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Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX - switch - 48 ports - rack-mountable

Mfg # N9K-C93180YC-EX CDW # 4199809

Quick tech specs

  • Rack-mountable
  • Latency of less than 1 millisecond
  • Supports a bandwidth of 3.6 TBps and over 2.6 billion packets per second
  • 48 ports
  • Serves as a switch and router
  • 1-year warranty
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Provide efficient application deployment in data centers and growing companies with the Cisco Nexus® 93180YC-EX Switch, which includes 48 ports. The 1RU device delivers 3.6 TBps of bandwidth and more than 2.6 billion packets per second. This Cisco 48-port switch supports up to six 40- and 100-Gbps ports and a latency of less than 1 millisecond. Each of the 48 ports in the switch offers individual configurations as 1, 10 or 25 Gbps ports. Uplink supports 10, 25, 40, 50 or 100 Gbps port options to accommodate businesses with different demands.

The rack-mountable switch allows workers to incorporate layer 3 switching, which combines the features of a switch and a router in one tool. This ensures seamless connectivity between devices on the same virtual local area network (LAN) and high-speed data transfers. The comprehensive protocol support for layer 3 units includes routing suites, such as enhanced interior gateway routing protocol (EIGRP) and source-specific multicast (SSM).

This item was discontinued on July 31, 2023

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Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX - Switch - 48 Ports - Rack-Mountable is rated 4.80 out of 5 by 4.
Rated 5 out of 5 by from A stable and strong solution with a responsive customer support team What is most valuable? The product has a stable and strong server panel switch. What needs improvement? Data center access is stable and high speed but it is not compatible with Cisco's server hardware devices. The solution can be technically improved and can have features like automation, better visibility, better functionality, and cheap pricing. For how long have I used the solution? I have been working with the solution for the past fourteen years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The product is stable. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? The tool is scalable and we have 7000 users for it. How are customer service and support? The technical support team is really good. If there is any problem the support team gets to the root of the problem and provides speedy resolution to the issue. How would you rate customer service and support? Positive Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? We switched to Cisco Nexus as it provides more supporting features to our data center. How was the initial setup? The deployment of the solution took two weeks. Three two four engineers were required for the deployment. The maintenance is done by Cisco Partners. What about the implementation team? The implementation was done by an integrator. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The solution is very expensive. Currently, we pay an yearly licensing cost. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten. What other advice do I have? I recommend the solution as it is good and stable but also advise comparing Cisco Nexus with other solutions before choosing it to see if some other solution is providing better technical features. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-06-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing What is our primary use case? We mainly use them for our core network. They are configured as a vPC cluster, and we have the distribution layer within the data center. Additionally, we have another BDC to connect all the solution layers for user access. The user access with Cadillac is attached to the CentOS. How has it helped my organization? The line rate is very important for us. The resilience is improved as we have both supervisors who need chassis, and the benefit of connecting downstream with VPC bundles allows us to present it as one logical entity to the full-time streaming equipment. What is most valuable? The inline service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable. It allows us to make changes and test them before putting them into the production environment. There are many other useful features as well. What needs improvement? Talking about our environment and architecture, maybe it would be useful to have the whole configuration synchronized. Currently, the switches don't behave like the 4500 switches in terms of acting as one physical chassis. So the multi-chassis PortChannel feature is not applicable in this case. The synchronized configuration would be beneficial because, although some features are synchronized via VPC, there can be different configurations in both switches. However, they can still function as one logical entity for these three switches. So it would be useful to configure one of them and then synchronize the configuration across all of them, similar to having both switches configured as mirrors, performing the same operations. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using Cisco Nexus for over seven years. No, more like ten years. The latest connectors I have experience with were bought about six years ago. We're planning to upgrade the old data center hardware. What do I think about the stability of the solution? Within these last six years of operation, I haven't experienced any issues. There has been no downtime, lagging, or crashing. It's very reliable and stable. Actually, we have never had any hardware or software issues. I must say I am very happy with Nexus. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? The scalability features are very useful. Although our chassis only has four slots, we have filled both the providers and the Broadline card slots. So, in terms of viewing it that way, we cannot scale much because those chassis are fully occupied. But if we had a larger one, like a six-slot chassis, we would have more capability to scale. Only the technology administrator is using the solution. How are customer service and support? I have contacted Cisco tech support but for other reasons and other products, not specifically for opening a case for Nexus. Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? Before Nexus, I used to have Catalyst 6500 switches. Those 6500 series chassis gave us a lot of problems. Too many problems, actually. And we had a Cisco ASA firewall blade within those chassis. And they were running outdated software. So, in fact, it was the firewall blade that caused us too many problems instead of the chassis. The chassis itself was working well and performing fine, but the firewall card was not suitable for our needs. That was one aspect. Additionally, those chassis had been in operation for more than five years. As we are a local government, we have a policy to renew hardware every five years. That's because we need to maintain all the hardware and software in the latest versions and keep up with the technology lifecycle of the technology we use. How was the initial setup? It was pretty straightforward. The license space deployed in Nexus was about CGS. I used to be a field engineer, so deploying access wasn't really challenging. It was not so hard; it was straightforward. We have both chassis on-premises. We actually have a hybrid data center. We have on-premises equipment and a Microsoft Azure environment with three subscriptions. It took a week to fully deploy Nexus. What about the implementation team? We worked with a reseller. Cisco helped us set it up. There were two people involved in the deployment. What was our ROI? It's worth the money we're paying for Nexus. The money we paid for these equipment is well justified. All the problems disappeared when we switched to Nexus, and our data center has been very stable. We have had six or seven years without any problems with Cisco Nexus, so they are very reliable. The price is worth it. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? It's a little bit expensive. I know that there are other vendors that offer more affordable options. But in general, the technology we acquire from Cisco is quite expensive due to the high taxes imposed by the government on technology. We have explored options from other countries as well. But we have been using Cisco for more than ten years. Since 2010, we have been using Cisco. We used to have Enterasys before that. But since 2010, we have been using Cisco. Which other solutions did I evaluate? What other advice do I have? People who are used to working with Cisco IOS will be very familiar with Nexus. The command line is a little different, but it's practically the same as IOS. So if they have experience working with Cisco IOS or even Juniper, they will be familiar with the command line for Nexus. From a management perspective, it's important to have a well-architected system. Overall, I would rate Cisco Nexus a ten out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-05-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Is stable and easy to set up What is our primary use case? We use Cisco Nexus especially when we have bigger datacenter projects for organizations such as banks where the operations of all subsidiaries and sister companies are controlled from the head office. What is most valuable? The redundancy and the vPC are the most valuable features. We can integrate two switches together for file transfers; that is, we can operate two switches as one. This is because the network can be shared via a vPC trunk, particularly for devices that are not critical for redundancy. What needs improvement? There is limited guidance in terms of the use and configuration of Cisco Nexus for specific use cases. The documentation is not comprehensive, and you have to do a lot of online research. I would like to have web interface configuration of the GUI in the next release. It would be good to be able to instruct via the GUI and then do the background commands. I would also like, in terms of tracking for HSRP features, active-passive links when using multiple active-passive links. It would be great to have data automation. For how long have I used the solution? I've been using it for almost 12 years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? It is a stable product. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? In terms of scalability, Cisco Nexus has limitations because you have to configure another vPC domain if you want to extend it. We have three or four engineers within our company who are experienced at configuring Cisco Nexus, and we have several large corporate clients who use it as well. How was the initial setup? The initial setup is easy. It can take a bit of time to test for specific scenarios, but as you become more experienced with configuring for particular services, it can be fast. What other advice do I have? If you want high availability and redundancy in terms of stability, then I would recommend Cisco Nexus. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Cisco Nexus at eight. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:Partner
Date published: 2023-02-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from It's an easy-to-use data center solution What is our primary use case? We use Cisco Nexus in our data center to aggregate all the systems in our enterprise. Everyone in the company uses it indirectly, so we have 72,000 users. What is most valuable? The interface is easy to use. It is not much different from iOS, but you can use it on a larger scale in data centers. For how long have I used the solution? We have used Cisco Nexus for several years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? Nexus works well. It's highly reliable. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Cisco Nexus is scalable. How are customer service and support? We've contacted Cisco support many times. They always help us fast. How was the initial setup? Nexus is straightforward. The time needed to deploy depends on what you're doing and your knowledge of Cisco systems. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? Nexus is a costly solution. However, it's an excellent device, so you expect the price to be high. It has a three-year license. What other advice do I have? I rate Cisco Nexus nine out of 10. I recommend it. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-05-27T00:00:00-04:00

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