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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software
The Nexus 5020 switch has 40 fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports equipped with SFP+ interface adapters.
The first 16 ports are switchable 1-Gigabit/10-Gigabit ports. Up to 12 additional 10-Gigabit Ethernet
ports are available on the expansion modules.
All of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports support FCoE. Each port can be used as a downlink (connected to a
server) or as an uplink (to the data center LAN).
Fibre Channel Interfaces
Fibre Channel ports are optional on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. When using expansion modules
up to eight Fibre Channel ports are available on the Nexus 5010 switch and up to sixteen Fibre Channel
ports are available on the Nexus 5020 switch.
Each Fibre Channel port can be used as a downlink (connected to a server) or as an uplink (to the data
center SAN fabric).
Management Interfaces
A Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch has two dedicated management interfaces (one serial console port and
one 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface).
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch is a Layer 2 device, which runs the Cisco Nexus operating system
(NX-OS). The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch software is described in the following topics:
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FCoE and Fibre Channel Switching, page 1-5
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Network Security Features, page 1-7
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Virtual Device Contexts, page 1-7
Ethernet Switching
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches are designed to support high-density, high-performance Ethernet
systems and provide the following Ethernet switching features:
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IEEE 802.1D-2004 Rapid and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocols (802.1w and 802.1s)
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IEEE 802.1Q VLANs and trunks
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IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation
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Private VLANs
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Traffic suppression (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)