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  • Nexus 5596T Chassis, 2RU, with 2PS/4Fans, 32x10GT/16xSFP+ Fixed Ports

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    N5K-C5596T-FA

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N5K-C5596T-FA

Nexus 5596T Chassis, 2RU, with 2PS/4Fans, ...

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Overview

The Cisco Nexus 5000 series N5K-C5596T-FA switches are a networking solution designed to meet the demands of modern data centers, providing a reliable and high-performance foundation for your business operations. It features 48 unified ports that support both Ethernet and Fibre Channel, ensuring versatility in connecting various devices and storage systems. This switch is equipped with a fixed architecture, making it a cost-effective solution for your networking needs. This means each port can dynamically function as either an Ethernet or Fibre Channel, providing flexibility in adapting to changing network requirements. The Cisco Nexus 5000 series N5K-C5596T-FA switches are designed for ease of use, featuring a user-friendly interface that facilitates straightforward configuration and monitoring. It supports advanced data center technologies, making it an ideal choice for organizations that prioritize efficiency and scalability.

Specification

Specification
Performance Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 1920 Gbps or 1428 mpps; Layer 3 performance of up to 160 Gbps or 240 mpps
MAC address table entries: 32,000
Low-latency cut-through design that provides predictable, consistent traffic latency regardless of packet size, traffic pattern, or enabled features on 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
Line-rate traffic throughput on all ports
Interfaces 32 fixed ports of 1 and 10G BASE-T and 16 SFP+ fixed ports configurable as 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE or 8/4/2/1-Gbps native Fibre Channel; additional interfaces through up to three expansion modules
Expansion modules
16-port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE module
8-port 8/4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel plus 8-port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE module
Unified port module consisting of 16 ports configurable as 8/4/2/1-Gbps Fibre Channel or 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE
4-port QSFP expansion module
12-port 10G BASE-T module (Cisco Nexus 5596T only)
Layer 3 module (Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T only; one per system)
Layer 3 daughter card (Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP only; one per system)
Extension through the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
Layer 2 Features Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
Support for up to 4096 VLANs
Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+) (IEEE 802.1w compatible)
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) (IEEE 802.1s): 64 instances
Spanning Tree PortFast
Spanning Tree root guard
Spanning Tree Bridge Assurance
Cisco EtherChannel technology (up to 16 ports per EtherChannel)
Cisco vPC technology
Enhanced vPC enable vPC between Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 Series as well as between Cisco Nexus 3000 Series and end host
vPC configuration synchronization
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
Advanced port channel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
Pause frames (IEEE 802.3x)
Storm control (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
Private VLANs
Private VLAN over trunks (isolated and promiscuous)
Private VLANs over vPC and EtherChannels
VLAN Remapping
Cisco FabricPath
EvPC and vPC+ with FabricPath
Cisco Adapter FEX
Cisco Data Center VM FEX
Support for up to 24 fabric extenders on each Cisco Nexus 5500 platform
Layer 3 Features Layer 3 interfaces: Routed ports on Cisco Nexus 5500 platform interfaces, switch virtual interface (SVI), port channels, subinterfaces, and port channel subinterfaces for a total of 4096 entries
Support for up to 8000 prefixes and up to 16000 IPv4 and 8000 IPv6 host entries
Support for up to 8000 multicast routes
Support for up to 8000 IGMP groups
Support for 1000 VRF entries
Support for up to 4096 VLANs
16-way equal-cost multipathing (ECMP)
1664 ingress and 2048 egress access control list (ACL) entries
Routing protocols: Static, Routing Information Protocol Version2 (RIPv2), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First Version 2 (OSPFv2), and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
IPv6 Routing Protocols: Static, Open Shortest Path First Version 3 (OPFv3), Border Gateway Protocol (BGPv6), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRPv6)
IPv6 VRF Lite
Hot-Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
ACL: Routed ACL with Layer 3 and 4 options to match ingress and egress ACL
Multicast: Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 (PIMv2) sparse mode, Source Specific Multicast (SSM), Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP), Internet Group Management Protocol Versions 2, and 3 (IGMP v2, and v3), and Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF): VRF-lite (IP VPN); VRF-aware unicast; and BGP-, OSPF-, RIP-, and VRF-aware multicast
