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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

 

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Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches, which include the Cisco 
Nexus 5000 Platform switches and the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform switches. The overview of each of 
these switches includes information on the expansion modules, power supplies, and fan modules that you 
can include with them.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches, page 1-1

Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform Switches, page 1-29

Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches

The Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform supports the following application scenarios, many of which require the 
installation of other products:

As an access-layer switch, it can be used purely as a 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch, 
consolidating 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections into a smaller number of server connections trunked 
to the aggregation layer.

As a smaller-scale aggregation switch, it can be used as a Layer 3 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch, 
consolidating multiple 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections from a data center access layer.

In conjunction with the Cisco Nexus 2248T GE Ethernet Fabric Extender, the Cisco Nexus 5500 
Platform can be a high-density 1-Gigabit Ethernet switching system, consolidating more than 900 
Gigabit Ethernet connections within a single management plane.

In conjunction with the Cisco Nexus 2232T 10GE Fabric Extender, it can be a high-density 
switching system, consolidating more than 600 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections within a single 
management plane.

In conjunction with the Cisco Nexus 2224TM 10GE Fabric Extender, it can be a high-density 
switching system, consolidating more than 600 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections within a single 
management plane

As a rack-level I/O consolidation platform, the switch carries Ethernet traffic from servers to the 
aggregation layer and carries FC traffic to existing Fibre Channel SANs.

As a crucial element in data center I/O consolidation, the switch enables I/O consolidation at the 
access layer and provides interoperability with the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform and other 
standards-based products.

This section describes the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform switches and contains these sections:

Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch, page 1-2

Summary of Contents for C-series Nexus 5010

Page 1: ...iple 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections from a data center access layer In conjunction with the Cisco Nexus 2248T GE Ethernet Fabric Extender the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform can be a high density 1 Gigabit Ethernet switching system consolidating more than 900 Gigabit Ethernet connections within a single management plane In conjunction with the Cisco Nexus 2232T 10GE Fabric Extender it can be a hi...

Page 2: ...he back of the switch Three slots on the back of the switch for optional expansion modules which can be either a 16 port 10 Gigabit generic expansion module 2 GEM2 or a layer 3 GEM2 Two slots on the front of the switch for hot swap capable power supplies which provide front to back airflow for cooling the Cisco Nexus 5596T and 5596UP switches alternatively support back to front port side intake ai...

Page 3: ...ows a close up view of these ports For information about the connector port LEDs see Table D 1 on page D 2 Figure 1 2 Management and Console Ports 4 3 6 5 2 1 237867 1 USB port 4 System status LED 2 Management and console ports two RJ 45 Ethernet connector ports on the left a RJ 45 network management connector on the upper right and a console connector on the lower right 5 Two power supplies 3 Ide...

Page 4: ...effective 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches and as I O consolidation platforms with native Fibre Channel connectivity The Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch has three slots that can be used for the following optional expansion modules 4 port QSFP expansion module 16 port Universal Fibre Channel and Ethernet GEM N55 M16UP that provides 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel and 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 1 Internal c...

Page 5: ...u must power down the switch before you can insert or remove the Layer 3 GEMs This section includes the following topics 4 port QSFP GEM page 1 5 16 port Universal GEM2 page 1 5 Layer 3 GEM page 1 6 4 port QSFP GEM he 16 port Universal GEM2 shown in Figure 1 5 has 16 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel or 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports This module is a field replaceable unit FRU that you can hot swap d...

Page 6: ...vices The expansion modules are field replaceable units FRUs The N55 M160L3 V2 uses a newer version of the Layer 3 ASIC that enables higher table sizes in a future software release from 8K host entries to 16K host entries or from 4K multicast routes to 8K multicast routes IPv4 The Layer 3 GEMs are not hot swappable and can be inserted and removed only when the switch is powered down 2 4 3 1 237977...

Page 7: ...bered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module ports Figure 1 7 Port Numbering of Fixed Ports and Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module Ports 237976 2 3 1 1 Status LED 3 Captive screw that locks the eject lever in a closed position 2 Ejector lever 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 ...

