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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Figure1-18 Components Used to Install the N55 M16P GEM
Figure 1-19 shows the front of the module and how its ports are numbered.
Figure1-19 Port Numbering for the N55 M16P GEM
N55 M8P8FP Generic Expansion Module
The N55 M8P8FP Generic Expansion Module (GEM) provides 8 1- or 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
ports using the SFP+ interface and 8 ports of 8-, 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps native Fibre Channel connectivity
using the SFP interface.
Figure 1-20 shows the N55 M8P8FP expansion module.
1Status LED 316 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports
2Ejector lever 4Captive screw that locks the ejector lever
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1Port numbering from top to bottom and left to right
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