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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
•Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch, page1-12
•Cisco Nexus 5548UP and 5548P Switches, page1-17
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, page1-4
•Ports, page 1-7
•Power Supply, page1-8
•Fan Module, page1-10
•Transceivers, page1-11
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
29.5 inches (74.9 cm) deep. It is designed to be mounted in a standard 19-inch wide rack. The front of
the switch, shown in Figure1-1, 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.