Interface Naming - Cisco NCS 540 Hardware Installation Manual

Interface Naming

Note All ports are color coded in the chassis for ease of access; for example, the 10G SFP+ Ports are in pink, the
25G SFP+ Ports are in yellow, and the 100G QSFP28 Ports are in green.
Interface Naming
The following table shows the interface naming of the Cisco N540-24Z8Q2C-M ports:
Table 1: Port Numbering
1G/10G Dual rate ports (SFP+)
0 / 0 2
1 3
• Port 0 – 23: Dual rate ports, which can act as 1G or 10G also includes Copper and DWDM.
• Port 24-31: Dual rate ports, which can act as 1G or 10G or 25G.
• Port 32-33: 40G or 100G ports.
Note
Dual-Rate functionality is supported only with the Supported SFP.
Table 2: Maximum Number of Inerfaces
Category
100ME
copper
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10
1G/10G/25G Dual rate ports (SFP28)
4 6 8 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6 1 8 2 0 2 2 24
5 7 9 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 7 1 9 2 1 2 3 25
• Port Numbering: Gig/Te 0/0/0/<0-23>
• Port Numbering: Gig/Te/Twe 0/0/0/<24-31>
• For the ports 24-31, a quad configuration is required to bring-up the ports as 1G/10G
• By default, all ports will come up as 25G
• Use the command hw-module quad 0 location 0/0/CPU0 mode to change to 10G
• Copper optics is not supported in these 8 ports, 24-31
• Do not combine 1G or 10G with 25G in a quad, quad 1: 24-27 and quad 2: 28-31
• Port Numbering: Hu 0/0/1/<0-1>
Maximum
Interface
24
26 28 30
27 29 0/31
Port Number
0/0 - 23
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40G/100G ports
(QSFP28)
1/0
1/1