Cisco Nexus 9300 48x 10/25G, 6x 40/100G MACsec | Enterprise Switch — CON-L24HR-1632FC

Keep critical application traffic moving with a Cisco Nexus 9300 designed for dense, secure data center switching. This model combines 48 x 10/25G downlink ports with 6 x 40/100G uplinks, giving infrastructure teams the port mix needed to support leaf-spine architectures, storage traffic, virtualization clusters, and high-bandwidth server access. MACsec support adds link-layer protection for sensitive traffic without changing the operational model your team already knows. That matters in environments where compliance, segmentation, and transport security must coexist with predictable switching performance. The port profile also helps reduce oversubscription pressure in access layers that need to absorb growth without forcing an immediate chassis refresh. Cisco Nexus 9300 platforms are commonly selected when teams need more than basic switching: they need consistent behavior, fabric-ready design, and room to scale service tiers without redesigning the network. For organizations standardizing on Cisco in the data center, this configuration offers a strong balance of density, uplink capacity, and security features that justify the investment over lower-tier alternatives. Ideal For Leaf switch deployment in a spine-leaf data center fabric High-density server access for virtualization clusters Secure transport for regulated application traffic Aggregation layer switching for storage and compute networks Why This Product 1 Higher uplink capacity than access switches with only 10G uplinks 2 MACsec support for link protection in transit 3 Dense 10/25G server access for modern data center workloads 4 Better fit for fabric designs than basic campus switches