Cisco Nexus 9300 48x 10G BASE-T, 6x 100G QSFP28 | Data Center Switch — SP-SSS4P-HXFI6454

Move high-volume traffic without forcing a redesign of the access layer. The Cisco Nexus 9300 with 48 10G BASE-T ports and 6 100G QSFP28 uplinks is built for data center teams that need copper connectivity at scale and high-speed uplinks in the same chassis. It gives you a practical path for server aggregation, leaf-spine fabrics, and dense rack deployments where port density and uplink bandwidth matter. This model is a strong fit when you want to keep server connections on 10G BASE-T while preserving headroom for east-west traffic and upstream growth. The 100G QSFP28 uplinks help prevent oversubscription from becoming the bottleneck, while the 48-port copper layout simplifies integration with existing infrastructure. For teams standardizing on Cisco switching, it offers a familiar platform for operational consistency across the fabric. Choose this switch when the cost of congestion, re-cabling, or premature refresh is higher than the price of a purpose-built data center access layer. It is designed for environments where uptime, predictable throughput, and clean scaling are worth paying for. Ideal For Server access switching in a leaf-spine data center fabric Aggregation for copper-connected virtualization hosts High-density rack deployments requiring 10G BASE-T access Uplink-heavy environments that need 100G fabric connectivity Why This Product 1 More uplink headroom than access switches with only 10G uplinks 2 Better fit for dense copper server environments than fiber-only designs 3 Stronger fabric scaling than entry-level managed switches 4 Purpose-built for data center aggregation rather than office LAN use