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The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform extends the industry-leading versatility of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series purpose-
built 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center-class switches and provides innovative advances toward higher density,
lower latency, and multilayer services. The Cisco Nexus 5500 platform is well suited for enterprise-class data
center server access-layer deployments across a diverse set of physical, virtual, storage-access, and
high-performance computing (HPC) data center environments.
Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch
The Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch (Figure 1) is the first of the Cisco Nexus 5500 platform switches. It is a one-rack-
unit (1RU) 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE switch offering up to 960-Gbps throughput and up to 48 ports. The
switch has 32 1/10-Gbps fixed SFP+ Ethernet and FCoE ports and one expansion slot.
Figure 1. Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch
Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch
The Cisco Nexus 5548UP (Figure 2) is a 1RU 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and FCoE switch offering up to
960 Gbps of throughput and up to 48 ports. The switch has 32 unified ports and one expansion slot.
Figure 2. Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch
Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch
The Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch (Figure 3) is a 2RU 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and FCoE switch
offering up to 1920 Gbps of throughput and up to 96 ports. The switch has 48 unified ports and three expansion
slots.
Figure 3. Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch Configured with Three 16-Port Expansion Modules
