Cisco Nexus 9300 S1 Series 36p 40/100G QSFP28 | Data Center Switch

Keep high-speed data center fabrics aligned with Cisco Nexus 9300 S1 Series coverage for 36-port 40/100G QSFP28 deployments. This support offering is designed for environments where port density, throughput, and operational continuity matter more than commodity pricing. For teams standardizing on Nexus switching, it helps protect the investment in a platform built for aggregation, spine, and leaf architectures. The 40/100G QSFP28 profile fits modern uplink requirements where bandwidth growth is measured in fabric expansion, not incremental port additions. That makes it a practical fit for infrastructure teams planning around virtualization clusters, storage traffic, and east-west application movement. Cisco support coverage is often purchased to reduce risk around critical network hardware already carrying production workloads. In that context, this SKU is about more than a line item: it helps preserve uptime expectations, simplify procurement, and keep the installed base aligned with vendor-backed service terms. For organizations that value consistency across the network stack, it supports a cleaner lifecycle strategy for high-density switching.