The N9K-C9508 is a Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 8-slot modular data center chassis supporting up to 1024x 100GE ports — with backplane bandwidth up to 115.2 Tbps, full component redundancy, and support for NX-OS and ACI modes for large-scale spine, core, and aggregation deployments.
8x Line Card Slots | Up to 1024x 100GE Ports | 115.2 Tbps Backplane | 13U Modular Chassis | Redundant Supervisors + PSU + Fans | VXLAN + EVPN | Segment Routing | MPLS | NX-OS + ACI
Specifications:
Brand: Cisco | Model: N9K-C9508 | Series: Nexus 9500 | Form Factor: 13U Modular Chassis | Line Card Slots: 8 | Fabric Module Slots: 6 | Supervisor Slots: 2 | System Controller Slots: 2 | Fan Trays: 3 | Backplane Bandwidth: Up to 115.2 Tbps
Physical:
Dimensions: 577.8 x 445 x 762 mm | Weight: 68.2 kg | Input Voltage: 110–220V AC | Power: Up to 4x 3kW PSU (Hot-Swappable, Redundant)
Port Scalability (depending on line cards):
Up to 4608x 10GE | Up to 4096x 25GE | Up to 1152x 40GE | Up to 2048x 50GE | Up to 1024x 100GE | Up to 400GE (with Cloud Scale line cards)
Temperature:
Operating: 0–40°C | Storage: -40–70°C | Humidity: 5–95% RH | Altitude: up to 4,000m
L3 Features:
BGP | OSPF | EIGRP | PIM | VXLAN + EVPN | Segment Routing | MPLS | HSRP | VRRP | ECMP
L2 Features:
802.1Q VLAN | MSTP | RPVST+ | vPC | LACP | MACsec
Management:
NX-OS | ACI Mode | POAP | Python | NX-API | RESTCONF/NETCONF | SNMP v1/v2c/v3 | Streaming Telemetry | Cisco DCNM | Nexus Fabric Manager
Certifications: 47CFR Part 15 Class A | CISPR22 Class A | UL 60950-1 | RoHS
High Availability:
Redundant Supervisors | Hot-Swap PSU | Hot-Swap Fan Trays | No Single Point of Failure
The N9K-C9508 is a Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 8-slot modular data center chassis supporting up to 1024x 100GE ports — with backplane bandwidth up to 115.2 Tbps, full component redundancy, and support for NX-OS and ACI modes for large-scale spine, core, and aggregation deployments.
8x Line Card Slots | Up to 1024x 100GE Ports | 115.2 Tbps Backplane | 13U Modular Chassis | Redundant Supervisors + PSU + Fans | VXLAN + EVPN | Segment Routing | MPLS | NX-OS + ACI
Specifications:
Brand: Cisco | Model: N9K-C9508 | Series: Nexus 9500 | Form Factor: 13U Modular Chassis | Line Card Slots: 8 | Fabric Module Slots: 6 | Supervisor Slots: 2 | System Controller Slots: 2 | Fan Trays: 3 | Backplane Bandwidth: Up to 115.2 Tbps
Physical:
Dimensions: 577.8 x 445 x 762 mm | Weight: 68.2 kg | Input Voltage: 110–220V AC | Power: Up to 4x 3kW PSU (Hot-Swappable, Redundant)
Port Scalability (depending on line cards):
Up to 4608x 10GE | Up to 4096x 25GE | Up to 1152x 40GE | Up to 2048x 50GE | Up to 1024x 100GE | Up to 400GE (with Cloud Scale line cards)
Temperature:
Operating: 0–40°C | Storage: -40–70°C | Humidity: 5–95% RH | Altitude: up to 4,000m
L3 Features:
BGP | OSPF | EIGRP | PIM | VXLAN + EVPN | Segment Routing | MPLS | HSRP | VRRP | ECMP
L2 Features:
802.1Q VLAN | MSTP | RPVST+ | vPC | LACP | MACsec
Management:
NX-OS | ACI Mode | POAP | Python | NX-API | RESTCONF/NETCONF | SNMP v1/v2c/v3 | Streaming Telemetry | Cisco DCNM | Nexus Fabric Manager
Certifications: 47CFR Part 15 Class A | CISPR22 Class A | UL 60950-1 | RoHS
High Availability:
Redundant Supervisors | Hot-Swap PSU | Hot-Swap Fan Trays | No Single Point of Failure
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