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Which option describes the ASICs that comprise the 2 RU spine chassis PID Cisco Nexus 9336PQ?
The correct answer is A. Three Broadcom and one Alpine. Option A is correct because the Cisco Nexus 9336PQ spine switch uses three Broadcom Trident2 ASICs for data-plane forwarding across its 36 x 40G ports, plus one Cisco Alpine ASIC that handles ACI policy enforcement and control-plane functions - a total of four ASICs in a 3+1…
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- AThree Broadcom and one Alpine
- Btwo Broadcom and two Alpine
- Ctwo Broadcom and one Alpine
- Done Broadcom and two Alpine
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A92% (34)
- B5% (2)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
Option A is correct because the Cisco Nexus 9336PQ spine switch uses three Broadcom Trident2 ASICs for data-plane forwarding across its 36 x 40G ports, plus one Cisco Alpine ASIC that handles ACI policy enforcement and control-plane functions - a total of four ASICs in a 3+1 arrangement.
Options B and D are wrong because they miscount the Broadcom ASICs (two instead of three), and option C is wrong because it also shows only two Broadcom ASICs; all three distractors either swap or reduce the Broadcom count while playing with the Alpine count.
Memory tip: The "36" in 9336PQ stands for 36 ports, which are split across 3 Broadcom forwarding ASICs (12 ports each) - the port count directly encodes the ASIC count. Add one Alpine for ACI policy = 3 + 1.
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