Page 8: ...596T switches Part Number Power Supply N55 PAC 1100W Cisco Nexus 5596UP PSU Port Side Exhaust Airflow module A C 100 240V 1100W N55 PAC 1100W Cisco Nexus 5596UP PSU Port Side Exhaust Airflow module spare A C 100 240V 1100W N55 PAC 1100W B Cisco Nexus 5596UP 5596T PSU Port Side Intake Airflow module A C 100 240V 1100W N55 PAC 1100W B Cisco Nexus 5596UP 5596T PSU Port Side Intake Airflow module spar...

Page 9: ...view Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches Figure 1 8 AC Power Supply for the Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch Figure 1 9 shows the NXA PAC 1100W Figure 1 9 NXA PAC 1100W Figure 1 10 shows the NXA PAC 1100W B 1 Failure top and Power bottom LEDs 3 Release lever 2 Handle 2 3 1 237868 ...

Page 10: ...pply replace it with another one If you do not have a replacement power supply leave the non functioning one in place until you can replace it Fan Module The Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch has four fan modules Although the switch can function when a fan stops functioning within a fan module if a whole fan module stops functioning you must replace the fan module The Cisco Nexus 5596UP supports the rever...

Page 11: ...es fan tray health Green indicates normal operation while amber indicates a fan failure For more information about LEDs see Table D 1 on page D 2 Transceivers The Cisco Nexus 5596 switch supports both SFP and SFP Ethernet transceivers and SFP Fibre Channel transceivers This section includes the following topics SFP Transceivers page 1 11 SFP Copper Cables page 1 12 SFP Fibre Channel Transceivers p...

Page 12: ...nified ports which support Ethernet FC FCoE All the existing GEMs supported on the Nexus 5500 switches will be supported on the Nexus 5596T In addition the Nexus 5596T will also support the new 12 port 10G BaseT expansion module With this module you can use the Nexus 5596T to deploy up to 68 ports of 10G BaseT in a 2RU form factor The 10G BASE T ports support FCoE up to 30m distance with Category ...

Page 13: ... unified ports on all SFP ports The hardware for the 10GBASE T ports is capable of supporting FCoE FCOE on 10GBaseT ports is supported only for lengths less than or equal to 30m The Cisco Nexus 5596T switch has the following features 32 fixed ports of 10GBASE T and 16 fixed ports of SFP on the back of the switch Three slots on the back of the switch for optional expansion modules Two slots on the ...

Page 14: ...le D 1 on page D 2 The rear of the Cisco Nexus 5596T chassis shown in Figure 1 14 has 32 fixed ports of 10GBASE T and 16 fixed ports of SFP It also has up to three expansion slots Figure 1 14 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch 4 3 6 5 2 1 237867 1 USB port 4 System status LED 2 Management and console ports two RJ 45 Ethernet connector ports on the left a RJ 45 network management connector o...

Page 15: ... the SFP SFP interface Unified port module that provides up to sixteen 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP 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 or 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 modu...

Page 16: ...ply leave the non functioning one in place until you can replace it Fan Module The Cisco Nexus 5596T switch has four fan modules Although the switch can function when a fan stops functioning within a fan module if a whole fan module stops functioning you must replace the fan module The Cisco Nexus 5596T supports either front to back port side exhaust or back to front port side intake airflow all f...

Page 17: ...co Nexus 5548UP switch provides universal ports that support Ethernet and fibre channel over Ethernet FCoE connections The Cisco Nexus 5548P switch provides ports that support Ethernet connections Collectively these switches are referred to as Cisco Nexus 5548 switches This section includes the following topics Features page 1 18 Chassis page 1 18 Expansion Modules page 1 20 Data Ports page 1 23 P...

Page 18: ... the switch for hot swap capable power supplies Two slots on the front of the switch for hot swap capable fan modules You can insert four fans per module which gives you a total of eight fans One slot at the front of the switch for a USB port Front to back port side exhaust cooling that supports efficient data center hot and cold aisle designs The Cisco Nexus 5548UP alternatively supports back to ...

