Cisco Part Number: N9K-X9836DM-A is a Cisco Nexus 9800 36-port 400G line card with MACsec
The Cisco Nexus N9K-X9836DM-A is a 36-port QSFP56-DD 400GbE line card designed for the Nexus 9800 Series Switches. Key features include:
- It is based on the Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC and supports MACsec encryption on all ports.
- The line card provides 14.4 Tbps of throughput with line-rate MACsec on all ports.
- It uses three Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASICs, with front-panel ports and fabric module connections distributed across the ASIC slices.
- The chassis with eight FM-A fabric modules provides 19.2 Tbps bandwidth per line card.
- Each Q200 ASIC has 16 x 50G connections to each fabric module, totaling 2400G per line card.
- The line card is compatible with both 8-slot and 4-slot fabric modules and supervisors in the Nexus 9800 series.
- Minimum fabric modules required for line-rate operation with this line card is seven.
- Power consumption examples show the N9K-X9836DM-A draws around 770 to 1046 watts per module.
- The line card supports high-speed, high-density connectivity with 36 400G ports per slot and is designed to support future higher-capacity ASICs and optics.
This line card is part of the Cisco Nexus 9800 Series Switches and offers advanced performance and security features suitable for high-performance data center environments.
