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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform Switches
The cross-connect and network-management ports are in a 2 x 2 stacked set of RJ-45 jacks. Figure1-44
shows a close-up view of the these ports.
Figure1-44 Cross-Connect and Network-Management Ports
For information on the Ethernet LEDs, see TableD-3 on page D-4.
Expansion Modules
Expansion modules allow Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform switches to be configured as cost-effective,
10-Gigabit Ethernet switches and as I/O consolidation platforms with native Fibre Channel connectivity.
The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch has one slot for an optional uplink Generic Expansion Module (GEM).
The following modules can be inserted in this slot: N5K-M1404, N5K-M1600, N5K-M1008 and
N5K-M1060.
N5K-M1404 provides 4 10G SFP+, and 4 Fibre Channel 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps SFP-based uplink
connections. The 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports are encryption capable.
M5K-M1600 provides 6 10G SFP+ based uplink connections.
N5K-M1008 provides 8 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps Fibre Channel, SFP based uplink connection.
N5K-M1060 provides 6 8-, 4-, 2-, or 1-Gbps line rate Fibre Channel, SFP+ based uplink
connections.
The chassis supports hot swapping of the expansion modules.
This section includes the following topics:
N5K-M1404 Generic Expansion Module, page 1-43
1System status LED 420 fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports
2Two cross-connect ports on the left (top and
bottom) and two network management ports
on the right (top and bottom)
5Expansion modules
3 Console port 6AC power connectors
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1Internal cross connect ports 2Network management ports