Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes for Release 5.0(3)N2(2) (June 2011)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N2(2) and Release 5.0(3)N2(1)
New and Changed Features
New and Changed Features
This section describes the new features introduced in Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N2(1). This section
includes the following topics:
• New Hardware Features, page 6
• New Software Features, page 7
New Hardware Features
This section describes the following new hardware:
• Cisco Nexus 2000 Series 10-Gigabit BASE-T Fabric Extenders, page 6
• Reversed Airflow and DC Power Options, page 7
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series 10-Gigabit BASE-T Fabric Extenders
The new Cisco Nexus 2000 Series 10GBASE-T Fabric Extenders (N2K-C2232TM-10GE and
N2K-C2232TF-10GE) are the first 10GBASE-T platform switches in the Cisco Nexus product family.
The new Cisco Nexus 2232TM FEX and Nexus 2232TF FEX offer the following benefits:
• 32 1- and 10-Gigabit BASE-T ports.
• 8 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports (The Nexus 2232TM FEX requires SFP+ transceivers and the
Nexus 2232TF includes 16 FEX transceivers.)
• Category 6, Category 6a, and Category 7 cabling support.
• 1 Uplink module that supports 8 10-Gigabit Ethernet fabric interfaces.
Table 3 Online Insertion and Removable Support by Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(x) Software
Hardware Part Number
Cisco NX-OS Release Support
5.0(3)N2(2)
5.0(3)N2(1) 5.0(3)N1(1) 5.0(2)N2(1)
5.0(2)N1(1)
and earlier
releases
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch N5K-C5596UP-FA X — — —
Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch N5K-C5548UP-FA X — — —
Cisco Nexus 5548P switch N5K-C5548P-FA X X X —
Expansion Modules
16-port Universal GEM N55K-M16UP(=) X — — —
16-port SFP+ Ethernet N55-M16P(=) X X — —
8-port SFP+ Ethernet Ports and
8-port SFP+ Fibre Channel Ports
N55-M8P8FPL(=) X X — —
N5596 Layer 3 GEM N55K-M160L3(=) — — — —
N5548 Layer 3 daughter card N55-D160L3(=) — — — —