Based on the Cisco Cloud Scale technology the Cisco Nexus^® 9300-FX3 Series is the latest generation of access switches. Building on the successful Nexus 9300-FX series the platform supports cost-effective cloud-scale deployments an increased number of endpoints and is capable of wire-rate security and telemetry. The platform is built on modern system architecture designed to provide high performance and meet the evolving needs of highly scalable data centers and growing enterprises.

Cisco provides two modes of operation for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. Organizations can deploy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI^®) or Cisco NX-OS mode.

Cisco ACI is a holistic intent-driven architecture with centralized automation and policy-based application profiles. It provides a robust transport network for dynamic workloads and is built on a network fabric that combines time-tested protocols with new innovations to create a highly flexible scalable and resilient architecture of low-latency high-bandwidth links. This fabric delivers a network that can support the most demanding and flexible data center environments.

Designed for the programmable network the Cisco NX-OS operating system automates configuration and management for customers who want to take advantage of the DevOps operation model and tool sets.