Cisco Nexus 3550-T Hardware Installation Manual page 7

Overview
Hardware Architecture of the Cisco Nexus 3550-T Triton Switches
Figure 3: Cisco Nexus 3550-T Programmable Network Platform Data Sheet
Cisco Nexus 3550-T Programmable Network Platform hardware architecture
The Cisco Nexus 3550-T Triton platform has a Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale Plus FPGA (XCVU35P-3e), 48 10G
capable SFP ports and an Intel Atom CPU. A firmware development kit is available from Cisco, enabling
users with FPGA development capability to implement custom FPGA functionality in the XCVU35P-3e
FPGA of the Cisco Nexus 3550-T Triton.
Figure 4: The Cisco Nexus 3550-T Programmable Switch Platform Architecture
The FPGA module can run host of multiple firmware personalities. Currently, the following firmware versions
are available:
• 10G Layer 3 switch firmware: With this firmware, the device operates as a 48-port low latency Layer
3 switch.
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