Cisco Nexus 9300 Series 16p 400G | Data Center Switch, 400G — CON-L1NOS-N9KC931G

Support demanding data center traffic patterns with Cisco Nexus 9300 Series, 16p 400G. This platform is built for environments that need dense high-speed connectivity, strong fabric performance, and the operational discipline expected in enterprise switching layers. With 16 ports at 400G, it is positioned for leaf-spine architectures, aggregation layers, and high-throughput interconnects where bandwidth headroom matters. That level of capacity helps reduce oversubscription pressure and gives infrastructure teams room to scale without redesigning the switching fabric at every growth step. For organizations running virtualization, storage replication, AI clusters, or large-scale application tiers, the Nexus 9300 Series provides the kind of port density and speed profile that justifies a premium switch investment. It is a better fit than lower-speed alternatives when the network must keep pace with compute expansion and strict service expectations. Ideal For Leaf-spine data center fabric deployment High-bandwidth aggregation for virtualization clusters Storage and replication traffic in enterprise data centers AI and compute fabric interconnects requiring 400G links Why This Product 1 16 x 400G ports for dense high-speed connectivity 2 Better fit for leaf-spine fabrics than lower-speed switches 3 Layer 3 managed switching for enterprise data centers 4 Designed for bandwidth-heavy workloads and growth headroom