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Availability: End Of Life - Inventory May Be Limited
Last Day Of Support: February 28, 2026
Cisco ONE Nexus 3232C Switch - L3 - 32 x QSFP - rack-mountable (C1-N3K-C3232C)
Get high-density, advanced programmability, low latency, workload isolation, and wire-rate layer 2 and 3 switching on a data-center-class, Cisco NX-OS operating system. The 3232C, part of the Cisco Unified Fabric family, is a compact, 1-rack-unit (1RU), form factor switch for top-of-rack (ToR) data center deployments.
| Device Type | Switch - 32 ports - L3 |
| Enclosure Type | Rack-mountable 1U |
| Subtype | 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Ports | 32 x QSFP |
| Performance | Switching capacity: 6.4 Tbps ¦ Forwarding performance: 1.4 Bpps |
| Capacity | Virtual interfaces (VLANs): 4096 ¦ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol instances: 64 ¦ Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol instances: 512 ¦ ACL entries (ingress): 7000 ¦ ACL entries (egress): 1000 ¦ Multicast entries (Layer 3): 64000 ¦ Host table entries (IPv4): 72000 |
| MAC Address Table Size | 40K entries |
| Routing Protocol | OSPF, BGP-4, RIP-2, BGP, EIGRP, IGMPv2, HSRP, VRRP, OSPFv2, PIM-SM, IGMPv3, MSDP, ECMP, policy-based routing (PBR), CIDR |
| Remote Management Protocol | SNMP 2, SNMP, RMON, Telnet, TFTP, SSH-2 |
| Encryption Algorithm | MD5 |
| Authentication Method | Secure Shell v.2 (SSH2) |
| Features | DHCP support, BOOTP support, ARP support, Syslog support, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) support, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) support, Access Control List (ACL) support, Virtual Route Forwarding-Lite (VRF-Lite), Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (URPF), Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD), LLDP support, Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), Automated Attendant (IVR), Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP), 16MB packet buffer, Virtual PortChannel (vPC) technology, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), Control plane protection (CoPP) |
| Compliant Standards | IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Status Indicators | Status |
| Interfaces | 1 x serial (RS-232) RJ-45 management ¦ 1 x 1000Base-T RJ-45 management ¦ 32 x 100Gbit LAN QSFP ¦ 2 x USB Type A |
| Power Device | Internal power supply - hot-plug |
| Installed Qty | 2 (installed) / 2 (max) |
| Power Redundancy | Yes |
| Power Redundancy Scheme | 1+1 |
| Power Provided | 480 Watt |
| Voltage Required | AC 120/230 V (50 - 60 Hz) |
| Features | Front-to-rear airflow, rear-to-front airflow |
| Compliant Standards | CISPR 22 Class A, CISPR 24, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN55024, EN50082-1, EN 61000-6-1, AS/NZS 60950-1, ICES-003 Class A, UL 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, RoHS, GB 4943, CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1, VCCI Class A, CNS 13438(95) Class A, KN22 Class A, EN 300386, ASHRAE, AS/NZS CISPR22:2004 Class A, EN 55022 Class A, FCC CFR47 Part 15 A |
| Width | 17.3 in |
| Depth | 22.4 in |
| Height | 1.7 in |
| Weight | 22.18 lbs |
| Min Operating Temperature | 32 °F |
| Max Operating Temperature | 104 °F |
| Humidity Range Operating | 10 - 85% |
| Min Storage Temperature | -40 °F |
| Max Storage Temperature | 158 °F |
| Humidity Range Storage | 5 - 95% (non-condensing) |
