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System specifications

The following table lists the NE2572 RackSwitch system specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options and software features listed in this product guide are based on the

Lenovo Cloud Networking Operating System (CNOS) version 10.6.2. For details about specific CNOS

software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the

Release Notes for the particular software release that can be found at:

http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/networking/rackswitch/NE2572/7159/downloads

Table 1. NE2572 RackSwitch system specifications

Component

Specification

Form factor

1U rack mount

Ports

48x SFP28/SFP+ ports
6x QSFP28/QSFP+ ports

Media types

10 Gb Ethernet SFP+:

10 GbE short-range (SR) SFP+ transceivers
10 GbE long-range (LR) SFP+ transceivers
10 GbE extended-range (ER) SFP+ transceivers
10 GbE RJ-45 SFP+ transceivers
10 GbE SFP+ active optical cables
10 GbE SFP+ DAC cables

25 Gb Ethernet SFP28:

25 GbE SR SFP+ transceivers
25 GbE SFP+ active optical cables
25 GbE SFP+ DAC cables

40 Gb Ethernet QSFP+:

40 GbE SR QSFP+ bi-directional (BiDi) transceivers
40 GbE short-range (SR4/iSR4/eSR4) QSFP+ transceivers
40 GbE long-range (LR4) QSFP+ transceivers
40 GbE QSFP+ to QSFP+ active optical cables
40 GbE QSFP+ to 4x 10 GbE SFP+ active optical breakout cables
40 GbE QSFP+ to QSFP+ DAC cables
40 GbE QSFP+ to 4x 10 GbE SFP+ DAC breakout cables

100 Gb Ethernet QSFP28:

100 GbE short-range (SR4) QSFP28 transceivers
100 GbE long-range (LR4) QSFP28 transceivers
100 GbE QSFP28 to QSFP28 active optical cables
100 GbE QSFP28 to 4x 25 GbE SFP28 active optical breakout cables
100 GbE QSFP28 to QSFP28 DAC cables
100 GbE QSFP28 to 4x 25 GbE SFP28 DAC breakout cables

Port speeds

10 GbE SFP+ transceivers, DAC cables, and AOCs: 10 Gbps
25 GbE SFP+ transceivers, DAC cables, and AOCs: 25 Gbps
40 GbE QSFP+ SR BiDi/SR4/LR4 transceivers: 40 GbE
40 GbE QSFP+ iSR4/eSR4 transceivers, DAC cables, and AOCs: 40 GbE or 4x 10 GbE
100 GbE QSFP28 SR4 transceivers, DAC cables, and AOCs: 100 GbE or 4x 25 GbE
100 GbE QSFP28 LR4 transceivers: 100 GbE

Note: SFP28/SFP+ ports are combined into 12 consecutive 4-port groups: Ports 1-4, 5-8,
9-12, 13-16, 17-20, 21-24, 25-28, 29-32, 33-36, 37-40, 41-44, and 45-48. The SFP28/SFP+
port speed should be the same (10 Gbps or 25 Gbps) across all ports in the 4-port group.

Switching method Cut-through.

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Page 1: ...ables AOCs and direct attach copper DAC cables The QSFP28 QSFP ports can also be split out into four 10 GbE for 40 GbE QSFP or 25 GbE for 100 GbE QSFP28 connections by using breakout cables The NE2572 RackSwitch is ideal for latency sensitive applications such as high performance computing clusters and financial applications The NE2572 RackSwitch is shown in the following figure Figure 1 Lenovo Th...

Page 2: ...mance and lower latency The NE2572 RackSwitch offers the following features and benefits High performance The 10 Gb 25 Gb Ethernet NE2572 RackSwitch with 40 Gb 100 Gb Ethernet uplinks provides a combination of low latency non blocking line rate switching and ease of management with 3 6 Tbps throughput Lower power and better cooling The front to rear or rear to front cooling design of the NE2572 Ra...

