Cisco Nexus 7000 F3-Series 48-Port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module Data Sheet
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Product Overview
The Cisco Nexus® 7000 F3-Series 48-Port 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module offers outstanding flexibility and wire-rate performance on each port for high-density, low-latency, scalable data center architectures.
Powering Cisco Unified Fabric Architecture
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches are the foundation of Cisco® Unified Fabric and meet the demands of mission-critical data centers. They deliver exceptional availability, scalability, and the proven, comprehensive feature set of Cisco NX-OS Software.
The first in the next generation of data center switching platforms, 7000 Series switches provide integrated resilience and are optimized for availability, reliability, scalability, and ease of management. The fabric architecture of 7000 Series switches scales beyond 17 terabits per second (Tbps) and supports high-density 10 Gigabit, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet deployments. A single chassis supports up to 768 native 10-Gbps ports, 192 40-Gbps ports, and 96 100-Gbps ports.
The 7000 F3-Series module (Figure 1) is a low-latency, high-performance, high-density 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet module. It supports all 7000 Series switches and shares a common system architecture and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology. Up to 768 wire-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports are supported in a single Cisco Nexus 7000 18-Slot Switch chassis (Table 1).
Table 1. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches 10 Gigabit Ethernet Maximum Port Density
| Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Chassis |
|
| Cisco Nexus 7000 9-Slot Switch |
336 |
| Cisco Nexus 7000 4-Slot Switch |
96 |
The 7000 F3-Series module is based on the Cisco Nexus F3-Series switch-on-a-chip (SoC) ASIC, which increases performance and lowers the module’s power and cooling requirements. The F3-Series SoC is powered by a flexible packet engine, making it an excellent solution for building public and private cloud environments. The F3-Series module supports all of the foundational networking protocols needed to build Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks. It also supports highly virtualized environments with virtual overlay networking and hardware support for Cisco Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) technology. The 7000 F3-Series modules let customers transparently interconnect their data centers with protocols such as Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS).
The 7000 F3-Series module delivers 720 million packets per second (mpps) of distributed Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding and up to 480 Gbps of data throughput. A 7000 18-Slot Switch fully populated with the 7000 F3-Series module can deliver up to 11.5 bpps and 15.4 Tbps of switching performance.
Features and Benefits
Note: N7K-SUP2 or N7K-SUP2E is required to support F3-Series modules in the chassis.
The 7000 F3-Series module integrates a broad set of data center switching technologies and combines the benefits of classical fabric interface line cards with the advanced routing features of edge interface modules. It offers exceptional investment protection for organizations consolidating data center environments as they migrate to dense multiservice 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks.
● The 7000 F3-Series module is powered by the proven and comprehensive NX-OS feature set. With its comprehensive set of Layer 2 and Layer 3 functions, this module is suited for data center networks that require high density, high performance, and continuous system operation.
● The 7000 F3-Series module supports Cisco FabricPath, a valuable feature for organizations building resilient, flexible, and massively scalable Layer 2 networks. FabricPath protects enterprises’ investments by allowing existing spanning-tree-based deployments to be connected to a FabricPath network.
● The 7000 F3-Series module can be used in conjunction with Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEX). The 2000 Series fabric extenders simplify data center architecture and operations by dramatically reducing the number of points of management.
● The 7000 F3-Series module offers integrated Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to simplify the network infrastructure. It helps reduce costs by supporting unified data center fabrics that consolidate data center traffic onto a single, general-purpose, high-performance, highly available network. With the 7000 F3-Series module, FCoE can be deployed in director-class modular platforms for the access layer and core of converged networks.
● The 7000 F3-Series module supports wire-rate VXLAN, offering the architectural flexibility needed to expand cloud deployments with repeatable pods in different Layer 2 domains. VXLAN can also enable migration of virtual machines between servers across Layer 3 networks.
● With its advanced data center interconnect (DCI) protocols, including Cisco OTV and VPLS, the 7000 F3-Series module helps customers simplify the extension of applications across geographically dispersed data center sites.
