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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series: Automation and Programmability Capabilities 

To meet the numerous demands of the network in the modern data center, a network device - or more particularly, 

the operating system that powers that device - must be: 

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Resilient: To provide critical business-class availability 

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Modular: To be capable of extension to evolve with business needs and provide an extended lifecycle 

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Highly programmable: To allow rapid automation and orchestration through APIs 

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Secure: To protect and preserve data and operations 

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Flexible: To integrate and enable new technologies 

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Scalable: To accommodate and grow with the business and its requirements 

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Easy to use: To reduce the amount of learning required, simplify deployment, and ease manageability 

The enhanced Cisco NX-OS Software is designed to meet all these criteria while running on the Cisco Nexus 9000 

Series Switches. The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series consists of Cisco Nexus 9500 platform modular switches and Cisco 

Nexus 9300 platform fixed-configuration switches. 

Equipped with enhanced Cisco NX-OS as the operating system, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches function in 

unified fabric mode to provide network connectivity through traditional means but with exceptional performance, 

resiliency, and programmable automation functions. 

Enhanced Cisco NX-OS on the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series integrates with a variety of open source software (OSS) 

and commercial technologies to provide comprehensive automation, orchestration, programmability, monitoring, 

and compliance support (Figure 4). 

Figure 4.    Cisco Nexus 9000 Series: Comprehensive Ecosystem Integration