Cisco WS-C3750G-48PS-S Switch Manual page 7

Introduction
Series Overview
(continued)
Fixed-configuration Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Cisco Nexus 3000 Series
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Cisco Nexus 3064 Switch is a high
Switches help you transform the data performance, high density, sub-micro-
center with innovative, standards- second latency ethernet switch, which
is part of the brand new Cisco Nexus
based, multilayer, multiprotocol, and
multipurpose Ethernet-based fabric. 3000 Series Switches. This compact
Now with the Unified Ports functionality 1RU form factor 10GbE switch provides
you can help enable any transport over wire-rate L2 and L3 switching and
Ethernet, including Layer 2 and Layer future-proofs networks with 40GbE
3 traffic, and storage traffic, all on one standards-based technologies while
common data center-class platform. also being backward compatible with
1GbE. Cisco Nexus 3064 is ideal for
• Based on the Cisco ® NX-OS financial co-location deployments
operating system, that is resilient, requiring support for advanced unicast
efficient, virtualized and extensible
and multicast routing protocol features
at ultra-low latency.
• High performance, low latency
system with up to 1.92 Tbps
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
switching fabric and 1428 Mpps
extends the comprehensive proven
forwarding rate
innovations of Cisco Data Center
• Front-to-back cooling supports Business Advantage into the HFT
efficient data center hot- and
market too. The switch does so by
cold-aisle designs delivering functionalities such as
ultra-low latency and wire-rate L2/L3
• Unified ports provides flexibility in
switching on data center class NX-OS
choosing SAN and LAN port options
operating system.
consistent with the virtualized data
center and offer a migration path
The key challenges addressed by the
to FCoE
Cisco Nexus 3000 series include:
• LAN and SAN Convergence ready
through FCoE-based unified fabric
• Increased application sensitivity to
and Fibre Channel support in a network latency
lossless Ethernet service platform.
• Increasing bandwidth requirements
Energy efficiency achieved with the
due to increasing application
convergence of the networks
workloads
• Virtualization-aware networking
• Need for supporting advanced
through virtualization optimized
routing protocols with resiliency
services and mobility by mapping
virtual machines to network profiles
• Need to measure network latency
between servers
• Supports the extension of the fabric
extender technology into the servers
Key highlights of Cisco Nexus 3000
and virtual machines via Adapter
Series Switches:
FEX and VM-FEX technologies.
Nexus 5000 Series Switches acts
• Ultra Low Latency
as the single point of network
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
management for these servers and
delivers ultra-low latency that
virtual machines
translates to faster data transactions
• Pair with Nexus 5000 for up to 24
thereby resulting in increased
fabric extenders per Cisco Nexus
revenue for the financial companies.
5548P switch
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• Wire-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Switching on all 64 10GbE ports
- Layer 2/3 switching up to 1.2Tbps,
over 950Mpps (Million Packets per
second) in a compact 1RU form
factor switch.
- Future-proof with 40GbE
standards-based support
• Purpose-built on NX-OS operating
system with comprehensive,
proven innovations
- Modular OS built from the ground
up for resiliency
- Full L3 routing protocol suites
including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2
- Integration with Cisco DCNM and
XML management tools
- Support for Precision Time
Protocol (IEEE-1588) to
synchronize system clocks with
nanosecond accuracy
Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series
industry-first feature for sharing
Fixed-configuration switches offering
power among stack members
high-performance and highest
• Cisco StackWise Plus for ease of
availability in 1–2RU configuration,
use and resiliency with 64 Gbps
optimized for data center top of rack
throughput
server aggregation and for space
constrained branch collapsed core/
• Backward compatibility with
distribution LAN aggregation.
Catalyst 3750 Series
• Enhanced limited lifetime warranty
• Standalone fixed-configuration
for low-latency and wire-speed
• MAC security hardware-based
switching
encryption
• Wire-rate performance with 96-320
• Multicast routing, IPv6 routing,
Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
and access control list in hardware
• Layer 2–4 switching and intelligent
• Support LAN Base, IP Base and IP
services with dynamic IP routing and
Services configurations
IPv6
• Configurations from 48 10/100/1000
ports to 24 10 GBE ports
• TwinGig converter module for
migrating from 1 Gigabit Ethernet
(SFP) to 10 GBE (X2) on 4900M
• Dual, hot-swappable internal AC or
Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series
DC power supplies
Stackable switches offering multilayer
• Hot-swappable fan trays
switching and the enhanced Cisco
StackWise™ Plus technology for
enterprise branch offices and
mid-market organizations.
• Stackable fixed-configuration
switches featuring Cisco StackWise
Plus technology, a 64 Gbps
interconnect for a unified, resilient
system of up to nine switches
Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series
(including Cisco Catalyst 3750
Series switches)
Enterprise-class stackable switches
with innovative features such as Cisco
• Layer 2–4 switching and intelligent
StackPower, Power over Ethernet
services with dynamic IP routing
Plus (PoE+), and MAC security.
and IPv6
for enterprise branch offices and
• Gigabit Ethernet and upgradeable
mid-market organizations.
Gigabit Ethernet to 10 GBE
connectivity
• 24 and 48 10/100/1000 PoE+ and
non-PoE models with optional
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus
four 1 GB Ethernet SFP or two 10
two 10 GBE X2 ports per stackable
GB Ethernet SFP+ uplink network
switch or four GBE ports
modules
• Enhanced PoE support; the
• PoE+ with 30W power on all ports
capability to power beyond
in 1 rack unit (RU)
15.4W per port
• Cisco StackPower: Innovative,
• AC power supply failure protection
with external power system
Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series
Stackable switches offering multilayer
switching and Cisco StackWise™
technology for enterprise branch
offices and mid-market organizations.
• Stackable fixed-configuration
switches featuring Cisco StackWise
technology, a 32 Gbps interconnect
for a unified, resilient system of up to
nine switches
• Layer 2–4 switching and intelligent
services with dynamic IP routing and
IPv6
• Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and
10 GBE connectivity
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus four
SFP ports per stackable switch
• Integrated PoE (Cisco pre-standard
and IEEE 802.3af); up to 24 ports with
15.4 watts or 48 ports with 7.3 watts
• AC power supply failure protection
with external power supply
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