Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Features

• The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series cut-through switching architecture supports line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet with low-latency and predictable performance on all ports. These switches also support 10/1 Gigabit Ethernet mode on a subset of the fixed ports to provide connectivity for Gigabit Ethernet attached servers and network devices.

• The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet that enables consolidation of LAN, SAN and cluster traffic onto a single, Unified Fabric, which greatly simplifies network infrastructure, increases flexibility and reduces costs. By connecting to existing Fibre Channel storage arrays, FCoE protects existing storage investments while simplifying in-rack cabling and reducing power and cooling overhead.

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series supports standards-based IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) capabilities that allows the switches to support multiple traffic classes-LAN, SAN, and cluster-over the same link, while retaining individual traffic treatment.

• In addition to standard 10 Gigabit network interface cards (NICs), the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series supports standards-based Fibre Channel over Ethernet consolidated network adapters (CNAs) that combine Ethernet NICs and Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs). These CNAs make the transition to a Unified Fabric transparent and consistent with existing practices, management software, and operating system drivers.

• The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series is compatible with third-party integrated transceivers and Twinax cabling solution that delivers very low latency at a low cost, making the product line an excellent match for cluster environments.

• The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series is designed for data center environments, with front-to-back cooling and network ports in the rear, bringing switching into close proximity to servers and making cable runs short and simple.

• The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series is highly serviceable, with N+1 redundant, hot-pluggable power and fan modules. Its software is based on data center-class Cisco NX-OS Software for high reliability and ease of management.

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches have built-in Cisco TrustSec in the hardware, enabling support for end-to-end security and role-based access control lists (RBACLs)-future.

Cisco Nexus 5020 56-Port Switch

• Forty fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE Small Form Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) ports

• Two expansion module slots that can be configured to support up to 12 additional 10 Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE ports, up to 16 Fibre Channel ports, or a combination of both

• One serial console port and one out-of-band 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet management port

• 1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable, dual-sensing power supplies

• 4+1 redundant, hot-pluggable fan modules, providing highly reliable front-to-back cooling

Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 5020, Supporting 40 Fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE Ports and Two Expansion Module Slots

Cisco Nexus 5010 28-Port Switch

• Twenty fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE SFP+ ports

• One expansion module slot that can be configured to support up to 6 additional 10 Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE ports, up to 8 Fibre Channel ports, or a combination of both

• One serial console port and one out-of-band 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet management port

• 1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable, dual-sensing power supplies

• 1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable fan modules, providing highly reliable front-to-back cooling

Figure 2. Cisco Nexus 5010, Supporting 20 Fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet/FCoE Ports and One Expansion Module Slo