Cisco Nexus 92160YC-X 10G Ethernet (100/1000/10000)

The 92160YC-X Switch gives you a comprehensive feature set with rich network telemetry to meet growing data center requirements.

Programmability
- Open APIs to manage the switch through remote-procedure calls (JavaScript Object Notation [JSON] or XML) over HTTP or HTTPS
- Automated configuration through Linux shell scripts
- Support for customer applications through a Linux container environment
- Support for Puppet, Chef, and Ansible

Real-Time Visibility and Telemetry
- Cisco Tetration Analytics Platform support with built-in hardware sensors for rich traffic flow telemetry and line-rate data collection
- Cisco Nexus Data Broker support for network traffic monitoring and analysis
- Real-time buffer utilization per port and per queue, for monitor traffic micro-bursts and application traffic patterns
- Built-in EtherAnalyzer for monitoring and troubleshooting control-plane traffic

Scalability
- Wire-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all ports
- Line-rate virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) bridging and routing
- Border Gateway Protocol Ethernet VPN (BGP EVPN) control plane for scalable multitenancy and host mobility
- Segment routing for increased network scalability and virtualization

Operational Efficiency
- Nexus Fabric Manager support automates fabric configuration and management
- Advanced reboot capabilities include hot and cold patching and fast-reboot capabilities
- Power-on autoprovisioning (POAP) and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) provide touchless switch bootup and configuration to drastically reduce provisioning time
- Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Python scripting help enable automation and remote operations in the data center

Investment Protection
- Support for 1-, 10-, 25-, 40-, and 100-Gb connectivity for migrating switching infrastructure to faster speeds