Cisco N9K-C9800-SUP-A - Nexus 9800 supervisor

Cisco Part Number: N9K-C9800-SUP-A is a Cisco Nexus 9800 supervisor (1^st Generation)

The N9K-C9800-SUP-A is the Cisco Nexus 9800 Supervisor Module (1st Generation) used in the Cisco Nexus 9800 Series Switches. It manages all control plane functions on the Nexus 9800 Series Switches and supports features such as BMC and management Ethernet ports, two USB 2.0 ports, a 4-core 2.4 GHz Broadwell CPU, 32GB DRAM, and 128GB SSD. It also supports timing features including IEEE 1588, SyncE, TOD, and 10 MHz / 1 PPS signals.

Key details about the N9K-C9800-SUP-A include:

• It is compatible with the Nexus 9800 modular chassis such as the N9K-C9808 (8-slot) and N9K-C9804 (4-slot).
• The switch supports up to two redundant supervisor modules of the same type (either two N9K-C9800-SUP-A or two N9K-C9800-SUP-B). Mixing SUP-A and SUP-B modules in the same chassis is not supported.
• Supervisor modules are hot-swappable.
• The N9K-C9800-SUP-A is used in active-standby redundancy configurations.
• EPLD upgrades and BIOS upgrades are part of the maintenance and migration procedures for these supervisors.
• The module includes various ports such as console RS-232 serial port, USB ports, management Ethernet port, control plane expansion SFP/SFP+ port, and timing connectors.

This supervisor module is part of the Cisco Nexus 9800 Series platform designed for high-performance data center switching with advanced features and scalability.

For detailed ordering information and specifications, see the Cisco Nexus 9800 Series Switches Data Sheet and related hardware installation guides.