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Hardware and Software
Cisco Unified Fabric Switch
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch enables a high-performance,
standards-based, Ethernet unified fabric. The platform consolidates separate
LAN, SAN, and server cluster environments into a single physical fabric while
preserving existing operational models. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch
provides an enhanced Ethernet topology by leveraging data center bridging
features, which include priority flow control (PFC) for a lossless fabric and
enhanced transmission selection (ETS) for bandwidth management. These
Ethernet enhancements allow technologies like Fibre Channel over Ethernet, and
allow consolidation of I/O without compromise. A unified fabric enables increased
bandwidth usage, less cabling, fewer adapters, and less network equipment. The
benefits are: reduced power and cooling requirements, significant cost savings in
infrastructure software and hardware, and reduced infrastructure management
costs.
The Nexus 5000 Series switch uses cut-through architecture, supports line-rate
10 Gigabit Ethernet on all ports, and maintains consistently low latency
(independent of packet size and enabled services). In addition, the Nexus 5000
Series switch supports a set of network technologies known collectively as IEEE
data center bridging (DCB) that increases the reliability, efficiency, and scalability
of Ethernet networks. These features enable support for multiple traffic classes
over a lossless Ethernet fabric, thus enabling consolidation of LAN, SAN, and
cluster environments. The ability to connect FCoE to native Fibre Channel
protects existing storage system investments, while dramatically simplifying
in-rack cabling.
For more information about the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/index.html .
For assistance using the JDSU tool, contact technical support at 1-866-594-2557.