Transceivers; Cisco Nexus 5696Q; Features - Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Cisco Nexus 5696Q

Transceivers

The Cisco Nexus 5624Q supports a wide variety of 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options.
For the most current list of supported transceivers, refer to the latest
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Cisco Nexus 5696Q
This section describes the Cisco Nexus 5696Q (N5K-C5696Q) and its components. This section includes
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Features

The Cisco Nexus 5696Q switch is a four-rack-unit (4RU) 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet switch. It offers-
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Features
Chassis
Expansion Modules
Ports
Power Supply
Fan Module
Transceivers
Eight line-card expansion module (LEM) slots to support up to 96 ports of 40-Gbps throughput.
Each LEM supports 12 ports of 40 Gigabit Ethernet in a quad small form-factor pluggable
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(QSFP) footprint.
Each 40 Gigabit Ethernet port can also be split into four line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
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using QSFP breakout cables.
This flexibility makes the Cisco Nexus 5696Q the only fully extensible fixed 10 and 40 Gigabit
Ethernet platform in the industry.
A unified expansion module for 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FC/FCoE support.
The unified port module provides
Up to twenty 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP+ interface
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Or
Up to twenty ports of 8/4-Gbps native Fibre Channel connectivity using the SFP+ and SFP
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interfaces;
The use of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet or 8/4-Gbps Fibre Channel on a port is mutually exclusive but can
be selected for any of the twenty physical ports per module.
A 4-port 100 Gigabit Ethernet line card expansion module for 100 Gigabit Ethernet support.
Chapter 1 Overview
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