N9396T12C-SE1

Nexus 9300 with 96p 100M/1/10 GT and 12x 40/100G QSFP28 ports

Cisco Nexus 9300

Positioning

Inherited from the Nexus 9300 family — positioning is family-scoped in the graph

DC leaf/spine — 1-400G, ACI or NX-OS, VXLAN/EVPN fabric

Price band: Mid-range to Premium

Specifications sourced from Cisco's published datasheets and product documentation.

Identity

What it is and where it sits in the range

Vendor
Cisco
Product family
Nexus 9300
Form factor
fixed
Rack units
2
Launch date
2014–2023
Supported OS
NX-OS

Ports and throughput

Port counts, speeds and forwarding capacity

Access ports
96
Port speed (G)
10
Min access speed (G)
10
Max access speed (G)
10
Min uplink speed (G)
25
Max uplink speed (G)
100
Switching capacity (Gbps)
4200
Forwarding rate (Mpps)
2600
Oversubscription ratio
0.972
Network module slots
0

Alternatives

Products that do the same job: one class up, the same class, or one class down. Same vendor first.

25GOne class up
PlatformPortsCapacityPrice band
HF6100-60L4D
Cisco · Hyperfabric 6100
60 × 10/25/50G SFP9,200 Gbps↑Premium
C9500-48Y4C
Cisco · Catalyst 9500
48 × 1/10/25G3,200 Gbps↓Premium
7050SX3-96YC8
Arista · Arista 7050X3
96 × 1/10/25G SFP286,400 Gbps↑Mainstream
7050SX3-48YC12
Arista · Arista 7050X3
48 × 1/10/25G SFP284,800 Gbps↑Mainstream
QFX5120-48Y
Juniper Networks · Juniper QFX5120
48 × 1/10/25G2,000 Gbps↓Mid-range
QFX5120-48YM
Juniper Networks · Juniper QFX5120
48 × 1/10/25G2,000 Gbps↓Mid-range
7220-IXR-D2L
Nokia · Nokia 7220 IXR D-Series
48 × 1/10/25G SFP282,000 Gbps↓Mid-range
10GSame class
PlatformPortsCapacityPrice band
C9500X-60L4D
Cisco · Catalyst 9500X
60 × 10/25/50G SFP569,200 Gbps↑Premium
C9200-48PXG
Cisco · Catalyst 9200
48 ports400 Gbps↓Entry-level
7050SX3-48C8
Arista · Arista 7050X3
48 × 1/10G SFP+2,560 Gbps↓Mainstream
7050SX3-48C8C
Arista · Arista 7050X3
48 × 1/10G2,560 Gbps↓Mainstream
QFX5120-48T
Juniper Networks · Juniper QFX5120
48 × 1/10G RJ451,080 Gbps↓Mid-range
1GOne class down
PlatformPortsCapacityPrice band
C9200-48P
Cisco · Catalyst 9200
48 ports176 Gbps↓Entry-level
C9200-48PB
Cisco · Catalyst 9200
48 ports176 Gbps↓Entry-level
7220-IXR-D1
Nokia · Nokia 7220 IXR D-Series
48 × 1G RJ4588 Gbps↓Mid-range

Power

PoE, supplies and redundancy

PoE supported
No
Max power draw (W)
794
Default PSU
NXA-PAC-1400W-PE
Fan slots
3

Scale and performance

Table sizes, latency and stacking limits

Stacking supported
No

Licence tiers

Tiers defined for this family

Advantage · Essential · Essentials · Premier

Defined for the Nexus 9300 family. SKUit selects the tier and term matching the features you choose when it builds the BOM.

Parts and modules

Published parts that fit this platform, each with its own page

Other Nexus 9300 platforms

Same family, different port counts

About this data

Where the specifications on this page come from

Where does the N9396T12C-SE1 data come from?

The N9396T12C-SE1 specifications on this page are sourced from Cisco's published datasheets and product documentation. SKUit extracts and normalises those values into its product catalog, the same data its BOM builder uses. This page summarises them; it is not Cisco's datasheet, and the original documents are published by Cisco.

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