The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series offers low-latency, highly programmable, high-density switches. These compact fixed switches are excellent for general-purpose deployments, high-performance computing (HPC), high-frequency trading (HFT), massively scalable data center (MSDC), and cloud networks.
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches, Get top-of-rack, Layer 2 and 3 switching
The following tables compare Cisco Nexus 3000 Series models, which help you learn about the similarities and differences of the models within this 3000 series.
Nexus 3048
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Cisco Nexus 3048 |
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VXLAN Capability |
No |
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OpenFlow Support |
Yes |
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Rack unit (RU) |
1 |
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Switching capacity |
176 Gbps |
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Interface Type |
48 RJ-45 and 4 SFP+ |
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Maximum 1 GE ports |
Up to 48 |
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Maximum 10 GE ports |
4 |
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Maximum 40 GE ports |
0 |
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Switch latency |
2.7 to 7.2 microseconds |
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Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports |
Yes |
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Redundant and hot-swappable power supply and fans |
Yes |
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Airflow |
Front-back and back-front |
Compare Nexus 3100 Models
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Cisco Nexus 3132Q (Eos)/3132Q-X |
Cisco Nexus 3164Q |
Cisco Nexus 31128PQ |
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Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) capable |
Bridging |
Bridging |
Bridging |
Bridging |
Bridging |
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OpenFlow support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rack unit (RU) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Switching capacity |
2.56 Tbps |
5.12 Tbps |
1.44 Tbps |
1.44 Tbps |
2.56 Tbps |
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Interface-type |
32 QSFP+ |
64 QSFP+ |
48 SFP+ and 6 QSFP+ |
48 RJ-45 and 6 Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) |
96 Small Form Factor Pluggable+ and 8 Quad SFP+ transceivers |
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Maximum 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports |
29 |
None |
48 |
48 |
96 |
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Maximum 10 GE ports |
104 |
256 |
72 |
72 |
96 |
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Maximum 40 GE ports |
32 |
64 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
Compare Nexus 3100V Models
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Cisco Nexus 31108PC-V |
Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V |
Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V |
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Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) capable |
Bridging and Routing |
Bridging and Routing |
Bridging and Routing |
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Shared Buffer Space |
16 MB |
16 MB |
16 MB |
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Openflow support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rack unit (RU) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Switching capacity |
2.16 Tbps |
2.16 Tbps |
2.56 Tbps |
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Interface-type |
48 SFP |
48 RJ-45 |
32 QSFP |
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Maximum 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports |
48 |
48 |
29 |
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Maximum 10 GE ports |
72 |
72 |
104 |
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Maximum 40 GE ports |
6 |
6 |
32 |
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Maximum 100 GE ports |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Compare Nexus 3200 Models
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Cisco Nexus 3232C |
Cisco Nexus 3264Q |
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VXLAN Capability |
Bridging |
Bridging |
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Openflow Support |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rack unit (RU) |
1 |
2 |
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Switching capacity |
6.4-Tbps |
5.12 Tbps |
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Interface Type |
32 QSFP28 |
64 QSFP+ |
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Maximum 10 GE ports |
128 |
128 |
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Maximum 25 GE ports |
128 |
n/a |
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Maximum 40 GE ports |
32 |
64 |
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Maximum 50 GE ports |
64 |
n/a |
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Maximum 100 GE ports |
32 |
n/a |
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Switch latency |
450ns |
515-700ns |
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Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports |
Yes* |
Yes* |
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Redundant and hot-swappable power supply and fans |
Yes |
Yes |
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Air flow |
Port-side intake or port-side exhaust |
Port-side intake or port-side exhaust |
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*Packets greater than 250 Bytes |
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Compare Nexus 3500 Models
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3524 (eos)/3524-X |
3548 (eos)/3548-X |
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Algo Boost-capable (NAT, Active Buffer Monitoring) |
Yes |
Yes |
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VXLAN Capable |
No |
No |
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Multicast NAT |
Only 3524-X |
Only 3548-X |
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Latency Monitoring |
Only 3524-X |
Only 3548-X |
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OpenFlow support |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rack unit (RU) |
1 |
1 |
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Switching capacity |
480 Gbps |
960 Gbps |
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Interface-type |
24 SFP+ |
48 SFP+ |
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Maximum 1 GE ports |
24 enabled (48 max) |
48 |
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Maximum 10 GE ports |
24 10G SFP+ ports. Additional 24 ports via license |
48 |
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Maximum 40 GE ports |
6 |
12 |
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Switch latency |
Sub-250ns |
Sub-250ns |
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Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports |
Yes |
Yes |
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Redundant and hot-swappable power supply and fans |
Yes |
Yes |
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Airflow |
Front-back and back-front |
Front-back and back-front |
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