrastructure utilization patterns across hyperscale environments that can be used to optimize data center operations and prevent potential issues before they impact application performance or availability. The switch’s streaming telemetry capabilities enable integration with various analytics platforms and monitoring tools, providing the detailed information needed for proactive hyperscale data center management and optimization.
The N9K-C9364D-GX’s programmable architecture supports custom application development and deployment directly on the switch platform, enabling organizations to implement specialized monitoring, analytics, and automation capabilities that can address specific hyperscale operational requirements or business needs. This programmability capability is particularly valuable for hyperscale organizations that must implement custom solutions or integrate with specialized systems that are not supported by standard networking platforms.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities built into the N9K-C9364D-GX enable organizations to implement self-optimizing hyperscale data center networks that can automatically adjust configuration parameters, traffic routing, and resource allocation based on real-time network conditions and historical performance patterns across massive infrastructures. This AI-driven approach to network management can significantly improve hyperscale data center performance while reducing the operational overhead associated with manual network optimization and troubleshooting activities across thousands of network devices.
CISCO N9K-C9364D-GX NEXUS 9300-GX SWITCH – Specifications