● The 7000 F3-Series module supports high-performance MPLS for 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center deployments.
● Support for Cisco LISP allows enterprises and service providers to simplify multihomed routing and scalable any-to-any WAN connectivity while supporting data center virtual machine mobility.
● The virtual device context (VDC) feature helps enable the virtualization of a single physical device in one or more logical devices. Each provisioned logical device is configured and managed as if it were a separate physical device.
● The 7000 F3-Series module offers exceptional security and integrated hardware support for:
◦ Configurable Control-Plane Policing (CoPP), which protects the supervisor CPU from excessive traffic
◦ Access control list (ACL) counters and logging capability to provide deeper packet visibility
◦ Layer 2 to Layer 4 ACL for both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic
◦ Cisco TrustSec® technology and ACL processing for security group tags (SGTs)
◦ IEEE MAC security standard (IEEE 802.1AE MACsec) on ports 41 to 48
Note: This document describes capabilities of the F3-Series modular hardware. Please consult your Cisco representative to confirm the appropriate NX-OS release required to enable these features.
Product Specifications
Table 2 lists product specifications for the 7000 F3-Series module. Tables 3 and 4 list specifications for Cisco SFP and SFP+ transceivers installed in the module’s ports to enable connectivity over the physical medium. Refer to the release notes for up-to-date software version information to see which optics and copper assemblies are supported. Complete information about supported transceivers can be found at https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/prod_models_home.html.
Table 2. Product Specifications
Table 3. 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Distances and Options
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Part Number |
Modal Bandwidth (MHz per km)1 |
Cable Distance2 |
|||
|
● SMF
|
● G.652
|
- |
● 300m
|
||
| SFP-10G-LR |
● 1310
|
● SMF
|
● 10 km
|
||
| FET-10G |
● 850
|
● MMF (OM2)
● MMF (OM3, OM4)
|
● 50
● 50
|
● 500
● 2000
|
● 25m
● 100m
|
| SFP-10G-ER8 |
● 1550
|
● SMF
|
● G.652
|
- |
● 40 km3
|
| SFP-10G-ZR |
● 1550
|
● SMF
|
● G.652
|
- |
● 80 km
|
| DWDM-SFP10G-xx.xx= |
- |
- |
|||
Table 4. Gigabit Ethernet Interface Distances and Options
| Gigabit Ethernet SFP Part Number |
|||||
| - |
|||||
| - |
Note: This data sheet describes the hardware capabilities of the Cisco Nexus 7700 M3-Series 48-Port module. Please refer to the Cisco NX-OS Software release notes (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-7000-series-switches/products-release-notes-list.html) or consult your Cisco representative to confirm the current or future NX-OS release required for any of these features.
Ordering Information
Table 5 provides ordering information.
Table 5. Ordering Information
| Description |
Part Number |
| Nexus 7000 F3-Series 48-Port Fiber 1 and 10G Ethernet Module (req. SFP/SFP+ modules) |
N7K-F348XP-25 N7K-F348XP-25= |
| Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for Cisco Nexus 7000 F3 Series 48-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ module (and spare) |
N7K-FCOE-F348XP N7K-FCOE-F348XP= |
Service and Support
Cisco offers a wide range of services to help accelerate your success in deploying and optimizing the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series in your data center. Our innovative services are delivered through a unique combination of people, processes, tools, and partners and are focused on helping you increase operating efficiency and improve your data center network. Cisco Advanced Services uses an architecture-led approach to help you align your data center infrastructure with your business goals and provide long-term value. Cisco SMARTnet® Service helps you resolve mission-critical problems with direct access at any time to Cisco network experts and award-winning resources. With this service, you can take advantage of the Cisco Smart Call Home service capability, which offers proactive diagnostics and real-time alerts on your 7000 Series switch. Spanning the entire network lifecycle, Cisco Services helps increase investment protection, optimize network operations, support migration, and strengthen your IT expertise. For more information about Cisco Data Center Services, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/dcservices.
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