Figure 17: Port-Side View of the Cisco Nexus 3232C Chassis
Screw holes for mounting
brackets
4Selector switch, ID, and
Status LEDs
1
Grounding pad510G SPF+ ports (2)2
10- or 100-Gigabit
QSFP28-100 ports (32)
1
3
1
10 Gigabits require a QSFP-to-SFP adapter [CVR-QSFP-SFP10G] and an SFP+ transceiver.
Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3264C-E Switch
The Cisco Nexus 3264C-E (N3K-C3264C-E) is a 2 rack unit (RU) switch with 64 100-Gigabit QSFP28 and
2 10-Gigabit SPF+ ports. This switch supports both port-side exhaust and port-side intake airflow schemes.
The switch requires one power supply for operations, but it can have a second power supply for redundancy.
This switch supports the following port template configurations:
Template 1: 96-ports X 50-Gigabit + 16-ports X 100-Gigabit
• All Ports are operational.
• The first 48 ports support 2X50G dynamic breakout with these combinations, 64X100-Gigabit,
64X50-Gigabit + 32X100-Gigabit, 96X50-Gigabit + 16X100-Gigabit.
• Ports 49-64 MACsec ports support 100-Gigabit and 40-Gigabit modes.
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Overview
Overview of the Cisco Nexus 3264C-E Switch