Cisco Nexus 9300 48x 10G SFP+ 6x 100G QSFP28 | Data Center Switch — CON-L1NBD-9KC93108

Sustain dense data center traffic without forcing a redesign of your fabric. The Cisco Nexus 9300 with 48 x 10G SFP+ ports and 6 x 100G QSFP28 uplinks is built for environments where port density, uplink speed, and predictable switching behavior matter more than marketing claims. It fits naturally into leaf-spine architectures, aggregation layers, and high-performance server access where oversubscription must be controlled. This platform gives infrastructure teams a practical balance: enough 10G access ports to connect servers, storage, and appliances, plus 100G uplinks to keep the core from becoming the bottleneck. That combination makes it a strong fit for virtualization clusters, private cloud fabrics, and latency-sensitive workloads that depend on consistent forwarding performance. For teams standardizing on Cisco switching, the Nexus 9300 line brings operational familiarity and a data center-first design philosophy. It is the kind of switch you specify when the network is expected to carry critical workloads, not just basic connectivity. If you are comparing it to lower-cost access switches, the difference is clear: this model is built for fabric scale, higher-speed uplinks, and the headroom needed as server density grows. Ideal For Leaf-spine data center fabric deployment Virtualization cluster server access switching Private cloud aggregation and uplink consolidation High-density rack connectivity for storage and compute Why This Product 1 More uplink headroom than standard access switches 2 Built for data center fabrics, not office edge deployments 3 Combines 48 x 10G access ports with 100G uplinks 4 Better fit for east-west traffic and server aggregation