Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1) and NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1) OL-22747-02, December 2010)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1) and NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
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Introduction
It has the following features:
• Forty fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE Small Form Factor
Pluggable Plus (SFP+) ports. Sixteen of the forty fixed ports support both Gigabit Ethernet and
10-Gigabit Ethernet. The default is 10-Gigabit Ethernet.
• 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 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:
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
Note The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch and the N5K-M1404 and N5K-M1600 gigabit expansion modules (GEMs)
support Cisco NX-OS Release 4.0(0)N1(1) or later releases. The Cisco Nexus 5010 Platform switch and
the N5K-M1008 GEM support Cisco NX-OS Release 4.0(1a)N1(1) or later releases. The N5K-M1060
8GFC GEM supports Cisco NX-OS 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.
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.