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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
Figure 1-2 Rear View of the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
Ports for the Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch
The Cisco Nexus 3016 switch chassis includes the following ports:
• 40-Gigabit Ethernet uplink or downlink ports (16 ports)
• 100/1000 Ethernet management ports (2 ports)
• Console port (1 port)
• USB port (1 port)
The chassis has 16 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports that you can connect to hosts (uplink connections) or
servers (downlink connections), which are often in the same rack or a nearby rack. Each of these ports
uses a QSFP+ transceiver which is connected to one or four optical or copper cables. If one cable is used,
it has a QSFP+ transceiver on the other end. If four cables are used, each of those cables has an SFP+
transceiver on the other end. The ports are numbered from left to right from 1 to 16 with the
odd-numbered ports on top and the even-numbered ports on the bottom.
Two 100/1000 Ethernet management ports enable you to manage switch operations. You can connect to
the switch through these two ports by using an RJ-45 connector on a copper cable.
One console port enables you to initially configure the switch and to perform troubleshooting operations.
You use an RJ-45 connector with a copper cable to connect to this port.
One USB port enables you to save or load switch configurations.
1AC or DC power supply (2) (AC power supply shown) 5Status LED
2Fan tray (1) 6USB port (1)
3Management ports (2) 7Console port (1)
4ID LED
1ID LEDs 340-Gigabit uplink or downlink ports (16)
2Status LED 4Grounding pad