Four 10 gigabit Ethernet lossless uplink and fabric ports using Cisco Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET) SFP+, Short-Reach (SR) and Long-Reach (LR) SFP+, copper interconnects
Connection to the Cisco Nexus 5000 series parent switch at first customer shipment
Support for cost-effective Cisco FET for uplink and fabric link connectivity, well suited to unified fabric environments
Support for host PortChannel and virtual PortChannel capabilities
Highly scalable distributed modular system with up to 1152 100/1000 BASE-T ports
Compact one-rack-unit form factor
With standard front-to-back cooling, all switch ports are at the rear of the unit in close proximity to server ports, aligned with the hot aisle
With reversed airflow, ports are aligned with the cold aisle
Hot-swappable fan trays
Accessibility of all user-serviceable components
Operation as a remote I/O module, extending the switch fabric for Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches
Capability to be mixed and matched with different types of Cisco Nexus 2000 series Fabric Extenders to the same parent switch to support various types of connectivity
Homogeneous policies across a large number of ports