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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
OL-15902-01
Chapter1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Figure1-6 Layer 3 GEM2
Ports
Each port on the Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch is numbered, and groups of ports are numbered based on
their function. The ports are numbered top to bottom and left to right. The 48 fixed ports support 8-, 4-,
2-, or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel transceivers and 1- or 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceivers.
Figure 1-7 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the Fibre
Channel plus Ethernet expansion module ports.
Figure1-7 Port Numbering of Fixed Ports and Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module Ports
1Status LED 3Captive screw that locks the eject lever in a
closed position
2Ejector lever
1Port numbering for the 16-port GEM 2Port numbering for the 48 fixed ports