Cisco N3K-C3464C | Nexus 3400 64-Port 40/100G QSFP28 Switch, 12.8Tbps, 2-RU

Q: What port speeds does the Nexus 3464C support?
A: The N3K-C3464C supports flexible port speeds including 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet on all 64 QSFP28 ports, with breakout capabilities for 10G and 25G connectivity. Each QSFP28 port can operate as 40G, 100G, 4x10G, or 4x25G depending on the transceiver and configuration.

Q: Is the Nexus 3464C suitable for spine or leaf deployments?
A: Yes, the 3464C is ideal for both leaf and spine architectures in modern data center fabrics. With 64 high-speed ports and 12.8 Tbps throughput, it excels as a high-density leaf switch for Top-of-Rack applications or as a spine switch in medium-scale Clos networks.

Q: What licenses are available for the 3464C?
A: The Nexus 3464C supports the N3K-LAN2K9 Layer 3 Enterprise Services license for advanced routing protocols and the N3K-STR2K9 Hardware Streaming Telemetry license for in-band network telemetry capabilities. Base Layer 2 functionality is included without additional licensing.

Q: Does the 3464C support programmability and automation?
A: Absolutely. The switch runs Cisco NX-OS with extensive programmability support including NX-API, RESTful APIs, Python scripting, Linux containers, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef integration. It also features forwarding pipeline programmability allowing custom packet-forwarding and filtering logic through selectable hardware profiles.

Q: What high-availability features does this switch include?
A: The Nexus 3464C includes hot-swappable redundant power supplies and fans, Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR) mode, hot and cold patching capabilities, Power-on Auto Provisioning (POAP) for zero-touch deployment, and support for Virtual Port Channel (vPC) for link-level redundancy.