Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Reference Guide

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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
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Chapter 7 Managing the Switch Hardware
Configuring EPLDs
Switch Requirements
This section includes the following topics:
• Hardware Requirements, page 7-37
• Supported Switch Operating Systems, page 7-38
Hardware Requirements
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch must include the following hardware:
• One or two supervisor modules, each with at least 120 MB of available bootflash or slot0 memory
• One or more I/O modules
• One or more fabric modules
• One fan tray module (Cisco Nexus 7009)
• Two fabric fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
• Two system fan tray modules (Cisco Nexus 7010)
Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS operating system
from Release 4.1(2) to Release 4.1(3) or later
releases on a switch that did not ship with Release
4.1(2) and a full EPLD upgrade to Release 4.1(2)
was not performed.
Supervisor modules (N7K-SUP1)
• Cisco Nexus 7010—Required for
CSCsr03766 and to fix a kernel booting
failure.
• Cisco Nexus 7018—Required for
CSCsq28232, CSCsr03766, CSCsu55410,
and to fix a kernel booting problem.
48-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M148GT-11)
• Cisco Nexus 7010—Required for
CSCsq97271, CSCsr42519, and
CSCsr44846.
• Cisco Nexus 7018—Required for
CSCsq28232, CSCsq97271, CSCsr42519,
and CSCsr44846.
Using vPC on a system that you are upgrading
Cisco NX-OS from Release 4.0 to Release 4.1(2)
or later releases.
32-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M132XP-12)
• Cisco Nexus 7010 and 7018—Required
upgrade for using vPC.
Using Cisco Trusted Security on a system that you
are upgrading Cisco NX-OS from Release 4.0 to
Release 4.1(2) or later releases.
32-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet I/O modules
(N7K-M132XP-12)
• Cisco Nexus 7010 and 7018—Required
upgrade for using Cisco Trusted Security.
1. It is recommended (not mandatory) that you upgrade the EPLD images for the supervisor, I/O, and fabric modules.
Table 7-10 Conditions For Upgrading EPLD Images (continued)
Condition Modules Targeted for Upgrades
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Specifications

General

Chassis	Modular
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Latency	Sub-microsecond
IPv6 Support	Yes
Redundancy	Power supplies, fans, supervisors, fabric modules
Power Supply	AC or DC
Layer Support	L2, L3
Network Management	CLI, SNMP
Virtualization	VRF, vPC
Ports	10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, 100 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Supported Modules	Various (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G)
Features	FCoE, OTV, LISP
MPLS Support	Yes
Quality of Service (QoS)	Yes
Security Features	ACLs, Cisco TrustSec, Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Operating Temperature	0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C)
Humidity	5 to 95% noncondensing
MTBF	Varies by model
Number of Slots	Varies by model (9-slot, 10-slot, 18-slot)