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Product Overview, Nexus 5020 Switch, Features

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Send documentation comments to [email protected] 1 C H A P T E R Product Overview This chapter describes the Nexus 5000 series switches and contains these sections: • Nexus 5020 Switch, page 1-1 • Nexus 5010 Switch, page 1-15 Nexus 5020 Switch This section describes the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch and its components. This section includes the following topics: • Features, page 1-1 • Chassis, page 1-2 • Ports, page 1-8 • Expansion Modules, page 1-5 • Power Supply, page 1-9 • Fan Module, page 1-10 • LED Descriptions, page 1-12 • Supported SFP Transceivers, page 1-14 Features The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a 2 RU, top-of-rack switch that provides Ethernet and Fibre Channel consolidation in a single physical cable. The Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol is used to consolidate Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic onto the same physical connection between the server and the switch. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch, and it connects to the LAN or SAN. The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a part of a family of switches that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports and both 10-Gigabit Ethernet and native 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports. The switches provide consolidated I/O connectivity to both production Ethernet LANs and Fibre Channel SANs in a cost-effective, high-performance, low-latency Ethernet switch. The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch has the following features: • Forty fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet server connection ports on the back of the switch OL-15902-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide 1-1

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CHAPTER
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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
OL-15902-01
1
Product Overview
This chapter describes the Nexus 5000 series switches and contains these sections:
•
Nexus 5020 Switch, page 1-1
•
Nexus 5010 Switch, page 1-15
Nexus 5020 Switch
This section describes the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch and its components. This section includes the
following topics:
•
Features, page 1-1
•
Chassis, page 1-2
•
Ports, page 1-8
•
Expansion Modules, page 1-5
•
Power Supply, page 1-9
•
Fan Module, page 1-10
•
LED Descriptions, page 1-12
•
Supported SFP Transceivers, page 1-14
Features
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a 2 RU, top-of-rack switch that provides Ethernet and Fibre Channel
consolidation in a single physical cable. The Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol is used to
consolidate Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic onto the same physical connection between the server and
the switch. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch,
and it connects to the LAN or SAN.
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch is a part of a family of switches that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
ports and both 10-Gigabit Ethernet and native 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports. The switches
provide consolidated I/O connectivity to both production Ethernet LANs and Fibre Channel SANs in a
cost-effective, high-performance, low-latency Ethernet switch.
The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch has the following features:
•
Forty fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet server connection ports on the back of the switch