Page 3: ...tworking devices to detect potential congestion problems such as packets dropped by the switch when ports are being used close to their line rate or switch buffers are being temporarily overflown for example in case of microbursts Zero Touch Provisioning Zero Touch Provisioning ZTP enables a switch to automatically provision itself using the resources available on the network without manual interv...

Page 4: ...E port or 4x 10 GbE connections out of a 40 GbE port One RJ 45 10 100 1000 Mb Ethernet port for out of band management One RJ 45 RS 232 console port that provides another means to configure the switch One Micro USB Type A port for mass storage devices LEDs that display the status of the switch and the network Reset button Switch information pull out tab The following figure shows the rear non port...

Page 5: ... directional BiDi transceivers 40 GbE short range SR4 iSR4 eSR4 QSFP transceivers 40 GbE long range LR4 QSFP transceivers 40 GbE QSFP to QSFP active optical cables 40 GbE QSFP to 4x 10 GbE SFP active optical breakout cables 40 GbE QSFP to QSFP DAC cables 40 GbE QSFP to 4x 10 GbE SFP DAC breakout cables 100 Gb Ethernet QSFP28 100 GbE short range SR4 QSFP28 transceivers 100 GbE long range LR4 QSFP28...

Page 6: ...AC 100 240 V power supplies each power supply has an IEC 320 C14 connector Hot swap parts SFP28 SFP QSFP28 QSFP transceivers DAC cables and AOCs power supplies fans Management ports 1x 10 100 1000 Mb Ethernet port RJ 45 1x RS 232 port RJ 45 1x USB 2 0 port Micro USB Type A for additional firmware log and configuration files storage Management interfaces Industry standard command line interface isC...

Page 7: ...erial console cable Micro USB Type A plug to USB Type A jack data cable Electronic Publications Flyer Configuration notes Power cables are not included and must be ordered together with the switch see Power supplies and cables for details Transceivers and cables are not included and should be ordered for the switch see Transceivers and cables for details The NE2572 RackSwitch supports Features on ...

Page 8: ...or up to 70 meters on OM3 or up to 100 meters on OM4 MMF cables To increase the number of available 25 GbE ports customers can split out four 25 GbE ports for each QSFP28 port by using QSFP28 to 4x SFP28 DAC breakout cables for distances up to 5 meters or active optical breakout cables for distances up to 20 meters For longer distances the 100GBASE SR4 QSFP28 transceivers can be used for up to 70 ...

Page 9: ...FP28 and 40 GbE SR QSFP BiDi transceivers Lenovo 0 5m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10845 B2P9 54 Lenovo 1m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10846 B2PA 54 Lenovo 3m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10847 B2PB 54 Lenovo 5m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10848 B2PC 54 Lenovo 10m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10849 B2PD 54 Lenovo 15m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10850 B2PE 54 Lenovo 25m LC LC OM4 MMF Cable 4Z57A10851 B2PF 54 Lenovo 30m...

Page 10: ...vo 40GBASE iSR4 QSFP Transceiver 00D9865 ASTM 6 Lenovo 40GBASE eSR4 QSFP Transceiver 00FE325 A5U9 6 Lenovo 40GBASE LR4 QSFP Transceiver 00D6222 A3NY 6 Optical cables for 40 GbE QSFP SR4 iSR4 eSR4 transceivers Lenovo 10m QSFP MPO MPO OM3 MMF Cable 00VX003 AT2U 6 Lenovo 30m QSFP MPO MPO OM3 MMF Cable 00VX005 AT2V 6 Optical breakout cables for 40 GbE QSFP iSR4 eSR4 transceivers Lenovo 1m MPO 4xLC OM3...

Page 11: ... 7Z57A03573 AV2B 6 Lenovo 3m MPO 4xLC Breakout OM4 MMF Cable 7Z57A03574 AV2C 6 Lenovo 5m MPO 4xLC Breakout OM4 MMF Cable 7Z57A03575 AV2D 6 QSFP28 active optical cables 100 GbE Lenovo 1m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable 4Z57A10844 B2UZ 6 Lenovo 3m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03546 AV1L 6 Lenovo 5m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03547 AV1M 6 Lenovo 10m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cab...

