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Chapter 2 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Overview
Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch
Features
The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch is a 1RU, top-of-rack switch that provides Ethernet and Fibre Channel
consolidation in a single physical cable. The Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol is used to
consolidate Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic onto the same physical connection between the server and
the switch. As a top-of-rack switch, all the servers in the rack connect to the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch,
and it connects to the LAN or SAN.
The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch is a part of a family of switches that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
ports and both 10-Gigabit Ethernet and native 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports. The switches
provide consolidated I/O connectivity to both production Ethernet LANs and Fibre Channel SANs in a
cost-effective, high-performance, low-latency Ethernet switch.
The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch has the following features:
• One slot on the back of the switch for an optional uplink Gatos Expansion Module [GEM]. The
following modules can be inserted into this slot: N5K-M1404, N5K-M1600 and N5K-M1008.
• Twenty to twenty-eight ports on the back of the switch depending on which GEM is installed.
Twenty ports on Cisco Nexus 5010 switch belong to the base switch. Additionally, you an insert a a
module with six or eight ports.
• Two slots on the front of the switch for hot swap-capable power supplies.
• Two slots on the front of the switch for fan modules. Each fan module houses six fans. The
combination of six fans per module and two modules provides the switch with a total of 12-fans.
Chassis
The Cisco Nexus 5010 chassis is 1 RU, 1.72 inches tall, 17.3 inches wide and 30.0 inches deep. It is
designed to be mounted in a standard 19-inch rack. The switch has two power supplies and two fans
modules on the front of the switch. Ports are at the rear of the switch. The airflow is front to back.
Figure 2-19 shows the front view of the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch.
Figure 2-19 Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch Front View
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