Cisco Nexus 5600 Series - Transceivers; Cisco Nexus 5672 UP; Features

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Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Overview
Cisco Nexus 5672UP
Transceivers
The Cisco Nexus 52128P supports a wide variety of 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options.
The Cisco Nexus 52128P supports 4G and 8G FC connectivity options. For the most current list of
supported transceivers, refer to the latest Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Release Notes at every release
Cisco Nexus 5672UP
This section describes the Cisco Nexus 5672UP (N5K-C5672UP) and its components. This section
includes the following topics:
• Features
• Power Supply
• Fan Modules
• Transceivers
Features
Cisco Nexus 5672UP switch is a compact 1RU (1 Rack Unit), high-performance, low-latency
1/10/40-Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switch. It runs the
industry-leading Cisco NX-OS Software operating system, providing features and capabilities that are
widely deployed.
The Cisco Nexus 5672UP switch has the following features:
• 48 fixed 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports of which 16 ports can be unified ports (UP)
• The 16 unified ports provide 8/4 Gbps Fibre Channel as well as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
connectivity options.
• 6 ports of 40 Gbps using QSFP+ transceivers for Ethernet.
• Two bays on the switch for hot swap-capable power supplies, which provide port side intake or
exhaust for cooling.
• Three bays on the switch for hot swap-capable fan modules.
• A management and console interface on the front of the switch.