Page 19: ... expansion module On the Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch the 32 fixed ports are 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports port numbering is shown with an orange label On the Cisco 5548P switch the 32 fixed ports are 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports port numbering is shown with a gray label Figure 1 17 shows the rear of the Cisco Nexus 5548 switch 1 ID LED 4 Two fan modules 2 Status LED 5 Two power supplies 3 Manageme...

Page 20: ...et and FCoE ports or connect to Fibre Channel SANs with 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel switch ports The chassis supports hot swapping of the expansion modules The Cisco Nexus 5548 supports one of the following expansion modules N55 M16P Generic Expansion Module page 1 20 N55 M8P8FP Generic Expansion Module page 1 21 N55 M16UP Generic Expansion Module page 1 22 N55 M16P Generic Expansion Module The ...

Page 21: ...6P GEM N55 M8P8FP Generic Expansion Module The N55 M8P8FP Generic Expansion Module GEM provides 8 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP interface and 8 ports of 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps native Fibre Channel connectivity using the SFP interface Figure 1 20 shows the N55 M8P8FP expansion module 1 Status LED 3 16 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 2 Ejector lever 4 Captive screw that locks the ejector ...

Page 22: ... Module The N55 M16UP Generic Expansion Module GEM provides 16 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using SFP transceivers Figure 1 22 shows the components that you use to install this expansion module 239326 2 5 3 1 4 1 Status LED 4 Eight 10 Gigabit FCoE ports 2 Ejector lever 5 Captive screw that locks the ejector lever 3 Eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 1 Port numbering for Ethernet ports from...

Page 23: ...ots for two power supplies Two power supplies can be used for redundancy but the Cisco Nexus 5548 switch is fully functional with one power supply See Table 1 2 for the list of power supplies that you can order with the Cisco Nexus 5548UP and 5548P switches Note that the Cisco Nexus 5548P switch supports only front to back port side exhaust airflow and the Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch supports either...

Page 24: ...n on the LEDs see Table D 1 on page D 2 Figure 1 24 750 W DC Power Supply for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switch Table 1 2 Power Supplies for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform switches Part Number Power Supply N55 PAC 750W Cisco Nexus 5548P 5548UP PSU Front to Back port side exhaust Airflow module A C 100 240V 750W N55 PAC 750W Cisco Nexus 5548P 5548UP PSU Front to Back port side exhaust Airflow modul...

Page 25: ...page D 2 To see how combinations of these LED states indicate specific conditions see the Power Supply Conditions section on page E 2 Note Never leave a power supply slot empty If you remove a power supply replace it with another one If you do not have a replacement power supply leave the non functioning one in place until you can replace it For the specifications of this power supply see Table B ...

Page 26: ...er heating and shut down of the switch If you power up the switch with more than one airflow direction you must power down the switch and replace the modules with the wrong airflow direction modules not taking in coolant air from the cold aisle before powering up the switch Transceivers and Cables The Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE SFP and FET transceivers and the ...

Page 27: ...SFP module multimode fiber MMF Cisco SFP 10G LR 10GBASE LR SFP module single mode fiber SMF Cisco SFP H10GB CU1M 10GBASE CU SFP cable 1 m Twinax cable Cisco SFP H10GB CU3M 10GBASE CU SFP cable 3 m Twinax cable Cisco SFP H10GB CU5M 10GBASE CU SFP cable 5 m Twinax cable Cisco GLC T 1000BASE T SFP Cisco GLC SX MM GE SFP LC connector SX transceiver MMF Cisco GLC LH SM GE SFP LC connector LX LH transce...

Page 28: ...tegrates transceivers with Twinax cables into an energy efficient low cost and low latency solution SFP direct attach 10 Gigabit Twinax copper cables use only 0 1 W of power per transceiver and introduce only approximately 0 25 microsecond of latency per link For longer cable runs the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform supports multimode short reach optical SFP Table 1 4 SFP Transceivers Model Description ...

Page 29: ...age 1 30 Expansion Modules page 1 32 Ports page 1 35 Power Supply page 1 37 Fan Modules page 1 38 Transceivers page 1 39 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 conn...

