So we just got a pair of c9500-48Y4C switches, an interesting and very new platform allowing for 48 ports of SFP+/SFP28 1G, 10G, 25G with 100G links between them; for our Nutanix installation using 25G adapters.
The sad part is that these don't support StackWise Virtual yet, I'm just ranting here but I'm wondering if 10G would have been better because they support SWV or if going this route is best becuase SWV should be supported in 16.10 Q2'2019.
We also just picked up a pair of c9300-48UXM (copper) which are cool, they are the replacement for the 3850 and are stackable. They also have an interesting port setup: 36 ports @ 100M, 1G, 2.5G; 12 ports @ 100M, 1G, 2.5G, 5G, and 10G with 25G uplinks to the c9500s. Click for more!
We basically used campus switches as our data center switches rather than going the Nexus route.
Currently using 2 6509-e (OLD) and moving toward c9K, which technically is going from 42ru used down to 4ru.
We are also consolidating a 40ru Cisco UCS and NetApp down to 2 2ru nutanix servers.
All in all I think we are saving a good 74ru using High Performance switches and HCI.
*Edit, I forgot about the 100M connections on the 9300.
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