Line Card Overview
Line Card Overview
Cisco Nexus 9800 switches support the following line cards:
Table 2: Supported Line Cards and Transceivers
Line Card PIDs
N9K-X9836DM-A
N9K-X98900CD-A
Note
When unlocking the ejector button and then relocking it without removing the line card, the line card will
power down. The line card will not power up and will not show poweroff module in command line interface.
Preforming OIR is required to power up the line card.
Supervisor Module Overview
Cisco Nexus 9800 Supervisor Modules (N9K-C9800-SUP-A) manage all control plane functions on the Cisco
Nexus 9800 Series Switches.
Figure 1: Supervisor Module
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Cisco Nexus 9808 NX-OS Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
2
Console RS-232 Serial Port RJ45
USB Port Type-A (2-ports). Port A gets
detected ahead of Port B.
Top: Port B
Bottom: Port A
Control Plane Expansion SFP/SFP+
port
Cisco Nexus 9808 Switch Overview
Transceivers
QSFP-DD / QSFP28 / QSFP+
QSFP-DD / QSFP28 / QSFP+
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SyncE BITS/DTI/J.211
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G.703 Time-of-Day (TOD)
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1.0/2.3 50 ohm connector for 10 MHz,
input, and output