Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Highest Performance and Density

Scale up to 83 terabits per second (Tbps) with the Cisco Nexus 7700 18-Slot Switch. It offers high availability, exceptional performance, high density 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE), and front-to-back air flow. That makes it ideal for high performance data center core and Unified Fabric deployments.

Cisco Nexus 7700 18-Slot Switch

Features and Capabilities

High Scalability

The Cisco Nexus 7718 switch is designed to meet the scaling needs of the most demanding data centers today and well into the future. It offers:

• One of the highest switching capacities in the industry, with up to 83 Tbps
• One of the highest 10 GE, 40 GE and 100 GE densities in the industry (768 ports 10 GE, 384 ports 40 GE or 192 ports 100 GE; non-blocking ports)

Operation and Feature Consistency

The Cisco Nexus 7718 switch maintains operational and feature consistency with the Cisco Nexus 7000 series. It offers:

• The same proven common architecture, ASICs, and NX-OS software
• One of the industry's most comprehensive data center feature sets
• The same software train across the entire Cisco Nexus 7000 Series to help ensure consistency

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

The Cisco Nexus 7718 switches are optimized for the data center with front-to-back air flow in a compact form factor, delivering a lower total cost of ownership. They offer:

• True front-to-back air flow design for hot-cold aisle deployments
• Reduced system power consumption with granular power supplies and configuration
• Data center power mode that optimizes system power consumption at higher ambient temperature
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