Cisco Systems 5000 Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch, Features, Chassis, Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch, page

Chapter 1 Overview

Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches

Se n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o n ex u s 5 k d o c s @ c i s c o . c o m .

•Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch, page 1-12

•Cisco Nexus 5548UP and 5548P Switches, page 1-17

Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switch

This section describes the Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch and its components. This section includes the following topics:

•Features, page 1-2

•Chassis, page 1-2

•Expansion Modules, page 1-4

•Ports, page 1-7

•Power Supply, page 1-8

•Fan Module, page 1-10

•Transceivers, page 1-11

Features

The Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch is a top-of-rack, 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switch offering up to 1920 Gigabit throughput and up to 96 ports. The switch has 48 1- and

10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports and three expansion slots. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch, and it connects to the LAN or SAN.

The Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch has the following features:

•48 fixed 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet server connection ports on the back of the switch

•Three slots on the back of the switch for optional expansion modules, which can be either a 16-port 10-Gigabit generic expansion module 2 (GEM2) or a layer 3 GEM2

•Two slots on the front of the switch for hot swap-capable power supplies, which provide front-to-back airflow for cooling

•Four slots on the front of the switch for hot swap-capable fan modules.

•Layer 2 or Layer 3 I/O modules

•One USB port on the front of the switch

Chassis

The Cisco Nexus 5596UP chassis is 2 RU or 3.47 inches (8.8 cm) tall, 17.3 inches (43.9 cm) wide, and

29.5inches (74.9 cm) deep. It is designed to be mounted in a standard 19-inch wide rack. The front of the switch, shown in Figure 1-1, has a USB port, four Ethernet and ports (two cross-connect ports, one management port, and one console port), two power supplies, and four fan modules.

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

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