Cisco Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch
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Introduction
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1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies.
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4+1 redundant, hot-pluggable fan modules to provide highly reliable front-to-back cooling.
For additional information about the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch, see the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
Hardware Installation Guide.
Hardware Installation Guide.
Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 5010 is a 28-port switch. It is a 1 RU, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet,
FCoE, and Fibre Channel switch that provides more than 500-Gbps throughput with very low latency. It
has the following features:
FCoE, and Fibre Channel switch that provides more than 500-Gbps throughput with very low latency. It
has the following features:
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Twenty fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports. Eight of the
twenty fixed ports support Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet speed.
twenty fixed ports support Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet speed.
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One expansion module slot that can be configured to support up to 6 additional 10-Gigabit Ethernet,
Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports, up to 8 Fibre Channel switch ports, or a
combination of 4 additional 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports
with 4 additional Fibre Channel switch ports.
Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports, up to 8 Fibre Channel switch ports, or a
combination of 4 additional 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports
with 4 additional Fibre Channel switch ports.
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Serial console port and an out-of-band 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet management port.
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1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies.
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1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable fan modules to provide highly reliable front-to-back cooling.
For additional information about the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch, see the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
Hardware Installation Guide.
Hardware Installation Guide.
Note
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch and the N5K-M1404 and N5K-M1600 gatos expansion modules (GEMs)
use a release 4.0(0)N1(1) or later image. The Cisco 5010 switch and the N5K-M1008 GEM use a release
4.0(1a)N1(1) or later image. The N5K-M1060 8GFC GEM uses release 4.1(3)N2(1).
use a release 4.0(0)N1(1) or later image. The Cisco 5010 switch and the N5K-M1008 GEM use a release
4.0(1a)N1(1) or later image. The N5K-M1060 8GFC GEM uses release 4.1(3)N2(1).
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
The Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender was first released in Release 4.0(1a)N2(1). It is a highly
scalable and flexible server networking solution that works with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches
to provide high-density and low-cost connectivity for server aggregation.
scalable and flexible server networking solution that works with the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches
to provide high-density and low-cost connectivity for server aggregation.
Scaling across a multitude of 1-Gigabit Ethernet, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, unified fabric, rack, and blade
server environments, the Fabric Extender is designed to simplify data center architecture and operations.
server environments, the Fabric Extender is designed to simplify data center architecture and operations.
The Fabric Extender integrates with its parent switch, allowing zero-touch provisioning as well as
automatic configuration. This integration allows large numbers of servers and hosts to be supported
using the same feature set as the parent Nexus 5000 Series switch, including security and quality of
service (QoS) configuration parameters, with a single point of management as shown in
automatic configuration. This integration allows large numbers of servers and hosts to be supported
using the same feature set as the parent Nexus 5000 Series switch, including security and quality of
service (QoS) configuration parameters, with a single point of management as shown in
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is not required between the Fabric Extender and its parent switch, because
the Fabric Extender and its parent switch allow you to enable a large multi-path, loop-free, active-active
topology.
the Fabric Extender and its parent switch allow you to enable a large multi-path, loop-free, active-active
topology.
Since the Fabric Extender is designed to connect to servers directly, by default, all Fabric Extender host
ports are edge ports. In addition, BPDU guard and BPDU filters are also enabled on Fabric Extender host
ports by default.
ports are edge ports. In addition, BPDU guard and BPDU filters are also enabled on Fabric Extender host
ports by default.