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MS IT Hardware EPL 3658 - Switches
Document Version: 20141223
Replaced Document Version: 20140522
Updated By: Mike Kling
Date: December 23, 2014
Cisco Nexus 5000 & Nexus 5500
The Cisco Nexus® 5000 and 5500 Series Switches comprise a family of line-rate, low-latency, lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet and
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches for data center applications. With low latency, front-to-back cooling, and rear-facing
ports, the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 5500 Series is designed for data centers transitioning to 10 Gigabit Ethernet as well as those
ready to deploy a unified fabric that can handle their LAN, SAN, and server clusters, providing networking over a single link (or dual
links for redundancy).
In addition to supporting standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) on servers, the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 5500
Series integrates with multifunction adapters called converged network adapters (CNAs) that combine the functions of Ethernet NICs
and Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), making the transition to a single, unified network fabric transparent and consistent
with existing practices, management software, and OS drivers. The switch family is compatible with integrated transceivers and
Twinax cabling solutions that deliver cost-effective connectivity for 10 Gigabit Ethernet to servers at the rack level, eliminating the
need for expensive optical transceivers.
The Cisco Nexus 5010 is a 1RU, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE, and Fibre Channel switch providing more than 520-Gbps throughput
with very low latency. It has 20 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE SFP+ ports. The first 8 fixed ports are dual speed, supporting
both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet in hardware and providing a smooth migration path to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
The Cisco Nexus 5020 is a two-rack-unit (2RU), 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE, and Fibre Channel switch built to provide 1.04 terabits
per second (Tbps) throughput with very low latency (Figure 2). It has 40 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE Small Form-Factor
Pluggable Plus (SFP+) ports. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series is equipped to support expansion modules that can be used to increase
the number of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports or connect to Fibre Channel SANs with 4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel switch ports,
or both. The Nexus 5010 supports one expansion module, and the Cisco Nexus 5020 supports any combination of two modules.
The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform extends the industry-leading versatility of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches of purpose-built 10
Gigabit Ethernet data center-class switches and provides innovative advances toward higher density, lower latency, and multilayer
services. The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform is well suited for enterprise-class data center server access-layer deployments across a
diverse set of physical, virtual, storage-access, and high-performance computing (HPC) data center environments.
The Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch is the first of the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform switches. It is a one-rack-unit (1RU) 10 Gigabit Ethernet
and FCoE switch offering up to 960-Gbps throughput and up to 48 ports. The switch has 32 1/10-Gbps fixed Enhanced Small Form-
Factor Pluggable (SFP+) Ethernet and FCoE ports and one expansion slot. The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform is equipped with
expansion modules that can be used to increase the number of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports or to connect to Fibre Channel
SANs with 8/4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel switch ports, or both. In addition to these expansion modules, the Cisco Nexus 5548P
supports a Layer 3 daughter card that can be ordered with the system or as a spare (field upgradable). This daughter card provides
up to 160 Gbps of Layer 3 forwarding capability (240 million packets per second [mpps]) that can be shared by all 48 ports in the
chassis.
You can learn more about the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 5500 Series Switches on Cisco's website at the following URL:
http://tinyurl.com/cisco-nexus5k
For sales and account support, please contact one of Cisco's local account managers:
Allan Davis aldavis@cisco.com 408-894-7290
Mike Kling mikling@cisco.com 225-218-2010
Cisco Product SKU Description USD List Price EPL Price
Cisco Nexus 5500 Chassis
N5K-C5548P-FA Nexus 5548P 1RU Chassis, 2 PS, 2 Fan, 32 Fixed 10GE Ports $25,600.00 17,920.00
N5K-C5548UP-FA Nexus 5548 UP Chassis, 32 10GbE Ports, 2 PS, 2 Fans $25,600.00 17,920.00
N5K-C5596UP-FA Nexus 5596UP 2RU Chassis, 2PS, 4 Fans, 48 Fixed 10GE Ports $36,800.00 25,760.00
N5K-C5596T-FA Nexus 5596T 2RU, 2PS/4Fans, 32x10GT/16xSFP+ Fixed Ports $40,500.00 28,350.00