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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform Switches
Group 3 includes the ports in the bottom-most expansion module. Group 3 ports 1 through 4 are
encrypted Ethernet ports. Group 3 ports 5 through 8 are Fibre Channel ports.
Figure 1-37 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the
Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module ports.
Figure1-37 Port Numbering of Fixed Ports and Fibre Channel Plus Ethernet Expansion Module
Ports
Figure 1-38 shows how ports are numbered and grouped by function for both the fixed ports and the
Ethernet expansion module ports.
Figure1-38 Port Numbering of Fixed Ports and the Ethernet Expansion Module
A B C D E
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AGroup 1, ports 1 through 16: 10-Gigabit
Ethernet and 1-Gigabit Ethernet capable
unencrypted ports
DGroups 2 and 3, ports 1 through 4: Encrypted
Ethernet ports
BGroup 1, ports 1 through 32: Unencrypted
Ethernet ports
EGroups 2 and 3, ports 5 through 8: Fibre
Channel ports
CGroup 1, ports 33 through 40: Encrypted
Ethernet ports
A B C D E
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