Page 30: ...h for hot swap capable fan modules each of which houses two fans that provide front to back port side exhaust cooling for the switch The L1 L2 Mgmt1 ports are not usable They are disabled at this time Chassis The Cisco Nexus 5020 chassis is 2 RU 3 47 inches tall 17 3 inches wide and 30 0 inches deep It is designed to be mounted in a standard 19 inch rack The switch has two power supplies and five ...

Page 31: ...Figure 1 29 Cross Connect and Network Management Ports 186265 2 5 6 3 4 1 1 System status LED 4 40 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 2 Two cross connect ports on the left top and bottom and two network management ports on the right top and bottom 5 Expansion modules shown here with two 4 port Fibre Channel plus 4 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet expansion modules 3 Console port 6 AC power connectors 1 3 4 2...

Page 32: ...ollowing topics Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module page 1 32 Ethernet Expansion Module page 1 33 N5K M1008 Generic Expansion Module page 1 34 N5K M1060 Generic Expansion Module page 1 34 Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module The Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module is a field replaceable unit FRU that supports four SFP transceiver modules and four 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Chann...

Page 33: ...aceable unit FRU that supports six 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports four of which have encryption capability Figure 1 32 shows the features used when installing this expansion module Figure 1 32 Ethernet Expansion Module 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET 1 2 4G FIBRE CHANNEL 186258 3 1 2 1 Port numbering for the Ethernet ports 3 Port numbering for the Fibre Channel ports 2 Status LED 186259 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 34: ...ons Figure 1 33 shows the features used when installing this expansion module Figure 1 33 N5K M1008 GEM Figure 1 34 Front View of the N5K M1008 GEM N5K M1060 Generic Expansion Module The N5K M1060 expansion module provides 6 EA 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps line rate Fiber Channel SFP based uplink connections Figure 1 35 and Figure 1 36 show the N5K M1060 GEM 189953 189954 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 1 Eight 4 2 or 1 G...

Page 35: ...m and left to right The 40 fixed ports form group 1 and are named 1 port_number Ports 1 through 32 are unencrypted Ethernet ports Of these ports 1 through 16 are 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 1 Gigabit Ethernet capable ports Ports 33 through 40 are encryption capable Ethernet ports Group 2 includes the ports in the top most expansion module Group 2 ports 1 through 4 are encrypted Ethernet ports Group 2 ...

Page 36: ...t Numbering of Fixed Ports and Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module Ports Figure 1 38 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the Ethernet expansion module ports Figure 1 38 Port Numbering of Fixed Ports and the Ethernet Expansion Module A B C D E 186386 A Group 1 ports 1 through 16 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 1 Gigabit Ethernet capable unencrypted por...

Page 37: ...witch For descriptions of the LEDs see Table D 1 on page D 2 For descriptions of power supply conditions indicated by the LEDs see Table D 2 on page D 3 If you have one power supply installed in the chassis but the other power supply slot is empty you should use a power supply blank panel to cover the empty slot Figure 1 40 shows a blank power supply panel A Group 1 ports 1 through 16 10 Gigabit E...

Page 38: ...s The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch has five fan modules each with front to back port side exhaust airflow Figure 1 41 shows a fan module Figure 1 41 Cisco Nexus 5020 Fan Module The bicolor fan module LED indicates the fan tray health Green indicates normal operation while amber indicates a fan failure 186854 1 2 3 239199 1 Fan module LED 3 Handle 2 Captive screw ...

Page 39: ...itter and receiver in the same physical package see Table 1 8 It has a 20 pin connector on the electrical interface and duplex LC connector on the optical interface The Cisco Nexus 5020 switch supports the SFP 10G SR transceiver SFP Copper Cables Copper cables are available for use with the 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module The cables come in the following lengths 1 m 30 AWG 3 m 28 30 AWG 5 m 26 28 A...

Page 40: ... a family of switches that provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports and both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and native 4 2 or 1 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 5010 switch has the following features One slot on the back of the s...

Page 41: ...gure 1 42 shows the front view of the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch The airflow is front to back which means you must position the switch with its front end in a cold aisle Figure 1 42 Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch Front View The rear of the Cisco Nexus 5010 chassis has 20 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 1 slot for an optional expansion module an Ethernet connector with 2 cross connect ports and 2 management ...