Page 12: ...p to 7 m see Table 4 SFP 25 Gb Ethernet 25Gb SR SFP28 7G17A03537 25GBASE SR Up to 30 m with fiber optic cables supplied by Lenovo see Table 4 up to 70 m with OM3 or up to 100 m with OM4 multimode fiber optic cables LC Active optical cable 25GBASE SR SFP28 active optical cables up to 20 m see Table 4 SFP28 Direct attach copper cable 25GBASE CR SFP28 DAC cables up to 5 m see Table 4 SFP28 40 Gb Ethe...

Page 13: ...100 m with OM4 multimode fiber optic cables MPO 100Gb LR4 QSFP28 7G17A03540 100GBASE LR4 1310 nm single mode fiber optic cable up to 10 km LC Active optical cable 100GBASE SR4 QSFP28 to QSFP28 active optical cables up to 20 m QSFP28 to 4x SFP28 active optical breakout cables up to 20 m for 4x 25 GbE connections out of a 100 GbE port see Table 4 QSFP28 Direct attach copper cable 100GBASE CR4 QSFP28...

Page 14: ...99 are user configurable VLAN numbers 4000 4095 are reserved for the use by the switch Port based VLANs 802 1Q VLAN tagging support Ingress VLAN tagging support to tunnel packets through a public domain without altering the original 802 1Q tagging information Security VLAN based MAC based and IP based access control lists ACLs Multiple user IDs and passwords User access control Radius TACACS and L...

Page 15: ...LAN Gateway enables the communication between physical and virtual devices using the VXLAN protocol for VMware NSX integration Converged Enhanced Ethernet Priority Based Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qbb extends 802 3x flow control to allow the switch to pause traffic that is based on the 802 1p priority value in each packet s VLAN tag Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS IEEE 802 1Qaz provides a meth...

Page 16: ...ange Protocol DCBX IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol STP IEEE 802 1p Class of Service CoS prioritization IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP IEEE 802 1Q Tagged VLAN frame tagging on all ports when VLANs are enabled IEEE 802 1Qbb Priority Based Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP IEEE 802 3 10BASE T Ethernet Ethernet management port only IEEE 802...

Page 17: ...stralia NZ 10A 250V C13 to AS NZ 3112 2 8m line cord 39Y7924 6211 Brazil 10A 125V C13 to NBR 6147 2 8m line cord 39Y7929 6223 China 10A 250V C13 to GB 2099 1 2 8m line cord 39Y7928 6210 Denmark 10A 250V C13 to DK2 5a 2 8m line cord 39Y7918 6213 European 10A 230V C13 to CEE7 VII 2 8m line cord 39Y7917 6212 India 10A 250V C13 to IS 6538 2 8m line cord 39Y7927 6269 Israel 10A 250V C13 to SI 32 2 8m l...

Page 18: ...nt airflow 7159 HE3 Lenovo RackSwitch Adjustable 19 4 Post Rail Kit 00D6185 A3KP Air Inlet Duct for 487 mm RackSwitch 00FM507 ASTN Front to rear airflow 7159 HE4 Lenovo RackSwitch Adjustable 19 4 Post Rail Kit 00D6185 A3KP Lenovo RackSwitch Recessed 19 4 Post Rail Kit 00CG089 A51M Physical specifications The NE2572 RackSwitch has the following physical specifications Height 44 mm 1 7 in Width 441 ...

Page 19: ...nty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field replaceable units FRUs Parts that are determined to be customer replaceable units CRUs do not include onsite labor under base warranty If warranty terms include parts only base warranty Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty including FRUs that will be sent to a ...

Page 20: ...ation and dispose of the packaging allowing your team to focus on other priorities For service definitions country specific details and service limitations please refer to the following documents Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Data Center Group DCG Servers and System Storage http pcsupport lenovo com us en solutions ht503310 Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement http support lenovo com u...

