Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch - Cisco Nexus 5548P Datasheet

Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch

The Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch (Figure 4) is a 2RU form factor, with 32 fixed ports of 10G BASE-T and 16 fixed
ports of SFP+. The switch also supports up to three expansion slots. The switch supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(fiber and copper), Fibre Channel, and FCoE, offering up to 1920 Gbps of throughput and up to 96 ports. The
switch supports unified ports on all SFP+ ports. The 10G BASE-T ports support FCoE up to 30m distance with
Category 6a and Category 7 cables.
Figure 4.
Expansion Module Options for the Cisco Nexus 5548P, 5548UP, 5596UP, and 5596T
Switches
The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform is equipped with expansion modules that can be used to increase the number of
10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports or to connect to Fibre Channel SANs with 8/4/2/1-Gbps
Fibre Channel switch ports, or both.
The Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP supports two expansion module, and the Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T
support four expansion modules from the following offerings (Figure 5):
Ethernet module that provides sixteen 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP+ interface.
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Fibre Channel plus Ethernet module that provides eight 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the
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SFP+ interface, and eight ports of 8/4/2/1-Gbps native Fibre Channel connectivity using the SFP+/SFP
interface.
Unified port module that provides up to sixteen 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP+
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interface or up to sixteen ports of 8/4/2/1-Gbps native Fibre Channel connectivity using the SFP+ and SFP
interfaces; the use of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet or 8/4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel on a port is mutually exclusive
but can be selected for any of the 16 physical ports per module.
Four port QSFP Ethernet module that provides 4 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports using QSFP interface. Each
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QSFP 40GE port can only work in 4x10G mode and supports DCB and FCoE.
Figure 5.
The Cisco Nexus 5596T also supports another expansion module:
Ethernet module (Figure 6) that provides twelve 10G BASE-T ports; The 10G BASE-T ports support FCoE
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up to 30m distance with Category 6a and Category 7 cables.
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Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch Configured with three 12-Port 10G BASE-T Expansion Modules
From Left to Right: 16-Port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE Module, 8-Port Fibre Channel Plus 8-Port 1 and
10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE Module, 16 port Unified Port Module and 4 port QSFP module.
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