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRFP) with ACL; strict and loose modes
Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
Support for up to 16 fabric extender on each Nexus 5500 with L3 modules
RFC 896
QoS Layer 2 IEEE 802.1p (CoS)
8 hardware queues per port
Per-port QoS configuration
CoS trust
Port-based CoS assignment
Modular QoS CLI (MQC) compliance - IPv4 and IPv6
ACL-based QoS classification (Layers 2, 3, and 4)
MQC CoS marking
Per-port virtual output queuing
CoS-based egress queuing
Egress strict-priority queuing
Egress port-based scheduling: Weighted Round-Robin (WRR)
Control Plan Policing (CoPP) - IPv4 and IPv6
Security Ingress ACLs (standard and extended) on Ethernet and virtual Ethernet ports
Standard and extended Layer 2 ACLs: MAC addresses, protocol type, etc.
Standard and extended Layer 3 to 4 ACLs: IPv4 and IPv6, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP and ICMPv6), TCP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), etc.
VLAN-based ACLs (VACLs)
Port-based ACLs (PACLs)
Named ACLs
Optimized ACL distribution
ACLs on virtual terminals (VTYs)
ACL logging on management interface
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping with Option 82
Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Inspection
IP source guard
DHCP relay
Cisco CTS (Authentication and Policy download from ACS)
Ethernet Port Security
IPv6 RACL
IPv6 PACL
IPv6 VACL
High-Availability Features In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) for Layer 2
Hot-swappable field-replaceable power supplies, fan modules, and expansion modules
1:1 power redundancy
N:1 fan module redundancy
Management Switch management using 10/100/1000-Mbps management or console ports
CLI-based console to provide detailed out-of-band management
In-band switch management
Locator and beacon LEDs on Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
Port-based locator and beacon LEDs
Configuration synchronization
Module preprovisioning
Configuration rollback
Secure Shell Version 2 (SSHv2)
Telnet
AAA
AAA with RBAC
RADIUS
TACACS+
Syslog (8 servers)
Embedded packet analyzer
SNMPv1, v2, and v3 (IPv4 & IPv6)
Enhanced SNMP MIB support
XML (NETCONF) support
Remote monitoring (RMON)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for management traffic
Unified username and passwords across CLI and SNMP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP)
Digital certificates for management between switch and RADIUS server
Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2
RBAC
Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) on physical, port channel, VLAN, and Fibre Channel interfaces
Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN)
Ingress and egress packet counters per interface
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Cisco GOLD
Comprehensive bootup diagnostic tests
Call Home
Smart Call Home
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco DCNM
CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS)
Data Center Bridging CEE- and IEEE-compliant PFC (per-priority Pause frame support)
PFC link distance support: 3000m
CEE-compliant DCBX Protocol
CEE- and IEEE-compliant Enhanced Transmission Selection
Fibre Channel and FCoE Features (Requires Storage Services License) T11 standards-compliant FCoE (FC-BB-5)
T11 FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) (FC-BB-5)
Any 10 Gigabit Ethernet port configurable as FCoE
SAN administration separate from LAN administration
FCP
Fibre Channel forwarding (FCF)
Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, and NP
Fibre Channel enhanced port types: VE, TE, and VF
F-port trunking
F-port channeling
Direct attachment of FCoE and Fibre Channel targets
Up to 240 buffer credits per native Fibre Channel port
Up to 32 VSANs per switch
Fibre Channel (SAN) port channel
Native Interop Mode 1
Native Interop Mode 2
Native Interop Mode 3
Native Interop Mode 4
VSAN trunking
Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI)
Fibre Channel ID (FCID) persistence
Distributed device alias services
In-order delivery
Port tracking
Cisco N-Port Virtualization (NPV) technology
N-port identifier virtualization (NPIV)
Fabric services: Name server, registered state change notification (RSCN), login services, and name-server zoning
Per-VSAN fabric services
Cisco Fabric Services
Diffie-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (DH-CHAP) and Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Distributed device alias services
Host-to-switch and switch-to-switch FC-SP authentication
Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
Fabric binding for Fibre Channel
Standard zoning
Port security
Domain and port
Enhanced zoning
SAN port channels
Cisco Fabric Analyzer
Fibre Channel traceroute
Fibre Channel ping
Fibre Channel debugging
Cisco Fabric Manager support
Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
Boot from SAN over VPC/EVPC
Generic MIBs SNMPv2-SMI
CISCO-SMI
SNMPv2-TM
SNMPv2-TC
IANA-ADDRESS-FAMILY-NUMBERS-MIB
IANAifType-MIB
IANAiprouteprotocol-MIB
HCNUM-TC
CISCO-TC
SNMPv2-MIB
SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB
SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB
SNMP-TARGET-MIB
SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB
SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB
CISCO-SNMP-VACM-EXT-MIB
Layer 3 MIBs UDP-MIB
TCP-MIB
OSPF-MIB
