Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2

Brand: Cisco | Category: Network Switches

SKU: N9K-C9336C-FX2 | Part #: N9K-C9336C-FX2-V2 | MPN: N9K-C9336C-FX2-V2

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The architecture of any high-performance spine-leaf fabric hinges on a single, often-overlooked metric: latency. Not average latency, but worst-case latency in the microsecond range. When you're handling high-frequency trading workloads, real-time analytics across distributed AI clusters, or time-sensitive transactions in financial services, the difference between store-and-forward switching and cut-through forwarding becomes the difference between acceptable performance and unacceptable delay. The Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 (part number N9K-C9336C-FX2-V2) operates in cut-through mode with sub-microsecond latency, meaning packets begin egress before ingress has fully completed. For a network engineer or infrastructure architect tasked with building or upgrading a mission-critical data centre, this is a non-negotiable requirement.

The N9K-C9336C-FX2 is a 1U, 36-port QSFP28 switching platform delivering 3.6 Tbps of aggregate throughput and a forwarding rate of 1.2 billion packets per second. Each port operates at either 40G or 100G, a flexibility that allows organisations to deploy the same hardware across both legacy 40-gigabit infrastructure and newer 100-gigabit dense environments. The underlying silicon is Cisco's Cloud Scale ASIC, purpose-built for modern data centre workloads where east-west traffic dominates and traditional hierarchical routing becomes a bottleneck. This is the switching silicon you'll find in Cisco's most demanding fabric deployments—hyperscale cloud operators, tier-1 content networks, and large financial institutions. The compact 1U form factor means you can achieve enormous bandwidth density without consuming excessive rack space, a critical consideration when every U in your data centre represents real estate cost and power budget.

Cisco NX-OS runs natively on the 9336C-FX2, delivering the full ecosystem of command-line interfaces, APIs, and automation frameworks that network teams expect. For organisations committed to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), the platform integrates seamlessly as a leaf or spine node, enabling policy-driven networking where application requirements drive network configuration rather than the reverse. VXLAN overlays with BGP EVPN become your foundation for multi-tenancy and workload mobility; MACsec encryption on every port (compliant with IEEE 802.1AE) ensures that data-centre-to-data-centre traffic and internal fabric traffic remain encrypted without performance compromise. Streaming telemetry and in-band network telemetry (INT) give you real-time visibility into packet loss, latency spikes, and queue depths—the granular observability that modern data-centre operations require. When a Cisco Nexus Dashboard console sits at your NOC, you have programmatic, north-bound API-driven control across your entire switching fabric via REST, NETCONF, and YANG.

Redundancy is engineered in: dual hot-swappable power supplies, redundant hot-swappable fan modules, and front-to-rear airflow design that works with standard data-centre cooling infrastructure. Operating temperature ranges from 0 to 40 degrees Celsius, standard for data-centre environments. The platform supports all major routing protocols—BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, and PIM—along with full IPv6 parity, ensuring compatibility with brownfield networks that span multiple generations of routing architecture. For the data-centre operations team responsible for keeping the fabric running 24/7, this redundancy and protocol breadth mean fewer surprises during maintenance or during unexpected hardware events. The Nexus 9336C-FX2 is designed to be transparent to the applications it serves: it should disappear into the background, delivering predictable sub-microsecond latency and reliable throughput regardless of traffic patterns.

Whether you are consolidating a sprawling data-centre network, building out a new AI training cluster, or establishing a secondary processing site for disaster recovery, the N9K-C9336C-FX2 scales to meet those demands. Network architects and infrastructure teams across the GCC, Asia, and Europe rely on this platform to form the spine tier in modern fabrics, where every millisecond of latency translates to user-facing application performance or trading system latency. The 36-port density, combined with per-port MACsec and the Cisco Cloud Scale ASIC, makes this one of the most capable 1U switching systems in active deployment today.

Fabric Architecture & High-Performance Specifications

• Cut-through forwarding with sub-microsecond latency; optimised for spine-leaf architectures and ultra-low-latency trading environments
• 3.6 Tbps switching fabric, 1.2 Bpps forwarding throughput across 36 QSFP28 ports at 40G or 100G per port
• Cisco Cloud Scale ASIC with native support for VXLAN/BGP EVPN, MACsec IEEE 802.1AE on all ports, and streaming telemetry
• Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fan modules; front-to-rear airflow for seamless data-centre integration
• Native Cisco NX-OS with full REST API, NETCONF/YANG, and Nexus Dashboard console integration for automation and observability
• Comprehensive routing protocol support (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, PIM) with full IPv6 capabilities and IEEE 802.1Q/802.1AE/802.3ad compliance
• 1U rack form factor; operating range 0–40°C; part number N9K-C9336C-FX2-V2

Omnixon Global supplies the Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 to data-centre operators, AI infrastructure teams, and enterprise networks across the UAE, broader GCC region, and Asia-Pacific markets. Our team holds deep familiarity with Cisco's switching portfolio and maintains direct relationships with both Cisco and regional integrators, ensuring rapid deployment and ongoing technical support. To discuss fabric architecture, workload requirements, or to request a formal quotation for the N9K-C9336C-FX2, contact our technical sales team at your earliest convenience.