Page 21: ...to Front 7159G52 10 Gb Ethernet switches Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032 RackSwitch Rear to Front 7159A1X Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T RackSwitch Rear to Front 7159B1X Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1072T RackSwitch Rear to Front 7159C1X Lenovo RackSwitch G8124E Rear to Front 7159BR6 Lenovo RackSwitch G8264 Rear to Front 7159G64 Lenovo RackSwitch G8264CS Rear to Front 7159DRX Lenovo RackSwitch G8272 Rear to Front 7...

Page 22: ...he external storage systems that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the NE2572 RackSwitch for external NAS or iSCSI SAN storage connectivity Table 10 External storage systems Description Part number Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series Storage iSCSI host connectivity Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF FC iSCSI Dual Controller Unit US English documentation 4599A31 Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LF...

Page 23: ...Unit 6096CU2 IBM Storwize V3500 2 5 inch Dual Control Storage Controller Unit 6096CU3 IBM Storwize V7000 SFF Control Enclosure 3YR SWMA 6195C32 IBM Storwize V7000 SFF Control Enclosure 3YR SWMA LA 6195C3L IBM Storwize V7000 SFF Control Enclosure 5YR SWMA 6195C52 IBM Storwize V7000 SFF Control Enclosure 5YR SWMA LA 6195C5L Lenovo Storage DX8200 Series NAS or iSCSI connectivity Lenovo Storage DX8200...

Page 24: ...140TB 14x 10TB HDDs with Cloudian HyperStore 3yr HW SW S S 5120D4x Lenovo Storage DX8200C 168TB 14x 12TB HDDs with Cloudian HyperStore 3yr HW SW S S 5120D5x Description Part number Available worldwide except China and Japan Available only in China Available only in Japan Available worldwide except Latin America Available only in Latin America x represents a geo specific letter for example U North ...

Page 25: ...n IT solutions Table 12 Power distribution units Description Part number 0U Basic PDUs 0U 36 C13 6 C19 24A 200 240V 1 Phase PDU with NEMA L6 30P line cord 00YJ776 0U 36 C13 6 C19 32A 200 240V 1 Phase PDU with IEC60309 332P6 line cord 00YJ777 0U 21 C13 12 C19 32A 200 240V 346 415V 3 Phase PDU with IEC60309 532P6 line cord 00YJ778 0U 21 C13 12 C19 48A 200 240V 3 Phase PDU with IEC60309 460P9 line co...

Page 26: ...nt end PDU with IEC 309 2P Gnd line cord 39Y8940 DPI 63amp 250V Front end PDU with IEC 309 2P Gnd line cord 39Y8935 Universal PDUs 7x IEC 320 C13 outlets DPI Universal 7 C13 PDU with 2 m IEC 320 C19 to C20 rack power cord 00YE443 NEMA PDUs 6x NEMA 5 15R outlets DPI 100 127V PDU with fixed NEMA L5 15P line cord 39Y8905 Line cords for PDUs that ship without a line cord DPI 30a Line Cord NEMA L6 30P ...

Page 27: ... Services offers financing solutions and services that complement your technology solution anywhere in the world We are dedicated to delivering a positive finance experience for customers like you who want to maximize your purchase power by obtaining the technology you need today protect against technology obsolescence and preserve your capital for other uses We work with businesses non profit org...

Page 28: ... Data Center Support http datacentersupport lenovo com For more information about the following management plug ins for the NE2572 RackSwitch see Network Management http www3 lenovo com us en data center networking networking software network management ThinkAgile Network Orchestrator Lenovo Networking Plug In for VMware vRealize Orchestrator Lenovo Networking Content Pack for VMware vRealize Log ...

Page 29: ...t are not intended for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons The information contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications or warranties Nothing in this document shall operate as an express or implied license or indemnity under the intellectual property rights of Lenovo or third parties...

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