Ethernet Interfaces; Management Interfaces; Fabric Extender; Fibre Channel Interfaces - Cisco N5010P-N2K-BE Software Configuration Manual

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software

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Fabric Extender

The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch supports the optional Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender.
The Fabric Extender is a fixed configuration chassis designed to deliver additional connectivity and is
configured from the parent switch as a remote linecard.
The Cisco Nexus 2148T Fabric Extender provides 48 1-Gigabit Ethernet host interfaces and is connected
to its parent switch using four 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Refer to the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Software Configuration Guide for an overview of
the Fabric Extender and configuration details.

Ethernet Interfaces

The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch has 20 fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports equipped with SFP+ interface
adapters. The first 8 ports are switchable 1-Gigabit and 10-Gigabit ports. Up to 6 additional 10-Gigabit
Ethernet ports are available on an expansion module.
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch has 40 fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports equipped with SFP+ interface
adapters. The first 16 ports are switchable 1-Gigabit and 10-Gigabit ports. Up to 12 additional
10-Gigabit Ethernet ports are available on the expansion modules.
All of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports support FCoE. Each port can be used as a downlink (connected to a
server) or as an uplink (to the data center LAN).

Fibre Channel Interfaces

Fibre Channel ports are optional on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. When you use expansion
modules up to 8 Fibre Channel ports are available on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch and up to 16 Fibre
Channel ports are available on the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch.
Each Fibre Channel port can be used as a downlink (connected to a server) or as an uplink (to the data
center SAN fabric).

Management Interfaces

A Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch has two dedicated management interfaces (one serial console port and
one 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface).
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch is a Layer 2 device, which runs Cisco NX-OS. The Cisco Nexus
5000 Series switch software is described in the following topics:
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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Ethernet Switching, page 1-5
FCoE and Fibre Channel Switching, page 1-5
Licensing, page 1-5
QoS, page 1-5
Serviceability, page 1-6
Chapter 1 Product Overview
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