N9K-C93216TC-FX2= - Cisco Nexus 9300 Switch

N9K-C93216TC-FX2= High-Density Copper Platform

N9K-C93216TC-FX2= is the spare-ordering form associated with Cisco's Nexus 93216TC-FX2. The underlying 2RU fixed platform has 96 100M/1G/10G RJ45 downlinks, twelve 40/100G QSFP28 uplinks, separate RJ45 and SFP management ports, console and USB. Confirm the exact spare bill of materials instead of assuming the base-system accessories are present.

Density, airflow and power acceptance

Record all three fan-module PIDs, their common intake or exhaust direction, both PSU PIDs and every uplink optic or breakout. Prove redundant-power operation and test representative copper ports at 100M, 1G and 10G with the deployed cable plant. Twelve 100G uplinks create a materially different fabric and power profile from a 24-port EX switch.

Memory Field Notice screening

Cisco Field Notice FN72464 includes N9K-C93216TC-FX2 for possible memory failures. Check the serial against Cisco's affected population and retain the RMA or unaffected result. Cisco states its DIMMs are not field replaceable under this notice, so an affected unit is handled as a switch replacement rather than an informal DIMM swap.

Software-mode commissioning

Choose NX-OS or ACI mode deliberately, validate the target release against Cisco compatibility guidance, and retain configuration, license, memory-health and interface-error evidence. Cisco currently lists the platform as orderable; do not assign the retired EX dates or replacement SKU to this FX2 page.

Official evidence: Cisco FX2 ordering and port data, Cisco exact chassis and replaceable-component guide, Cisco exact model memory Field Notice and Cisco current product record.