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Product Overview
 Product Overview (continued)
Product Number Product Description
Chassis 
N5K-C5548P-FA 
Chassis includes 32 fixed ports, Front-to-Back Airflow, 2 750W AC Power Supplies, Fan 
Trays, 1 Expansion Slot 
N5K-C5548UP-FA 
Chassis includes 32 fixed unified ports, Front-to-Back Airflow, 2 750W AC Power 
Supplies, Fan Trays, 1 Expansion Slot 
N5K-C5596UP-FA 
Chassis includes 48 fixed unified ports, Front-to-Back Airflow, 2 1100W AC Power 
Supplies, Fan Trays, 3 Expansion Slots 
Fan Modules 
N5548P-FAN= 
Cisco Nexus 5548P/5548UP Fan Module, Front-to-Back Airflow, Spare 
N5596UP-FAN= 
Cisco Nexus 5596UP Fan Module, Front-to-Back Airflow, Spare 
Power Supplies 
N55-PAC-750W(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5548P/5548UP PSU Front-to-Back Airflow Module Spare, A/C,  
100-240V, 750W 
N55-PAC-1100W(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5596UP PSU Front-to-Back Airflow Module Spare, A/C, 100-240V, 1100W 
Fixed Switches: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
Product Number Product Description
Miscellaneous 
N55-M-BLNK(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5500 Blank Module Cover 
Software 
N5KUK9-502N1.1(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5000 Base OS Software Release 5.0(2)N1(1) 
N5KUK9-503N1.1(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5000 Base OS Software Release 5.0(3)N1(1) 
N55-8P-SSK9(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5500 8-Port Storage Protocol Services License 
N5000FMS1K9(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Fabric Manager Server License 
N55-LAN1K9(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5500 Layer 3 Enterprise Software License 
N55-BAS1K9(=) 
Cisco Nexus 5500 Layer 3 Base Software License 
Expansion Modules and Daughter Card 
N55-M16P(=) 
16-port 1/10 GE Ethernet/FCoE Module (Requires SFP+ for 8 Gbps or SFP for 4 Gbps 
Operation) 
N55-M8P8FP(=) 
8-port FC (8/4/2/1G) + 8-port Eth/FCoE Module 
N55-M16UP(=) 
16-port Unified Port Expansion Module 
N55-D160L3(=) 
Nexus 5548 Layer 3 Daughter Card 
N55-M160L3(=) 
Nexus 5596 Layer 3 Expansion Module 
Cables and Optics 
SFP-10G-SR(=) 
10GBASE-SR SFP+ Module 
SFP-10G-LR(=) 
10GBASE-LR SFP+ Module 
SFP-H10GB-CU1M(=) 
10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 1 Meter 
SFP-H10GB-CU3M(=) 
10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 3 Meter 
SFP-H10GB-CU5M(=) 
10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 5 Meter 
SFP-H10GB-ACU7M(=) 
Active Twinax cable assembly, 7m 
SFP-H10GB-ACU10M(=) 
Active Twinax cable assembly, 10m 
GLC-T(=) 
1000BASE-T SFP 
GLC-SX-MM(=) 
GE SFP, LC Connector SX Transceiver 
GLC-LH-SM(=) 
GE SFP, LC Connector LX/LH Transceiver 
SFP-GE-T(=) 
1000BASE-T SFP, Extended Temperature Range 
SFP-GE-S(=) 
GE SFP, LC Connector SX Transceiver, with Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) and 
Extended Temperature Range 
SFP-GE-L(=) 
GE SFP, LC connector LX/LH Transceiver, with Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) and 
Extended Temperature Range 
DS-SFP-FC4G-SW(=) 
4 Gbps Fibre Channel-SW SFP, LC 
DS-SFP-FC4G-LW(=) 
4 Gbps Fibre Channel-LW SFP, LC 
CVR-X2-SFP10G
OneX Converter Module
Nexus 5000 Series Switch Spotlight
Total Cost Reduction with  
Unified Fabric
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series provides a unified 
fabric over 10 Gigabit Ethernet for LAN, SAN, and 
cluster traffic. This unification enables consolidation 
and greater utilization of previously separate 
infrastructure and cabling, reducing by up to 50 
percent the adapters and cables required and 
eliminating redundant switches. This infrastructure 
displacement also lowers power and cooling costs 
significantly, especially for rack-optimized servers 
similar to blade servers.
Investment Protection and Operational 
Best Practices
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series lets customers take 
advantage of the cost and functional benefits of a 
unified fabric while protecting their investments in 
existing network, storage, and server assets. The 
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series can be easily inserted 
into an existing data center network to provide 
immediate benefits without causing disruption 
or reworking of existing design and operational 
best practices.
Scalability with Simplified 
Management
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series in conjunction with 
the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 
delivers a unified fabric solution that scales 
server and storage connectivity while maintaining 
simplified management traffic. Convergence at the 
server access layer provides cost benefits through 
infrastructure reduction (CapEx savings) and 
infrastructure simplification (OpEx savings).
Virtual Machine–Optimized Services
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches are designed to 
support virtualization and virtual machine mobility 
by mapping virtual machines to network profiles, 
allowing network services allocation at per-virtual 
machine granularity centrally from the unified 
fabric. This capability to move virtual machines 
and network profiles together eases manageability, 
improves network isolation, and enables consistent 
network and security policies.
Fixed Switches: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series