Ethernet Switching; Fcoe And Fibre Channel Switching - Cisco N5010P-N2K-BE Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Product Overview
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Ethernet Switching

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches are designed to support high-density, high-performance Ethernet
systems and provide the following Ethernet switching features:
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FCoE and Fibre Channel Switching

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches support data center I/O consolidation by providing FCoE interfaces
(to the servers) and native Fibre Channel interfaces (to the SAN).
FCoE and Fibre Channel switching includes the following features:
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Licensing
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches are shipped with the licenses installed. The switch provides commands to
manage the licenses and install additional licenses.
QoS
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch provides quality of service (QoS) capabilities such as traffic
prioritization and bandwidth allocation on egress interfaces.
The default QoS configuration on the switch provides lossless service for Fibre Channel and FCoE
traffic. QoS can be configured to provide additional classes of service for Ethernet traffic.
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Switch Management, page 1-6
Network Security Features, page 1-7
Virtual Device Contexts, page 1-8
IEEE 802.1D-2004 Rapid and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocols (802.1w and 802.1s)
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs and trunks
IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation
Private VLANs
Traffic suppression (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
Cisco fabric services
N-port virtualization
VSANs and VSAN trunking
Zoning
Distributed device alias service
SAN port channels
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software
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