Data Sheet
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Product Specifications
Performance
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Cisco Nexus 5020: Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 1.04 Tbps or 773.8 million packets per second (mpps)
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Cisco Nexus 5010: Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 520 Gbps or 386.9 mpps
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MAC address table entries: 16,000
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Low-latency cut-through design that provides predictable, consistent traffic latency regardless of packet size,
traffic pattern, or enabled features on 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
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Line-rate traffic throughput on all ports
Interfaces
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Cisco Nexus 5020: 40 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports (ports 1 to 16 are Gigabit Ethernet and 10
Gigabit Ethernet); additional interfaces through two expansion modules
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Cisco Nexus 5010: 20 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE Ports (ports 1 to 8 are Gigabit Ethernet and 10
Gigabit Ethernet); additional interfaces through one expansion module
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Expansion modules:
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6-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE module
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4-port Fibre Channel plus 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE module
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8-port native 4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel expansion module
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Extension through the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series (up to 12 fabric extenders per Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
Switch)
Layer 2 Features
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Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
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IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
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Support for up to 512 VLANs and 32 virtual SANs (VSANs) per switch
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Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+) (IEEE 802.1w compatible)
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Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) (IEEE 802.1s): 64 instances
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Spanning Tree PortFast and PortFast Guard
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Spanning Tree UplinkFast and BackboneFast
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Spanning Tree Root Guard
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Spanning Tree Bridge Assurance
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NIC teaming
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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Versions 1, 2, and 3 snooping
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IGMP snooping querier
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Cisco EtherChannel technology (up to 16 ports per EtherChannel)
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Cisco virtual PortChannel (vPC) technology
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Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
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Advanced PortChannel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
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Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
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Pause frames (IEEE 802.3x)
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Storm control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
