Fibre Channel Interfaces; Management Interfaces; Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software; Ethernet Switching - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software

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The 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 Nexus 5010 switch and up to 16 Fibre Channel
ports are available on the 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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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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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Ethernet Switching, page 1-4
FCoE and Fibre Channel Switching, page 1-5
Licensing, page 1-5
QoS, page 1-5
Serviceability, page 1-5
Switch Management, page 1-6
Network Security Features, page 1-7
Virtual Device Contexts, page 1-7
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)
Chapter 1 Product Overview
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