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Introduction
Series Overview
Intelligent Switching for the Integrated Network
Modular Switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches are Cisco's Flagship modular switching platform for data center Unified Fabric
deployments and for highly scalable campus core deployments. They are designed for exceptional 10 GE, 40 GE and
100 GE scalability with the industry's highest resiliency features and unmatched deployment flexibility for the data
center core, aggregation, access and campus core. It's industry leading NX-OS innovations and robust feature set
enable you to build the next generation network fabrics for both data centers and campus.
System Scalability:
Designed for up to 17Tbps of
switching capacity and high density
10 GE, 40 GE and 100 GE, the
modular 9, 10- or 18-slot chassis
scales up to 768 1 GE ports or 768
10 GE ports or 96/32 40/100GE
ports. Paired with the Nexus 2000
Series, the Nexus 7000 can scale to
32 fabric extenders, supporting up
to 1536 Gigabit Ethernet servers per
Cisco Nexus 7000 chassis.
Network Scalability:
Beyond the system scalability, the
Nexus 7000 offers several features
to scale the network itself. Cisco
FabricPath enables customers to
massively scale Layer 2 networks
up to 160+ Tbps without the use
of spanning-tree. For IP network
scalability, Location/ID Seperation
Protocol (LISP), enables IP
portability and dynamic IP route
look-up significantly increasing the
scalability of layer 3 IP networks.
Operational Continuity:
Designed from the ground up with
the goal of delivering continuous
operations, the Nexus 7000 and
NX-OS deliver a predictable and
highly resilient switching platform
for the most demanding network
environments. With granular process
modularity, automatic fault isolation
and containment, the industry's
only true hitless In Service Software
Uprade (ISSU) capability and tightly
integrated hardware resiliency
features, the Nexus 7000 running
NX-OS delivers the industry's
most reliable operating system for
operational continuity.
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Network Consolidation and
Segmentation:
The Nexus 7000 offer numerous
industry leading innovations for
converging and segmenting the
network infrastructure, LANs and
WANs, significantly lowering TCO.
Virtual Device Contexts (VDC),
virtualize a single physical switch
into multiple secure (PCI certified)
logical switches for infrastructure
consolidation. FCoE enables LAN
and SAN network consolidation from
server to storage, reducing network
sprawl while increasing network
agility. Other key features that enable
WAN and LAN segmentation and
convergence include MPLS, OTV,
and VRF.
Virtualization and Cloud
Enablement:
The Nexus 7000 and NX-OS
innovations enable highly scalable
virtualization deployments for
both intra and inter data center
deployments, essentially allowing
any workload, any location at
any scale. FabricPath enables a
highly scalable fabric for large
virtualized server deployments,
enabling workload mobility across
the data center. OTV and LISP
allow seamless workload mobility
between geographically separated
data centers and also for bursting
workloads to cloud providers.
These and other features on the
Nexus 7000 establish the foundation
for large scale virtualization and
cloud enablement.
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