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Hardware Features
Description Specification
Nexus 3064 Switch
Physical
• 1RU fixed form-factor switch
• 64 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP+)
• 48 SFP ports support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• 4 QSFP ports support 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 Gigabit Ethernet each
• 2 redundant power supplies
• 1 fan tray with redundant fans
• 1 I/O module with management, console, and USB flash memory ports
Performance
• 1.28-Tbps switching capacity
• Forwarding rate of 960 mpps
• Line-rate traffic throughput (both Layer 2 and 3) on all ports
• Configurable maximum transmission units (MTUs) of up to 9216 bytes (jumbo frames)
Hardware Tables
and Scalability
MAC addresses
128,000
Number of VLANS
4096
Spanning-tree instances
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP): 512
• Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Protocol: 64
Access control list (ACL)
entries
2000 ingress
1000 egress
Routing table
16000 prefixes and 16000 host entries*
8000 multicast routes*
Number of EtherChannels
64 (with vPC)
Number of ports per
EtherChannel
16
Buffers
9 MB shared
Boot flash memory
2 GB
Power
Power Number of power supplies
2 (redundant)
Power supply types
AC (forward and reversed airflow)
DC (forward and reversed airflow)
Typical operating power
143W (64p with Twinax at 100% load, 2 PSU)
177W (64p with SR optics at 100% load, 2 PSU)
Maximum power
199W
Input voltage
100 to 240 VAC
Frequency
50 to 60 Hz
Power supply efficiency
89% - 91% at 220V
Typical heat dissipation
488 BTU per hr (64p with Twinax at 100% load, 2 PSU)
605 BTU per hr (64p with SR optics at 100% load, 2 PSU)
Maximum heat dissipation
683 BTU per hr
Cooling
Fixed Switches: Cisco Nexus 3000 Series