Introduction

The Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FX3PH Switch (Figure 5) is a 1RU switch that supports 696 Gbps of bandwidth and over 517 Mpps. The 40 1GBASE-T downlink ports on the 9348GC-FX3PH can be configured to work as 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1-Gbps ports. The last 8 downlink ports can be configured to work as 10-Mbps or 100-Mbps only. The 4 ports of SFP28 can be configured as 1/10/25-Gbps, and the 2 ports of QSFP28 can be configured as 40- and 100-Gbps ports, or a combination of 10, 25, 40,and 100-Gbps connectivity, offering flexible migration options. The last 8 ports are only half-duplex functionality and are limited to 10Mbps and 100Mbps speeds only. Supports power over ethernet. For details refer to Table 4.