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Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2 (Silicon One G200)

64 × 800G in 2U. That is 51.2 Tb/s of switching through 64 OSFP cages.

Breakout

A port faster than the endpoint it serves can be broken out when the speeds divide cleanly. That raises the usable port count. Two-tier capacity goes as the square of the port count, so it moves the tier boundary a long way.

Endpoint speedBreakoutUsable ports
800G none 64
400G 2:1 128
200G 4:1 256
100G 8:1 512

Roles and optics

Coding matters more than it looks. A switch may refuse a transceiver that is not coded for it, and that is one of six axes that have to agree before a link comes up. The others are form factor, reach, fibre type, fibre connector and ferrule polish. See optics compatibility.

Notes

Verified: 2RU, 64x800G, 102.4 Tb/s, 256 MB on-die buffer, with 400/200/100G port options. Note the 102.4 Tb/s figure is double the 9164E, so this is a larger ASIC than the Spectrum-4 part. Power draw and the precise Silicon One generation are unverified. Verify against the current vendor datasheet before quoting.

Source: Cisco N9364E-SG2 data sheet, verified 2026-08. Ports, rack units, and form-factor variants confirmed; power and the exact Silicon One generation are NOT. Needs verification 2026-08-06

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