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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switch Overview


Business Overview

Today’s data center require high performance, advanced programmability, low Power, continual system availability and expect a rapid and fluid response to their ever-changing business needs. To meet these business challenges, take advantage of Nexus 3000 series switches which provide the following advantages

  • Single Architecture across data center for speed from 100M, 1G, 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G, and 100G.
  • Support for underlay as well as overlay technologies such as VXLAN.
  • Provides Low latency platform for HPC, HFT environments.
  • Provides a platform for Object model programming and capability to support known Linux/server tools not limited to tshark, Guest Shell, Chef, and Puppet.

Cisco Nexus 3000 Switch

cisco nexus 3000

The Cisco Nexus 3000 Switch, provides low latency, Flexible, dense, high-performance, power-efficient, switch designed for today's Data center requirements. Other additional advantages of Nexus 3000 switches are Simplify management, scalability, enhance network visibility, and improve monitoring. Nexus 3000 switches have following models:

Nexus 3048 switches:

  • 1st Generation Nexus 3000 switch.
  • 1RU L2/L3 ToR general purpose switch supports 48x100M/1G and 4x10G.

Nexus 3100 switches:

  • 2nd Generation Nexus 3000 switch.
  • 1/2 RU L2/L3 L3 ToR general purpose switch supports speeds 1,10 and 40G.
  • Port count: 32 x10G to 32x40G

Nexus 3100-V switches

  • Enhancement to Nexus 3100 Switch
  • 1 RU L2/L3 L3 ToR general purpose switch supports speed 1,10,40 and 100G
  • Native VLAN Routing

Nexus 3200 switches:

  • 3rd Generation Nexus 3000 switch
  • 1/2RU L2/L3 ToR switch supports speed from 1,10,25,40,50 and 100G
  • All the speeds possible on a single switch.
  • Ideal for HPC/HFT environments

Nexus 3500 switches:

  • 1RU, L2/L3 ToR switch supports 1/10/40G with Latency from 50ns to 290ns
  • Ideal for HFT/HPC environments

cisco nexus 3000 comparison

* Smaller port count version offered.

** by using a reverse breakout cable

*** Hw capable, SW will be on Roadmap

Info from https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-3000-series-switches/n3000-aag.pdf

Nexus 3000 Data Sheets


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