Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N1(1) (OL-16601-01 G0)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N1(1)
OL-16601-01
New and Changed Features in NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1(1)
• Two expansion module slots that can be configured to support up to 12 additional 10 Gigabit
Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports, up to 16 Fibre Channel switch ports,
or a combination of both.
• Serial console port and an out-of-band 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet management port.
• 1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies.
• 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.
Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 5010 is a 28-port switch. It is a 1RU, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet,
FCoE, and Fibre Channel switch providing more than 500-Gbps throughput with very low latency. It has
the following features:
• Twenty fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE SFP+ ports. Eight of the
twenty fixed ports support GE and 10GE speed.
• 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 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel switch ports.
• Serial console port and an out-of-band 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet management port.
• 1+1 redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies.
• 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.
New and Changed Features in NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1(1)
This release includes the following new or changed features:
• Support for the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch (part number N5K-C5010P-BF )
• 8-port FC 1/2/4G SFP expansion module (part number N5K-M1008)
• 1-GE support for 16 ports on the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch and 8 ports on the Cisco Nexus 5010
switch
• IPv6 host for switch management
• UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) support
• Session-based configuration of security ACL
• QoS enhancements
• DCBX advertisement of scheduling policy and MTU
• Scheduling parameter configuration at system policy level
• NPV traffic management
• T11 standard compliant FCoE CLI and MIB