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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform Switches
Ports
Each individual port on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch is numbered, and groups of ports are numbered
based on their function. The ports are numbered top to bottom and left to right.
There are 20 to 28 ports on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch, depending on which GEM is installed.
The 20 fixed ports form group 1 and are named 1/
port_number
. Ports 1 through 16 are unencrypted
Ethernet ports. Ports 1 through 8 are 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 1-Gigabit Ethernet-capable ports. Ports 17
through 20 are encryption-capable Ethernet ports.
Group 2 includes the ports in the 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.
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Port numbering (odd numbered ports on top
and even numbered ports on bottom)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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
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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 ports
E
Group 2, ports 5 through 8: Fibre Channel
ports
C
Group 1, ports 17 through 20: Encrypted
Ethernet ports
