HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N1(1 - Page 2

Contents Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 1 Online History Change Part Number OL-16601-01 OL-16601-01 Revision F0 G0 Date September 29, 2008 December 03, 2008 Description Added information for Release 4.0(0)N1(2a). Added information for Release 4.0(1a)N1(1). Contents This document includes the following sections: • Introduction, page 2 • New and Changed Features in NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1(1), page 3 • Release 4.0(1a)N1(1) Upgrade and Downgrade Issues, page 4 • Changes to the FCoE Model and Related Configuration, page 6 • Limitations, page 9 • Caveats, page 11 • Cisco Fabric Manager, page 22 • Related Documentation, page 23 • Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 24 Introduction The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches comprise a family of line-rate, low-latency, lossless 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches for data center applications. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series includes the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch and the Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch. The Cisco Nexus 5000 switch hardware is described in the following topics: • Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch, page 2 • Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch, page 3 Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch The Cisco Nexus 5020 is a 56-port switch. It is a two rack unit (2RU), 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, FCoE and Fibre Channel switch built to provide 1.04 terabit per second (Tbps) throughput with very low latency. It has the following features: • Forty fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and FCoE Small Form Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) ports. Sixteen of the forty fixed ports support both GE and 10GE. The default is 10GE. Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N1(1) 2 OL-16601-01