Page 42: ...g modules can be inserted in this slot N5K M1404 N5K M1600 N5K M1008 and N5K M1060 N5K M1404 provides 4 10G SFP and 4 Fibre Channel 4 2 or 1 Gbps SFP based uplink connections The 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports are encryption capable M5K M1600 provides 6 10G SFP based uplink connections N5K M1008 provides 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP based uplink connection N5K M1060 provides 6 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps line...

Page 43: ...K M1404 GEM supports four SFP transceiver modules and four 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel transceivers The N5K M1404 Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module is a field replaceable unit FRU Figure 1 45 shows the Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module Figure 1 45 N5K M1404 Generic Expansion Module Figure 1 7 shows how ports are numbered on the module 186384 2 4 1 5 3 1 Captive screw 4 Four 4...

Page 44: ...gure 1 47 shows the N5K M1600 GEM Figure 1 47 N5K M1600 GEM 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET 1 2 4G FIBRE CHANNEL 186258 3 1 2 1 Port numbering for the four 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 3 Port numbering for the four 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel ports 2 Status LED 186259 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET 3 3 2 1 4 1 Captive screw 3 Six 10 Gbps Ethernet ports 2 Status LED 4 Port numbering for the Ether...

Page 45: ...5K M1008 Generic Expansion Module The N5K M1008 GEM supports eight 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP based uplink connections Figure 1 48 shows the features used to install this module and Figure 1 49 shows how the ports are numbered Figure 1 48 N5K M1008 GEM Figure 1 49 Front View of the N5K M1008 GEM 239171 1 2 3 4 1 Captive screw 3 Eight 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel ports 2 Status LED 4 Handle 239...

Page 46: ... based uplink connections Figure 1 50 shows this module and the features used to install it Figure 1 50 N5K M1060 GEM Figure 1 51 shows how the ports are numbered on this module Figure 1 51 Front of the N5K M1060 GEM 1 Port numbering odd numbered ports on top and even numbered ports on bottom 239174 1 2 3 4 4 1 Captive screw 3 Six 8 4 2 or 1 Gbps Fibre Channel ports 2 Status LED 4 Handle 239173 1 ...

Page 47: ... GEM module Group 2 ports 1 through 4 are encrypted Ethernet ports Group 2 ports 5 through 8 are Fibre Channel ports Figure 1 52 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function with the N5K M1404 GEM installed Figure 1 52 Port Numbering of the Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch with the N5K M1404 GEM Figure 1 53 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function with the N5K M1600 GEM installed 1 Port...

Page 48: ...supply Figure 1 55 shows the power supply which has two LEDs one for power status and one for failure condition 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 2 A B C D E 192242 A Group 1 ports 1 through 8 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 1 Gigabit Ethernet capable unencrypted ports D Group 2 ports 1 through 4 Encrypted Ethernet ports B Group 1 ports 1 through 16 Unencrypted Ethernet port...

Page 49: ...chassis but the other power supply slot is empty you should use a blank panel to cover the empty slot Figure 1 56 shows a blank power supply panel Figure 1 56 Blank Power Supply Panel Fan Modules The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch has slots for two fans modules Each fan module houses six fans and each uses front to back port side exhaust airflow If you insert 2 fan modules with 6 fans in each module your...

Page 50: ...ers page 1 50 SFP Copper Cables page 1 51 SFP Fibre Channel Transceivers page 1 51 SFP Transceivers The enhanced SFP 10 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver module is a bidirectional device with a transmitter and receiver in the same physical package It has a 20 pin connector on the electrical interface and duplex LC connector on the optical interface The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch supports the following SFP...

Page 51: ...m 26 28 AWG SFP Fibre Channel Transceivers The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch supports the multimode 850 nm 4 Gbps SFP with 150 m reach see Table 1 13 Table 1 12 SFP Copper Cables Model Description SFP H10GB CU1M 10GBASE CU SFP cable 1 meters SFP H10GB CU3M 10GBASE CU SFP cable 3 meters SFP H10GB CU5M 10GBASE CU SFP cable 5 meters Table 1 13 SFP Fiber Channel Transceivers Model Description DS SFP FC4G SW...

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