BGP4-MIB
CISCO-HSRP-MIB
Fibre Channel MIBs CISCO-ST-TC
CISCO-FC-FE-MIB
CISCO-FCSP-MIB
CISCO-PORT-TRACK-MIB
CISCO-PSM-MIB
CISCO-FC-SPAN-MIB
CISCO-PORT-CHANNEL-MIB
CISCO-RSCN-MIB
CISCO-NS-MIB
CISCO-FCS-MIB
CISCO-DM-MIB
FIBRE-CHANNEL-FE-MIB
CISCO-FC-ROUTE-MIB
CISCO-FSPF-MIB
CISCO-ZS-MIB
CISCO-ZS-EXT-MIB
CISCO-VSAN-MIB
CISCO-CFS-MIB
CISCO-FCPING-MIB
CISCO-FCTRACEROUTE-MIB
CISCO-FDMI-MIB
CISCO-FC-DEVICE-ALIAS-MIB
CISCO-WWNMGR-MIB
FCMGMT-MIB
CISCO-VEDM-MIB
CISCO-FCOE-MIB
Ethernet MIBs CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB
CISCO-Virtual-Interface-MIB
Configuration MIBs ENTITY-MIB
IF-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB
CISCO-FLASH-MIB
CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB
CISCO-SYSTEM-EXT-MIB
CISCO-IP-IF-MIB
CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB
CISCO-SERVER-INTERFACE-MIB
CISCO-NTP-MIB
CISCO-IMAGE-MIB
CISCO-IMAGE-CHECK-MIB
CISCO-IMAGE-UPGRADE-MIB
CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB
CISCO-BRIDGE-MIB
Monitoring MIBs DIFFSERV-DSCP-TC
NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB
DIFFSERV-MIB
CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB
CISCO-SYSLOG-EXT-MIB
CISCO-PROCESS-MIB
RMON-MIB
CISCO-RMON-CONFIG-MIB
CISCO-HC-ALARM-MIB
Security MIBs CISCO-AAA-SERVER-MIB
CISCO-AAA-SERVER-EXT-MIB
CISCO-COMMON-ROLES-MIB
CISCO-COMMON-MGMT-MIB
CISCO-RADIUS-MIB
CISCO-SECURE-SHELL-MIB
TCP/IP MIBs
INET-ADDRESS-MIB
TCP-MIB
CISCO-TCP-MIB
UDP-MIB
IP-MIB
CISCO-IP-PROTOCOL-FILTER-MIB
CISCO-DNS-CLIENT-MIB
CISCO-PORTSECURITY- MIB
Miscellaneous MIBs START-MIB
CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB
CISCO-FEATURE-CONTROL-MIB
CISCO-CDP-MIB
CISCO-RF-MIB
CISCO-ETHERNET-FABRIC-EXTENDER-MIB
CISCO-BRIDGE-MIB
Industry Standards IEEE 802.1D: Spanning Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1p: CoS prioritization
IEEE 802.1Q: VLAN tagging
IEEE 802.1Qaz: Enhanced transmission selection
IEEE 802.1Qbb: Per-priority Pause
IEEE 802.1s: Multiple VLAN instances of Spanning Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1w: Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.3: Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ad: LACP with fast timers
IEEE 802.3ae: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
SFF 8431 SFP+ CX1 support
RMON
IEEE 1588-2008: Precision Time Protocol (Boundary Clock)
Fibre Channel Standards FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994)
FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM1 1996)
FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI/INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI/INCITS 297-1997)
FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI/INCITS 303-1998)
FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI/INCITS 352-2002)
FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI/INCITS 404-2006)
FC-PI-4, Revision 7.0
FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI/INCITS 373-2003)
FC-FS-2, Revision 0.91
FC-LS, Revision 1.2
FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI/INCITS 355-2001)
FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI/INCITS 384-2004)
FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI/INCITS 348-2001)
FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI/INCITS 387-2004)
FC-BB-5, Revision 2.0 for FCoE
FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI/INCITS 269-1996)
FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI/INCITS 350-2003)
FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI/INCITS 416-2006)
FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002, except for FL-ports and Class 2)
FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005, except for FL-ports and Class 2)
FC-SP, Revision 1.6
FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004, except for FL-ports, SB-ports and Class 2)
Class of Service: Class 3, Class F
Fibre Channel standard port types: E and F
Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD and TE
Physical Specification
SFP+ Optics Cisco Nexus 5500 platform supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ copper Twinax cables for short distances and SFP+ optics (10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-ER, GLC-ZX-SM and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Transceiver [FET-10G]) for longer distances. SFP+ has several advantages compared to other 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options:
Small 10 Gigabit Ethernet form factor
Optical interoperability with XENPAK, X2, and XFP interface types
Low power consumption
Hot-swappable device
Cisco Nexus 5500 platform products support 8-Gbps Fibre Channel-compatible SFP+ for native Fibre Channel connectivity options; 8-Gbps Fibre Channel-compatible short-reach and 10-km long-reach SFP transceiver modules operate at 8/4/2 Gbps and are supported in the 8‑Gbps-capable native Fibre Channel ports on expansion modules and unified ports
Physical (height x width x depth) 3.47 x 17.3 x 29.5 in. (8.8 x 43.9 x 74.9 cm)
Operating temperature 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Nonoperating (storage) temperature -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)
Humidity 5 to 95% (noncondensing)
Altitude 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m)
Weight 47.5 lb (21.55 kg)
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