Get High Performance in a Compact Form Factor
Scale to 1.92 Tbps with the Cisco Nexus 7000 4-Slot Switch. In a compact form factor, this switch has the same Cisco NX-OS operational features of other Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches. It offers a comprehensive feature set, high availability, high performance, and side-to-rear air flow. The switch delivers a Unified Fabric to meet the needs of small and midsized data center core and edge deployments.
Features and Capabilities
High Availability
The Cisco Nexus 7000 4-Slot Switch provides:
- Fully redundant system architecture with dual supervisors, redundant power supplies, and fans
- Lossless, non disruptive In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSUs) for zero service downtime
- Graceful system operations to minimize the effect of upgrades and other maintenance
Scalability
Protect your infrastructure investments with the following features:
- 1.92 Tbps of switching capacity to scale for future growth demands
- Highly scalable modular NX-OS features such as Fabric Path and Fabric Extender (FEX) technology
Transport Flexibility
This switch offers transport flexibility with:
- Support for 1, 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
- Optics options from short-range to long-range DWDM
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for LAN and SAN consolidation
In addition, you get extensive Cisco Data Center Interconnect features, including:
Operational Efficiency
Enhance your data center with increased operational efficiency, including:
- Single software image with a consistent NX-OS feature set across the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
- Virtual Device Context (VDC) for efficient resource utilization
- Simplified management with choices of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), XML API, and Cisco Data Center Network Manager
- Integrated alerts with Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM)