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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Figure 1-20 Components Used to Install the N55 M8P8FP GEM
Figure 1-21 shows a front view of the N55 M8P8FP expansion module.
Figure 1-21 Port Numbering on the N55 M8P8FP GEM
N55 M16UP Generic Expansion Module
The N55 M16UP Generic Expansion Module (GEM) provides 16 1- or 10-Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
ports using SFP+ transceivers.
Figure 1-22 shows the components that you use to install this expansion module.
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1 Status LED 4 Eight 10-Gigabit FCoE ports
2 Ejector lever 5 Captive screw that locks the ejector lever
3 Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports
1 Port numbering for Ethernet ports (from top to
bottom and left to right)
2 Port numbering for FCoE ports (from top
to bottom and left to right)
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