Cisco Systems 5000 manual Port Qsfp GEM, Port Universal GEM2

Chapter 1 Overview

Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches

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•Layer 3 GEMs (N55-M160L3 and N55-M160L3-V2) provide 160 Gbps of Layer 3 services. The N55-M160L3-V2 uses a newer version of the Layer 3 ASIC that enables higher table sizes in a future software release from 8K host entries to 16K host entries or from 4K multicast routes to 8K multicast routes (IPv4).

You can hot swap the expansion modules during operations.

This section includes the following topics:

•4-port QSFP GEM, page 1-5

•16-port Universal GEM2, page 1-5

•Layer 3 GEM, page 1-6

4-port QSFP GEM

he 16-port Universal GEM2, shown in Figure 1-5, has 16 8-, 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel or 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. This module is a field-replaceable unit (FRU) that you can hot swap during operations.

Figure 1-4 16-Port Universal GEM2

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16-port Universal GEM2

The 16-port Universal GEM2, shown in Figure 1-5, has 16 8-, 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel or 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. This module is a field-replaceable unit (FRU) that you can hot swap during operations.

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

OL-15902-01 1-5