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Low-profile half-height half-length PCIe card with two QSFP-DD ports and full and half brackets

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco NXN-V9P-16X-9GB V9P FPGA SmartNIC 9GB DDR4 2x QSFP-DD

SKU CH-6E9J-WBV3F

FPGA-based SmartNIC with 9GB DDR4 memory and dual QSFP-DD ports delivering up to 400Gbps connectivity

  • Power AdapterFull bracket, half bracket
  • Package ContentsFull bracket, half bracket
  • Low-latency networking with 2.5M logic cells in Virtex UltraScale Plus FPGA
  • 9GB DDR4 DRAM on 72-bit bus for memory-intensive workloads
  • Dual QSFP-DD ports deliver up to 400Gbps full duplex connectivity
  • Flexible breakout to 16x10GbE or 25GbE links via QSFP-DD cables
  • Half-height half-length PCIe 16x form factor fits dense server deployments

FPGA SmartNIC for low-latency networking

The Cisco NXN-V9P-16X-9GB is an FPGA-based SmartNIC built around a Xilinx Virtex UltraScale Plus VU9P device with 2.5M logic cells. It targets developers and infrastructure teams deploying custom packet-processing, acceleration or telemetry workloads directly on the network interface. The card occupies a single PCIe 16x slot in a low-profile, half-height, half-length form factor.

Half-height card with dual QSFP-DD cages

A compact bracket set includes both full-height and half-height brackets for flexible chassis compatibility. Two QSFP-DD cages accept 100GBASE-SR4, 100GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4 modules or direct-attach breakout cables. Breakout support expands the physical connectivity to sixteen 10GbE or 25GbE lanes, enabling dense direct-attach topologies without an intermediate switch layer.

9GB DDR4 on a 72-bit bus for memory-bound workloads

Onboard memory comprises 9GB of DDR4 DRAM connected via a 72-bit-wide bus, supplemented by 75Mbit of block RAM and 270Mbit of UltraRAM inside the FPGA. This hierarchy serves applications that require high-throughput, low-latency access to large working sets such as stateful flow tables or inline analytics. Firmware upgrades and the FDK require an active Cisco SMARTnet subscription.

Highlights

  • Low-latency networking with 2.5M logic cells in Virtex UltraScale Plus FPGA
  • 9GB DDR4 DRAM on 72-bit bus for memory-intensive workloads
  • Dual QSFP-DD ports deliver up to 400Gbps full duplex connectivity
  • Flexible breakout to 16x10GbE or 25GbE links via QSFP-DD cables
  • Half-height half-length PCIe 16x form factor fits dense server deployments

Specifications

BrandCISCO
ModelNXN-V9P-16X-9GB=
Part NumberNXN-V9P-16X-9GB=
Power AdapterFull bracket, half bracket
Package ContentsFull bracket, half bracket

Questions about this item

What bandwidth does the PCIe 16x interface deliver to the FPGA?

The card uses a PCIe 16x interface to move data between the host and the Xilinx VU9P FPGA with 2.5M logic cells.

Which brackets are included for mounting in different chassis heights?

Both a full-height bracket and a low-profile half-height bracket ship in the box.

What is required to program the FPGA after the card is seated?

A Cisco SMARTnet subscription for firmware and the separate FDK (NXN-N35-FDK) are needed to enable programmability.

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