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Product Specifications
Tables 6 and 7 list the specifications for the Cisco Nexus 3548 and 3524 Switches. Table 8 lists software features,
and Table 9 lists management standards and support.
Table 6. Specifications
Specification
Cisco Nexus 3548
Cisco Nexus 3524
Physical
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48 fixed SFP+ ports (1 or 10 Gbps)
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Dual redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
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Four individual, redundant, hot-swappable fans
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One 1-PPS timing port, with the RF1.0/2.3 QuickConnect
connector type
*
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Two 10/100/1000-Mbps management ports
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One RS-232 serial console port
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One USB port
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Locator LED
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Locator LED button
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24 fixed SFP+ ports (1 or 10 Gbps); expandable to 48
ports
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Dual redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
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Four individual, redundant, hot-swappable fans
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One 1-PPS timing port, with the RF1.0/2.3 QuickConnect
connector type
*
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Two 10/100/1000-Mbps management ports
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One RS-232 serial console port
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One USB port
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Locator LED
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Locator LED button
Performance
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960-Gbps switching capacity
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Forwarding rate of 720 million packets per second (mpps)
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Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all
ports
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Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up
to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)
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480-Gbps switching capacity
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Forwarding rate of 360 mpps
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Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all
ports
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Configurable MTUs of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)
*
1-PPS output will be enabled in a future software revision.
Table 7. Hardware Specifications Common to Both Switches
Mode
Normal Mode
Warp Mode
Hardware tables
and scalability
Number of MAC addresses
64,000
8000
Number of IPv4 unicast routes
24,000
4000
Number of IPv4 hosts
64,000
8000
Number of IPv4 multicast routes
8000
8000
Number of VLANS
4096
Number of ACL entries
4096
Number of spanning-tree instances
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP): 512
Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Protocol: 64
Number of EtherChannels
24
Number of ports per EtherChannel
24
Buffer size
6 MB shared among 16 ports; 18 MB total
Boot flash memory
2 GB
Power
Number of power supplies
2 (redundant)
Power supply types
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AC (forward and reversed airflow)
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DC (forward and reversed airflow)
Typical operating power
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152 watts (W): 48p with Twinax at 100% load; 2 power
supply units (PSUs) at 25C
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180W: 48p with SR optics at 100% load; 2 PSUs at 25C
Maximum power
265W
Input voltage
100 to 240 VAC
Frequency
50 to 60 Hz
Power supply efficiency
89 to 91% at 220V