Cisco Nexus 9300 Series 36P 40/100G QSFP28 | Enterprise Switch — CON-L1NOS-CX9300L4

Increase fabric capacity without expanding rack footprint. The Cisco Nexus 9300 Series with 36 QSFP28 ports and 40/100G support is built for data center teams that need high-speed connectivity, dense port counts, and a platform suited to modern leaf-spine designs. This class of switch is a strong fit when uplink bandwidth, aggregation density, and operational consistency matter more than low-cost commodity switching. With 36 high-speed ports, it supports architectures that move large volumes of east-west traffic and require clean scaling as server and storage demand grows. The QSFP28 interface gives teams flexibility to design around 40G or 100G links depending on fabric requirements. For procurement and architecture teams, the value is in consolidation. Fewer devices can carry more traffic, reducing cabling complexity and helping preserve rack space for compute and storage. In enterprise and data center environments, that translates into simpler growth planning and a switching layer that can keep pace with demanding workloads. Ideal For Leaf-spine data center deployments requiring 40/100G uplinks Aggregation switching for high-bandwidth server clusters Storage and compute fabrics needing dense QSFP28 connectivity Enterprise network cores where rack space and port density matter Why This Product 1 36 high-speed ports versus lower-density access switches 2 40/100G QSFP28 connectivity versus fixed 1G/10G designs 3 Built for data center fabrics versus campus edge switching 4 Dense aggregation capacity versus multi-box expansion